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Video: Infocus X1 projector 100" painted screen using Behr SilverScreen mixture Audio: Denon AVR-2604 Receiver Mission 77C Center, 773 fronts, and 771 rear (left right center) speakers Mission 700asi Subwoofer Source: Oppo OPDV971H DVD Player Mediacom Cable HD Receiver Xbox non-hacked for the moment
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King Hotpants posted:Scrapez, you have some great components, and a projector that's on its way out. Thinking of upgrading? Definitely. The X1 (4800) has been great to me but it is definitely the weakest link in the chain at this point. I am waiting to pull the trigger on a true HD projector. That will definitely occur here in the next couple months.
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Mar 19, 2007 22:35
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eshbach posted:Awesome Vintage Audio... That is quite an awesome setup you have there. I have a couple of lower end old receivers that I use with computer and in bedroom. A Marantz 2235b and a Pioneer SX-3700. The old stuff is so beautiful. Someday I'll snag the JBL L100's that have been sitting in my father's attic since the 80's.
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Mar 20, 2007 02:06
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jebeebus posted:Isn't it a bit straining to have to look up at the TV like that? I was thinking the same thing. The armoire is cool but it's just too tall to have the TV on top I would think.
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Mar 20, 2007 06:13
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I believe my painted screen is comprised of Behr SilverScreen and a Misty Evening but I can't recall who makes the misty evening. I used much of the ridiculous amount of testing people did with different paints on avsforums back when my X1 was new. Their were so many drat competing paint brands/colors and painting methods it was unreal and they kept getting better and better. I just rolled mine onto a piece of whiteboard from Home Depot and it really does look pretty good. I never really had much of anything to compare to other than the pure whiteboard and it was miles better than that. The whiteboard washed out the whites horribly and was all together too bright on all colors.
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Mar 22, 2007 22:45
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wolrah posted:No pics because I'm across the state ATM, but here's the core: What are your using for your screen? Blackout cloth? Paint? You have essentially the same projector as me (X1/4800).
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Apr 1, 2007 16:41
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King Hotpants posted:Inter-pixel gap on the older 480p projectors isn't too bad at all. Sure, it's worse than the newer stuff in 720p and 1080p, but that's where viewing distance comes in. Definitely, If I come up close I can see the screendoor effect but at seated distance I don't see it at all. I am also lucky in that I've never experienced the rainbow effect that many people get with dlp projectors.
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Apr 1, 2007 18:51
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tribalmunky posted:
So I see: A Motorola cable box An Xbox 360 Oppo dvd player What appears to be a slot load pc dvd player hooked to a hidden htpc? Mystery device on top of the Oppo How'd I do?
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Jun 9, 2007 20:38
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Pibborando San posted:That's a Wii dude. How dumb do I feel? lol Obviously I am Wiitarded when it comes to gaming systems. As you can tell I am not the owner of a wii.
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Jun 9, 2007 22:25
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What kind of stands are those fahrvergnugen? I really like the component stand.
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Jun 12, 2007 01:54
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mrk posted:Just a minor yay, I thought this would end up costing more but was lucky to get a last moment bid in and win at a super price of £8 ! You have really good ears.
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Jul 14, 2007 22:14
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Modena posted:hello new sub Nice. Is that an Elemental Designs and what are you powering it with?
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Jul 31, 2007 20:56
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Modena posted:It's an Elemental Designs A3-300 and it's internally powered (im assuming you didn't know they make full subs now), but I'm running it through a Denon 1082. The other sub is an HSU STF-2. No I didn't even realize that. I thought you built it. Very cool. Those guys are from Cedar Falls, Iowa I think. I remember when they were first getting started into car audio on the forums several years back.
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Jul 31, 2007 21:47
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Modena posted:Their HT stuff is garnering GREAT reviews from all over the place (AVS etc). Compared to my $300 HSU, the $450 Elemental Designs is much much much better. I'd say it's comparable to an SVS PB12-ISD if not slightly better. That's cool. I'll have to take a hard look at them when I finally kick my POS Mission 700asi to the curb.
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Jul 31, 2007 22:09
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LofwyrSai posted:These pictures didn't come out that well - blurry for some reason - but gives an idea and I'm lazy. Get this man some component racks and some Parkinson's meds stat! I'm just kidding ya  You have some nice components there man. Is heat an issue with them just stacked on the floor like that?
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Aug 5, 2007 05:45
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Juriko posted:Awesome speakers impress me more than TV's anyways. Amen brotha. Bring on the cool audio components.
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Sep 5, 2007 15:09
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tropical posted:Here's my setup with my new LCD: Nice clean setup and I really like the floors in that room.
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Sep 5, 2007 22:17
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I think a lot of us are waiting for the format war to end before we chuck down some cash on a player that could be obsolete. For now, I'm content with watching standard dvds upconverted and if I want to orgasm from the picture quality, I watch HD TV.
