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[GSpot]

hired goon, on Nov 27 2009, 12:21 PM, said:

and I assume that my Elektra 2-channel amp will be redundant soon as well.

--Geoff

Hello.

[Drizt]

hired goon, on Nov 27 2009, 04:39 PM, said:

G'day,


... says Drizt, tapping his foot and looking at his watch, scowling in the direction of Chez SGR.

--Geoff +3

hehe, Stuart is doing his best.  No animosity here

chipy2k, on Nov 27 2009, 04:42 PM, said:

Looking good drizt the curtains finish of the room nicely, have any other plans for the room?

The room is pretty much done now... well might paint the roof at some stage, and add a center channel etc at some stage.

Its time to sit back and relax for a looooooooong time.  Jen has said no to any more updates for the foreseeable future.

Spearmint, on Nov 27 2009, 04:47 PM, said:

The room looks great Drizt.

It's a pity you didn't have the speakers installed to better determine their acoustic effect.

True.  To be honest I have my doubts that the bass absorbers or curtains will make a large difference.  And I guess now Ill never know for sure.   I look forward to the day that I get to fire everything up and just sit back and enjoy the show.

[Curious]

Oooooooooooooooooh (as I hop from foot to foot with nervousness) I too am sharing your excitement as I build up to the delivery of my own SGR goodies    

Wow Drizt, you must be practically 'beside yourself' with antici.....pation  

Cheers,

Curious

[Drizt]

Curious, on Nov 27 2009, 08:21 PM, said:

Oooooooooooooooooh (as I hop from foot to foot with nervousness) I too am sharing your excitement as I build up to the delivery of my own SGR goodies    

Wow Drizt, you must be practically 'beside yourself' with antici.....pation  

Cheers,

Curious

Thanks mate

How far away are yours mate?  And what color etc did you choose ?

[gone_bush]

Drizt, on Nov 27 2009, 04:04 PM, said:

The room is ready and waiting for the speakers now

The lounge..

Great room! Congratulations, I'm sure there will be many enjoyable hours spent in there.  

[Drizt]

gone_bush, on Nov 27 2009, 09:28 PM, said:

Great room! Congratulations, I'm sure there will be many enjoyable hours spent in there.  

Thank you very much

Now I've got to work out where im going to put the subs in relation to the mains.

Edited by Drizt, 27 November 2009 - 08:41 PM.

[Curious]

Drizt, on Nov 27 2009, 08:31 PM, said:

Thanks mate

How far away are yours mate?  And what color etc did you choose ?

Christmas(ish) for me - i've ordered the MT3Fs so luckily a production batch had already been started when I laid my hard-earned down  

Charcoal is my colour preference so (again) lucky for me that was the colour scheduled for the current batch  

I'm looking forward to a demo of the matching centre when it emerges from the SGR magic shop  

[Drizt]

Curious, on Nov 27 2009, 09:45 PM, said:

Christmas(ish) for me - i've ordered the MT3Fs so luckily a production batch had already been started when I laid my hard-earned down  

Charcoal is my colour preference so (again) lucky for me that was the colour scheduled for the current batch  

I'm looking forward to a demo of the matching centre when it emerges from the SGR magic shop  

owwww YUMMY.

Can't wait to hear that centre myself.  Keep us posted

[Curious]

Drizt, on Nov 27 2009, 10:30 PM, said:

owwww YUMMY.

Can't wait to hear that centre myself.  Keep us posted

Will do  

[Drizt]

Got another photo for you guys....

We cleaned and moved the gear back into position.  We really are ready for the speakers now

CLICK HERE

[JohnA]

Drizt

have a good think about painting that ceiling.
I was all ready to do mine, and then sitting here, i thought, it's going to look too damn dull and dreary in here, so decided against it.

If you use it for more then just a HT room, i would advise against it mate. Sure it will help with PJ's but think about how dull and lifeless the room will look

[Drizt]

JohnA, on Nov 29 2009, 10:24 AM, said:

Drizt

have a good think about painting that ceiling.
I was all ready to do mine, and then sitting here, i thought, it's going to look too damn dull and dreary in here, so decided against it.

If you use it for more then just a HT room, i would advise against it mate. Sure it will help with PJ's but think about how dull and lifeless the room will look

Your probably right mate.  It was just an initial thought, but on second thoughts, it probably isn't required.

