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I just realized the horrible quality and awkward placement of my trashcan in this picture, but heres my setup: (Left to right) PC (Built by me) - AMD Quad Core Phenom, 4GB DDR2, 750a Nforce board, 500GB drive, ect TV - Sylvania 42" LCD 1080p, currently running Electric Sheep Screensaver from the PC. 1TB WD External drive PS3 21" monitor running from my (broken screen) HP laptop sitting below. Its just a Turion x64, 1GB ram, 17" laptop; its a few years old. For my sound I'm running Lodgitech x540 5.1 The sub is barely visible below the TV.
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King Hotpants posted:And please don't post in all lowercase. I used to do that too. It's a bad habit I picked up from my Unix admin days and it took me years to start using uppercase letters again.
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Jul 16, 2009 16:21
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Ive posted my system before, but I've made several changes... Of course I would rather not have the sub in the bookcase, but I don't have room for it anywhere else. The speakers are on rubber feet, so they dont vibrate the shelves at all. 
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Jul 17, 2009 17:16
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I just wanted to post in here to update on the APC H15 power unit/surge protector. When I posted my setup several pages ago there were a couple of people asking me how I liked it. Well, a few days ago it failed on me in the middle of a movie. Total failure - it wouldn't power up at all, the front LED was flickering and clicking, nothing plugged into it would power up. I called APC and did some very basic plug/unplug troubleshooting and described what it was doing. They agreed that it was hardware failure and setup an RMA for me. That was 4 days ago and today I have a brand new APC H15 sitting in my theater again. The support process was very painless and all of it was based in the United States. While disconcerting that the unit failed this quickly, I'm happy to report that their support is courteous and responds quickly to issues. I'd still recommend the unit to those of you looking for a surge protector/power conditioner to mount in your AV rack.
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Jul 17, 2009 20:41
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GOOCHY posted:I just wanted to post in here to update on the APC H15 power unit/surge protector. When I posted my setup several pages ago there were a couple of people asking me how I liked it. Well, a few days ago it failed on me in the middle of a movie. Total failure - it wouldn't power up at all, the front LED was flickering and clicking, nothing plugged into it would power up. I called APC and did some very basic plug/unplug troubleshooting and described what it was doing. They agreed that it was hardware failure and setup an RMA for me. That was 4 days ago and today I have a brand new APC H15 sitting in my theater again. The support process was very painless and all of it was based in the United States. While disconcerting that the unit failed this quickly, I'm happy to report that their support is courteous and responds quickly to issues. I'd still recommend the unit to those of you looking for a surge protector/power conditioner to mount in your AV rack. It's refreshing to hear a story about receiving GOOD support. I'm at a point now where I will pay more or put up with a bit lesser of a product if I know the company behind it is going to give solid support.
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Jul 17, 2009 21:15
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I have the same unit with Rotel's name on the front and love it. Nice to know there's decent support should it crap out...
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Jul 18, 2009 07:22
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KHP forgive the ignorant question but do you get any sceen movement at all with high volume? Whether from the projector screen or the projector?
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Jul 18, 2009 18:06
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Not an Anthem posted:KHP forgive the ignorant question but do you get any sceen movement at all with high volume? Whether from the projector screen or the projector? I have a screen in front of 3 large klipsch reference speakers, and get no movement.
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Jul 20, 2009 05:00
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Not an Anthem posted:KHP forgive the ignorant question but do you get any sceen movement at all with high volume? Whether from the projector screen or the projector? The only time I get screen movement is when I have the ceiling fan on super high. Nothing from the speakers.
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Jul 20, 2009 09:10
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I'm still in college and this is a bedroom setup, so nothing extravagant - but I love it. I bought the Polks just to be computer speakers at first, but liked em enough to start a little setup for my room. Yes the cabinets are ugly as sin, but its what I have. Gotta keep my clothes somewhere! Denon AVR-1909 Polk TSi 100's (bi-amped) HSU STF-2 Samsung 32" LCD. Parents didn't use it anymore so they gave it to me. I don't know much about it besides it doesn't do full 1080p.   
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Jul 22, 2009 21:25
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What Comcast box is that proton?
