Good insight Johan! I have four of these for my back & side surrounds and have them directly aimed at the MLP. In my situation I have the tweeter line about 12 in above, so yes positioning is key with these speakers. If you haven’t, you should listen to Erin’s YouTube review, very informative.
https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/arendal_1723_thx_s/
……………………still waiting on “In Ceiling” speakers to compliment the 1723 series. Any updates on this from Arendal Sound would be appreciated!!!
Agree with Fernando, those JTR Captivator 2400, while not having app control, are probably a step above. If you want an easy integration two more JTR’s would be the smart move and with 4, 1 in each corner would make your low frequencies absolutely seamless and most likely without any room nodes. I’d bet a miniDSP or DLBC would do wonders.
Personally as a DIYer and woodworker, if I were going to custom make these stands, I’d be using the actual 1723 Monitor THX speaker to start my design. Remember the speakers enclosure is made of HDF, so if you want a matching finish for the paint(which you will need to closely match), you’ll want to stick with HDF for the enclosure material. Internal bracing will be necessary to keep the outer look clean and probably the use of dado joints to maintain cabinet strength.
Lukas is spot on in his explanation of the “Outlet” products. I bought the 1723 Center THX from the “Outlet”, besides the boxing(which it was double boxed), the center channel speaker looked brand new.
I’m pretty sure these are re-branded K&M 24471. Sound Town offered these on Amazon months after I had bought the K&M’s, otherwise I would’ve bought these for half the price. Good choice Luis!!!…………LC
I’ve not used these but I’ve heard good things about how well they work, link below.
VSUB-1 Virtual Copper 24 Bit Digital Audio Wireless Subwoofer System
George, you didn’t give any specifics as to what your previous Klipsch setup was, but from 20+ years of Klipsch experience, unless your center channel was a KLF-C7, RC-7 or RC-64 series then Lukas was spot on especially pointing out the center channel and your room. I also speak from experience when I say an Emotiva XPA series amp and a 1723 Center THX are quite revealing to the source material. Both are quite neutral in their presentation. The Arendal Sound speakers are quite superior in every way possible to Klipsch’s home theater speaker offerings period. Coming from a Klipsch Legend series front stage(KLF-20/KLF-C7) and Klipsch Reference side/back surrounds bookshelf speakers(RB-5), my 1723/1723S series setup is absolutely the best sounding setup I’ve heard from any speaker line up to 3x their price point. To this day the best sounding speakers I’ve personally heard are made by MBL and if you know anything about their Radialstrahler line, six figures easy to start, which says loads about Arendal Sound and their sound, build and value. Anyhow, the 1723 Center THX was a huge improvement over my previous Klipsch center channel, KLF-C7, and haven’t at all missed having my Klipsch Legends.
Unless the Simaudio or Lyngdorf cd player have a feature that your Marantz doesn’t, then I’d be looking at stand-alone DAC’s.
Hey Neil, so it’s been almost a year since I received my 1723/1723S speakers. These speakers are by far in my top 5 best speakers ever heard/demoed at any price.