[Drizt]

I almost threw out the bass traps today.....

But the wife would not let me... thank god she didn't, and she came up with a fantastic plan to save them.


What was the problem you ask... well it was my much loved cats.

Apparently they find them to be an ideal scratching post *rolles eyes*.  Being foam, the cats make extremely short work of them, ripping them to shreds.

So we went to spotlight today and bought some lace curtain material to surround the bass absorbers... in an ATTEMPT to stop the cats from ruining them.  We haven't let the cats out yet, but time will tell if it works... fingers crossed.

PIC 1
PIC 2

Edited by Drizt, 29 November 2009 - 06:05 PM.

[Gutty]

Cats !! Bloody cats  

[Drizt]

Gutty, on Nov 29 2009, 08:49 PM, said:

Cats !! Bloody cats  

I know ... I know... but I love my cats.   They have their faults, but they can bring so much joy.   To be honest, I would get rid of my entire system before getting rid of the cats.

[Quark]

We too love our cats and have the occasional scratching issue.  Try taping some loose aluminium foil to the affected areas - most cats hate the sensation/noise of touching it.  Keep the tape at the top - it's important that the foil is hanging loose and can make a noise if disturbed.

Yes, it probably won't help the acoustics or the WAF, but you'lll probably find you can remove it once the furry ones have had the habit broken.

Drizt, on Nov 29 2009, 08:59 PM, said:

I know ... I know... but I love my cats.   They have their faults, but they can bring so much joy.   To be honest, I would get rid of my entire system before getting rid of the cats.

[Drizt]

Quark, on Nov 29 2009, 09:56 PM, said:

We too love our cats and have the occasional scratching issue.  Try taping some loose aluminium foil to the affected areas - most cats hate the sensation/noise of touching it.  Keep the tape at the top - it's important that the foil is hanging loose and can make a noise if disturbed.

Yes, it probably won't help the acoustics or the WAF, but you'lll probably find you can remove it once the furry ones have had the habit broken.

Thank you very much for the advice.  Might have to try that if the latest measure does not work.  


Cheers,

Aaron & Jen.

[Drizt]

I have had word that the speaker boxs are almost complete... as in today or tomorrow all work is complete.

Just the completion of the electronics to go....  

Not to down play the electronics as they are magic that make SGR speakers what they are, special

[Drizt]

Hasn't quite been the 3-4 weeks we anticipated, but the delivery date is fast approaching...   **** happens... not much anyone can do about it.  Stuart and Harry are doing their best and as much as we would all like there to be 10 of them each, there is only 1 each.  They do their best, which is much better than most.

Had word its ~ 1 week.  

Pic's to follow.

Edited by Drizt, 17 December 2009 - 06:42 PM.

[gone_bush]

In the name of all that's holy: Do you have any fingernails left?   If it was me I'd be to my elbows by now!  

[Drizt]

gone_bush, on Dec 17 2009, 08:25 PM, said:

In the name of all that's holy: Do you have any fingernails left?   If it was me I'd be to my elbows by now!  

lol... ask Stuart.  Think he is ready to shove the speakers up my arse

I maybe responsible for a couple emails asking for progress updates   Only a couple though *wink*

Edited by Drizt, 17 December 2009 - 07:34 PM.

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Drizt, on Dec 17 2009, 08:33 PM, said:

I maybe responsible for a couple emails asking for progress updates   Only a couple though *wink*

Is this a new definition of "couple" I'm not entirely familiar with?   

[Drizt]

..., on Dec 17 2009, 09:47 PM, said:

Is this a new definition of "couple" I'm not entirely familiar with?   

Not sure.... whats yours

Maybe we should get a ruling from Stuart.

[Drizt]

Drizt, on Oct 25 2009, 02:59 PM, said:

*blush*

The mattress has just been lifted to number 4 on the list.

1). MT3FSL's
2). HT curtains
3). Maelstrom-X sealed sub (passive + behringer pro amp)
4). New Matress (Jen adds: a great big fancy one)
5). save, save, save.... for next bit of AV gear... opps, I mean house related projects.

Well 1-4 have all been paid for and organised.  

5... well thats been given a stupidly big kick in the guts.

[JohnA]

you'll have the soon enough mate, and once you do, you will forget all about the wait