First of Two Deliveries Arrived Yesterday

[laurence-chan]

Pair of 1723 Tower THX and 1723 Center THX arrived on a pallet by FedEx Freight yesterday evening.  Cut the shrink wrap off and used a hand truck to make three trips in through the garage, at 112 lbs I definitely need it.  Hopefully the four 1723 Bookshelf S THX make it tomorrow before the weekend begins.  Not sure why I’ve read that the tweeters are a bit harsh out of the box, but coming from Klipsch Legends, the tweeters to me sound quite crisp without a harshness.  This front stage sounds fantastic out of the box!!!

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[Hans Erik Sæbø]

Fantastic:) congratulations with your new setup.:) waiting on my speakers as well;)

[laurence-chan]

Thanks Hans, the waiting was tough but my remaining four 1723 Bookshelf S  THX speakers finally made it yesterday afternoon.  The delivery was supposed to be this coming Monday, but FedEx was able to move my remaining speakers through their system a business day early.  I’m grateful to FedEx because I will be out of town on a business trip next week and would not have been home on Monday.  I have already unboxed the 1723 Bookshelf THX speakers and hooked them up, they sound superb as back/side surround channels and complete the seemless voicing around me for movies.  Hopefully your wait is not much longer!

[Hans Erik Sæbø]

Enjoy!

 

looking forward to hooking up all my new equipment! New processor, new power amps, new tv, new speakers and new seats:o

 

[laurence-chan]

Hooking up everything is half the fun and quite gratifying, it will be happening before you know it!  Which processor, power amps and TV are you going to be using?

[Hans Erik Sæbø]

So true. Looking forward to it!

 

I will be using an Anthem AVM 70 processor, a Emotiva Xpa-Dr3 for the lcr, and two xpa-5 for the rest:) I will be using a 85 inch 8k tv, top of the line..🙈

[laurence-chan]

Once you have everything hooked up I’ll be curious to hear about your results with ARC.  I’m using Emotiva power amplifiers as well, an XPA-7 with four of their PA-1 class D amps for the my height channels.  The Emotiva transparent/neutral sound is a perfect match with the Arendal speakers.  Like you I’m thinking of adding the XPA-DR3 for the LCR. Sounds like you’ve got an awesome setup and can’t wait to hear about it once you’re ready to fire it up!!!

[Hans Erik Sæbø]

Will do!!

I’ve heard a lot about ARC, and it should be really good now, compared to how it was when the avm70 was released! I’ll keep you posted!!

[Keith Luken]

@Laurence C  glad you don’t feel the tweeters are bright since you came from Klipsch. I have Klipsch RP line and while they have tamed the horns a little they are still very bright and top heavy. I had read a few reviews that indicated the 1723 might be a little bright. I like crisp tight sound top to bottom.

[laurence-chan]

The soft dome waveguide tweeter may be a little bit bright, but a horn it is not.  Personally I now have about 40 or so hours on these speakers and I’m thinking the tweeters have smoothed out a bit.

[Thomas Gunvaldsen]

Awesome to see! Welcome to the family. :)