Setup
EndersShadow
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Figured I owed you fella's some decent pics of the new setup after about a year of living here....
Actually I finally got some time when it was not torn apart by the kido to take some pics...
This is without the addition of the HTPC which is upstairs installing about a bajillion windows updates, or the possible addition of a different sub and also a Denon X4100 which will all likely be happening in the next few months....
Current Gear list:
Speakers:
Fronts: Polk LSi 15 w db840 sub modification
Center: Polk LSiC
Surrounds: Polk LSi F/x dipole bipoles
Equipment:
Pre-Amp: Integra DTR 5.9
Amp: B&K 200.5
Sub Amp: Dayton SA-1000
TV: Panasonic 60" ST30
Source Gear:
WD Live TV + 3 TB Seagate external hard drive (HTPC build in progress to replace)
Xbox 360 (hopefully Xbox One arrives via Santa this year)
Uverse DVR
Squeezebox Classic
Misc Gear:
Asus EA66 Network Bridge (provides network signal)
Netgear 8 port gigabit switch (connects all gear to network)
SVS AS-EQ1 ( EQ's sub)
APC H15 (all gear BUT amps on this device)
Cables:
Interconnects: Kimber Kable Hero w Ultraplates (Integra -> B&K)
Front 3 Speaker: Kimber Kable 8VS internal bi-wire
Surround Speakers: Monoprice 14 gauge
HDMI: Audioquest Cinnamon for all sources & TV
Optical: Generic (Squeezebox -> Integra)
PowerCables: Pangea AC-9 2m (B&K), Pangea AC-9SE 1.5m (Dayton), Pangea AC-14 (Xbox), Pangea AC-14SE (Integra)
But what you really want to see, as its a worthless thread without pics right?
Actually I finally got some time when it was not torn apart by the kido to take some pics...
This is without the addition of the HTPC which is upstairs installing about a bajillion windows updates, or the possible addition of a different sub and also a Denon X4100 which will all likely be happening in the next few months....
Current Gear list:
Speakers:
Fronts: Polk LSi 15 w db840 sub modification
Center: Polk LSiC
Surrounds: Polk LSi F/x dipole bipoles
Equipment:
Pre-Amp: Integra DTR 5.9
Amp: B&K 200.5
Sub Amp: Dayton SA-1000
TV: Panasonic 60" ST30
Source Gear:
WD Live TV + 3 TB Seagate external hard drive (HTPC build in progress to replace)
Xbox 360 (hopefully Xbox One arrives via Santa this year)
Uverse DVR
Squeezebox Classic
Misc Gear:
Asus EA66 Network Bridge (provides network signal)
Netgear 8 port gigabit switch (connects all gear to network)
SVS AS-EQ1 ( EQ's sub)
APC H15 (all gear BUT amps on this device)
Cables:
Interconnects: Kimber Kable Hero w Ultraplates (Integra -> B&K)
Front 3 Speaker: Kimber Kable 8VS internal bi-wire
Surround Speakers: Monoprice 14 gauge
HDMI: Audioquest Cinnamon for all sources & TV
Optical: Generic (Squeezebox -> Integra)
PowerCables: Pangea AC-9 2m (B&K), Pangea AC-9SE 1.5m (Dayton), Pangea AC-14 (Xbox), Pangea AC-14SE (Integra)
But what you really want to see, as its a worthless thread without pics right?
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
Comments
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I remember this. How did you end up running the wire?
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Under the carpet for the left surround and around the baseboard for the right. Need to buy new wire and put it through the walls instead of the unpainted conduit I'm using"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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Looks good. If I were you I'd get another big a** sub, just so my house wouldn't lean. Nothing worse than your wife stepping through the window wearing high heals. Another sub could prevent that catastrophe.
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Looks good. If I were you I'd get another big a** sub, just so my house wouldn't lean. Nothing worse than your wife stepping through the window wearing high heals. Another sub could prevent that catastrophe.
Lol... Duals isn't an option if I use the current form factor sub... I'm working through some other ideas for a 3 cubic foot sealed sub that will dig deeper than what I have now... And because of its footprint I might be able to make duals...
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
That looks like a giant version of the B&K amp I just bought?
Looks like a great space to hang out, very nice.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
Looks good! Seems like you need a better quality cabinet though. The middle being supported by wood blocks and all. Gotta love heavy amps...Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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Looks great!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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Very nice, Dan. Looks like a great place to kick back.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Looks good! Seems like you need a better quality cabinet though. The middle being supported by wood blocks and all. Gotta love heavy amps...
Lol... Well with a 76lb amp (B&K) + 38lb amp (Dayton) + everything else I've got about 200lbs on it lol...
I'm hoping for a Salamander rack like @mantis maybe next year.
There are supports there just not enough hence the blocking. The unit also was bowed in the middle when it arrived but I didn't notice it right away and it got much worse when I moved from my Carver AV-705x (45 lbs IIRC) to the B&K....
But the B&K isn't going ANYWHERE anytime soon... Hell Id love a second one or a 200.2 (move L/R to their own amp) or another 200.5 for future speakers lol....
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Looks nice Dan. That reflection on the tv from the windows would bother me though. Rick88 can give ya some posters to put over them.
HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
Very nice Dan!
You don't have to pretend just for us...I'm sure your house is that clean all the time
2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A -
Very nice, enjoy!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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Looks real good Dan, and I agree about running the wires in-wall for the surrounds as I done the conduit as well and while it works, after running the wires in-wall it gives a clean look that pretty satisfying to me and more importantly the wife.
Cheers on a great looking system.
Roger
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Ya did good I likey.Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin
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Looks nice Dan. That reflection on the tv from the windows would bother me though. Rick88 can give ya some posters to put over them.
Yeah, but thats with the blinds open... Normally they are closed and it blocks "most" of that. The worst of the reflection is from a window in the Eat-In Kitchen that eventually I will do something major about... for just normal TV watching its fine, and for movies, I normally watch those later in the evening anyway so its already dark.
And the longer camera exposure makes it look a lot worse than it really is as well.Very nice Dan!
You don't have to pretend just for us...I'm sure your house is that clean all the time
LOL.... you've got little ones...... you know thats a lie
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Great looking room man. Very classy and inviting.
Thanks Skip! My wife did most of that lol.... I just tell what what furniture or decorations I absolutely cant stand.... and then let her do whatever else she wants... or bargain for a HT item in return lol.....
The ONLY thing that was a pain (still is a bit) are all those picture frames.... They rattle REALLY bad when the sub is going, so I've had to gasket them all, and I'm still working through some issues with cabinet resonance too lol...
The word "Family" is a stick on thing and its been vibrated off the wall once or twice lol......
But now you can see why I need a massive sub (or two or three) for that room lol...."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Our biggest issue has been accessories like that. We are slowly but surely finding some that we like at inexpensive prices, but it takes a lot of searching.
Yup... Etsy has been my wifes friend.... and Pintrest for a lot of the ideas.
It also helps we have a local lady who charges very good prices for woodworking so we've had her build our dining room table, and some other signs around the house....
That and repurposing some things (dining room chairs were CL purchase we painted white), etc has helped the bottom line......"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
We've done that as well. The luckiest grab we've had was a $3000+ Broyhill sectional that we got for free. I normally don't do used sofas for obvious reasons, but the family was legit and only ridding themselves of it to move out of state. It is a staple in our house. Its comfortable and sturdy as hell. It has a few flaws, but still is very presentable.
We have a couple of antique consoles as well. One serves as an entry table and another as a fish stand.
Yup.. we are gonna upgrade BIG TIME next year hopefully into some motorized reclining couch/loveseats... when we do this stuff will move to my loft more than likely and then that room will transform into more of a listening room than it is now......
Other than that upgrade the only real thing I want is a better entertainment stand (like we talked about), the Denon X4100 (coming soon) and if I can sneak in another sub or two or three that would rock....
Otherwise I am very pleased with the setup in general and am ALMOST at a point of not wanting to do anything as it will cost 10x more to get 1x improvement...
And none of you MFers better say "room treatments" or I will kill you. Those just aint happening here. I pick my battles and this is one not worth picking lol... "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Very neat Dan... Like the design"s" of the Salamanders...My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
Mikey081057 wrote: »Very neat Dan... Like the design"s" of the Salamanders...
So do I lol... I just dont like the price that much "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
EndersShadow wrote: »Mikey081057 wrote: »Very neat Dan... Like the design"s" of the Salamanders...
So do I lol... I just dont like the price that much
They may seem pricey but are actually great value and they don't fall apart. I'm on my 4th HT cab now and the first 2 were garbage... now I have 1 I really like but it is more furniture than functional but it is SOLID and weighs a ton.
My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
Mikey081057 wrote: »EndersShadow wrote: »Mikey081057 wrote: »Very neat Dan... Like the design"s" of the Salamanders...
So do I lol... I just dont like the price that much
They may seem pricey but are actually great value and they don't fall apart. I'm on my 4th HT cab now and the first 2 were garbage... now I have 1 I really like but it is more furniture than functional but it is SOLID and weighs a ton.
Oh I know they are worth it.... I have a 10 year old Archetype rack I just bought off a fella and its STOUT.....
I'm just cheap hehehe"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Very nice and neat.ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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The Triple 20 Stands From Salamander are awesome. Mine is 14-15 years old now and still in excellent condition. I have rotated so much gear in and out of it it's not even funny.
It will hold your B&K amp no problem. I had one in mine along with many other very heavy amps.
Now I gotta teach you how to fish wires in the wall and you would be all set.Dan
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The Triple 20 Stands From Salamander are awesome. Mine is 14-15 years old now and still in excellent condition. I have rotated so much gear in and out of it it's not even funny.
It will hold your B&K amp no problem. I had one in mine along with many other very heavy amps.
Now I gotta teach you how to fish wires in the wall and you would be all set.
I'm gonna do that for the rears soon as well as the front power and HDMI just don't have the cash for the pieces just yet.
And yes the triple 20 in cherry with black is what I'm going to do...."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
I already know what the inside of your house looks like..... You're out of OJ
Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!! -
Awesome looking place you have there.Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
I already know what the inside of your house looks like..... You're out of OJ
What house you in? We don't drink OJ here lol..."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Looks very nice.
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EndersShadow wrote: »
That would explain that mystery.Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
