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-20F* ... "Colder than I like" !?!?

What do you do, wait 'till the shop warms up to a balmy 0* Jay? That would be about mid-summer for you, right?

My garage is usully around 0c/32F during winter (it's attached to the house and south facing) and I certainly prefer mid summer temps. Remember I have gone for 5k runs in 35 to 40C heat with 90% humidty, I love heat and humidity. If I felt compelled to venture into the garage right now I would, but this is a project that can wait.

I would have never suspected it got that hot up there Jay, that's pretty warm, especially with the humidity.

We can give you a couple more days, Jay....no rush.

The humidity doesn't get that high in Calgary,although we do see ~35C a few times a summer, more like an oven though very dry. I was in Nelson B.C, right on Kootney lake when it was 44C and ~90% humidty a couple summer ago. I felt it was the right time for a run so off I went, most of my usual aches and pains never materialized and my lungs felt great with the high humidty.

Thanks for the extra time Adrian

Canadian record temps....1937, Saskatchewan 45*C (113*F) excluding humidity. In 1936 Manitoba and Ontario exceeded 44*C (111*F) excluding humidity, killing 1180 people, mostly children and elderly. I can tell you that 35 to 37C with humidity is brutal (like 45C), I can't imagine what 44-45C feels like with our humidity.

Might as well post this here, now that we've derailed the thread! Have any of you guys tried building your own speaker cabinets at all? how did they turn out? this is something I've got to try in the future.

I've tried this arrangement and I can confirm what everyone else has said...it's not very good. I also tried 2 M22s vertically on either side of the TV and I liked that much better. My favorite was vertical M22s on both sides plus a VP100 above. It really filled in the center stage. I just don't think my receiver could handle it at higher volumes for too long, so I ended up with a single VP100 above. It matches very well with my M60s, and I'm perfectly content with that set up.

Thanks, Joe, that was the type of answer I needed to hear. I'm going to stick to the VP150. Alan told me the lateral dispersion wouldn't be quite as good as the 150 if I use two M22s (horizontally)but said if you were seated directly in front it wouldn't be an issue and said there is an argument to be made that the M22s would be 'warmer' sounding. He actually uses bookshelves himself, above and below his DLP in his New York apt.(M2 or M3, I forget)in the vertical position as I understood.

Hey Adrian,

Are you following that "other" thread? Forget the M22's and get another M80 for the center.