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Topic: | Looking for a bad ass landscape audio system. This thread has 44 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 18:35 |
Ryan_SD_CA Long Time Member |
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What are you guys using that you've been really happy with? The ones I am thinking of are either Truaudio, Episode or SpeakerCraft. I don't really have any experience with any of them I just know my client wants something badass.
Your thoughts, please.
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Post 2 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 18:58 |
ichbinbose Select Member |
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Well budget will come into play but coastal source is damn hard to beat
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Post 3 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 18:59 |
internetraver Advanced Member |
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Post 4 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 19:08 |
iform Advanced Member |
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Post 5 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 19:36 |
Audiophiliac Super Member |
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What's "badass" mean to your client?
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OP | Post 6 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 19:38 |
Ryan_SD_CA Long Time Member |
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Yeah I heard the coastal speakers at CEDIA and they were badass but I had forgotten their name. Thanks!
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Post 7 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 20:01 |
SB Smarthomes Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2007 2,634 |
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I've done a bunch of the Episode usually with the 4" sats and multiple 10" or 12" subs and Crown amps.
If the client needs really high SPL, I've done a couple outdoor systems that provide "Club" like sound using the JBL Control High Output speakers (Control 29, Control 28, Control 25 and Control SB2210 Subs).
I haven't heard a sat/sub "Landscape" style system that can match the JBL setup, but the larger JBL speakers and subs require a lot more thought to conceal.
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www.sbsmarthomes.comSanta Barbara Smarthomes |
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Post 8 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 20:20 |
osiris Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2004 442 |
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Coastal Source NEAR JBL Pro
Big speakers are still needed to get into truly “bad ass” sound.
The sub/sat systems from NEAR, Sonance, James, and everyone else can do a really good job...but they can’t play as loud as the above options. I replaced a Sonance system by a pool (13 LS67’s, 3 LS12) with 4 NEAR LB8 and 2 IG12, and it is much better sounding at all volumes, and capable of much higher SPL.
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Post 9 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 20:37 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2007 8,474 |
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On July 25, 2019 at 20:01, SB Smarthomes said...
I've done a bunch of the Episode usually with the 4" sats and multiple 10" or 12" subs and Crown amps.
If the client needs really high SPL, I've done a couple outdoor systems that provide "Club" like sound using the JBL Control High Output speakers (Control 29, Control 28, Control 25 and Control SB2210 Subs).
I haven't heard a sat/sub "Landscape" style system that can match the JBL setup, but the larger JBL speakers and subs require a lot more thought to conceal. I've done primarily episode with 4" SATs and 12" subs myself. I actually prefer the 4" to the 6". They sound cleaner to me. Either way, clients have all been super happy with them.
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Post 10 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 21:18 |
kwkshift Active Member |
Joined: Posts: | February 2004 508 |
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James or NEAR then everything else.
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Post 11 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 21:44 |
buzz Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2003 4,376 |
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On July 25, 2019 at 20:01, SB Smarthomes said...
I've done a couple outdoor systems that provide "Club" like sound This is an interesting dilemma. We did three gyms for a doctor. For the first two houses we used a home audio approach. The rooms sounded good but he was grumpy. In the third house we finally got smart and used some EV speakers. In our opinion they sounded grim, but they were just like the clubs that he frequented. He loved them. They also played much too loud. I am such a wimp. I either inserted earplugs or simply left after he came into the room and took control.
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Post 12 made on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 21:56 |
Mac Burks (39) Elite Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2007 17,518 |
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Coastal Source hands down. We have done a lot of high dollar outdoor speaker systems. Back in the day it was rockoustics then sonance now its all coastal source.
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Post 13 made on Friday July 26, 2019 at 08:06 |
Zohan Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | September 2010 3,096 |
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On July 25, 2019 at 20:20, osiris said...
Coastal Source NEAR JBL Pro
Big speakers are still needed to get into truly “bad ass” sound.
The sub/sat systems from NEAR, Sonance, James, and everyone else can do a really good job...but they can’t play as loud as the above options. I replaced a Sonance system by a pool (13 LS67’s, 3 LS12) with 4 NEAR LB8 and 2 IG12, and it is much better sounding at all volumes, and capable of much higher SPL. 1. How did you replace 13 speakers with only 4? 2. Is there a proprietary amp involved with dsp settings like the crown/episode? 3. Did you run the subs 8ohm or 70v? 4. Any comparison between episode system and Near? Thx
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Post 14 made on Friday July 26, 2019 at 08:51 |
internetraver Advanced Member |
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On July 26, 2019 at 08:06, Zohan said...
1. How did you replace 13 speakers with only 4? I had the same question. More speakers should give you a much more even sound at all volume levels. So is the sound still even with only 4 speakers?
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Post 15 made on Friday July 26, 2019 at 08:58 |
lippavisual Senior Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2007 1,463 |
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On July 25, 2019 at 20:01, SB Smarthomes said...
I've done a bunch of the Episode usually with the 4" sats and multiple 10" or 12" subs and Crown amps.
If the client needs really high SPL, I've done a couple outdoor systems that provide "Club" like sound using the JBL Control High Output speakers (Control 29, Control 28, Control 25 and Control SB2210 Subs).
I haven't heard a sat/sub "Landscape" style system that can match the JBL setup, but the larger JBL speakers and subs require a lot more thought to conceal. I'll ditto this^^ My own home was the usual sat/sub setup. Replaced the sats with Control 29s and it's a huge difference. to the point that my neighbors think I'm putting on a rock concert at my house.
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