Lots of Upgrades!

mutelight
mutelight Posts: 1,054
edited March 2014 in Electronics
It has been quite some time since I have been around and today I receive the last component to my upgrade overhaul I have been doing over the past couple of years.

Here is the list of things I have upgraded since my last visit:
Panasonic AE4000 replaced with AE8000
Pioneer SC-25 now in bedroom replaced with SC-57 in main room
Polk Audio Monitor 70 replaced with RTi A9s
Polk Audio CS2 replaced with CSi A6
Polk Audio Monitor 40 replaced with FXi A6s
Logitech Harmony One replaced with Harmony Ultimate
Oppo BDP-83 replaced with BDP-103
Microsoft Xbox 360 S Halo Edition 250GB w/ HD-DVD replaced with Xbox One Day One Edition
Sony Playstation 3 320GB (60GB SKU) replaced with Playstation 4 with 1TB SSHD installed

Added:
65" Panasonic VT30
and last but not least my Emotiva XPA-5 arrives today!!!!

I am really excited to install the Emotiva later today and listen to the difference. I could tell for a while now that my Pioneer was not doing my RTi A9s justice.

I know there are mixed feelings about the brand on these boards but personally I expect a notable difference and the free shipping in no tax really pushed me over the edge to hit the order button.
// Panasonic AE8000 // Pioneer SC-57 // Polk Audio RTi A9 // Polk Audio CSiA6 //
// Polk Audio FXi A6 // SVS PB12-NSD Subwoofer // Logitech Harmony Ultimate // Pro-Ject Debut III //
// Oppo BDP-103 // Microsoft Xbox One Day One Edition // Sony Playstation 4 1TB SSHD // Nintendo Wii U //
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2014
    WOW that's a lot of upgrading! Congrats on your purchases, pics please and do let us know how it all sounds!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited March 2014
    Congrats, I am sure it will sound amazing.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2014
    Congrats on some nice upgrades.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2014
    Thank you very much, gentlemen!

    Seeing jeremymarcinko's sig reminded me that I forgot to add that I bought a Pro-ject Debut III and will be putting on Daft Punk Random Access Memories on vinyl first thing, once the amp is hooked up.

    I will post a pic or two later today after what is going to be an incredibly long day of work.
    // Panasonic AE8000 // Pioneer SC-57 // Polk Audio RTi A9 // Polk Audio CSiA6 //
    // Polk Audio FXi A6 // SVS PB12-NSD Subwoofer // Logitech Harmony Ultimate // Pro-Ject Debut III //
    // Oppo BDP-103 // Microsoft Xbox One Day One Edition // Sony Playstation 4 1TB SSHD // Nintendo Wii U //
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    Movie and Game Collection
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2014
    Looks like those long days are paying off.
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited March 2014
    Looks like you are going to have a system with very nice video and some very sweet sound. What' s the first movie you put in for that first test?
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2014
    zane77 wrote: »
    Looks like you are going to have a system with very nice video and some very sweet sound. What' s the first movie you put in for that first test?

    Thanks! I am actually torn on what I should try first. By the time I got home last night and rewired everything to get it setup it was pretty late so I couldn't push it.

    I did briefly try Tomb Raider the game and I was blown away by how much better the surround imaging was even at quite low levels. I was hearing effects well between the LF and LS.
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Wow, you HAVE been busy! Congrats on the new toys, and enjoy!!

    And oh yeah :arrowd::mrgreen:

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    Thank you!

    Here is a pic, albeit kinda blurry. I need to buy new rack furniture at some point, as you can see the amp hangs out a bit.

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    Then a few more here: http://s37.photobucket.com/user/mutelight/library/Home%20Theater?sort=3&page=1
    // Panasonic AE8000 // Pioneer SC-57 // Polk Audio RTi A9 // Polk Audio CSiA6 //
    // Polk Audio FXi A6 // SVS PB12-NSD Subwoofer // Logitech Harmony Ultimate // Pro-Ject Debut III //
    // Oppo BDP-103 // Microsoft Xbox One Day One Edition // Sony Playstation 4 1TB SSHD // Nintendo Wii U //
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    Movie and Game Collection
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2014
    Just realized I accidentally deleted the pic, here's a better one I took.

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    // Panasonic AE8000 // Pioneer SC-57 // Polk Audio RTi A9 // Polk Audio CSiA6 //
    // Polk Audio FXi A6 // SVS PB12-NSD Subwoofer // Logitech Harmony Ultimate // Pro-Ject Debut III //
    // Oppo BDP-103 // Microsoft Xbox One Day One Edition // Sony Playstation 4 1TB SSHD // Nintendo Wii U //
    Photo Gallery
    Movie and Game Collection
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