"JP, let me check your system and I'll come back to you with some thoughts."

Greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your comments on the Townsends. It seems like they give roughly the same experience as the vs ST originals. The one thing I have against the VS original ST, besides pricing, is their size. They are not ugly, but they do make the speaker look one size larger, more like the big boys, and the "great thing in small package" approach of the db99 is one thing I (and my wife) really like about them. People tend to get surprised at the slam and size of the soundstage taking into account the fairly standard living-room-speaker size...

jenspatrik July 07, 2008 16:59

Yes, I´m also curious on more impressions of the Townsends :). Thanks! JP

jenspatrik July 06, 2008 07:54

Hi, Firstly I would like to congratulate you on a very nice setup. very tastefully placed and with really carefully and well thought out gear, Those lamm amps seems sweet indeed and I can imagine that you get a lot of synnergy there.

As, I recently got my own pair of db99 SE set up at home, I´m curious in your experiences with placement. I have a much smaller room (please feel free to check out my virtual system) , and have to move the speakers quite closely together, which I think compromises spaciousness in soundstaging somewhat. I notice that you have yours quite far apart (which you also comment on).

So, do the db99s fill out the full stage (i.e. no weakening of the presentation in the center of the soundfield)? And do you use a toe-in? I find that in my compartment, the db99s need quite a lot of toe-in to "lock in", although I found that the soundstaging and presentation seemed more seamless and linear without the greater toe-in (on expense of imaging).

Sorry for the long post, just curious in your experience in setting up your db99s? Thanks! JP

jenspatrik July 05, 2008 23:18