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Oct 3, 2007 15:20
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sigma 6 posted:Can anybody suggest a soundproofing system for a small apt.?? I would say your best bet is to disconnect your sub and get a buttshaker setup. They are a bit pricey but one setup should work fine for after-hours viewing. My guess is that your neighbor is only hearing/feeling the bass so that would solve your issue.
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Mar 17, 2008 19:15
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Agedashi Tofu posted:Apparently I was having lighting issues when I went to take these, because they look terrible. I was, of course, too lazy to go back downstairs and take new pictures once I noticed this - mainly because I'm sick of my 2nd hand craigslist furniture and will hopefully be posting my new and improved set up sometime next month after I've done some shopping. Nice PenguinAmp. I have one as well. If only I could find my Etymotics I could use it again. Nice clean looking setup you have there. The furniture doesn't look bad at all. The only problem I see with it is that you couldn't lay down on it with those arms.
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Mar 24, 2008 17:06
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theo400 posted:I don't know what you consider high dollar, but you can get some of these I was also going to mention the x10 stuff. You can get x10 lots for pretty cheap on Ebay a lot of the time if you aren't opposed to Ebay.
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Apr 21, 2008 18:21
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King-Kong posted:
That's a pretty bold statement and a pretty ridiculous one too. A phantom center CAN sound just as good as have a true center channel speaker but it completely depends on the listening environment/setup and the listener. I've experimented with this a bit in my theater and it always sounds better to me with the center channel in place than with the fronts handling the duties. To say center channels are scams is going a bit overboard in my opinion.
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Apr 21, 2008 22:20
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Dogcow posted:
That's a nice little setup. Your seating seems a bit close for a 120" screen, though. I am running a 135" now and with my chairs at about 12' it seems a bit close to me. They recommend 14' at the closest for the 135" screen. It is all subjective though so it comes down to what looks good to you. I am running your projector's little brother...the HC1500. When I got the 1500, it was $749 and the 4900 was $1500. I had a hard decision but haven't regretted it since 99% of the stuff I view isn't available on blu-ray yet. My next projector will be 1080p and who knows, at that time I may have to try to find a low hour 4900.
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May 7, 2009 09:31
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Acc-Risk posted:drat Listen Up had a clearance sale on some Rotel stuff. Picked up an RLC-1040 conditioner, (same as the APC, but with Rotel styling,) and an RDV-1045 that I'm just using as a transport. More convenient than using the PS3 for just a quick audio CD. Also built a Sanus rack. Found out that if you buy a a bunch of the small 5" pieces, and some threaded rod from Home Depot, you can piece the small pieces together and get pretty much create any shelf height you want. Beautiful equipment.
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May 14, 2009 02:28
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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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Well not so much a picture of my AV setup but a picture of a few of the components that will comprise it. Currently building a house that will be done next month. AV setup will be in the living area. Needed to do either in-wall speakers or something small for WAF and had read good things about the Anthony Gallo speakers. These will be my LCR and looking at doing in-ceiling for the surrounds. I think I got the steal of the century! Got 3 Anthony Gallo A'Divas off Ebay for $173. UPS guy just came and I have them hooked up to an old Marantz 2235B testing them out. I'm blown away that a speaker this small with a single driver can sound this good! I A/B'd them with my Mission 771s and they honestly come fairly close. The 771s play deeper but I'd say the Gallos are right there as far as midrange and highs.
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Oct 8, 2013 19:10
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For what it's worth, when we were home shopping, we saw many homes built in the 90's where people had built ins for either a large CRT or rear projection and then they would have their LCD on a stand in front of the built ins. It looked absolutely terrible. Standards change all the time. I certainly wouldn't make a built in for a tv. Components have pretty much kept the same form factor but then again you have things like blu ray players and gaming systems that are smaller. If it's your forever home, might be fine but if you plan to sell it someday, I'd keep that in mind.
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Dec 9, 2013 15:07
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MMD3 posted:My thinking I guess was to have everything hidden in drawers (w/ IR repeater or something mounted somewhere) other than the TV and speakers. Component size wouldn't matter if there is a cabinet w/ adjustable shelves in it... even if components all go away in the next ten years you could still use the shelves for other gadgets or cleaning supplies that you want to keep out of sight. The TV hole would be the only thing that would be harder to deal with. I'm still open to the idea of just mounting a tv on the face of a wall like this, I was just hoping to track down any examples of people who have done this slat-wall style. The idea is we have a basement den that has one wall that will be the most obvious for putting a tv on, it's a common wall between the den and the laundry room so it would be easy to cut holes in it to pass cabling through if we needed to. I just thought it would be a nice clean way to build a unique media center w/ everything but the tv being hidden away in drawers/cabinets. No reason not to do it if you want to for aesthetics. Just keep in mind that components in drawers could have cooling issues unless you implement some active cooling. A lot of people use computer case fans and so forth for that. I certainly understand the allure of having everything look seamless and "built in" to the home so don't feel like I'm saying don't do it. It is a large reason I'm going with in-ceiling speakers in the living room of my house even though the sound won't be as good as stand alone speakers.
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Dec 10, 2013 05:44
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Putting a rug or rubber footings under the stand might dampen the vibration a bit.
