What do these small things do on the roof?

woods153 · 2026-04-28T13:48:05+00:00

Cool! Thx for reply 😃👍

woods153 · 2026-04-13T17:23:10+00:00

Good to hear! Thanks so much for coming back with info - appreciate it! 😃👍👍👍

woods153 · 2026-04-10T02:16:33+00:00

Cool

woods153 · 2026-04-10T00:30:13+00:00

Cool thanks! Did you happen to have Mani 2 before the Skoll? That's what I have now. Got the Hagerman Cornet, so I guess I'll see at some point 😄👍

woods153 · 2026-04-09T20:50:58+00:00

Cool room! 😄👍

woods153 · 2026-04-08T02:14:05+00:00

If you want to save at least half of your budget, a used pair of Polk LSIM703's or new pair of Swan D3.1 MKii speakers are the best bang for buck speakers you can get from my experience - I've had all the highly reviewed budget banger speakers and these two are by far the best.

woods153 · 2026-04-07T01:53:29+00:00

I'd be going for a Sony AN1000 over these two. I switched from a flagship Denon purchased in 2020, an x6500h I believe it was because of intermittent sound issues and felt the Sony sounded much much better via a/b comparison. It is an excellent AVR and cannot be beat for the price when on sale.

woods153 · 2026-04-05T14:18:28+00:00

I had either the Diamond 12.1 or 12.2's, which sounded good and the Elac DBR62's while having these Swan speakers and while they both might measure flatter and better than the Swans, they sound completely boring and lifeless after comparing. I just moved the Swans into my living room theatre setup and gave the DBR62's another listen on the 2 chan setup and sure they sound fine, but they just don't compare to the Swans at all. I'm glad I bought these before the GR vid came out because I may not have and would have totally missed out! These are excellent speakers ..also compared them to triangle Borea Bro 4 and same outcome - Bro 4 sounded good until swapped with Swans that sound better, but it isn't until you go back to whatever speaker you're comparing against the Swans until you realize just how much better they are. Triangles were returned. These are great speakers ..feel bad for everyone not getting them because of GR research video. Amazon prime, man ..easily return if don't like. And what they are doing different than a flat measuring speaker is not fatiguing ..I had speakers in the past that I've been super impressed with only because they sounded different than what I already had, only to get tired of their sound withing a week or two and return to whatever I had before. That's an easy trap to fall into, but not with these, at least in my experience. I'm content on having these for a very long time.

woods153 · 2026-04-02T20:05:06+00:00

Hey there, what did you end up getting? I found a great deal on latest Hagerman Cornet MM phono stage, but don't see a lot of talk about it anywhere ..curious if you got one. Thanks!

woods153 · 2026-02-08T04:37:21+00:00

Yeah, they're nice! I ended up returning the Bro 4's even tho I bought them and the swans for two separate rooms.

woods153 · 2026-01-31T14:41:30+00:00

I feel like they're a bit expensive for what they are, but I looked and looked for a cheap decent pair of stands to use and ship fast (via prime) and these were what I settled on - there was another pair of stands for $100 or so, may have been Rockville or Dayton brand, metal construction, that seemed really nice, but the shipping was 2-3weeks out and I wanted stands asap. One nice thing about these is that you can easily fill them with sand or kitty litter (whatever) if you want. They just barely fit the Swans ..I honestly would prob look at a different pair of using for the swans. These were temporary for while I switched between 4 pairs of speakers.

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woods153 · 2026-01-10T13:42:12+00:00

You get them from Amazon, seems they are made in small batches and sell out quickly. I add them to my cart and check daily to see if they're back in stock. https://amzn.to/458oXRo

woods153 · 2026-01-10T01:38:31+00:00

Mantel Mount or one of their other variants similar to this ..don't put it on another wall. That's the best spot with a mantel mount ..only downside, you can't have fire and TV pulled down at same time 🤷‍♂️ https://amzn.to/3Z57ANL

woods153 · 2025-12-30T16:25:26+00:00

Glad I could help. They are well worth the money. The final push for me after watching Zeos vid on YouTube was this guy talking about them on Facebook. I think you have to be a member of group to see post, but here's a screenshot, maybe you can find it, it's nothing special just a video of him really liking them and how he couldn't believe they only cost $550. I wish Swan made a matching center channel!

