Whats Your Audio / Home Cinema Setup?
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Projector: Runco 992 Ultra 8" CRT
Screen: Stewart Studiotek 130 110"
Plasma: Pioneer Elite FHD-1
Surr. Proc: Integra DTC 9.8
Amps: Rotel 1090 2ch CAV 500 5ch
Main Speakers: Revel F30 Series
Rears: Avalon Studio Monitors
Sub: Revel B-15(Powered)
Cables: XLO, Cardas, and Shunyata
I do this stuff for a living so I get a lot of cool hand me downs from clients.
Screen: Stewart Studiotek 130 110"
Plasma: Pioneer Elite FHD-1
Surr. Proc: Integra DTC 9.8
Amps: Rotel 1090 2ch CAV 500 5ch
Main Speakers: Revel F30 Series
Rears: Avalon Studio Monitors
Sub: Revel B-15(Powered)
Cables: XLO, Cardas, and Shunyata
I do this stuff for a living so I get a lot of cool hand me downs from clients.
thanks matski 👍
my room have to be in order otherwise I cant even breathe. It's too small for a 23 years old boy. it seems that I have to live there till I marry
Yeah, the race car duvet sets it off though!
Seriously, effective use of space for multi-media entertainment is a good skill to have... I had to go from living in an entire house, to one-room... I had consoles stacked on amps stacked on speakers stacked on TV's..
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Yeah, the race car duvet sets it off though!
all you need is a useful furniture. before I designed mine, my room was very chaotic too
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Glad to hear you like Usher, not many of these in norway. Strange you should mention Wilson, a guy in Sweden who owns a pair just like mine, used to own
Wilson. Don't remember the exact model. I guess he went for some of the same sound signature when he purchased his Usher's.
Just curious what store you work at/own...
Never heard of JL before, but again there are so many types of HiFi gear that never get to these parts of the world. Norway is a very small market.
GTP_BJM
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Ordered my new toy today....
Denon AVR-1909
http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/4241.asp
...it get a UK release at the end of August (which is why the info is coming from the Denon US site) and I have already arranged to demo this alongside the Onkyo 606 when it arrives.
Its already getting a lot of good reviews, many rating it better than the 606 in terms of the sound quality, lots of lovely video features as well (including upscalling of all video inputs to 1080P - so maybe the Wii will actually look halfway good).
More news nearer the time, along with a full review once I get it (or the 606 if that sounds better when I demo them) and pictures once the new receiver is in place.
Regards
Scaff
Denon AVR-1909
http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/4241.asp
...it get a UK release at the end of August (which is why the info is coming from the Denon US site) and I have already arranged to demo this alongside the Onkyo 606 when it arrives.
Its already getting a lot of good reviews, many rating it better than the 606 in terms of the sound quality, lots of lovely video features as well (including upscalling of all video inputs to 1080P - so maybe the Wii will actually look halfway good).
More news nearer the time, along with a full review once I get it (or the 606 if that sounds better when I demo them) and pictures once the new receiver is in place.
Regards
Scaff
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Denon amps are awesome good buy.
My setup is
Sony 40" Vseries LCD
7.1 surround sound- B&W 6series with Bi/Di polor surrounds
Onkio full HD amp
QED cables
PS3/360/Wii
My setup is
Sony 40" Vseries LCD
7.1 surround sound- B&W 6series with Bi/Di polor surrounds
Onkio full HD amp
QED cables
PS3/360/Wii
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OK its taken me a few days to get sorted out after the holiday (which was most enjoyable), but here are a few quick (and crappy) pictures..
How the rack looks now, one black box replaced with a slightly bigger and better looking black box...
A closer look at the 1909
The display, showing the input channels on the left and output on the right
The1909 has highlighted just how big a weak spot the old Sony was. Its is as if I have changed my speakers, the difference is that large.
The size and depth of the soundfield has increased massively, the sound quality is a huge leap forward and my sub has been given a new lease of life.
