MJC
03-06-2007, 09:05 PM
In the Studio L thread aht3 mentioned his 890's sound improved when he added spikes. So after procrastinating on added spikes to my L212s for 4 years I got around to doing so.
As aht3 summerized, the speakers became more open, with more clarity and better imaging. Guess I should add spikes to the sub1500/PT800 stacks as well.
I had already started comparing speaker wire, having replaced the RCA digital wire with Monster XP a week ago. The Monster XP, from the get go, proved to be much less than desired. It made the highs really harsh.
So much for their time correct windings.
So I decided to try Blue Jeans Cable wire, Belden 12Ga. Also ordered a pair of their interconnects, as I borrowed a pair off the surround channels in the LR.
The BJC Twelve White (made by Belden) got rid of the harshness in the highs and proved to be better than the RCA digital wire as well.
I bought enough of the speaker wire to do the front 3 PT800s in the HT.
BJ interconnects seem to be better than the Monster Z100i that I had been using on the stereo setup for a couple of weeks. And the BJ was less than 1/3 the price.
As aht3 summerized, the speakers became more open, with more clarity and better imaging. Guess I should add spikes to the sub1500/PT800 stacks as well.
I had already started comparing speaker wire, having replaced the RCA digital wire with Monster XP a week ago. The Monster XP, from the get go, proved to be much less than desired. It made the highs really harsh.
So much for their time correct windings.
So I decided to try Blue Jeans Cable wire, Belden 12Ga. Also ordered a pair of their interconnects, as I borrowed a pair off the surround channels in the LR.
The BJC Twelve White (made by Belden) got rid of the harshness in the highs and proved to be better than the RCA digital wire as well.
I bought enough of the speaker wire to do the front 3 PT800s in the HT.
BJ interconnects seem to be better than the Monster Z100i that I had been using on the stereo setup for a couple of weeks. And the BJ was less than 1/3 the price.