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eshbach posted:I just set this up in the spare bedroom I've been using... McIntosh MA6100 driving the maggies. This is not getting enough love. Maggies are wonderful, and a sweet amp to boot.
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McCracAttack posted:I need to throw something colorful in there. I'd also like to know where you go those stands. Your setup is exactly what I need for my new place.
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers
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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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Scrapez posted:Nice. Is that an Elemental Designs and what are you powering it with? 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. My blurry av 'rack' from an earlier post: 
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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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Scrapez posted: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. 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.
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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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MrCodeDude posted:I am in love with your stand. Where did you get it at? From here of all places. I got it because it was big enough to hold all of my components but I didn't count on it making my 32" LCD look so small. Pr0kjayhawk posted:I'd also like to know where you go those stands. Your setup is exactly what I need for my new place. If you mean the speaker stands themselves I barely remember. I got them from some nameless electronics store in a mall in like 2001.
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McCracAttack posted:
I would recommend stretching a large canvas, something that can frame your setup, and painting some flat colors in layers. A darker, cooler value, a more middling value and a more saturated value. Be really loose with the brush and leave a lot of stroke marks, don't worry about perfect coverage. If you do it right you should get a splash of color with some depth thanks to the subtle texture, but it will fit in with the simplicity of what you have. Same idea but in a triptych setup would be very nice too, and probably break up the wall better.
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Almost finished the AV setup in our house, got all the peices just waiting on a couple of cables to finish it all up. 40" Sony 720P LCD 720P projector Sony 7.1 Reciever with 3 HDMI in/1 HDMI out High Def Set top box Sony upscaling dvd player Mythtv box The reciever outputs to both the projector and the tv at the same time while using HDMI switching to make everything easy for my mum and vistors to work out how to use the system (hopefully).   
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Update-a-licious. Made some changes recently in Chez Nate: Projector: Optoma HD70 PJ Screen: Elite 92" HDTV: Mitsubishi WD-52628 Pre/Pro: Anthem AVM-50 Amplifier: Anthem PVA-5 DVD-A/SACD player: Oppo DV-980H Blu-ray layer: Panasonic DMP-BD10 HD DVD player: Toshiba HD-A20 Game System: XBox360 Elite Cable source: TiVo Series 3 HD D-VHS: Marantz MV-8300 Turntable: Denon DP300F Power station: Panamax MAX-5300 HDMI splitter: Gefen HDMI-142 HDMI switcher: Monoprice HDX-501 Speakers: Rocket 750 Signature (mains), Rocket RSC-200 (center), Rocket 750 Signature (surrounds), Subwoofer: SVS PB12-NSD Updating the Panny firmware (hence the blue screen):  The Tower 'O Power:  No PJ photos, as I'm too lazy to put the screen up.
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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. Do you like your STF-2? I think I may need to upgrade because mine just doesn't feel as tight as I would like. My room isn't very large, either. I'm still playing with my speaker arrangements though...
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Kaddish posted:Do you like your STF-2? I think I may need to upgrade because mine just doesn't feel as tight as I would like. My room isn't very large, either. I'm still playing with my speaker arrangements though... I still like the STF-2. It's very accurate and still able to get nice and loud. How big is your room and what does your arrangement look like?
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It looks something like this, very extremely roughly. I just think I need a bigger sub, maybe a 12". It gets pretty loud when I turn the gain up past halfway but I need to get a ground loop isolator for my cable box because it generates a humming sound at higher volumes. I've played around with various sub positions but I haven't found one I'm 100% happy with. This is the worst image ever, btw. Kaddish fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Aug 2, 2007 |
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Have you tried putting the sub in the corner by the couch? Also a larger sub will inherently be less tight than a smaller one because there's more mass to move around, unless there's much more power available to drive it. Of course, using a smaller sub in a large room will not sound ideal either. Perhaps a VTF-3 Mk3.