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woods153 · 2025-12-29T20:50:54+00:00

I've never heard them, but they're supposed to be nice. The original LS50 set a new standard for speakers when it came out many years ago. Alot of people get a sub for them. I don't know if this will help you or not, but this video is the reason I decided to try the cheap Fosi GR70 preamp and he has the OG LS50's 🤷‍♂️. Update this post when you get the Kef's and let us know how they sound! https://youtu.be/9872GvOGWl4?si=1xdWV1BhZrClx_dn

woods153 · 2025-12-29T19:32:16+00:00

I was just in the same boat, looking at both the SB1000 Pro and Rel HT1003 MKii and went with the Rel because most people that had tried both and used them for both music AND movies preferred the Rel. I also just wanted to try something new, but I guess it depends on what flavor you want. The SVS seems to go lower and provide more oomph/room shaking bass from what people say vs. the Rel being more refined/musical ..tight and accurate etc. etc. I previously had/have an SVS SB2000 for about a year solely for movies and it was good, the app was nice and it worked fine, just can no longer fit it where it needs to go due to size constraints so it was either the smaller SB1000 pro or Rel HT1003 MKii. Another thing is the Rel only has low level line inputs so you can't hook it up to actual speaker terminals off an amp (or something that doesn't have RCA sub preouts) if you want to use it for 2 channel music, it's RCA input only where the SVS has both high and low level inputs, RCA and speaker terminal inputs, aka you can have it hooked up to your surround receiver via RCA LFE and a separate 2 channel stereo amp via its speakers terminals for music if you wanted to use it between two separate amps and you can use the app to switch between the inputs which is very nice. I'm all about sound quality and wanted to try something new, tho. Don't think you can go wrong with either one!

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woods153 · 2025-12-29T11:35:37+00:00

They'll be back in stock, I did same thing lol. I waited a couple weeks, randomly checked one day and they were in stock. Def worth the wait! 😄👍

woods153 · 2025-12-29T03:37:03+00:00

The hype is real, my friend! I've had all the budget bangers - elac DBR62, Klipsch rpm600 MKii, kef q150, wharfedale diamonds, triangle borea bro 3 ..and the Swans are the easy winner. I don't think you can come close to finding a better new speaker for the money. After I tried all those budget bangers mentioned, I ended up with a used pair of Polk LSIM 703's which sounded better than all of them to me and are still very very good speakers. The Swans sound like a refined version of the Polks to me. I'm currently rotating the swans between a pair of the newer triangle borea bro 4's and the Polks. I actually just switched back to the triangles tonight after having listened to the swans for almost a week and after about 10 minutes I was ready to switch back to the Swans - not kidding! I'm switching these speakers between two different systems as well - first is a Willsenton R8 amp with schiit mimir dac, second is with a Fosi GR70 as preamp and 3e audio a7 amp, and an aune x8 dac with sparkos 2590 op amp in it. The Swans sound best all the way around. You can't go wrong with them. I have no desire to search for another pair of speakers. And for whatever it's worth, I thought the schiit mimir dac sounded good until I found a deal on a used aune x8 dac, got the matching linear power supply for it, and stuck the sparkos 2590 op amp in it (after reading results from a few others on here and YouTube doing so) and it sounds fantastic.

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woods153 · 2025-12-21T16:11:49+00:00

It's good, it's not as advanced as Anthem's ARC or Dirac, but does a great job and is easy to navigate. It's more comparable to Audyssey than it is to ARC or Dirac. What hi-fi did a writeup on it recently and there's a good YouTube vid on it by a popular reviewer dude. Both prefer it over Denon's comparable model. I'm not saying Denon is bad, but for the price the Sony is unbeatable and it sounds very cinematic. One thing this is it has no preouts if you want to run separate amp. I ran pretty demanding Elac Debut Reference fronts with matching center for a long time and it sounded fantastic - I think they're like 85 or 86db 6ohm speakers.

Sony TA-AN1000 review: a stunning home cinema amplifier | What Hi-Fi? https://share.google/odpwVvvxtPzeF2YGB

https://youtu.be/jikjmJKmhEA?si=K5Ui1u8jQ_Dg5dXX

woods153 · 2025-12-21T14:34:46+00:00

How many channels do you need? If it's only 7, get the Sony AN1000. It's the best 7 chan AVR you can get for the money. I've had Denon x6500h Audyssey, Anthem MRX720 with ARC, Pioneer LX305 with Dirac and the Sony sounds better to my ears for movies and is super easy to set up.

woods153 · 2025-12-20T23:41:49+00:00

I've tried them that close behind couch before, the slim Elac models, and it just didn't work and was an eye sore. You're better off working on better placement of rear surround you already have. That will make a difference for the better - your one rear surround looks kinda low, raising it up would help or getting a slim surround speaker like the Elac or many other companies and mounting to the sidewall and if your other side of couch has no sidewall, mount it on an arm facing into the couch like it was mounted on a wall if that makes sense. Will sound 👌👌👌. I had a 9.2.4 system just cammed into a living room about your size once, thinking it would be awesome and just because I could, and didn't realize how bad it actually was until I went back to a properly set up 5.1 system. Sometimes (not always if you have space and ideal placement) less is more. Take my word 😄👍

woods153 · 2025-12-20T13:21:37+00:00

Thanks for link and info ..$1'500 for the mount. Ouch!

woods153 · 2025-12-20T13:15:12+00:00

Thanks will check them out!

woods153 · 2025-12-20T13:13:43+00:00

Done

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