Ive got the HT system mapped out... or most of it

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    Hmm - I always forget about Sunfire/Carver

    Thanks
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    h735SM350-o_open.jpeg

    Thats the 350- it has an 8" PR, a 5.25" midbass

    The 450 has a 10" and a 6.5"

    Im excited to hear them - maybe will run them as mains for a bit, proably will remind me a bit of my BP10B
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I cannot hear a difference between HDMI audio and optical. Currently I use optical for the audio and HDMI for video for HT use.
    If you're using lossless audio tracks via HDMI, you should be able to tell the two apart.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    My whole house is based on HDMI...

    So I have no real choice. I will be able to watch DVDs in any room, computers in any room -- cable, whatever...

    Inwalls -- so yeah, HDMI is beyond a must. Heck its one of the reasons for even getting a processor haha
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited May 2010
    I think the sound will be top notch, but the video will lag behind. All that nice gear and no PJ and screen for the bigger picture. You should rethink your video portion of these nice plans. Budget in the PJ, screen and BD players you'll be happy you did in the end.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,473
    edited May 2010
    Face wrote: »
    If you're using lossless audio tracks via HDMI, you should be able to tell the two apart.

    I don't do files. I spin the black or the occasional CD
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited May 2010
    Sherardp wrote: »
    I think the sound will be top notch, but the video will lag behind. All that nice gear and no PJ and screen for the bigger picture. You should rethink your video portion of these nice plans. Budget in the PJ, screen and BD players you'll be happy you did in the end.

    Why not get something like an Epson 8500UB and a cheap screen? I'm running here an Epson 1080UB with a cheap Dalite screen just to hold me over until I decide to get a JVC or something else...
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    A screen and projector will definitely be a thought - but most likely in the future... budget wont allow for sure
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2010
    Get a pj ..... its awesome to have a big picture with loud audio

    Look me up if you ever want a cheap used one thats totaly awesome

    I am always updating every year and get an inside hookup on new bulbs for them
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    Projector is many years away..

    As of this moment is looks as if the VMPS Larger will be making its return to the system...

    1 - Active 15" woofer, 1 - Active 12" Woofer, 1 - Passive 15" Radiator (Slot Loaded)

    Solid down to 20hz (115db)

    Yes!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2010
    Dude that bass will surely cause a bowel movement
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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited May 2010
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Dude that bass will surely cause a bowel movement

    Yeah, for a block or two in each direction. Are you sure the plumbing in your neighborhood can handle it? :eek: Seriously, did you have to do a lot of soundproofing or just live a good distance from the other folks in your area?
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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited May 2010
    Face wrote: »
    If you're using lossless audio tracks via HDMI, you should be able to tell the two apart.

    From the materials all the consumer electronics companies put out, HDMI should be same quality or better than SPDIF (optical or coax), unless it's a really long run, and then digital coax probably has the nod. I was thinking of doing in-wall HDMI but figured I'd have to do repeaters. Did you use those or were you able to keep the runs short enough to not need them?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    Im using HDMI over cat5 - mostly for future expansion - but I can go extreme distances without any signal loss..
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2010
    I would never dare run hdmi through my walls because the connecting heads break or just come loose after some time


    I went through 6 hdmi cables from various brands and they have all broke.One was a 35ft !! most of my falures have been from heat behind the audio rack
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2010
    Do you have them laying on a large tube amp or class A amp? I've never had one go bad, and they're all cheapos.
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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited May 2010
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Im using HDMI over cat5 - mostly for future expansion - but I can go extreme distances without any signal loss..

    Are those the ones that use a pair of CAT5+ for each HDMI connection? I've used those to go from the HT to a home gym room. I eventually stopped using it cause I needed one of the ports for actual ethernet. Guess I should have run more wires. Is that what you're using or something newer / different?
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited May 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Do you have them laying on a large tube amp or class A amp? I've never had one go bad, and they're all cheapos.

    Same here and I have some fairly long runs in my HT. I'm using Bluejeans Cables
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    Monoprice has a pair of wallplates that are HDMI over Cat5 that I am using - they are only 30 dollars and require two CAT5 runs per pair....

    I lost out on the CLR3000 -- so I am rethinking the center channel...

    Im thinking about a pair of the Studiomonitor 450 like I am using for the surrounds -- a pair turned on their side, tweeters coupled together - cabinets slightly slanted away from each other so its not one continuous baffle...

    This will allow me not to have to worry about amp failure in the future and I should still get pretty decent bass....

    I can just wire them in parallel - any amp Ill get will be able to handle a 4 ohm load
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2010
    What about comb filtering and poor vertical dispersion?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    Well the Studiomonitor series from DT was designed to be horizontal or vertical..

    As far as cancelations and weird stuff like that goes -- I was hoping putting the speakers in a slight V orientation would help atleast lessen that problem - atleast get them all the same dispersion pattern...

    DT centers are 2 way designs --- so it wouldnt be toooooo different.

    Any thoughts are appreciated -- Ive always been kind of against centers since they are kind of a single use.... so using bookshelves allows me to do more with them if needed...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    I could also put a speaker below the TV vertically and put one above the tv upside down vertically and do it that way...

    thoughts?
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    I received the SM450 tonight...

    Interesting speaker - I would say they are just like my old BP10B as far as sound traits...

    I think they will make excellent centers and surrounds personally... highs are bright and crisp - for music a little to unfocused but for vocals and stuff it should come through loud and clear....

    Neat little monitor...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,799
    edited May 2010
    Well since I could not actually find pictures of the SM450 - I figured I would do the right thing and provide the world with actual photos of the SM450...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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