Re: Speaker Decor Thoughts
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Personally, I think both look great. I know it's not much help, but you could go either way.
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Put me down for the gold grills. I like the monotone too...
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I'd get rid of the clock .
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"I'd get rid of the clock ."
If you do, be sure and send it to me.
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Not that I mean to highjack this thread, well maybe I do.
You got me thinking. I've got factory outlet M22's, a VP100 and QS4's (actual may change it the 8's tomorrow) that won't be sent out for about another week. Cause we have a fair bit of dark oak furniture and mahogony trim, I ordered everything in Boston cherry. But now that I've read this thread it occurs to me that maybe I should change the colour of the surrounds to Mainsfield beech with gold grills. That way they won't stand out on the beige walls.
What do you all think? Will it look goofy with cherry mains and centre with beech surrounds or not. I'm not decor literate so your thoughts would be appreciated.
Paul
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If it were me I would stick with what you ordered.
Contrast is sometimes a good thing. Chances are you are'nt always going to have beige walls either.
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We got the beech with the gold grilles because they went with our lighter furniture. I we had darker wood on the furniture we would probably have gone with the darker cherry.
Gold grilles seem to blend more smoothly into our setup.
Just my $0.02
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Paul,
I did the same thing that you are thinking of. I have cherry up front, maple in the rear. the maple are nearly off-white (whatever that means...) I bought white grills for the QS8s and slapped em up on the wall. They are my own little "custom" job. I find that they blend into the walls better than a black or cherry speaker would, and are therefore rated much higher by the wife.
Here's a pic - sorry for the size.
rear full
QS8 single
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Re: Speaker Decor Thoughts
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Hi Paul,
I've got Boston Cherry as it matched the rest of the furniture in the room. The QS8s look just fine, actually MORE than fine Introducing another colour treatment into the room would have been a mistake for us.
More important IMHO is to hide the wire.
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I also prefer the black, it draws less attention and is a better match with everything else I can see in the photo.
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