Pete the Feet
pfm Member
Those of you with Arc's, how are they positioned? Are any placed in corners, back to the wall as opposed to the accepted advice?
How many Shahinian users on here
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Mr Perceptive
Perceptive Member
Pete
Currently mine are backs against the wall, but they are being used as surrounds in an AV system, when I udsed them as main speakers, they were fine against the wall for AV use, but the bass was muddled for music use, pulling them away from the wall cured this.
Currently mine are backs against the wall, but they are being used as surrounds in an AV system, when I udsed them as main speakers, they were fine against the wall for AV use, but the bass was muddled for music use, pulling them away from the wall cured this.
Norman Green
pfm Member
For goodness sake, someone please give the speakers back to Arc , he wants them back!
Pete the Feet
pfm Member
How far a few iches or feet? Are they also close to a corner? I'm just weighing up to see if they are worth a try in our house.
Mr Perceptive
Perceptive Member
For 2 channel I reckon that you need at least 12-18in's for best sound. I have run mine close to corners but they are better away from corners.
Shahinians afe always worth a 'try'!!!
Shahinians afe always worth a 'try'!!!
Pete the Feet
pfm Member
Cheers for the info.
Eyebroughty
JohnC
I have mine 18 inches from the back wall and about the same fom the side walls, maybe a little more. Slightly turned in a few degrees, but nothing much.
Once heard, difficult to remove from the music room
Darth Vader
From the Dark Side
The thing is with the Shahinians you can pretty well place them anywhere. In my room circa 26 * 16 ft I pull them about 3 ft out for good very loud and extraordinarily deep bass. Some PFMers who have visted Death Star have jumped when the bass goes deep.
These are Obs being fed >1600w into 4 Ohms per channel! I still yearn though for the Diaps but SWMBO says that they are too big and unfortunately I have to agree. I wanna super Obs. The Hawks don't do it for me.
Cheers,
DV
These are Obs being fed >1600w into 4 Ohms per channel! I still yearn though for the Diaps but SWMBO says that they are too big and unfortunately I have to agree. I wanna super Obs. The Hawks don't do it for me.
Cheers,
DV
Re-Joyce
... Jason H that is.
New Arc owner here. I'm not a serial box-swapper so I've heard a fairly limited number of speakers, but with that caveat, I'm loving them.
One thing I'd read about Arcs before was that they could be bass-light....definitely not my experience! I've been playing 'Hidden' by These New Puritans which has some deep bass, african drums etc - been amazed at the weight of the bass, particularly when you look at their cute-ish dimensions.
There's a pair of (older) Arcs on eBay finishing shortly which might turn out to be a bargain?
Cheers,
Rob
One thing I'd read about Arcs before was that they could be bass-light....definitely not my experience! I've been playing 'Hidden' by These New Puritans which has some deep bass, african drums etc - been amazed at the weight of the bass, particularly when you look at their cute-ish dimensions.
There's a pair of (older) Arcs on eBay finishing shortly which might turn out to be a bargain?
Cheers,
Rob
Hush!
I know! saying something like that and one person thanks you and another loops a rope around your neck!
I use ARC's (with naim olive kit) and I've yet to hear anything in that price bracket I'd swap em for. Interesting to read about the amps that get the best out of these speakers though. I've got a 250 so do you think it would be worth trying out something more powerful?
Interesting to read about the disabling of SOA protection circuits or is that only deemed necessary if using obs?
Oh, the cats have trashed the speaker grills, but at least they now match the rest of my house which the kids have seen to..............shabby chic is the way forward from here!
Andy.
Interesting to read about the disabling of SOA protection circuits or is that only deemed necessary if using obs?
Oh, the cats have trashed the speaker grills, but at least they now match the rest of my house which the kids have seen to..............shabby chic is the way forward from here!
Andy.
JezmondTutu
pfm Member
I've heard the same comments about Compasses, but they aren't bass either, certainly not with a half decent power amp anyway.
Spence
pfm Member
I take it your a Compass user.
Is it true these need a lot less space to work in than the Arcs, i'd love to try a pair but would probably need to buy blind as there is not a dealer near by.
JezmondTutu
pfm Member
I really couldn't say that they need a lot less space - I thought Arc's were pretty unfussy in that respect?
My room is 13ftx12ft, but John Burns said he's had his Obelisks working great in a room not much bigger than that.
Spence
pfm Member
Interesting, my listening area is about the same as yours, probably worth giving it a go then..