Originally Posted by Ronnie Hurley
Originally Posted by howiebrou
My 8ks are pre speakerlink so the 808i.2 goes via the 861 although I have to be honest, it sounds BETTER through the 861 than direct. Lord know why??!!
Nice setup Howie, Congrats

Out of curiosity regarding the above statement, do you mean that e.g. Trifield sounds better or do you mean Direct Preset from 808/861 combo sounds better than Direct from the 808 alone??

Also, have you tried Toe-ing in the rear 3100's??

I mean even in direct it sounds better....

No I have not toed in the rears. I just used the MRC for the first time recently so there is still a lot of tweaking to be done even with the front speakers. And the room has a slap echo to be proud of so there will need to be some acoustic treatment in the future, possibly bass traps in the front corners as a bare minimum.

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