[SilverJDM]

Settings for the BK Gemini?????

I have set the Lo level Freq to LFE, Lo Level gain to 12 o'clock but what do I set the 'Phase' to? in fact what does 'Phase' do?

[Damian1978]

Originally Posted by hype_male

i think the reason why Tom suggested the xls200 4 games is cuz it has more power so there fore when playing games he reckon that one would want to turn up the volome really loud. Well, at the moment i have a str dh800 reciever, tannoy f1 speaker mixed with my old dte530 te satillite speaker as center and surround but what am thinking of doing is since i save £100 frm the xls200 i will add more money to it and get rid of the satillite and using the current tannoy f1 i have as surround and buy tannoy f4 or f3 and tannoy fc centre for the front so that way i will get a match speaker tonal.

Well I can only speak personally but my amp's a completely different beast to yours and I don't feel the Gemini II is out of it's depth. It shouldn't be all about the bass to that extent as it gets ridiculous IMHO.

If it was my money and invest the saving in the speakers like you say as that will make a major difference to the setup up to and they will handle a bit more bass than the current setup.

If worse comes to worse you can return the Gemini II for the 200 as I asked Tom via email myself as I was worried in case I had issues with mains hum etc. You will have to pay for the postage back that's all.

[paulst10]

Back when I used to play FPS games .. the better the subwoofer, the better the experience The kick of the AWP sniper rifle in CounterStrike, and the sheer depth in bass the grenades and tank shell explosions gave in COD3 creating a 'shellshocked' experience was unbelievable .. they really rattled the room

So, IMO for gaming, get the best sub you can afford

[namuk]

Agreed on gaming , sometimes it is WW3 a car engine sounds like a car engine ..

[pingu666]

going out on a limb here, but id say the xls200 or whatever just kicks more ass than the gemini... but it comes down to budget at the end of the day...

[Damian1978]

Blimey!

Just put mine on a £10 Argos granite kitchen top board. Wow. Tightens up the bass something shocking. No delay vibrations through the floor boards now.

Well impressed!

[Grayman]

Definietly makes a massive difference isolating the sub, I put the spikes on my Gemini Mk2's this weekend and it made a huge difference. The spikes go through ther carpet to concrete floor, and the sofas shake now when running at a reasonable volume.

The Gems are amazing subs, watched Knowing after putting the spikes on and I couldnt believe how powerful such small subs can sound, I do have two though which probably helps a little but they are the most impressive small dimension sub Ive ever come accross. The plane crash scene had me turning down the volume rapidly, took me by surprise.

[pingu666]

ordered mine this morning, hadto ring them up to change from cherry to black, was really easy and polite, and when i ended the call phone said it had taken 1min and 9 seconds

[Mitch2791]

Had mine delivered at the end of last week
What a cracking bit of kit. Went for one in walnut

Not the best pics, taken on my phone.

[dibdab]

Do People leave their gemini's on all the time?

I keep forgeting to turn it off when i've finished watching a movie. I'm worried about my leccy bill.

[marty2005]

I never turn my sub off, it goes into standby if not used.

[Jattmon]

hi all, i recently brought a gemini 2 sub too, "upgraded" from a rel quake. and thought il give my 2 cents on this sub so far.

i have a very small room, roughly 3m by 3m for my pc hometheater setup with onkyo 506 amp.

iv had the gemini II for a few weeks now, came perfectly packaged, and i chose the excellent rosewood finish.

the build quality of this sub lives up to the forum gossip
but i have one caveat...... the strange audyssey test tone distortion sounds like either an amp problem, or air compression within the driver itself? wish i had the specs of the driver they used

but on the plus side, i am hearing things in the mix i didnt before with the quake, and it is louder,with better controls and filtering too

[Norton750]

Ordered a gloss black to replace my dead KEFF PSW2000 - have to say very impressed so far and works well with the KEF 2005 satellites I have now I've set everything up with an SPL meter. Took 2 weeks from order to delievery - BK a pleasure to deal with.

I was torn between the XLS 200 and the Gemini 2 but am more than happy with the performance of the Gemini 2. As long as your not looking to blow out any walls, the Gemini 2 packs a big enough punch IMO.

[Jattmon]

ok, finally setup the gem 2 in my room perfectly as i want it. Initial impressions in my room werent the best, since room node made it sound boomy.... (made me regret selling my quake!) BUT

got my radioshack spl, with calibration files, and tamed my room node as much as i could without a BFD, and the result is deeper bass, more detailed, tighter, and on a much larger scale.

This sub really sounds so much better on spikes, u can feel the percussive deep bass much better

here is my REW graph, for a 3m by 3m room im very happy, my room node is 60hz. hoping to look into a BFD or something similar one day

[valjester]

Just ordered myself a Gemini in rosewood to compliment my RS1s, hoping it's as good as everyone says it is!

[a4lloxo]

im torn betweeen the Gemeni and the XLS200,my room is around 6m x 4.5,will be used for music as well as movies so timing is important,does anyone have any advice?

[Hudson]

Join the club, me too, just a little concerned about this ''hum'' i have read about in the past 12 pages regarding the Gemini Also does putting a solid granite chopping board ( about £15 from Asda) add to the overall sound you would get via the Sub ?

[Damian1978]

The hum on my unit is very very slight (by my fussy standards) and I got the £10 granite chopping board from Argos. Mine was on a carpetted floor board room. Made a masssssssive difference and now have granite under my fronts and DVD player, HD DVD and Blu ray :-)

[valjester]

The granite chopping boards you can get in Wilkinson are 9 quid and slightly bigger than the Argos ones.

[yakboyuk]

Recieved my Geminii 2 in light oak yesterday and set it up last night. What a lovely bit of kit....much easier to integrate into my kef eggs than the PSW2000 (which surprise surprise broke) and fantastic build quality and easily enough bass for my 4m by 4m room

[valjester]

Originally Posted by yakboyuk

Recieved my Geminii 2 in light oak yesterday and set it up last night. What a lovely bit of kit....much easier to integrate into my kef eggs than the PSW2000 (which surprise surprise broke) and fantastic build quality and easily enough bass for my 4m by 4m room

When did you order it just out of interest?

[yakboyuk]

I ordered it on the 28th of September

[Ricky27]

Hi, we have a 4m x 4m room and will be getting the Geminiin light oak, is 2 weeks average from orderto delivery?

[yakboyuk]

Probably nearer 3 weeks as you can see from above but worth the wait

[Ricky27]

Did you go through the website or call direct?

[Ricky27]

I know i would connect this via my phono sub out for HC, but how do you guys connect it for music?

[Moreton27]

Just got mine in cherry today, i ordered it on the 5th of October, sooo 16 days, NOT BAD!

But seriously what a nice bit of kit. Sounds great, my room will never be the same again!

Just gotta get all the settings right now.

[Moreton27]

Originally Posted by Ricky27

I know i would connect this via my phono sub out for HC, but how do you guys connect it for music?

I have just used the supplied high level connector. Pretty easy.

[yakboyuk]

Originally Posted by Ricky27

Did you go through the website or call direct?

Went through the website but was contacted pretty much straight away

[Pewters]

I received mine yesterday in walnut and it was 14 days like i was told...........i called them and placed my order.

Has anyone got any pics of their settings because i am a newb ans home audio ?

Cheers