Knownothing: My Tandberg 3011A FM tuner, I believe, only goes up to 15K Hz, yet, sounds great to me. Numbers seem to only tell half the story. My quest to find a simple tuner with a spinning tuning dial luckily introduced me to this subject. The difference in sound quality between a Tandberg tuner and my reciever's tuner was a great, unexpected wake-up call. My goal is to improve a very musical system with much, much better surrounds. There's alot going on back there. Ideally, the fronts and mains focused and blended together, and the surrounds seemingly everwhere else yet not overpowering at all.
Johnnyb53: Both surrounds looked good to me, too, especially the OMD-5's after I read more reviews. I was also quite impressed by the Paradigm Signature ADP3 v2 Surround / Dipole Speaker. Bass is direct and mids/trebles are reflected bi-directionally front and rear. 901's surrounds with a upgraded EQ still has my processor thinking.
Large, yes. Hung up on the ceilings, maybe not too intrusive, at least in a large room and painted flat white to match the vaulted ceiling. 901's are relatively lightweight, too. One firm installation point on a ceiling support with a small stainless steel chain/fittings, and I can rotate and adjust heights of the 901's for locating the best surround reproduction positions.
My processor allows on-the-fly volume adjustments of all speakers on the front panel and remote, including the sub in multi-channel. I should be able to balance both audiophile quality music first and major HT audio with the right EQ on the 901's and some luck. Luckily, I live in a single detached home where I can do this.
Johnnyb53: Both surrounds looked good to me, too, especially the OMD-5's after I read more reviews. I was also quite impressed by the Paradigm Signature ADP3 v2 Surround / Dipole Speaker. Bass is direct and mids/trebles are reflected bi-directionally front and rear. 901's surrounds with a upgraded EQ still has my processor thinking.
Large, yes. Hung up on the ceilings, maybe not too intrusive, at least in a large room and painted flat white to match the vaulted ceiling. 901's are relatively lightweight, too. One firm installation point on a ceiling support with a small stainless steel chain/fittings, and I can rotate and adjust heights of the 901's for locating the best surround reproduction positions.
My processor allows on-the-fly volume adjustments of all speakers on the front panel and remote, including the sub in multi-channel. I should be able to balance both audiophile quality music first and major HT audio with the right EQ on the 901's and some luck. Luckily, I live in a single detached home where I can do this.