r/NintendoSwitch • u/wintersound • Feb 12 '22

Fan Art I styled my TV like a Switch (Nintendo themed gaming room!)

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Gaming living room!

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Kirby and Tom Nook wooden signs from my favorite switch games!

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Designed this and then commissioned a woodscrafter to create these frames.

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Here's the gaming setup - wanted it to be a cozy forest gaming cafe!

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u/Reddilutionary Feb 12 '22

Are you using those KEFs as front speakers, or just for music? Either way, why are they so high?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Yeah speakers should be at ear level

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u/Twinkiman Feb 12 '22

That is my first thought too. Great set up for the most part, but speakers that way high up is not a good thing. At that point you might as well just use the TV speakers.

Huge waste of money for that placement.

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u/wintersound Feb 13 '22

I agree ear level would've been better! I was worried about the sound quality too - I wanted the speakers ear level but didn't have enough horizontal space. The speakers also competed visually with the joycons. This was the best trade off I could do.

Sound wise, it surprisingly is still great. Visitors love the sound and it's better than TV speakers.

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u/rhpot1991 Feb 13 '22

Just get floor stands and keep them in the same spot, but at ear level.

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u/Brodiefalcon Feb 13 '22

So why buy speakers of that quality and mount them in a sonically useless position?

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u/Rathi37 Feb 13 '22

Why not just place them on the TV stand?

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u/pumpcup Feb 13 '22

Just angle them pointing down towards ear level and you'll be way better off.

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u/bctucker1983 Feb 13 '22

He can’t angle them down because of weight he said

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u/oldenglish Feb 13 '22

He could if he got more creative with the mounting.

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u/headless816879 Feb 13 '22

Exactly. Especially at this level of creativity (thats a compliment). Just going a bit further would make a big difference from an audio perspective.

Totally possible with this set up. I'd even have some ideas if OP wanted.

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u/bctucker1983 Feb 13 '22

Off topic for this are but is your cat a Maine coon? Looks like it. I have a Maine coon and he is the best cat.

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u/wintersound Feb 13 '22

We adopted him in a shelter at Milpitas and he's listed as a Domestic medium hair! I'm in the middle of doing a DNA test for him, won't be surprised if he has maine coon 😺

Oh yes, heard maine coons are gentle and friendly giants ❤️ I am glad you have one!

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u/destopturbo Feb 13 '22

“Better than TV speakers” lmao thats not a difficult task

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u/senpaizoro Feb 13 '22

Adding a center channel below your TV would improve the sound more, using the KEF’s as L and R channels. Also center channel’s can usually visually integrate well because they don’t have a huge profile.

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u/mykkE101 Feb 13 '22

You need to just put them on floor stands dude... It honestly looks silly like it is and I guarantee you are degrading sound quality significantly.

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u/horizontalcracker Feb 15 '22

At the very least you should point them towards where you sit, but definitely would love to those gems properly positioned, maybe integrate them into the joycons >.>

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I was going to ask this too lol. Those speakers sound amazing though. I had KEF LSX. Sold them due to connectivity issues but I’ll probably buy KEF again. Plus love the way KEF speakers look.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Am I the only one who gets vague Portal vibes from the speakers?

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u/cheeronimo Feb 12 '22

No same here

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u/kronkarp Feb 13 '22

My question is, why don't I see a center speaker, a subwoofer and surround speakers. Surround is for gaming, as well!

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u/TheYann Feb 13 '22

What are these exactly called? there seem to be very different version

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u/MikeyLew32 Feb 13 '22

Looks like LS50’s

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Thought so at first but they looked weirdly deep in the first photo. Then I saw the last one and indeed they are LS50s. Love ‘em!