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Siroc posted:What Comcast box is that proton? Seems like its the DCH3416
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Jul 23, 2009 05:03
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Siroc posted:What Comcast box is that proton? DCH3200
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Jul 23, 2009 16:20
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proton posted:I'm still in college and this is a bedroom setup, so nothing extravagant - but I love it. I bought the Polks just to be computer speakers at first, but liked em enough to start a little setup for my room. Yes the cabinets are ugly as sin, but its what I have. Gotta keep my clothes somewhere! That's not bad at all! I'm a big fan of Denon receivers too. That whole setup would look a lot cleaner if you just removed the hutch and had your speaker and receiver switch locations.
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Jul 30, 2009 19:47
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I'm going to go for smallest television:.JPG) .JPG) The NAD T761 was getting pretty temperamental so its been temporarily replaced with the Pioneer VSX-915. Speakers are a cheap Polk set, pretty good for the price.
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Jul 31, 2009 00:28
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proton posted:
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Jul 31, 2009 01:14
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I've always liked the look of NAD gear...
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Jul 31, 2009 03:13
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TylerC161 posted:This is what I imagine when I think about other goon's homes.
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Ghostnuke posted:This is what I imagine when I think about other goon's homes. The usual gooncave is usually a putrid cesspool with an Herman Miller chair, some consoles or an HDTV standing out. Cornjob posted:Ive posted my system before, but I've made several changes... ufarn fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Aug 1, 2009 |
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Aug 1, 2009 16:43
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I think its the fact that its a basement with pipes hanging out and all light blocked out, and a fridge right next to the chair so you don't even have to get up. I'm betting there's a poopsock out of frame somewhere.
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Aug 1, 2009 16:46
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The thing that piques my interest the most is where the hell the room is placed.
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Aug 1, 2009 16:47
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Finally had a chance to clean up around our new place, might as well share the set up. Click here for the full 2048x1151 image. The DVDs at the top are just there to get them up off the floor until we have a chance to refinish and paint a corner media shelf we have elsewhere. Speakers are some old Sonys which I'd like to replace soon. Router, home phone on top of the left speaker. Samsung LN52B750 TV, Motorola DCH-3416 cable box, Sony STR-DE998 receiver (which may or may not have busted surround sound speaker posts, I got the thing refurb'd and I didn't try for surround until recently, hence the pair of Logitech satellites which aren't actually plugged in), PS3, and HTPC. The whole place is stone flooring and wood, spanish style, and with our leather couches and iron coffee table it was actually pretty difficult to find a tv stand which was a) wood, b) not all modern-y, c) big enough for a 52" tv, and d) had shelving open enough to provide good airflow for the HTPC.
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Aug 6, 2009 03:33
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   My fantastically ghetto setup: Sony KDL32S2010 32" LCD $250 floor model special Paradigm Atom Monitors $250 new from local stereo shop Onkyo TX-SR504 $180-$200 refurbed from Onkyo XBox 360 60GB $250 shipped from Dell Philips DVP5982 $50 open box special from Best Buy Techcraft $29 floor model special TV stand Badass cinder block speaker stands (They're secured together with liquid nails) All told, it is a pretty good setup I think considering that it didn't cost much at all. Some day I want to add a small HSU or similar make subwoofer to it along with Paradigm Cinema ADP surrounds and center.
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Aug 10, 2009 06:09
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DoktorLoken posted:All told, it is a pretty good setup I think considering that it didn't cost much at all. I love your speaker stands but god drat sweep your floor.
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Aug 11, 2009 14:40
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Looks like paint. Toshiba 40ZF355 Onkyo SR-606 PS3 Dali Concept 6 Dali Concept Center
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DoktorLoken posted:My fantastically ghetto setup: I still maintain those are the best speaker stands in the whole thread. I would LOVE a complete TV stand/component housing made out of concrete. Also, I can't believe Faux News doesn't photoshop watermelon or something in behind Obama.
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Aug 11, 2009 20:07
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DoktorLoken posted:
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samoth posted:
I live in an efficiency apartment. There isn't room for a couch at all. If I want to be around other people I leave the apartment. Also it is paint on the floor from a prior tenant. I like my Poang but if I had room for a couch I'd have one. quote:I still maintain those are the best speaker stands in the whole thread. They literally cost $5 for the set. 4 cinder blocks and a tube of liquid nails.
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ufarn posted:Really? I think it's alright. It's awesome to see that the Wizard of Oz frequents SA, too. Id prefer a cleaner look, but I live in a 750sq ft condo, so I cant put some of that stuff anywhere else. When the lights are off, all you see is the TV. You think the creepy basement system with fridge and garbage can is acceptable, and mine has visual clutter that should bother me? 
