Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Ah okay, sorry, missed that bit.

I reckon that you absolutely cannot put those speakers on a bookshelf while retaining anything that the reviews say is good about them. They are out and out standmount speakers. Fokin' massive, meant for beefy, beefy stands.

They're so big DK! Anyway, hope you enjoy the audition.

They're so big

Yeah... but they would fit!

And then have a lot of surrounding damping from the few thousand books also occupying the shelving.

I'll just have a couple of big speakers in a wall of books.

just fished a bunch of CDs out of the basement - now to see if I have anything to even play them with, lying around here somewhere. might have a BD player maybe ?!

they are supposed to be amazing

A PlayStation?

sir, this is a nintendo household.

(no PS1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 sadly and my xbox is digital only.)

I should fuckin' hope so for 5k!

Full report please Velocity Boy.

I got all my CDs out the other day. Several thousand of the bastards. Also got nowt to play them on. Keep threatening to buy an optical drive and rip them all but...

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Keep threatening to buy an optical drive and rip them all but

Three years it took me to get mine all into FLAC.

And what bugs me is that I know I missed a few along the way and I don't know which ones or which chest in the loft the ones I've missed are in.

DVD player?

Well, there's a first time for everything, and I am sure you will be the first person to put these speakers on String shelving lol

I'm going for something like this... but don't mind if the speakers are taller or wider (I can move shelves) so long as they fit (I can't make the shelves deeper).

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I expect it’ll work quite well -basically soffit mounted built in speakers.

Did those house owners choose the speakers to match the shelving colour, or the shelving colour to match the speakers?

They won't go on either of those, hehe

Nah, they are big!

But String shelving is 58cm wide, 30cm deep, and I can clear shelves above them.

Or... put the Tannoys on their side to fill a width of a shelf like in that last photo.

Can't you get @dbr to build you some nice shelves?

The speaker equivalent of the "Italian tune up"?

Yeah, I dig the look, just seem so substantial for something as delicate looking (I realise they can bear a lot of weight, I just mean from an aesthetic standpoint) as String. I just worry that you'll be really impressed with them on stands and then a bit disappointed when you put them on a shelf, is all.

Could be true. They might look very wrong on them.

The order of decisions here is: Speakers, then amp / streamer as needed, then shelving (but String is very high on the list and providing the constraints for the speakers).

If the speakers end up dictating different shelving... so be it. If I become serious about the Tannoys I'll home audition them and squeeze them into my office where I already have String shelving to see how they look 🤣 I am well aware of how frivolous this entire decision making process is... but also how much fun it is to just consider anything and be willing to change all the things.

I do.
I’ve done all the random albums and promos and singles that I had, just need to do the actual albums I liked and wanted to keep..

This, it’s not just the beefy stands that are going to compromise the sound but the shelving and the closeness to the wall and everything else in the vicinity.
but hey this forum was started for people riding fixed track bikes on the street which is an idiotic pursuit.

i’m presuming you are not even facing them and they will also at the wrong height?

There’s quite a few high end monitors that might suit, Pro-ac, Stirling broadcast, Harbeth etc

nearfield?
get yrself some Rogers LS or Harbeth monitors, nothing better for the ££.

Aren’t the BBC gang famous for needing lots of breathing room?