Lol, the Billy Carter of speakers

The Beale Street stuff looks interesting. Anyone else with an opinion in it? Any comparisons you can make?

Proficient Speakers can be bought for very cheap any day of the week, never mind during factory promotion...  But, I think the OP is asking for speakers a little bit higher end than Proficient..

It's amazing how we can all put together designs and proposals for customers all the time, no problem..  But when it comes time to make a purchase for ourselves we over analyze every last detail and cant make the choice.  im pretty sure we all do it too..

I am the worst. Which is why I have my tv wall mounted with wiring hanging down. I only ran 1 hdmi cable which I swap between several devices, and no audio in the house aside from a sonos play:3. To be somewhat fair, we only moved back in here 3 weeks ago. But still......

I am at a point where I am sick of coming home to this mediocrity after working on other people's systems every day. I also hate taking shortcuts....due to some mild ocd, and partially to some vanity I admit. That excludes anything proficient right off. :)

I miss my "bachelor apartment system" from years ago. 4 paradigm studio 60s, studio center, denon 3802, Sony xbr 29" crt, etc. No need for a sub with that setup....at least not with neighbors attached.

It's like working in a wine store, customer comes in, knows very little, asks for a red to pair with steak, you show him something that he's never had that's good and he'll be happy.

When a wine collector comes in who has tasted every region you sell and has informed knowledge, the sale becomes much more involved.

Anyone with experience with the BG Radia IC-201?

[Link: bgcorp.com]

Interesting design concept. Almost a bipolar arrangement to supposedly anchor the image to the screen. Made in the USA is a welcome bonus. Of course several of the other options listed here are also that.

Are they even in business?

I am a big fan of BG's planar tweeters, but I don't know anything about that specific speaker. Triad would also be made in the USA, though a more traditional design.

The thing that I am skeptical about regarding the BG speakers, is they are essentially creating a first order reflection (maybe the wrong term) on the front wall, and calling it good. They don't know how far the speakers will be mounted from the front wall, nor do they seem to care. It seems you would end up with sound, including vocals, arriving out of time intentionally.

I may be wrong, but it seems like one of those ideas that was born out of marketing, not science.

I've always had admiration for BG's willingness to try something innovative. However, I can't say I've ever been overly impressed with some of their results. I really would like to demo their BGX-S12B inwall sub though.

I think I have narrowed this down to a few choices.

ML Electromotion R
GoldenEar HTR7000
TruAudio REV8-LCR.1
Beale Street something or other (ADI sells their house brand...W-Box...which uses the same Sonic Vortex technology and they are cheap enough I could throw a pair in and move them to the kids' bedroom if they were not up to snuff enough for the surround system...mainly I am curious how well the bass response is compared to others)

If I could, I would roll with some ML Vanquish or some of the Silver or Gold Triad models...or even the Totem tribe in-ceiling. But that kind of $$ can wait until our next home which will have a dedicated space for the theater. This is a "get me by until then" system, so budget constraints dictate a lower cost speaker.

I did find a pair of the Bostons that were mentioned earlier. We have a set collecting dust in the warehouse. I could probably walk away with them for nothing honestly. If we had a 3rd, I would go for it. Maybe a search of the web of the whole wide world is in order. That would open my budget up for better something else. :)

Yesterday I started the daunting task of "organizing (read; filling up the dumpster)" the warehouse in preparation for the impending move we will undertake in the not to distant future.

Among the "rubble", I found 3 Triad in-ceiling Bronze 8 LCR, 2 in-ceiling gold omni, and a James CINEMA15 subwoofer (and an EMB1000, and I think 6 JBL Synthesis HTPS-400 THX 12" subs....oh and a couple of Triad subs as well). They came out of our previous showroom and have been in boxes for a few years. I am going to make an offer to the boss and take them and give them a good home. I need to dust off my old freebie Rotel RSX-1067 receiver, build a rack, and run some wires now.

Yes. Do this.