I have spent the weekend re-watching old favorites and have to say it was £450 well spent.
I also have to say hats off to Sevenoakes (my local Denon dealer), they were great from enquiry to demo to sale. The 606 I demoed the 1909 against comes close, but the £50 difference was well worth it, the 1909 looses nothing in terms of audio delivery, but does so in a far more effortless manner (but not lazy) and has a final depth that the Onkyo lacks.
Set-up was a doddle thanks to the Audyssey Dynamic EQ system, while taking six sets of measurements took a while, the end result was stunning and I've been personally amazed that I have not felt the need to play around with any of the channel levels at all. The on-screen menus are text based and very 'low-tech' but do the job prefectly well. The Audyssey Dynamic Volume system also works excellently, smoothing out volume levels so that you get no jump to a stupidly high volume as soon as adverts come on; even with Living TV (one of the worst culprits in my opinion) it works faultlessly.
I've also been very, very impressed with the 1909's ability to process stereo sound via Pro-logic II and DTS Neo, my previous experience with both these systems has been that while they are better than a raw stereo track the results could be poor, particularly with rear channels. The 1909 is a revelation in this area, with both Pro Logic II and DTS Neo delivering a convincing sound field from a stereo input.
More pictures will follow when I can stop watching stuff and be bothered to try a little harder, but I would strongly recomend the 1909 to anyone looking at a £450-ish receiver.
Regards
Scaff
How the rack looks now, one black box replaced with a slightly bigger and better looking black box...
A closer look at the 1909
The display, showing the input channels on the left and output on the right
The1909 has highlighted just how big a weak spot the old Sony was. Its is as if I have changed my speakers, the difference is that large.
The size and depth of the soundfield has increased massively, the sound quality is a huge leap forward and my sub has been given a new lease of life.
I have spent the weekend re-watching old favorites and have to say it was £450 well spent.
I also have to say hats off to Sevenoakes (my local Denon dealer), they were great from enquiry to demo to sale. The 606 I demoed the 1909 against comes close, but the £50 difference was well worth it, the 1909 looses nothing in terms of audio delivery, but does so in a far more effortless manner (but not lazy) and has a final depth that the Onkyo lacks.
Set-up was a doddle thanks to the Audyssey Dynamic EQ system, while taking six sets of measurements took a while, the end result was stunning and I've been personally amazed that I have not felt the need to play around with any of the channel levels at all. The on-screen menus are text based and very 'low-tech' but do the job prefectly well. The Audyssey Dynamic Volume system also works excellently, smoothing out volume levels so that you get no jump to a stupidly high volume as soon as adverts come on; even with Living TV (one of the worst culprits in my opinion) it works faultlessly.
I've also been very, very impressed with the 1909's ability to process stereo sound via Pro-logic II and DTS Neo, my previous experience with both these systems has been that while they are better than a raw stereo track the results could be poor, particularly with rear channels. The 1909 is a revelation in this area, with both Pro Logic II and DTS Neo delivering a convincing sound field from a stereo input.
More pictures will follow when I can stop watching stuff and be bothered to try a little harder, but I would strongly recomend the 1909 to anyone looking at a £450-ish receiver.
Regards
Scaff
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did a bit of an upgrade for the bedroom. I was previously working with an ancient 32" tube TV inside an entertainment center. All my good stuff was out in the living room. Got tired of that so I picked up a 50" 1080p Samsung plasma to replace the old crap. I didn't have a table to set underneath it yet so I sat three of my JDM ITR wheels down there that I'm not using with some shelves from the old entertainment center as a temporary table I kinda like it! I have a spare Xbox 360 that I'm putting in here as well.
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AFTER:
I kinda like it! I have a spare Xbox 360 that I'm putting in here as well.BEFORE:
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As of yesterday I finally have my temporally permanent set up at the new house. I say temporary because I have another basement to finish in this house but this one is twice the size of the last one I finished so Im thinking maybe three years from now Ill move all this stuff downstairs. All the equipment is the same from the last SET UP in which I painstakingly made sure that every cable possible was hidden from view. I really dont care so much about this set up right now so Ill just learn to live with it. The TV really doesnt fit that well in the space and is too big for the room. Standard def programming looks like ass sitting this close to the set. Anyway
on with the show.
