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**Lex** · 08 July 2001, 01:55 Sunday

Cool John! Congrats.

All I got new is a bunch of cable parts, and I mean a bunch. lol.

Lex

**Crimson** · 08 July 2001, 07:53 Sunday

Awesome John! Please let us know how they are as soon as you can.

Q.

**John Kotches** · 08 July 2001, 11:06 Sunday

They're not even close to being broken in, I had the choice of them shipping with 8 hours of break-in a week or so ago, or get 48 hours of breakin and shipping late this week (shop closing for vacation). I chose the earlier shipping method

They're better than I had expected, and it's only going to improve as they get broken in.

I'll probably get some crap from my audiophile friends on the rack setup, but this was about convenience and ease of use, not mega-ultra-dampening from hell -- I have too much stuff coming and going in my system.

Regards,

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**JonMarsh** · 08 July 2001, 15:41 Sunday

Looks good, John!

Thomas and I will be interested to hear your comments regarding the speakers, as he's picked up a set of the RD-75's that we've started measurements and development with. When I visit him in the beginning of August, we hope to make a bit more progress on his dipole system. Optimizing the notch filter and the baffle design will be the first tasks, I think.

The rack looks nice, and flexible- how close it it to your speaker system? The further the remove, the less it seems to me that the tweak damping approach is needed. I like Tom's setup where most of it is racked in seperate closet out of the way or down in the basement.

Is this used for just HT, or a combination of HT and music? Anyway, happy listening!

Regards,

Jon

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**reddavid** · 08 July 2001, 20:14 Sunday

Congrats John,

Please do let us know how the Soundline's sound (front 3 as a matched set). Looking forward to the review. What are you using for amplification?

John

**John Kotches** · 08 July 2001, 22:53 Sunday

Jon,

I only have one system that I have to struggle through with, so it's both HT and stereo.

Everything's still breaking in, and I'm getting acclimated to the sonic differences between these and the Acoustats.

Mostly what I've noticed so far is a complete lack of "strain" so to speak -- no matter how hard I drive them, the tonal character doesn't seem to change. I also enjoy the larger sweet spot

I'm going to do some listening at lower levels after I've had 'em a few weeks. The Acoustats were pretty good at low level playing, unlike some other planars I've listened to.

The rack is about 20" behind the right speaker, given the geometry of my room it's the only place to put it. Unfortunately my old house just doesn't work for racking in a seperate closet or in the basement.

The guys at Soundline have done a great job of building the appropriate notch filters, and once I get a halfway decent SPL meter I'm going to start taking a few measurements. It'll be an Audio Control unit when I get one.

Regards,

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Editor, PC/Home Theater
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
My Home Theater
NEC LT-150 specific page.

**John Kotches** · 08 July 2001, 22:57 Sunday

John aka Reddavid:

No public review forthcoming -- these were a purchase based on my review of the SL-3s last year.

Comparisons across the front triad will come down the road!

Right now I'm using that crappy BAT VK-6200, but it won't be taking up permanent residency as it's too big and heavy for me to deal with.

Once my amplifier enters production (new model release from an existing manufacturer) I'll let you guys know what it is.

Regards,

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Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
My Home Theater
NEC LT-150 specific page.

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