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This is my living room: Sony 1080i 55" HDTV KDF-55E2000 Samsung HTQ-70 1000 watt, 5 disc, HDMI upscaling HTIB TiVo 80 HR Dual Tuner Xbox 360 with HD-DVD add on and networking crap... And my bedroom  Olevia 32" HD LCD 232V Tivo 80 HR single Tuner JVC HTIB (it's actually pretty nice, very clean and clear, prog scan, DTS decoder) BOTH of the setups are driven by Harmony 880s, they are so goddamn awesome. My office has a decent setup also, but this already a long post. I want to add a PS3 and a HTPC to my living room in the very near future, and total upgrades in 2 years.
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McCracAttack posted:
I had that same Kenwood HT in a box. Still have the 407 receiver and the sub. Dig the b/w.
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Kaddish posted:It looks something like this, very extremely roughly. Put it in the corner by the tv or the corner by the couch. An STF-2 is plenty of sub for your size room. You might also have phase issues. Try switching the phase to see if you are drowning out your sound.
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Modena posted:Put it in the corner by the tv or the corner by the couch. An STF-2 is plenty of sub for your size room. You might also have phase issues. Try switching the phase to see if you are drowning out your sound. Corner means loud and less precise bass. He didn't specifically say that the bass is not loud enough. But yeah if it is, stick in the corner. If not, don't.
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I thought it was too boomy in the corner. Changing phase to 180 also didn't sound right. Moving it closer to my couch has helped and I was able to further tweak it to acceptable levels. I still have the upgrade itch though, especially since I get $100 av123's new sub coming out in a few months....
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Sorry to interject in the middle of your convo you guys have going on. New here, and well, I just wanted to share my setup with the group since that's what this thread was started for. Sadly I don't have any pictures readily available (no AAAs for the webcam/digicam, will correct this later today, so expect pics later), but I can give a fairly accurate description. I've got a Panasonic SA-DK10 running as the surround sound, it includes 2 subs in the front left and right boxes while the center, rear left and right, are satellite styles. I don't remember the output power on it, but by itself it's pretty loud at -12db. However, I augmented it with a Sony SA-WM20 Active sub, it includes a 50watt per channel stereo amp which I pass the subs on the Panasonic through to give even bass distribution as all subs are up front, the Sony in the center. For video, I've got a Sharp XR-10X projector throwing 15' to generate ~125" screen on my white wall (can't set up a screen, walls and ceiling are concrete and there's a "no drilling" policy here,) the 16:9 size ends up being ~100" unless I abuse the zoom. The room is sufficiently dark enough for the projector to work with the one table lamp on even during the day. I'm feeding the projector 480i from my DLink MediaLounge DSM-320 (plan to upgrade), 480p from my Philips MPEG-4 DVD player, and full 720p/1080i from my SA8300HD digital cable box across a 25' component set to hug a wall all the way back to the projector. Also have a computer set up in the corner near the projector hooked in via VGA DB15, not particularly doing anything special with it besides general media playback the DLink can't handle. TNTHD recently had a rash of movies shown, recorded/watched the better ones, Ocean's Eleven, The Bourne Supremacy, to name two. I had seen The Bourne Supremacy as an AVI DVDrip, but the projector with HD, just, wow. I can't really watch regular TV anymore, it's so... archaic now. Either way, just wanted to post my setup for you all, let me know what you think, I will be posting pics as soon as I stop being lazy. Oh, and I don't have the nice clean setup you all seem to have, mine's still a mess as I resort all the wiring, and I don't have a nice stand for everything either... I feel so inadequate all of a sudden. *Protects his bits and shuffles off.* My crap:
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Pibborando San posted:Have you tried putting the sub in the corner by the couch? You got those side shelves from Ikea didn't you? I would have used them myself but didn't the room. Nice setup.
