Blackstone TL3's?

[suliman]

As my other thread shows (link), I'm working on my HT setup.

Anyone have the TL3 (Blackstone) line in their setups? Thoughts?

[Keiko]

I'm using a pair of TL2 Blackstones in my 2ch bedroom rig and I'm happy with them. When I have some funds, I'll probably add a decent compact sub to fill out the low end, but for now, I'm quite pleased.

[suliman]

TL3's it is!

Just ordered the TL350 pack from Vanns. Should be here soon. Going to eventually go full 7.1 for the HT setup, but 5.1 just fine for now... BUT now I need to figure out the ".1" part.

Anyone have some Polk (or even other) sub recommendations for the Blackstones? I may eventually get a ".2" setup, but just as the 5-piece surround, 1 sub is good for now.

Now just hunting for the beast to power them... got my eye on the Yamaha RX-A3010, should do nicely and leave some room to upgrade to a 7 or even 9 setup.

[RuSsMaN]

Check out the DSW PRO series of subwoofers from Polk, spot on match for the 'stones.

Welcome to the boards and thanks for choosing Polk Audio!

Cheers,
Russ

[TouchOfEvil]

I have the TL350 setup in my bedroom. I run a Velodyne SPL1000 with them and it sounds great. The sub in this room does a wonderful job with the tl350's. The best question for you though would be how large is your room and what is your budget? I found my sub after waiting for a bit at i believe 375shipped brand new.
My room is 12ft 10" x 15ft 6" with 9ft ceilings.

[suliman]

Yeah, pretty excited to see what the Blackstones can do. Now I just need to get my rti12's back from my friend to get my 2-chan happiness back.


Big open room (1 solid wall, 1 wall with windows and FP, half stair, and other is completely open)
19'4" x 17'2", 10' ceilings

If I went with the DSWPro, seems like I may need to go the 600 series to fill out the space or could I get away with a 500 series?

[TouchOfEvil]

I don't personally have experience with the Polk subs so i can't really say. My sub i am using would certainly be no match for your size room though.

[suliman]

Found a pretty good deal on a DSWPro 660wi, so looks like I'll be paring that with the Blackstone TL350 setup. Once they come in and I get them installed, I'll let you all know. I went with the 660, only because of the size and openness of the room.

[suliman]

I'm painfully staring at my TL350 box and (wow, this thing is big) pro 660wi... still waiting on my receiver and wall mounts to get here... ahhhhhh the agony!!!!!

[RuSsMaN]

That's going to be a killer setup. I'd ronco that rig.

[DSkip]

Suliman, you will shortly have a smile on your face. The sound isn't as full as the RTi's, but I still prefer the TL3 sound over the RTi due to their smoothness. Polk knocked it out of the park with those things.

[suliman]

Well, it seems Yamaha is taking forever with the new RX-A3010, so I'm canceling my order for it right now and going with the RX-A1000. It's SUPER discounted right now plus I got free shipping on it from NewEgg!! I figure I can stick with it for a few months while I wait for the 3010 to start shipping and maybe drop in price a bit, then I can use the 1000 in a different room...

Soon.... soon I'll be able to hear my lovely TL3's!!!!!

[ohskigod]

anyone try these tl3's on those little T amps that were the rage years ago? entertaining these for a computer set up

[JimAckley]

I wanna hear your 3's sometime Skip

[DSkip]

Talk to Danny. I've got the 2's.

[suliman]

The TL3s with a Pro660wi sound FANTASTIC with the Yamaha RX-A1000. Finally got them all setup and was lazy and let the YAPO config the audio levels for me, all I tweaked was the center channel dB (it had taken some gain away from it, I added it back in).

Only watched a few clips from two blue ray movies, so nothing crazy yet, but so far, they sound great fresh out of the box. Definitely recommend the TL3's!

[Mark Syd]

Suliman are you still happy with your TL3s?