Rush in 5.1 surround

Ghost rider,
I have been busy with the holidays and hadn't listened and/or watched anything in a few weeks. Last night I watched the Replay x3 DvD's. Then sampled some of the Rio and R30 tracks. They are a band that I totally cannot stop listening to and have to remember that..I know my system is not like most on this forum and would have to agree may have some limitations. However, ne of the reasons I got into this hobby to give me a way of bringing the concert experience of my favorite bands home not to pick apart how they were recorded, compression of sound, bla, bla, bla....You end up listening for the wrong reason, for negatives of the recordings.. When 90,000 people sing every single note to YYZ it should give you the chills not make you wonder why it was recorded a certain way.....Had a beer and jumped up and down with 90k of my fellow Rush fans last night...Got the chill back!!!!

I was looking at your system again..Quick question...I recently placed 22lbs of concrete on top of sub(wrapped in rubber mesh and cloth). I also put the same under it and found a tremendous improvement in bass response. I noticed you did something similar with your mains...Would like to here what kind of improvement you found..I currently have my mains spiked( rug,extra padding on concrete floor)..

Hemispheres..My wife got that one for me. I look to add some better pictures over the weekend!..Got to ask you where you got those prints? Do you have lights on them..Pictures look like they are glowing...AWESOME...

I was just checking on a few emails and read this post. I had come downstairs wondering what I was going to listen to tonight. After reading your post I think I am due for a little Hemispheres. As far as the concrete blocks go it serves two purposes. I find the speaker gets further away from the box sound when sitting on concrete and I highly recomend you try it out. At 5 bucks a block it cant hurt and I think you will be pleased. Also I have used several blocks under the speakers, these adjust the height so my ear is centred between the mid and tweeter. I also have blocks under my sub and will be adding two more to the top this weekend. Again I think it helps a great deal with the speaker sounding less like the box. My sub is a Yamaha and is certaily the weekest link to the system. ( Gotta get that fixed) As for the prints, I had them custom made, the process is called a canvas transfer where a print or poster is transfered to canvas. You sacrifice the poster so only one copy can be made. I like them I think it is alot better sounding than to have glass frames on the walls. I do have lights from the ceiling on them. Let me know how the concrete works for ya.And I have been busy with christmas stuff but over the holidays I will be reposting my system with updated pics. You should check back to see the other prints.

Cheers

Ghost-rider,

Picked up the concrete stones last night...Will let you know what the results are...Will keep an eye out for the pics...Enjoy your holiday...