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I need a better camera It still needs some work but I'm pretty happy with my new set-up. Samsung HL-S4676S DLP Vienna Acoustics Bach floor speakers BIC Venturi DV62CLR-S center Z-Line Skylar stand Tech Craft component rack Belkin PureAV PF31D Power Conditioner (surge protector) PS3 360 Wii Pioneer receiver Psyclone A/V switch Sony subwoofer not pictured: Flaunce BiPole rear surrounds kylej fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Aug 5, 2007 |
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SnatchRabbit posted:You got those side shelves from Ikea didn't you? I would have used them myself but didn't the room. Nice setup. I think you meant to quote Bumpon10s. 
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These pictures didn't come out that well - blurry for some reason - so I made a new post.
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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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 The TV's a 23 inch TCL, it's pretty good, but changing aspect ratios is a bitch. The DVD is an LG, region hacked and DivX compatible, so it'll play drat-near anything. The surround speakers are Logitechs and the digital tuner is a cheap Samsung. The PC has a digital tuner, and is connected to the TV and speakers, though I can't quite get the dual monitor thing happening the way I want it. My bed also folds into a couch, though I usually just leave it flat and put pillows against the wall. All in all, it's a drat good system for what I paid for it (DVD + speakers + tuner only set me back about AU$600 in total, thanks to a few discounts).
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 Only audio for now, until I move back into my apartment (I have the DVD player, my roomate has the TV), which is also the reason why the speakers are not quite optimally placed. It's a Pioneer SA-9100 into a pair of LS3/5a's and an old Polk passive subwoofer, a combination which sounds rather good for the age.
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app13pi3 posted:What is this table and where did you get it? I've been looking for a nice smoke glass L shaped table for a while
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McCracAttack posted:
as others have said, I really like your stand. Where did you get it? edit: nevermind, was already answered
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I would like a larger subwoofer for the room, but it is in the corner so that helps. Mitsubishi WD-52725 52" DLP TV Denon AVR-1705 7.1 Reciever - Canton 10" sub - Canton CD50BK (Front L&R) - Klipsch Speakers elsewhere (center, rear, and by air hockey table) Motorola DCT6200 (thinking of upgrading to the DVR for the fall shows) Toshiba DVD player PS2 w/ component video (it makes a huge difference!) Xbox 360 via component video     That PC there is setup to record HDTV via firewire from the cable box. It is very nice for recording concerts and such. ~800gb in that box, and it will be hooked to the TV through HDMI when the cables come later this week. It will be really nice to actually play back that content I recorded. Eventually I will be getting the HDDVD addon for the xbox. Lt Moose fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Aug 8, 2007 |
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Scrapez posted:Get this man some component racks and some Parkinson's meds stat! I'm just kidding ya My pictures really are pretty bad. I'll take some better one's sometime - at work now. Never had a heat issue with the components stacked on the floor. I've had the Denon receiver and the Sony preamp for maybe 7 years now. I buffer the heat from the Denon with the 6 disc cd changer which I don't think even works anymore.
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LofwyrSai posted:My pictures really are pretty bad. I'll take some better one's sometime - at work now. I can't tell exactly what Klipsch you are using. I have reference 3's all around but will eventually get some 7's
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Lt Moose posted:I would like a larger subwoofer for the room, but it is in the corner so that helps. what kind of AV stand is that?
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MMD3 posted:what kind of AV stand is that? It is an Ethan Allen stand. I can find out which one exactly if you wish.
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Modena posted:I can't tell exactly what Klipsch you are using. I have reference 3's all around but will eventually get some 7's Time for better pictures. Living room  Living room Denon amp and Sony preamp w/ DVD player and DVR  Back of front Klipsch's. I actually don't know what kind they are. I've had my stuff for years. They have built in 10" subwoofers and sound really good and can go very loud which it what matters. My center channel is rather large as well.  Full living room setup  Workout room / guest room av setup. I stream music down from my desktop onto the laptop out to the speakers. Also have TV to watch...  While I lift these...  And run on this.  Bedroom plasma setup  Computer and xbox360 setup.  So I can tell I have SB3's on my computer. Who knows...I like Klipsch though. 
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