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06-28-2008, 10:55 PM | #26 |
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How's that plasma treating you? I've been rocking my LCD proj for a while now, thinking of upgrading.
What model Harmon Kardon do you have? I recently sold mine to my girl's mom, I didn't feel like it was pushing enough to my Kef 3005.2's. I like it, though. I was pondering if I needed to go a little higher on the model foodchain.
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06-29-2008, 12:05 PM | #27 |
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I really like it. It's a very good approximation of true surround sound. People who hear it for the first time usually get freaked out when they hear someone talking "from the other room". It's not perfect (as my room isn't perfect to support it), but the overall quality of the sound is very high. The amplifiers are balanced perfectly with the 21 speakers, so you can bring it to 100% volume and have no distortion. It's best experienced with dvds or hdtv content that have a 5.1 digital track.
If I could have done an in-wall install, I would have, but this is the next best thing. Now all I have to do is not buy the 4000 series model... drool |
06-29-2008, 12:10 PM | #28 |
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don't have a pic of my home theater right now but I do have my stereo
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06-29-2008, 03:02 PM | #29 |
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I have a AVR 225 that IMO does a good job at driving my Paradigm Titans (sensitivity 93 dB, room efficiency 90 dB). If I had to choose a replacement I don't know what I would purchase.
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06-29-2008, 04:10 PM | #30 |
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Sony 52-inch SXRD XBR Panasonic DMP-BD30 Bluray Player Sony STR-DE898 Amp/Reciever AR Speakers with an Klipsch center - I really need to get new speakers. and an old Pioneer Laserdisc player and Sony VHS player. This is an earlier picture and doesn't show the Blu-ray player. In spite of still having some tapes, I never use the VHS any more. I think I'll hook up my older Sony 5-disc carousel DVD player instead. Good for watching TV series, just load all the discs and go. If any of you have experience, how much difference does a 1080p TV make when watching hi-def discs? The SXRD is 1080i. |
06-29-2008, 04:23 PM | #31 |
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well the size of the picture is in direct negative correlation to the size of my ego concerning theater systems.
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06-29-2008, 04:35 PM | #32 | |
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Thanks everybody for the kind words.
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Being only 19 years old (started when I was 17-18 building up the room) and the budget I had it took me a long time to build up everything in that room. Worked my ass off for everything you see in the pictures. Here is how the room has started. 26" Sony Bravia 40" Sharp Aquos Few more plans I have left for the room is. --Rope lighting above the tv. --Coffee table --Framed movie posters on walls --B&W DS7 surrounds. Great. Ive had it for almost a year now and not any issues with it what so ever. I still need to get somebody to come out and calibrate it but I love it thus far. |
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06-29-2008, 05:22 PM | #33 |
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B&W 7 series in walls Yamaha RX-V2700 Reciever (the denon 3805 is gone) Rotel 1075 Amp HTPC Denon DVD 2900 HP 51in Plasma XBOX 360, Wii Turntable |
06-29-2008, 06:19 PM | #34 |
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06-30-2008, 08:41 AM | #35 | ||
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06-30-2008, 12:23 PM | #36 |
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Toshiba 52" DLP Infity Beta 360 center channel Infinity Beta es250's Infinity Beta 50's Harman Kardon avr 635 Harman Dvd Xbox360 Room is pretty small, 12 x 15, used for movies, and gaming, thats about it, don't even have cable hooked up to it. Build thread: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...eater+build+up Last edited by Audio Integrations; 07-01-2008 at 12:58 PM. |
06-30-2008, 07:40 PM | #37 |
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bump - post some more
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06-30-2008, 08:26 PM | #38 |
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06-30-2008, 08:40 PM | #39 |
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Since I had these photos out for a question I posted in AVSForum...
Uh... gear list is pretty unspectacular. Onkyo 674 receiver, HD-A2, Wii, Apple TV, Advent 4 mains, some crappy Cambridge Audio center, 10" JBL active sub beside the couch, crappy Cambridge surrounds. Contemplating upgrading to Paradigm 330 LCR. I built the cabinet a couple weekends ago. |
07-01-2008, 10:20 AM | #40 |
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Sam, the built-in looks great!
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07-01-2008, 10:22 AM | #41 |
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Thanks! Jen hates it - thinks it looks too 1970's. It's not quite done yet. Will be putting in a bit of moulding on the bottoms, need to caulk all the corners, etc. I just like it because we gained so much more space in the living room. Originally my idea was to make the whole thing built-in so that it would sort of start with a large shelf on the top going all the way across and into the window wells, but the TV would have had to be lower and Jen's not happy with it even at this height.
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07-01-2008, 10:25 AM | #42 | |
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07-01-2008, 10:28 AM | #43 |
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The thing you can't see from these photos is that the cabinets for the audio stuff are at a bit of a funky angle (not parallel to the wall) so it does definitely have an unconventional 2001-A-Space-Oddessy feel to it. I'll take another photo so you can see what I'm talking about. But yeah, I think it cleaned up that space nicely.
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07-01-2008, 10:39 AM | #44 |
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Here you can see the full shebang...
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07-01-2008, 10:40 AM | #45 |
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idj - do you live in a converted mill?
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07-01-2008, 10:40 AM | #46 |
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That looks spectacular, Sam. It really does open up the room.
Nice work! Did you do all the work at home? Where do you keep your tools? |
07-01-2008, 10:43 AM | #47 |
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Yeah, did it all here. It was pretty ridiculous - had sort of a "clean room" setup in the guest bathroom and did all the cutting in there. Had a tarp setup over the door so I could cut the longer boards in there. Used my table saw with a vacuum on it to keep the dust down. Did it in melamine particular board to keep the price and time down - took about 3 days. The tools are spread out between our bedroom closet for the stuff I use "often" and the rest are in our storage unit in the basement.
OriginalSin - Yeah, we live in a 117 year old Cotton Mill that was renovated in 2004. |
07-01-2008, 10:48 AM | #48 |
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do you have glare issues with those giant windows?
otherwise, nice job, and nice looking room |
07-01-2008, 10:50 AM | #49 |
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On what, the TV? Nope, it's facing the "right" way, and the TV is a very bright LCD with a flare-resistant coating on it.
Thanks! Hopefully it should only get better. Will be replacing the speakers with something more in keeping with the rest of the setup, we're going to refine the plant situation so the corners aren't quite as awkward looking, etc. |
07-01-2008, 11:00 AM | #50 |
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thats a cool house/condo. they did that to several mills here. i always thought they were pretty rad.
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