"Overkill" system is 90% done!!
joeparaski
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Finally got all the gear in the wall. I'm waiting for a black SAE amp in the shop to replace the Phase Linear 400 on the right side. Not quite done filling the media rack yet. There's about 3600 watts rms @ 8 ohms of power available. Oddly enough, I don't listen to music very loud anymore, I must be getting old. I still have all the fine tuning to do.
This allowed the front stage to spread out a little more and expose the SVS subs. The FXi-5's are doing the side surrounds and a pair of ESS AMT 3 Rockmonitors are being restored to do the rear surrounds (eventually).
The back of the system is NOT yet wired...this should get interesting. I know I screwed up my order for Audio Art IC's....I've got too many short ones....damn damn damn! Notice there are 4 individual power outlets going to the fuse box with seperate 15 amp breakers. Amazingly the whole shebang ran on ONE plug before!
Joe (gotta update the sig line) Albanese
This allowed the front stage to spread out a little more and expose the SVS subs. The FXi-5's are doing the side surrounds and a pair of ESS AMT 3 Rockmonitors are being restored to do the rear surrounds (eventually).
The back of the system is NOT yet wired...this should get interesting. I know I screwed up my order for Audio Art IC's....I've got too many short ones....damn damn damn! Notice there are 4 individual power outlets going to the fuse box with seperate 15 amp breakers. Amazingly the whole shebang ran on ONE plug before!
Joe (gotta update the sig line) Albanese
Amplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96.
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Very nice should be a blast getting that all wired up
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Great placement of the fire extinguisher!
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Mazeroth wrote:Great placement of the fire extinguisher!
I loved that too
That is a monster set up. I can't imagine the cable management challenges there. Sharp Elite 70
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That is just plum scary looking. Hope you have seatbelts built into your listening chairs.Holydoc (Home Theatre Lover)
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YOU THE MAN!!!! wow.. that's quite the set up. congrats, that looks great.PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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Just think what you COULD have, if you sold all that.
Cool collection of vintage goodies.
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Joe,
You look like a proud papa and you should be, the wall unit looks great.Political Correctness'.........defined
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That's awesome. Is it really overkill to you or just adequate?
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Oh..............my ! :eek:
Along with the fire extinguisher (will one be adequate ? ), may I also suggest a box of Depends ?
Like the idea of ESS AMT 3s. Kind of had sort of a flashback reading that.
Nice, nice work.Sal Palooza -
Think it's big enough?
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Make sure SBSP is strapped in.
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One hell of a system Joe. Congrats.Michael
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your set up would take me about a week to figure out how to wire that baby up.
post more pics once you get it all wired up?PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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I would NOT want to be the guy to do the wiring. eeeeesh
thats gonna be alot of sound, those equipment stacks are insane.
have fun with it, and I want to see pics of it wired too Living Room 2 Channel -
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ohskigod wrote:I would NOT want to be the guy to do the wiring. eeeeesh
thats gonna be alot of sound, those equipment stacks are insane.
have fun with it, and I want to see pics of it wired too
Wire pics!:DSharp Elite 70
Anthem D2V 3D
Parasound 5250
Parasound HCA 1000 A
Parasound HCA 1000
Oppo BDP 95
Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
Totem Mask Surrounds X4
Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
Sony PS3
Squeezebox Touch
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See dear, our system isn't too big, look at what it could be!
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Sweet, I wish I had that much room and that much money to play. Skynut
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pfffft...big deal.....my Pioneer Elite and Rt800i's still blow that away;)
yer a sick man..:DPioneer Elite VSX-53, Polk RT800i fronts, Polk CS400i center, FX500i surround, Velodyne sub -
Simply viewing the pics made the lights in my office flicker:DI never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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Kick **** rig, I'll add my current experimental rig:
All I can currently get to is 2.7kW on this rig, of course if I pull the knights and sub in the carver I could get to 3.3kW. Of course that's @ 4Ohm with drops into 2Ohm and only 3 speakers so.....
I really need to find a permenent home for the setup outside a 10x12' spare bedroom. I wish I could have the room to setup the system like yours.There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin -
Now that is a man-size system. Excellent!:eek:
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Hey Joe
Not sure it will show up, but how about a no flash pic with the lights off and all the gear fired up. It would look like a Chevy Chase Christmans tree:DThe Flea rig
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Ok, this afternoon I did the electrical wiring. All the components are wired to various outlets. I found these neat plastic conduits at the local electronic part supply outlet. I ended up not using the conduit in the center between the 2 racks as is shown in the picture. I started wiring the interconnects but had to leave for the evening so I'll get back to that soon.
I gotta admit, I'm quite surprised at the neatness of the electrical wiring....I'll try and do the same with the interconnects and speaker wires.
Mrbigbluelight, did you own a pair of ESS rockmonitors?
Realtrouble1, what is SBSP?
Russman, I could have had my muscle car back if I sold all that stuff.
Opus, non flash pictures soon, after the rig is all hooked up.
To all.....thanks for the vote of confidence, although I know that all this stuff doesn't mean better sound, it is sort of my dream system since I was a teenager. Those were the days when having the biggest and baddest system counted. I think I'm going through a mid-life crisis right now.
JoeAmplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96. -
jdhdiggs wrote:Kick **** rig, I'll add my current experimental rig:
All I can currently get to is 2.7kW on this rig, of course if I pull the knights and sub in the carver I could get to 3.3kW. Of course that's @ 4Ohm with drops into 2Ohm and only 3 speakers so.....
I really need to find a permenent home for the setup outside a 10x12' spare bedroom. I wish I could have the room to setup the system like yours.
I always loved that style of speaker. I'm trying to talk my brother into getting a pair. But alas, he's just the opposite of me......a system should be "heard" and not "seen" is his thinking.
JoeAmplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96. -
blow womens clothes off lately ?
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That is one of the most impressive set ups I've seen. Rock on!
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Does having a tube amp on top of a sub cause you to go through tubes? I can't think of any equipment I'd want on top of a sub.jdhdiggs wrote:Kick **** rig, I'll add my current experimental rig:comment comment comment comment. bitchy. -
brettw22 wrote:Does having a tube amp on top of a sub cause you to go through tubes? I can't think of any equipment I'd want on top of a sub.
The sub vibrates less than anything else in that room except the couch. I'ts also on some isolation platforms from TPG 2There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
