Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:54 pm
Jon,
My current plans for speakers also includes acquiring several more HR824s (I have 2 now), though I'm considering some other active speakers (Focals) before I start taking the next steps here. I will have the same problem you describe.
I'm presently planning to have two free-standing speaker shelves built (as well as having a console built) that will have sufficient strength to hold 6 HR824s each a short distance away from my console, held at about ear level. Assuming I conclude 3 on each side is not enough (total 6), I'd be able to double up (put them on top of each other) for 6 on each side (total 12) (plus a subwoofer). We'll see. I'll consider adding two more much smaller speaker shelves behind me to reproduce the surround sets eventually.
The lower part of each cabinet will hold music, books or other small objects behind closed doors relating to the organ (various adjusting tools and leftover but potentially useful parts).
I'm not interested in playing loudly, but I'm very interested in accurate tone color. I'm now experiencing the beating thirds problem (Franck, Prelude, Fugue and Variation on the Metz, a single reed drawn on the recit in combination with flutes from the recit, positif and great, b-minor chord in 2nd inversion near the middle of the keyboard if memory serves), and intend to experiment (slowly) with adding speakers to solve the problem as has been suggested elsewhere on the forum. The beating tones I'm hearing are pretty irritating; I don't consider my ears all that great but I've never experienced this beating before playing pipe organs and I hope to eliminate it over time from my HW setup.
Best of luck to the both of us.
Ken