My HT System

hank1105
hank1105 Posts: 63
edited August 2003 in Speakers
First off I would like to thank everyone's help in my purchase of my HT system. Thought I would finally show some photo's of my system. Thanks to everyone's help I got a great system. As a newbie I was taken away from my first choice, Blose, whoops I mean Bose :)
My 7.1 System:

Fronts: Polk RTi70's
Center: Polk CSi40
Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    Sides:
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    Backs:
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    SVS :)
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • SPEAKER7
    SPEAKER7 Posts: 355
    edited August 2003
    Nice looking equipment! Congrats!!!!:D
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited August 2003
    that is a preyt sweet setup and a very popular one. my setup is prety similar with 800i,400i and the fx500i for suround.


    i have a queston can your sub keep going louder when your mains say stop?


    i ust have that problem till i got a 7 channel amp. it was olny 25 wpc better than my recever but it made such a differance.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2003
    Very nice setup Hank, welcome to the minority Sony ES club ;)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    Gonzo,

    Not sure what you mean. The reason I got the Rti70's was because I was getting a powerful subwoofer. One reason I didn't get the Rti100's. The Rti70's and the SVS are a perfect mix.

    I got the Sony 7AES refurbed for $650.00, I couldn't resist buying for that price. I was going to get the Yamaha RX2300 or RX3300.

    Thanks for the compliments.
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    Nice Hank... Room looks to be more than a little challenging set-up-wise.

    Forgive me for getting a little anal, but I'd value the left ch placement over the SVS. A lot more flexibility with it vs. the left ch for imaging.

    Is the SVS's current position optimal on your room?
    More later,
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2003
    just pull the 70's forward a bit, and swap the svs with the left speaker and place the sub in the corner,
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    I would have swapped the 70 with the SVS but the wife didn't like the way the SVS came out more then the 70. By the way our hallway is right there, along with are washer and dryer. The room is really hard to figure out, acoustically speaking. The right wall is a complete wall with one door. However, the left side, has the hallway, a window into the kitchen, in the back a very large opening leading to the dining room. The reason I got these was that my wife and I will be selling our condo in about a year or so and moving into a house, hopefully with a better room.
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2003
    whoa, how high are your surrounds and rears?? they look high, i know the room looks kinda hard to setup though
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    Yeah, they are high up, at least 8 feet. Exactly, the room was tough to setup, but it works just fine. Calibrated all speakers to 85db and the surround sound works great. I am sure once I have a larger room to setup everything it will be much better.
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited August 2003
    Nice setup Hank, have almost the same setup. Just one question, how and the hell is everyone posting pics on the forum. They keep telling me my pics are to large, damum, I can't compress them anymore than I already have.
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  • hank1105
    hank1105 Posts: 63
    edited August 2003
    Grim,

    Open the picture in Microsoft Photo Editor, select save as, then select More, adjust the compression ratio down to 20. Also resizing the picture helps. I went from a 800k file to 10k :)
    My 7.1 System:

    Fronts: Polk RTi70's
    Center: Polk CSi40
    Surround Sides: Polk FXi50's
    Surround Backs: Polk RTi38's
    Sub: SVS PB1-ISD

    Receiver: Sony STR-DA7ES

    SAT Receiver: Sony SAT 200B
    HDTV: Panasonic CT-36HX42
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