- Mar 6, 2006
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Parents...I didn't know they were buying the speakers like that. They wanted me to do all the work and research, and I was fine doing it...its the kind of gift I can give. I told them not to do in ceiling speakers and after arguing about it a little I figured they would just let me finish doing the research and make some reccomendations (at least find the wires first!).
I started looking at speakers but went back to ask them about some preferences. Maybe bookshelf or tower speakers in front? Did they really want 5.1 or would a 4.0 stereo setup work (save money or spend more per speaker for better sound) since they mostly listen to music and TV and I wasn't sure if they actually wanted a big ass subwoofer on the floor (they didnt) but they were just like oh yeah we went and ordered speakers already. I was like WTF?!
After installing them and listening they totally agreed on getting a sub, but it had to be tiny, cheap, and good. I told them you can't get all three...and I think after hearing their speakers and knowing what they paid they decided that maybe it was best to listen to me this time. I told them the best sub they could get cheap was going to be a big arse 2' cube (BIC F12 ~$150).
They bought it and were impressed with it, though it massively overpowers everything else (its set to like 5-8% power right now). Now theyre trying to make it a cofee table since they don't know where to put it (I did get a 25' RG6 cable for it). I told them to just find a table to sit over it (they wanted to build on top of it lol).
Ive basically been living at their place for a few months now lol...doing the research, trying to figure out the wiring and stupid crap already installed, drive around looking for and testing parts, order and wait for said parts, try setting things up, order more parts, try again, order more, find out half the stuff doesnt work, and try one more time to order/replace parts, and now Im waiting on those last peices hoping to finally get this thing hooked up correctly and then calibrate it as best I can, get a universal remote setup (got a harmony 650 or something) and then hope to hell the stupid house audio system doesnt fry everything.
yay
I started looking at speakers but went back to ask them about some preferences. Maybe bookshelf or tower speakers in front? Did they really want 5.1 or would a 4.0 stereo setup work (save money or spend more per speaker for better sound) since they mostly listen to music and TV and I wasn't sure if they actually wanted a big ass subwoofer on the floor (they didnt) but they were just like oh yeah we went and ordered speakers already. I was like WTF?!
After installing them and listening they totally agreed on getting a sub, but it had to be tiny, cheap, and good. I told them you can't get all three...and I think after hearing their speakers and knowing what they paid they decided that maybe it was best to listen to me this time. I told them the best sub they could get cheap was going to be a big arse 2' cube (BIC F12 ~$150).
They bought it and were impressed with it, though it massively overpowers everything else (its set to like 5-8% power right now). Now theyre trying to make it a cofee table since they don't know where to put it (I did get a 25' RG6 cable for it). I told them to just find a table to sit over it (they wanted to build on top of it lol).
Ive basically been living at their place for a few months now lol...doing the research, trying to figure out the wiring and stupid crap already installed, drive around looking for and testing parts, order and wait for said parts, try setting things up, order more parts, try again, order more, find out half the stuff doesnt work, and try one more time to order/replace parts, and now Im waiting on those last peices hoping to finally get this thing hooked up correctly and then calibrate it as best I can, get a universal remote setup (got a harmony 650 or something) and then hope to hell the stupid house audio system doesnt fry everything.
yay
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