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Aug 14, 2009 04:47
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The misses and I finally bought our first house last month, and our builder let us contract a local company to do the A/V set up and roll it into the mortgage. Check it out: Our TV and components  Custom-cut in-wall shelving unit. It's got our cable box, receiver, PS3, PS2, Wii, and a drawer to hold controllers and such.  And here's the rear view of it.  Our in-ceiling surround sound speakers  A view of the TV with the speakers and sub. Specs: tv - 52" Sony Bravia receiver - Denon AVR-2310CI Thoughts/suggestions?
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Aug 15, 2009 23:38
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chuck2020 posted:The misses and I finally bought our first house last month, and our builder let us contract a local company to do the A/V set up and roll it into the mortgage. Check it out: Very nice! I'm thinking of doing something similar next year. How is the heat / airflow in the closet where the components exhaust?
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chuck2020 posted:The misses and I finally bought our first house last month, and our builder let us contract a local company to do the A/V set up and roll it into the mortgage. Check it out: That is really, really nice. The shelving unit is slick (although it's a shame you couldn't spraypaint the front of the Wii black or something) and you actually managed to make the TV over the fireplace thing look good. Kudos. Edit: I also really wish I could do that whole AV rack with rear closet access thing, must be so handy having easy access and room to mess with stuff.
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chuck2020 posted:The misses and I finally bought our first house last month, and our builder let us contract a local company to do the A/V set up and roll it into the mortgage. Check it out: Looks quite nice. I may be the only one with this feeling but the equipment rack on a main wall in the living room is a bit unseemly considering the fit and finish of the rest of the room. Thankfully, i think this could be easily remedied with a simple frosted glass door over it. I have frosted glass doors on my entertainment center and even IR remotes have no trouble penetrating the glass to the components. Beyond that if you don't have a logitech harmony one (with ps3 adapter) remote i would suggest getting one immediately 
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chuck2020 posted:The misses and I finally bought our first house last month, and our builder let us contract a local company to do the A/V set up and roll it into the mortgage. Check it out:
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Uziel posted:Have you done much TV watching there yet? How high is your mantle? I'm contemplating something very similar but aren't entirely sure about the whole TV above the fireplace thing. Yeah be careful about that. My mantle is about 42" high and the bottom of the TV was about 6" above that and we never watched TV much because it would kill our necks sitting on the couch about 8-10' away. We since then moved the TV to a more respectable 24" bottom of TV to the floor and find it much much easier though it cost us in floor space. I have a feeling in a few years word will spread about the problems associated with the TV above the mantle and people will be less inclined to mount the TV there due to neck strain.
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Mako posted:Beyond that if you don't have a logitech harmony one (with ps3 adapter) remote i would suggest getting one immediately Hey could you link me to one of these please? I've looked at Harmony remotes before but was put off a little since I wouldn't be able to use one with my PS3 due to it using bluetooth, if there's an adapter available though I'll probably pick one up.
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Aug 16, 2009 23:31
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Ahz posted:Yeah be careful about that. My mantle is about 42" high and the bottom of the TV was about 6" above that and we never watched TV much because it would kill our necks sitting on the couch about 8-10' away. We since then moved the TV to a more respectable 24" bottom of TV to the floor and find it much much easier though it cost us in floor space. My TV is above the mantle. It is 52" from the bottom of the TV to the floor and the couch is 9' away. I have never experienced any pain or discomfort from watching it nor has anyone in my family. Had the layout of the room been different, I might have selected another location but it ended up working well and looking very nice.
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MONDO MEDICALS posted:Hey could you link me to one of these please? I've looked at Harmony remotes before but was put off a little since I wouldn't be able to use one with my PS3 due to it using bluetooth, if there's an adapter available though I'll probably pick one up. looks like this is it... http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Adapter-Playstation-3/dp/B00267S7XW $60 just to convert your remote to handle PS3... I dunno :/ seems like it should be $20.
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MMD3 posted:looks like this is it... http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Adapter-Playstation-3/dp/B00267S7XW This one is a lot cheaper  http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Wave-Infrared-Remote-For-PS3/dp/B0018MEBFY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250470385&sr=1-1 (And yes it does work, I use it with mine.)
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