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expunge posted:
Are you sure thats a 55"??? I dont think pioneer made one?? However no matter what size im still hella jealous  Now you need to get a sweet sound system  If you want a nice glossy black like your plasma i would go with the USHER S-520s all around, or possibly some nice NHT classic bookshelves. Calincole posted:
Definintely upgrade those speakers, no offense but the amp and pre-amp outclass those speakers by quite a bit. Are you going for bookshelves only? I think you can get some monitor audio GS20s for the price of the B&W CM7s, and im willing to bet they are a much better value (of course im biased against B&W). Ill get a pic up soon, im cleaning all the poo poo off of my tv stand. Jymmybob posted:Audio: You stole my sub, ya bastard!!! 
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Calincole posted:Yeah the speakers are the oldest part of the setup and next to go for sure. No im not only looking for bookshelves only (the CM7 is a 3-way floor stander) and I'm far from settled on a particular speaker. Waiting for that check for Q1 profit sharing from work then itl finally be time. Ill def look into the GS20's though. Any thoughts on a good DAC to compliment the Rotel? Whoops, i thought the CM7 was the bookshelf version of the new B&Ws. B&W model numbers are a mystery to me. Once you know your definite price budget make a thread about it and ill list you about a bazillion speakers that you should go audition. and are you talking about a DAC for your PC? Most people only get a DAC if theyre outputting audio from their PC. You dont need a DAC for almost everything home theater related since its all digital anyways. CD players also have DACs built in, which eliminates the need for external DACs. (finished cleaning up my poo poo)  Receiver: tx-sr603x Speakers: Monitor audio RS6s + RSLCR Sub: HSU VTF2-MKIII DVD player: Harman Kardon DVD-22 Really need to get a loving oppo 970HD, just too lazy coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Mar 27, 2007 |
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j4cbo posted:
Holy gently caress a $2000 slim devices transport with some SR80s!?!? Get some HF1000s or something 
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j4cbo posted:I know, I know HF1000! Its the combination of both.  I meant the GS1000, sorry bout that. The RS2 or RS1 would also be a good combo  Odoyle posted:That's quite attractive. Nice looking setup, everything matches and the wood accents really win it. What's on screen? The beginning of The New World in HBO high def.
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TheSkipster posted:But is it in the bedroom? Yeah its in the bedroom, but as a senior in highschool (  ) it would be a waste downstairs where my parents just watch TLC and law and order all day.
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Calincole posted:Yeah I'm using my PC as my sole source atm. my general plan was to use the onboard soundcard's optical digital out --> seperate DAC but I'm open to suggestions as to what to do with it. Ive heard good things about external USB soundcards, but I havent taken the time to really read up on them yet. (and for purely selfish asthetic reasons I like the idea of sticking with A/V form factor stuff). All depends on budget, the $1000 benchmark DAC 1 is supposedly amazing (says the head-fi forums). I personally think external DACs are a bit overrated, then again i know very little about using a computer as a source, and its so confusing it drives me mad. Ive basically given up on it.
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Lt. Jebus posted:Sharp Aquos 46D62U Isnt the 42" Sharp the one without the banding? or is that the 52" one? Either way, awesome lcd tvs, that and the sony bravia XBR3s are putting up a real fight with plasmas.... which is not a good thing
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Ooner posted:
Wow that tv "mount" is pretty loving sweet. I think its a little too bright with the orange, but the idea itself was very well executed. Of course now you just need a sound system... and maybe ditch that vcr dvd thing, its so ugly King Nothing posted:
You and me are a like because we have some pretty great speakers being driven by lovely components. XR-57 is typically a bright receiver and you got it hooked up to focals?? is the beryllium tweeter shrill as hell or does it still sound good? After i decide on if im ever going to get a cd player (or just look at audiogon until my eyes fall out of my head), im definitely saving up for a receiver with pre-outs and then getting a nice power amp (behringer, crown, etc) or possibly a regular used rotel... Oh yeah, and do you like your grills on or off? I usually keep mine on because i tend to stare at my aluminum drivers if i dont, but if i remember correctly the focal grills are badass pieces of aluminum grating that i think make the speaker look above its class. coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Mar 20, 2007 |
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King Nothing posted:My (Chorus line) speaker's tweeters are an aluminum/magnesium alloy. The Utopia line uses a beryllium tweeter, maybe that's what you're thinking of? It's funny you mention Rotel...go read this: I thought all focals used beryllium, just different "types" of strength or something, my bad. Also, i tend to take the general consensus over one guys epiphany that XR-57 somehow beats out an amp with way more power and higher quality components. Theres reviews of the sonic impact t-amp on moon audio and stuff that say "WOW THIS ALMOST MATCHED MY $3000 DUAL MONOBLOCKS", and then next week he reviews another mini amp and says how it beats the piss out of the sonic impact t-amp somehow. Dont get me wrong, i think the xr-57 is an impressive amp, and was pretty much set on getting it before i got a great deal on my onkyo, but i always think a seperate amp will be better. coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Mar 20, 2007 |
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Mr_Angry posted:
If i were you i would get a nice bell'o stand thats big and wide. That is probably one of the nicest looking tvs out there and it looks sort of ridiculous perched atop a little skinny tv stand. There was an ikea stand that was like 75" wide that would have been perfect (cost only $100 as well), but i cant seem to find it. Hell you could just wallmount it since you have the media stand next to it. Of course your crib would be so badass with a wallmounted 52" XBR3 it might explode or something.