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Dec 11, 2013 23:30
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MMD3 posted:are there any strong opinions in this thread on which brands I should be looking to for a TV wall mount? It seems like Sanus has some good ones anybody else I should look at? I'm hoping to have something that is fairly low profile but also has full motion tilt so I can point it towards another room to some degree. I've had good luck with Omnimount. Had a ceiling mount for my projector from them and an articulating TV mount and both seemed to be high quality. They were a bit more expensive than some other brands though. In my current house, I have two of these and they are surprisingly great for the $$: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NMFCIA/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 However, they just tilt down up to 15 degrees. They aren't articulating to allow you to point the TV left or right which it sounds like you need.
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BigFactory posted:That looks like a good one. Most side-to-side tilt mounts are pretty bulky. Yeah, in 88h88's defense, I didn't realize they were making nearly flush mount articulating mounts now, either. It used to be that your TV sat at least a couple inches from the wall. Here's one from Omnimount that's flush/articulating. Looks expensive though: http://www.omnimount.com/products/tv_wall_mounts/full_motion/ledp75/ Scrapez fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Jan 28, 2014 |
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Jan 28, 2014 18:01
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MMD3 posted:ahhh, $135 isn't too bad at all... definitely more than a $30 mount but I understand that articulating mounts are going to cost considerably more than just a tilting wall mount. Yeah, it's not as expensive as I thought it'd be. However, check the Amazon reviews because some of them said that it sagged with larger TVs. Not sure if those were just people that assembled it half assed or if it has a flaw. Like I said, I've always found Omnimount to be good quality but who knows.
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Jan 28, 2014 21:09
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I ended up moving to in-wall/in-ceiling speakers for aesthetic reasons. I thought I would see a big drop off in audio quality but I am very pleasantly surprised. I was previously running Mission 771s up front.   Equipment list: Onkyo TX-NR626 Sonance S625T Fronts Sonance S624TR Rears Klipsch KW-100 Sub It's a big open room so I could use more in the LFE department but the Klipsch actually does way better than I thought it would. Being corner loaded helps quite a bit. I like the cleanliness of the install with the in-wall and in-ceiling speakers and having the A/V equipment in an adjacent room closet is nice. Edit:    The rest of the setup. Patio is a JVC 55" running off the 2nd HDMI output from the Onkyo TX-NR626. In-ceiling speakers are Monoprice 8". They do a decent job for the money. The garage has a set of Definitive Technology AW5500. I have the powered zone 2 output from the Onkyo going to a Niles HDS-6 speaker selector which distributes sound to the patio, garage and my office. The office has a set of JBL L100s. I really wish there was an affordable speaker selector that is controlled wirelessly. It's a bit of a pain in the rear end manually selecting between patio, garage or office when I want to listen to music in those locations. Scrapez fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Jun 10, 2016 |
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Jun 10, 2016 17:01
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They do surprisingly well. I think it helps that it's a tall ceiling so they aren't right on top of you. I do get a sense at times that the sound is coming from overhead but not often and with the open layout, conventional rears just weren't possible. Overall, I'm really impressed with the Sonance Syphonys.
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Jun 10, 2016 17:23
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I'm running a phantom center (no center) and honestly, I think I prefer it. My previous setup was Mission 771 fronts and 77c center and the center overpowered things. Unfortunately, the layout of the house/room dictates the TV being above the fireplace. It isn't ideal but I've gotten used to it. Most of the time I'm fully reclined so I'm not having to look up. The next house we build will have a dedicated theater. I'll have to look at the sonos amps. I agree that sound quality is not paramount in locations other than the main listening area. The Def Tech speakers in the garage are overkill. I had them given to me or I'd have just done monoprice in ceiling speakers there as well. I like having control over volume and source with the Only I android app and wish I could control output destination as well. Edit: I stumbled across a thing! Wifi android app control of speaker selector: http://www.33snowflakes.com/blog/arduino-android-speaker-selector/ How cool is that? Scrapez fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Jun 11, 2016 |
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Jun 11, 2016 04:10
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The builder installed the patio mount in that location. I could move it down but then I'd have holes in the masonry. I'm used to it I guess from the living room tv.
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Jun 12, 2016 18:46
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It would have to be a mount that extends out from the wall around 12" to clear the mantle and then extends down. Is there such a beast?
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Jun 13, 2016 17:07
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Pretty awesome. May have to pick one up. $400 is pretty steep, though. Yikes.
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Jun 13, 2016 19:55
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I just ran 50 foot hdmi cables from my equipment closet to tv locations.
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You have nice things. For ultimate WAF, find a closet or corner of the basement and put all your equipment there and run cat6 and speaker wire to your TV locations. This is assuming you have access to do so. I have a single story with an attic so it was a breeze. Having everything tucked away out of sight is nice, especially now that I have a 2 month old. She'll be in "Ohhh shiny button thingies that I must smash my booger infested fingers on" mode soon. The Wife likes having things out of the living room as well. Plus then you can start looking at whole home video distribution and whole home audio and get way too invested in it like I have.
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