The house was prewired for surround sound making my life much easier. Thankfully the previous owners were nice enough to leave the built in speakers in the walls when they left. I am pleasantly surprised at the sound they put out and in combination with the other equipment I have fill the room quite nicely.
The rear channels are in my opinion in a terrible location for optimal sound on each side of the coat closet. I think at the least they should have been put up higher so the sound doesnt get blocked by the block.
I also have speakers wired up in the master bedroom and the hallway to have a home truly fill with sound.
It's good for now and it will get me buy for many years still to come.
The house was prewired for surround sound making my life much easier. Thankfully the previous owners were nice enough to leave the built in speakers in the walls when they left. I am pleasantly surprised at the sound they put out and in combination with the other equipment I have fill the room quite nicely.
The rear channels are in my opinion in a terrible location for optimal sound on each side of the coat closet. I think at the least they should have been put up higher so the sound doesnt get blocked by the block.
I also have speakers wired up in the master bedroom and the hallway to have a home truly fill with sound.
It's good for now and it will get me buy for many years still to come.
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On the Denon... I saw a phaseout promotion in PT the other day, the Denon 1908 for €299 @ Mediamrkt (no advertising intended).
Barely resisted the urge to upgrade mine.
Barely resisted the urge to upgrade mine.
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That TV is high up man!As of yesterday I finally have my temporally permanent set up at the new house. I say temporary because I have another basement to finish in this house but this one is twice the size of the last one I finished so I’m thinking maybe three years from now I’ll move all this stuff downstairs. All the equipment is the same from the last SET UP in which I painstakingly made sure that every cable possible was hidden from view. I really don’t care so much about this set up right now so I’ll just learn to live with it. The TV really doesn’t fit that well in the space and is too big for the room. Standard def programming looks like ass sitting this close to the set. Anyway…on with the show.
The house was prewired for surround sound making my life much easier. Thankfully the previous owners were nice enough to leave the built in speakers in the walls when they left. I am pleasantly surprised at the sound they put out and in combination with the other equipment I have fill the room quite nicely.
I guess you don't have a choice where to put it though. The built in speakers look nice!
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That TV is high up man!
I don't like it up there either. I wonder what they were thinking when designing this room. Even if the tv would fit in the hole to the left as they were thinking then it would be too low. Long term I want to put up a big long fish tank in that space where the tv currently is.
Fireplaces are so overrated. Ditch it and open that space up for this little jewel.
The heat that it will put out will make you think you had a fireplace in there.
I have to agree, very much like the prior install much, much better.....but what the heck, these are good problems to have. 👍
This gas fire place is actually great for this room and it puts off some good heat. It's better then lugging in the firewood from the last place although I don't get that great smell and the sound of crackling wood.
And what the heck is a TV still doing in the 6g range? How can that still be worth it?
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Wood heat is nice, the smell, the crackle, the direct heat. There really isn't anything like it. The mess is something I can do with out. We had a house that had a wood door that lead outside to the wood shed that was right next to the fireplace so the mess was minimal compared. Nice!
My comment was full of sarcasm by the way.. I would definitely keep the fireplace and skip the $6500 TV.
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Just bought:
Harman/Kardon AVR 247 from H/K's ebay refurb site, $180, $25 shipping.
Harman/Kardon HKTS 7 5.1 Surround setup, ebay refurb, $110, $28 shipping.
This setup will replace the H/K AVR 340 refurb I purchased last year and a horrible set of Kinyo surround speakers and sub. The 247 has slightly less power than the 340 but adds the HDMI inputs/outputs that I have been missing. An added bonus is that the 340 will sell on ebay for nearly what I paid for the 247! The speakers and sub are their low-end units but are well reviewed and are a nice fit to my apartment-small rooms, high ceilings, close neighbors.
