So I'm looking at speakers with freaking laser beams attached to their heads

[vi edit]

http://www.hemagazine.com/Product-Revie...-Electronics/Laser-Guided-Speakers.asp

http://www.elanhomesystems.com/product/speakers/theaterpoint/index.asp

Heh. It's a geeky marketing appeal. The speakers come with a laser pointer that you snap into the tweater area that you use to "aim" the speakers at your seating areas. Not the reason I'm considering the speakers, but I thought it was a geeky, creative touch.

I'm putting an in-wall setup HT setup as we re-do our basement. Looking at grabbing these for my fronts and the in-ceiling ones to put in the surrounds.

 

[MedicBob]

Couldn't you used a laser pointer and a holder? Put the pointer where you want the sound to ends up and point it at the speaker.

I admit, for sheer geekiness, the laser speakers would be great.

 

[sygyzy]

Yes you can do it with your own laser. I did it when I set my my speakers.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: MedicBob
Couldn't you used a laser pointer and a holder? Put the pointer where you want the sound to ends up and point it at the speaker.

I admit, for sheer geekiness, the laser speakers would be great.

I'm not sure if what you're saying would do the same thing. How can you tell when you have the speaker lined up on-axis?

 

[SSSnail]

It must suck to be you, because then there's only ONE precise spot that you'll have to position your head to hear the sonic nuances of everything you are listening to. I envy your hearing ability.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
It must suck to be you, because then there's only ONE precise spot that you'll have to position your head to hear the sonic nuances of everything you are listening to. I envy your hearing ability.

I don't think you understand what we are talking about.

 

[Squisher]

My speakers say that they welcome their new Speaker Overlords.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Squisher
My speakers say that they welcome their new Speaker Overlords.

All your bass are belong to me!

FWIW, I'm kind of scrapping the in-wall idea. I feel like they compromise too much quality for the sake of space conservation. I demo'd about 15 pairs ranging from $200 a set to to $1000 a set.

My favorite were an $800 set of Definitives, followed by a $300 set of Elan's. Everything else was either way too bright (think Klipsch) and/or lacking the warmth that I'm used to.

I wish I had a B&W dealer around me to demo some of their stuff.

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Squisher
My speakers say that they welcome their new Speaker Overlords.

All your bass are belong to me!

FWIW, I'm kind of scrapping the in-wall idea. I feel like they compromise too much quality for the sake of space conservation. I demo'd about 15 pairs ranging from $200 a set to to $1000 a set.

My favorite were an $800 set of Definitives, followed by a $300 set of Elan's. Everything else was either way too bright (think Klipsch) and/or lacking the warmth that I'm used to.

I wish I had a B&W dealer around me to demo some of their stuff.

if you want another thing to test, try a pair of Ascend CMT-340 SE's @ ~$600/pair. Linky for your listening pleasure

oh, and i hope you're spending alot of time at AVSforum. great people over there.

 

[Viperoni]

Improving your room will provide a far greater gain then using a laser pointer to aim your tweeter "that much more" precisely, but I digress. It's not a bad thing.