how could it be overrated?.. we got alot of live testimonial here.. i dun trust web review very much because some of it probably paid for that.
If i'm not mistaken (correct me), r501 mkII only available in malaysia.. probably very hard to find any review on this.
the best is to trust ur own judgement.

just got mine too from the garage sales. i dun know why they made this as a multimedia speaker. found out that i have to be at least 1 meter from it to enjoy the sound, esp the bass. Superb smooth bass. Not the best, but it is still good.
People, don't place this speaker at the side of your monitor and playing the music while using the pc, it'll sound flat and boring.

i actually place it like any typical multimedia pc ie beside my monitor. I only reposition myself .
No space to place that huge speaker yet and tak sempat, bcos i just got it yesterday. But for now i will just listen to music on s4.1 or headphone if i'm using the PC and use t3 if i'm not eg. while on bed. That's the better way to enjoy a good music i guess

you can put it there as long there are some safe distance from ur head. they're loud after all .. safety first .. like shockk said .. the distance will affect the soundstage on x, y and z axis

here is my setup





latest finding:

after some testing i was not satisfied with the speaker because at some level the sound is like uncontrolled especially on the mid-bass.

found out the table is the culprit. It's made from a weak structure (saw-dust?) and amplifying the resonance thus made the sound abit chaotic. For now i just put a pair of towels underneath the speakers and it improve the sound drasticly (the same towel on my sub in the pic; which i use to rest my leg ). The sound is better now even if I am closer to them.

Any idea how to overcome this problem?.. I dun want to change the table to solid wood because it'll be troublesome if i have to move to other house. The towels cannot be a permanent solution because they're not stable.

look what i found today

quite short but just nice for surround speaker if you're on sofa. rm19 per pair .. no complain

win more at Cheras Red Hot

yeap you're correct. No modification needed. The price label written that they're for pioneer speaker.

R1900TIII? too heavy bro. I'll try to balance the speaker on that stand later if possible. Just for you .. Maybe we can see how the speaker perform on a drop test too

yeap, the height is fixed. i'll post the picture tonite. I just use a short bolt and nut as the hook.

At Cheras Court Mammoth or specifically Red Hot near the Badminton Stadium. It's where they sell the Court Mammoth item that already kena tarik from the owner.

as promissed

just try it, it's solid stable. It really need some extra force to nudge it down.

^ oh yeah, i mounted the sats on a picture frame hook before for almost 1 years , when i was staying in a smaller room. It's not that heavy.
i tot it was about stability

read the pinned thread
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=139241

haha no wonder lot of user disagree with you, your s4.1 is not the same as the others. You can't generalize that the speaker is bad because yours is broken. Fix it first.

speaker stand

that's not real speaker stand .. this is

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...0&#entry7695387

especially for TIII as mentioned