Need new speakers not sure on approach

[Dwight Angus]

Thanks Mark. Yeah the rosenut was the right choice. It was however my second colour choice. I actually wanted the textured low gloss black but its not an available colour choice for the MTS speakers. My concern with the high gloss is the potential glare from the projector lamp.

I can't wait to listen to this system. I am anticipating a huge improvement compared to the inceilings I had previously.

cheers
Dwight

[Dwight Angus]

Finally completed rewiring the HT and said goodbye to the Inceilings. The MTS-01's are not yet located in their proper positions as I still need to reinstall the acoustical panels etc and the surrounds are not yet installed as the wall brackets have not yet arrived from Omni-mount but I had 10 minutes to at least listen to the L/C/R's. I was amazed how neutral and natural they sound and the imaging is remarkable. The Scan Speak Air Circ's are the best tweeters I have heard. They have a realism to them without any artificial enhancement. I have it set up with the tweeters on the inside. My left speaker is a little bright but it is very close to the side wall and is probably SBIR related. I will install one more acoustical panel on the side wall next to the speaker to solve this problem. I left the tweeter attenuation switch at 0 and did not use the port plugs (on all speakers)as I wanted to get a sense of what these speakers sounded like unadjusted. The midrange/midbass is clear, concise and very accurate. I will reverse the L/R to listen to the tweeters on the outside to see which positions some best.

The centre channel is very clear and accurate. I watched a few minutes of BD movie dialogue and found the voices were extremely accurate compared to my inceiling centre channel that sometimes rendered the voices muddy sounding.

I continue to be impressed about the build quality of these speakers. SVS does wonderful work. Yes these speakers are heavy and awkward to move around but their solid top to bottom and the magnetic grills are a real nice touch.

So far I'm smiling. For me it was the right decision to replace the Inceiling speakers. I can't wait to install a fully functional 7.2 system and sit back and listen. These are wonderful speakers and they sound great even without the acoustical paneling in the room thats yet to be reinstalled. I will have more time this weekend to review more BD movies and some 2 channel material. Oh yes I plan on installing 2 PB13 ultras along with the AS-EQ1 tomorrow. My neighbour will help as my back is not 100% yet. Once the wall mounts arrive I will install the surrounds and send some updated pics and reviews.

cheers
Dwight

[Dwight Angus]

Good news. According to Sonic Boom the omnimount wall brackets will be here Monday. I will be able to install the MBS-01's.