Something's Coming

[Weirdcuba]

Wow. Hard to sneak those in.

[Rojet2015]

Originally Posted by JJinID

The JL Audio CR-1 crossover unit arrived yesterday. I have unboxed it and placed it in my rack but will wait to hook it up until later. XRT-29s are scheduled to be delivered between 12-3 today. More to come...

Where did you place your subs? How was the learning curve on using the CR-1? Congratulations on the new speakers.

[lwschwartz]

The room really looks nice. What is the stand you have your XR27 mounted on. It seems perfect.

[JJinID]

Originally Posted by Maks

Those are beasts! Room looks great, enjoy!

Thanks Maks and everyone for the positive comments. The speakers aren't particularly heavy (84 lbs), but they are long and difficult to move, which is why it took me a while to get them upstairs and set up.

Originally Posted by Rojet2015

Where did you place your subs? How was the learning curve on using the CR-1? Congratulations on the new speakers.

Subs are behind the listening position toward the back of the room. I'll take some more pictures of the full room setup and post them shortly. The CR-1 was not difficult to learn how to use at all in my setup. I'll write up more about that soon as well.

Originally Posted by lwschwartz

The room really looks nice. What is the stand you have your XR27 mounted on. It seems perfect.

Thanks Larry! The TV stand is a BDI Vista 9960 in black. I've had it for over 10 years. It normally can hold 1-2 glass shelves below the TV, however it works great just using the arm brackets to place the center speaker on.
Amazingly it holds both my 60" Plasma and the XR27 with no issues, even though it wasn't designed for that much size and weight.

Here's a comparison pic that I took during setup with the LS360 on the left and the XRT29 on the right (with grills off):

[Canonicus]

Nice room!.. Looks like the XRT29's fit perfectly..
Hope you get lots of enjoyment!

[PHC1]

That's some serious speakerage going on in your room! Enjoy your XRT29's!

[SCAudiophile]

Originally Posted by JJinID

I finally had the chance over the Thanksgiving holiday to finalize setting up the XRT29s. Getting them to sound good in my room was significantly more challenging then I expected it to be. Getting the subs perfectly blended in with them took some work also, however I have to say that having the JL CR-1 crossover made it much easier then it would have been without it!

I will write a longer post soon with listening impressions and more about the setup process. In the meantime, here is a pic of the final placement in my room. My LS360s, which I still love, will definitely be missed.

WOW! Congratulations!

[GaryProtein]

That looks terrific.

Enjoy it!

[GreginNH1]

Looks fantastic! Congrats!

[damacman]

I've never heard these - how do you like them?