I'd highly recommend any of the H/K refurb products, I'm essentially paying half (or less) the retail prices for these items, but they come from the manufacturer with a full warranty. I've yet to find a bad review, most are stunned at the audio quality for the price (even full retail) and gripes center around the remote control and very little else.
I can't wait to get this stuff, 10 days will pass slowly.....
I wasn't looking to upgrade, but my girlfriend bought an Acer 23" HDMI 720P monitor last Saturday, until then my Panasonic 47" 1080i (no HDMI) rear-projector was all I had ever viewed the PS3 with. The image quality on the Panny is fantastic for an older TV but it can't output in 720p. I never noticed or cared until I played F1CE on the Acer, it may not be the best 23" monitor in the world but it's miles better than 480p on the Panasonic, and I like sitting close. From this arose a dilemma: How to use both the TV and the monitor and not have to physically switch the cables over or be forced to use the DVI input on the monitor? So off I went to the H/K refurb site, found the receiver, and couldn't resist the speakers.
I'll also mention the GF picked up a 32" 720p Dynex (cheapie Best Buy store brand) for $460 with a 4 year warranty. Normally I don't go for this type of TV, but the picture is pretty good for the price, the main dowside is spotty reliability-it will likely be exchanged for a nicer/brand name model long before the warranty runs out. I already see one dead pixel for crying out loud, it's a watchable savings account toward a better TV somewhere down the road.
It's been a cold dark winter here in Vermont, but the glow of shiny new consumer electronics arriving over the last few weeks has warmed me considerably!
Harman/Kardon AVR 247 from H/K's ebay refurb site, $180, $25 shipping.
Harman/Kardon HKTS 7 5.1 Surround setup, ebay refurb, $110, $28 shipping.
This setup will replace the H/K AVR 340 refurb I purchased last year and a horrible set of Kinyo surround speakers and sub. The 247 has slightly less power than the 340 but adds the HDMI inputs/outputs that I have been missing. An added bonus is that the 340 will sell on ebay for nearly what I paid for the 247! The speakers and sub are their low-end units but are well reviewed and are a nice fit to my apartment-small rooms, high ceilings, close neighbors.
I'd highly recommend any of the H/K refurb products, I'm essentially paying half (or less) the retail prices for these items, but they come from the manufacturer with a full warranty. I've yet to find a bad review, most are stunned at the audio quality for the price (even full retail) and gripes center around the remote control and very little else.
I can't wait to get this stuff, 10 days will pass slowly.....
I wasn't looking to upgrade, but my girlfriend bought an Acer 23" HDMI 720P monitor last Saturday, until then my Panasonic 47" 1080i (no HDMI) rear-projector was all I had ever viewed the PS3 with. The image quality on the Panny is fantastic for an older TV but it can't output in 720p. I never noticed or cared until I played F1CE on the Acer, it may not be the best 23" monitor in the world but it's miles better than 480p on the Panasonic, and I like sitting close. From this arose a dilemma: How to use both the TV and the monitor and not have to physically switch the cables over or be forced to use the DVI input on the monitor? So off I went to the H/K refurb site, found the receiver, and couldn't resist the speakers.
I'll also mention the GF picked up a 32" 720p Dynex (cheapie Best Buy store brand) for $460 with a 4 year warranty. Normally I don't go for this type of TV, but the picture is pretty good for the price, the main dowside is spotty reliability-it will likely be exchanged for a nicer/brand name model long before the warranty runs out. I already see one dead pixel for crying out loud, it's a watchable savings account toward a better TV somewhere down the road.
It's been a cold dark winter here in Vermont, but the glow of shiny new consumer electronics arriving over the last few weeks has warmed me considerably!
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Nice TB!
"That's inconceivable!"
EDIT: Holy crap, that remote is off the map! Where can I find a refurb unit?
"That's inconceivable!"
EDIT: Holy crap, that remote is off the map! Where can I find a refurb unit?