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esoteric posted:Wheres your super expensive turntable to go with all that? If those tube amps are driving those big speakers, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that were looking at about 20k worth of stuff at the bare minimum. That looks like a musical fidelity cd player, they cost around $500-$1000, so i dont think he poured $19000 into speakers and tube amps. I think the speakers are magnepan, but i cant be sure, i know very little about panel speakers, the only thing ive listened to that is close is some martin logan summits. The tube amps were probably pretty expensive, but im sure they sound great.
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timma85 posted:
gently caress yeah! a fellow monitor audio brah' I hope loving magnolia gets the platinum series in so i can listen to them (and possibly have sexual intercourse with their port holes). When youre sitting does the center channel ever seem to block some of the screen? I was thinking about getting that specific line of panasonic plasmas simply so i can put the FRIGGIN HUGE center channel underneath the tv where it SHOULD be (above the tv its far from perfect).
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Mr_PK posted:
A setup with energy take FPS would look a lot cleaner than a long bread box sitting underneath your tv. http://www.genesisaudio.com/html/products/spkr_energy_take_pg1.htm
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Chemmy posted:Sweet he can take his current speaker and throw it in the trash. Well with the way i view the yamaha this actually isnt a bad idea. 
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Mr_PK posted:Personally, I think my speaker looks better than those and it sounds great, at least good enough for me. It took me a second to figure out that "energy take FPS" is actually a product name? I've never heard of it before or seen one in person. The website is really shady looking, I don't think I would order anything without seeing it in person. The website just has pictures of installations, they are just a specialty store that carries the energy line (and i already posted my setup  )The brand is Energy... ya know these guys: http://www.energy-speakers.com/v2/ Who are owned and share a lot of tech with these guys: http://www.miragespeakers.com/v2/ http://www.athenaspeakers.com/v2/ Also their parent company also owns this little known company: http://www.klipsch.com/default.aspx Theres of course other alternatives like the gorgeous orb audios:  Or the KEF KHT 6000 and 9000 
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poopzilla posted:^^^ is that an in-wall mounted dlp? that poo poo is crazy. I wonder how that would vent, my dlp throws off a fair amount of heat I thought it was a panasonic plasma but now that you mention it it looks like one of the older gen samsung DLPs... i dont really know since i just grabbed it off the orb audio website. If it is a recessed DLP then im surprised their house hasnt burned down.
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BryanGT posted:Nice, I'm running those RS60s and a Marantz amp for my "Stereo." They are fan-loving-tastic speakers, very impressive for the price. I just realized i called them RS60s when theyre RS6s.  I guess i was thinking of the gold line, which goes GS10, GS20, GS60s. (i wish i had those) Dunno about you fellow monitor audio owners but i listened to paradigms, NHTs, vienna acoustics, definitive tech, and kefs, and only kefs had a $1000 speaker that came close to the monitor audio sound quality imo. I just dont honestly see any better speeaker at a B&M dealer for $1000.  (online is a different situation)McCheese posted:Fairly simple setup drat those dynaudios are some freakin sweet pc monitors, definitely some of the best looking as well. Im assuming you have some badass DAC going from your computer? If you dont, put that second on your list after a better chair
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Owsla posted:
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TehKrond posted:
That stand looks clean as hell, now i want one make some speaker stands for the poor insignias, 6x6" with 8x8" base with a 2x2" beam in the middle = cheap but reliable, then paint it black of course
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DhaliClone posted:Just got this badboy on Thursday.... is that the 63" samsung 1080p? My uncle who is super rich bought the panny 65" for like 9G's about a month ago, its funny how almost immediately after he bought it samsung came out with a tv with probably better picture quality and only 2 less inches for HALF as much. edit: actually that looks smaller than 63" in comparison to the wiimote so i dont know which tv it is
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TehKrond posted:Yeah, someday soon, provided that they last as stereo fronts and don't get moved to rears. Luckily for their magnetic issues, the computer isn't even plugged in yet. poo poo or just get these http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ENCST
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Modena posted:Just finished mounting the RB3's to the wall in the new house. We moved a few weeks ago and I've been trying to get everything as well adjusted as possible. The family room is too damned small but I'm making it work. The rears aren't mounted yet, they will be ceiling mounted along with the projector. drat im always jealous of equipment racks that are just packed to the brim looks like some monolith of home theater superiority.
