What would be your ultimate hd speaker setup ????

DAVE HOFFER
DAVE HOFFER Posts: 23
edited December 2012 in Speakers
For fun. If money wasn't a problem what would be your ultimate AV and speaker set up for HD? Speakers, Receiver, Amps etc.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2012
    What is 'HD'? Hoffer Dave?
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,211
    edited December 2012
    Wilson Alexandria or Alexia's in a 9.2 setup and a couple of rotary subs in a large, acoustically treated as well as designed sealed room.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited December 2012
    I got to hear some Magnepan 20.1's powered by Audio Research gear today and it was incredible, i'd never heard anything close to that quality before. My wife fell in love until she realized it was a 30k setup :eek:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,981
    edited December 2012
    Old school - the folks at Altec got this right in the late 1940s; it still sounds right... and, yes, there are an amazing number of people with these things in their homes even today (I know some of 'em... heck, I am one of 'em)...

    page_5.jpg
    http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/altec/catalogs/1975-pro/page_5.jpg

    Realistically? Altec A5 VOTs with 515-series woofers and 1505 horns with 288 drivers for HF. Stunning presence, dynamics, and realism. Big but accommodatable in a large listening room, and cheap compared to today's boutique hifi loudspeakers.

    (The "A5X" in the catalog page scan above has a smaller 8-cell horn on top; the 1505 is a 15 cell horn with a 500 Hz cutoff)
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited December 2012
    Sony VPL-VW1000ES
    Carada Criterion in Brilliant White
    JTR Noesis for LCR
    JTR Tripple 8 for all surrounds
    Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 monoblocks
    JTR Orbit Shifters
    Cary Audio Cinema 11a
    Acoustic treatments

    This is as good as it gets. Perhaps the Seaton Catalysts as an option, but it's purely taste. You can't achieve this level of performance with anything else for AV. And certainly not with Audiophile-type speakers. Mhardy's altecs and JBLs come close, though ;)
    design is where science and art break even.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,655
    edited December 2012
    4xJBL DD66000EB Everest II (Main L&R and L&R Surround)
    2xJBL S9900 K2 (Rear L&R Surround)
    2xJBL 880 Array (Pair stacked for center duty)

    1xMcIntosh MX121 7.1 Pre
    4xMcIntosh MC452 450wx2 Amps
    1xMcIntosh MVP891

    This, of course, is personal preference from equipment I actually have first hand exeperience listening to. I know there are better options out there and maybe after listening to them, I would switch up some things but I have heard this exact setup in a 7.1 environment and fell in love with it.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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  • DAVE HOFFER
    DAVE HOFFER Posts: 23
    edited December 2012
    I'm sorry I should of said home theater or HT instead of HD
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