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Since you guys are so cool about being happy for me, here are some pics: (sorry if they are awful)Here's the FedEx truck:My route is apparently "new" so they are using rented trucks for now...The packaging:The packaging was very good, but speakers should come out of it faster. It's very frustrating to unpack the speakers when you are so anxious! Here is what I've been listening to since selling my B&W's a couple of weeks ago:Feel sorry for me? Actually the Klipsch Promedia's weren't terrible.Here they are, Smokey Silver Guitar Finish English Fiddleback Sycamore HT2 TL's:All I can say is that I remain floored by the sound of these speakers. I have played NOTHING that doesn't sound great. Anyone that has these on order, they are so worth the wait and you are really in for something very special. Right now I'm spinning Jim's CD. WOW, just WOW...
Hi Everyone: I must be one of the first owners of HT2 TL's. First of all, for new customers, this was unlike any other purchase I've ever made. Jim took a call himself and patiently listened to my needs. I followed with pictures of my awkward listewning location and we talked again. Jim persuaded me to go with these speakers instead of his own more expensive products because they fit my need better. I followed with a sample of my flooor, which he matched perfectly in Brazilian cherry. The projected production time was accurate and delivery was prompt.Jim's demo CD of course is made up of well recorded tracks and they show off these attributes well as well as the amazing bass these speakers can produce. I was using Polk RT35i speakers with a subwoofer before and you can imagine how easy it is to get used to a lot of bass with a subwoofer. Mind you, I always resisted turning it up so high that one became conscious of the sub-woofer.But I hadn't purchased them to listen to Jim's CD. So I threw all sorts of music both old and new at it - acoustic and electric blues, traditional Jazz, Bop, cool, soul-jazz, soul, funk, the usual classic rock standards as well as newer Indie Rock, vocal traditional pop as well as jazz vocals, essentially everything except hip-hop and classical which were played a little but I won't trust my ears with them.These speakers did an incredible job with all of the above. Lionel Hampton from the 30's to Pink Martini and Sharon Jones from today all sounded great. My special loves are 70's Memphis soul from the Stax Studios and Latin Jazz, both of which require a very clear punchy bass line dancing with the melody. Sam and Dave as well as Poncho sanchez came out fantastic. The only time I felt the bass lacking a little was with some classic rock tracks - "Who's Next" for example. My system doesn't allow anything but a volume control and an Equalizer somewhere in the path would have taken care of it easily. Its not the speakers, its the recording I feel. All recordings are different and one does need a way to adjust the playback to one's liking. I might have gotten used to listening to that album with bass turned up high.So my verdict is that you are unlikely to find a better looking pair of speakers which give a great bang for the buck performance. They can work well close to walls and no subwoofer is required for stereo music playback. For home theters, you might need that but I don't mix my music and movie playback, so can't comment.
TJHUBIts great reading all your comments on your new speakers. I seen a lot of photos from excited owners of newly delivered speakers, but you must be the first one to post photos of the delivery truck !I'm curious to know more of your impressions of the TL bass from these speakers. Were your old B&Ws bass reflex speakers? How does the bass of the HT2 TL sound in comparison? If it is anything like my experience with the bass from the STs, it might be different than what you are used to. Some people have put it this way. At first they felt like the STs bass had less impact than what they had known, but after a few weeks of listening to their new speakers, they listened to their old speakers and were surprised at how muddy they sounded in comparison. Too bad you can't do that comparison, but just the same I'm glad you were able to sell your old speakers.Congrats on your new speakers, and make Nuance wash his hands before you let him fondle them .Richard
The bass of the TL's is very good to me. It's a little reserved to me which means it's more than likely very flat in it's frequency response. My room is rather large at about 6,500cF, so I don't know how much that's playing a role in the bass response of these speakers.
Quote from: R Swerdlow on 21 Mar 2009, 03:00 pmTJHUBIts great reading all your comments on your new speakers. I seen a lot of photos from excited owners of newly delivered speakers, but you must be the first one to post photos of the delivery truck !EDITCongrats on your new speakers, and make Nuance wash his hands before you let him fondle them .RichardI'm not completely certain why I took that pic of the truck, or even why I posted it. I suppose it was all the excitement of the speaker arriving after what seemed like FOREVER. EDIT [end quote]How long did delivery take, 9 months? Pictures reminded me of a proud father taking scrapbook photos from birth to first steps. Enjoy, they grow up fast.
TJHUBIts great reading all your comments on your new speakers. I seen a lot of photos from excited owners of newly delivered speakers, but you must be the first one to post photos of the delivery truck !EDITCongrats on your new speakers, and make Nuance wash his hands before you let him fondle them .Richard
Quote from: TJHUB on 21 Mar 2009, 04:03 pmThe bass of the TL's is very good to me. It's a little reserved to me which means it's more than likely very flat in it's frequency response. My room is rather large at about 6,500cF, so I don't know how much that's playing a role in the bass response of these speakers.6500cF???WOW!!! That's one big ass room!!What are the actual dimensions? Looking at your pictures, I never could have guessed that your room is that big.George
OgOgilby: Pics of the grills on:I've been listening today with the grills on and I'm not hearing anything I don't like. So I'll try to keep my wife happy and leave them on for a while. One comment I'd like to make that *should* hit home with some of you. I've auditioned speakers in my home that I just could not get any emotional attachment to; I just didn't care. However, that is all I seem to have with these HT2's. Everything I seem to listen to just grabs me. It amazing. Does this make sense or am I crazy?On the subject of "everything", I've read comments from people with ST's that stated they were finding that a lot of their music sounded bad do to poor recording quality. I don't feel this way at all. I thought my B&W 805S's were forgiving to poor material, but these Salks are far more forgiving. Great recordings sound very special, but some poorer stuff I have is really decent. Sure you can tell it's not great, but I used to not play it. Now I certainly can and it sounds relatively good. I was really concerned about this, but it's just not an issue.Also, with my B&W's some material I have that is bright sounding was uncomfortable to listen to. With the HT2's, there doesn't seem to be nearly as big of a difference between good material and what I used to think was bright sounding. Brighter material sounds brighter, but not hard to listen to in any way.
One comment I'd like to make that *should* hit home with some of you. I've auditioned speakers in my home that I just could not get any emotional attachment to; I just didn't care. However, that is all I seem to have with these HT2's. Everything I seem to listen to just grabs me. It amazing. Does this make sense or am I crazy?
You know, it's really cool you guys can be so happy for me. It's great to have a group of people to share this stuff with. Thank you for that.