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kri kri posted:What tv stand is this? I would like. Its an old ikea i dont remember the name of it and i dont think they sell it anymore.
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Bumpon10s posted:If you are able to drill into your drywall, get a 1-1.25" hole bit and bore out a little hole behin the tv, and then another directly under it, about 6" above the molding. Zip tie the cables in a nice loom and (use a fish tape if needed). If you are a little nervous about having open space in your wall, just use a rubber grommet to fill in the remainder. Then cut a hole out for a recessed outlet because if you dont your insurance is useless! yippee Tachonium posted:A customer threw out a perfectly good B&K amp for no reason other than it didn't have component video switching. So I upgraded my system! Some rich people are nuts sometimes, i guess if your time is worth a couple hundred bucks per hour you dont care to sell something on ebay and rather just have someone take it off your hands. Some of the "best deal threads" on AVSforum have people picking up denon avr 2803s or whatnot for $50 from rich old ladies. One thing i gotta ask though is whats with the speakers 8 feet in the air, why dont you put them on stands near the TV at ear level? Lt Moose posted:Well, that is what my setup looked like 48 hours ago. Strong storms + over 24 hours w/o power + lots of rain = wet basement what about the couches? i remember at my old house when i had a basement and i went down there to get something and there was probably an inch of water. If i had my home theater down there i would probably poo poo bricks. coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Aug 29, 2007 |
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Chemmy posted:Updated picture of my setup. Since the last pic I got a PS3 and the HD-DVD addon for the 360. drat you still havent gotten speaker stands?
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That room looks really clean, the bose accents that pretty well. Seriously i would kill for a nice leather couch and coffee table. Biggest mystery for me though is why you have a 37" with blu ray and hd-dvd!? Go for the 50"!
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Wow those model 201s are nice. Though i never will understand having an amp thats worth more than the speaker itself.
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Os Furoris posted:Upgrade potential maybe? When I plan to upgrade my system I'll probably spend about as much on the amp as the speakers, so if I outgrow them I can just replace speakers. The problem with amps is i dont think they make more than 10% of a sound difference. If a speaker is power hungry and you want to turn it up then buy a nice amp, because it certainly lowers distortion at higher levels, but it doesnt really "change" the sound. I have an emotiva LPA-1 which was $450, my monitor audios were $900. My next speakers will probably be $3,000 or so, and i still plan on keeping this amp, because it has a solid 125w per channel, and unless the speakers are horribly inefficient then i will still be able to play them loud. Pibborando San posted:Yeah, I just looked up those amps. They SERIOUSLY outclass your speakers and receiver. The Anthem will be a better match. And you've spent that much, have a nice TV and yet no HD-DVD or BluRay? To be honest he has a 720p 46" sony lcd projection, if i were him i wouldnt adopt an hd format yet either. coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Oct 3, 2007 |
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that wiring is super clean, looks nice how does full house audio work, mainly the russound speaker selector, is that remote controlled or do you have to switch it manually? also im guessing by the polk gear you must get that stuff HEAVILY discounted?
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TyroneShoes posted:Nice speakers. I see the vifa xt tweets (one of my personal favs) but what mids are those? Vifa Premium? Link to speakers? Atohm 5.25" coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Mar 17, 2008 |
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The Dave posted:The majority of them are poorly done. Bad placement and when you put a whole entertainment unit under it with all your boxes and such it just looks like you have an empty stand missing your TV. Like you said, when you wall mount the tv you need to treat it like a framed piece of art to make it look good. The "floating above the tv unit" look is horrible. Agree with a lot of it... if you wall mount a tv the only thing that should really be below it is a center channel on a speaker stand.
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64" AFF is retarded. my uncle had a 65" panny plasma installed by magnolia and im going to guess the 64" AFF rule is what they used, their family of 6 (and i) agrees that the plasmas a little too high, and thats with a friggin 65" plasma. Anything smaller and you would have to crane your neck back even more and sink back into the chairs as far as possible. Unless you have some ginormous 100" screen in a dedicated home theater room i cant even begin to imagine how the 64" AFF would be appropriate for when youre sitting on a couch.
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whats to the left of the tv? i had my VTF2 MKIII about 6" away from the wall and then i got LS6s so i had to smash it right up against the wall, and now it sounds like poo poo i think... The bass just shakes the room a LOT, when before it was clean bass that you could actually hear and fell, not just hear shaking the walls like hell.
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TenementFunster posted:a speaker? a rack of DVDs? sorry was a little unclear, i mean whats to the left of the speaker, why not put the sub there at a proper distance from the wall?
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well legdiann posted a cool setup so im gonna have to post my setup.. its the "never going to have a gf setup  "  and yeah i know the center channels totally hosed, i need to get a longer tv mount arm, or get a new stand altogether. I want to buy an emotiva XPA-3 so im probably just gonna go with the new arm since it will only run me $80 or so.
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