Pictures of your set up with rti's

MillerLiteScott

Home Theatre wrote:

What are the back speaker? Woman always complain about buying home theatre stuff. How much was the SVS sub? Are you happy with it? What other brands of subs did you listen to? How was the RM6500 in your living room?

I used to have my system in my signature but it disappeared when I posted this picture. I have Proficient C645 61/2 round speakers in my ceiling above my listening area. www.proficientaudio.com They seam to work just fine with my set up. My wife did pick out the entertainment center that you see in the picture, so I got that going for me.

As for the SVS sub. I currently don't have a sub. My wife told me that if I wanted any more speakers I had to sell stuff on ebay to buy any new equipment. I cuurently have a little more than $ 475 in my paypal account and I need to get to $ 630.00 for a 20-39PCi and $853.00 for a 20-39PC+ which she has approved over the box subs because of the footprint. I am watching the B-stock. I really have not listened to any other subs other than a brief demo with a PSW505 and a Definitive Technologies PS1000 at a local shop. I have not even heard an SVS but they are so highly reguarded that I can't go wrong to meet my HT needs. My system is in the basement and the RM6500 did, what I thought was a pretty good job untill I spent some time on this board. So I think I am in for a real improvement with any SVS sub.

That should answer all your questions.

Grimster74

Just click on my link below this post.

surfntomm

LSI7's but still decided to throw them up with samson servo 500. direct out of my pc's audigy 2 zs card (works not too bad right now)

i know a little bland on the walls but im working on it (moved in 1 month ago, and i share an apartment (college life ) rti70's front, KLH sub that is a decent for its msrp (89 at costco like 4 years ago) 100 watt sucks for ht but better than none right now, csi5, rti6s in rear and denon 2106.

turbo311

Not a perm setup, but it totally works. These things sound just as good for high-def gaming as they do music. Rock the RTi6's!!!!!:eek:

Home Theatre

The RTi 6's are great. i dont know if I would have put the TV on the receiver. Did you get the HD-DVD drive for the X-Box 360 yet?
Can you recommand any games? I am getting a X-Box 360 soon for the Hd-dvd drive. It is a lot faster than the Toshiba or RCA.

Kelley_Moore

I didn't realize the Toshiba was slow

Home Theatre

Kelley_Moore wrote:

I didn't realize the Toshiba was slow

The start up time is around a minute, after that it is suppose to be good. You also have Hmdi and Dts with the Toshiba.

halo

Home Theatre wrote:

i dont know if I would have put the TV on the receiver.

turbo311 - Move that TV! :mad: Your receiver needs room to breath! :rolleyes: Welcome to the Club btw

MikeC78

What Halo said...

You are going to fry that Yammy!

danger boy

MikeC78 wrote:

You are going to fry that Yammy!

another one bites the dust.. bomp, bomp, another one bites the dust.

turbo311

figured, but put it where? At least 50% of the top of the receiver is still ventillated.

As far as the Xbox... My fav games are Project Gotham Racing 3, Call of Duty 3, Gears of War, Oblivion, DOA4, Kameo, there's more by the minute. Definitely get LIVE Gold, it's half the fun and the biggest advantage over PS3 or Wii. I don't have the HD DVD player yet but I do have the 1080p update... but the TV doesn't do 1080p... good thing I get a huge Best Buy discount.

halo

Take 3 pieces of wood and build a shelf that'll give the Yammie room to breath & you can put the TV on top of the shelf.

MikeC78

Man, you can find some good deals at Ikea.

It doesn't really matter... as long as it has proper ventilation, that means the TOP of the AVR is unobstructed you are good. Hell, the floor is better than where you have it now.

MikeC78

Halo wrote:

Take 3 pieces of wood and build a shelf that'll give the Yammie room to breath & you can put the TV on top of the shelf.

There you go... Perfect!! Better yet, why didn't I think of that?!?!:(

tommyboy

turbo311 wrote:

figured, but put it where? At least 50% of the top of the receiver is still ventillated.

nothing should sit on top of a reciever, period.(especially a tv:eek: )

turbo311

Like I said, it's not permanent. I'll get a shelf or something, or maybe I'll just relocate it. But explain to me this: if you had another amp or a cd player or something and you stacked it on top (like it's designed to) wouldn't there only be about 1/4 in ventillation space?

halo

That's why they make things like audio racks and amp stands link

MikeC78

turbo311 wrote:

Like I said, it's not permanent. I'll get a shelf or something, or maybe I'll just relocate it. But explain to me this: if you had another amp or a cd player or something and you stacked it on top (like it's designed to) wouldn't there only be about 1/4 in ventillation space?

There is NO receiver that I know of that is designed to have equipment stacked on top of it. If you read your owner's manual I'm sure it clearly states a minimum of 6-8" clearance on top.

harold280z

Here is some of my stuff.... bedroom sounds

Had fun doing this bedroom system.
Thanks for taking a look!

halo

harold280z wrote:

Here is some of my stuff.... bedroom sounds

Had fun doing this bedroom system.
Thanks for taking a look!

Very Nice!

MikeC78

Very nice setup, I like it!!

turbo311

Cool thanks for the info and the links. Hopefully I can get around to an optimum setup soon.

halo

turbo311 wrote:

Cool thanks for the info and the links. Hopefully I can get around to an optimum setup soon.

You're off to a good start All we're saying is to try and get the receiver some ventilation

Home Theatre

harold280z wrote:

Here is some of my stuff.... bedroom sounds

Had fun doing this bedroom system.
Thanks for taking a look!

Nice is this only two channel????

harold280z

Home Theatre wrote:

Nice is this only two channel????

5.1 system take a look under system show case

Home Theatre

Sorry I am still missing where the center channel is. What kind of tv is that?

harold280z

Home Theatre wrote:

Sorry I am still missing where the center channel is. What kind of tv is that?

Thanks for the look!

Sony Bravia 40XBR1 now they call it 40XBR2 Just got this thing in March 06
Center channel is Polk RM202 Kind of small but sounds very good. Center channel is setting center of TV.Rears are Polk 20 E Sub PSW 10
All good stuff sounds great!

Home Theatre

That is why I missed the Center. I was excepting something from the CSi series. Everything looks great, I am sure you have a lot of fun with your set up.

harold280z

Home Theatre wrote:

That is why I missed the Center. I was excepting something from the CSi series. Everything looks great, I am sure you have a lot of fun with your set up.

CSi series great center channel speakers, but I wanted something that wouldn't overpower the setup. I had to put the speaker in the center of the TV. Did't want one that would over power the look of the TV.

xttrapshooter

I have a question about ventilation of my reciever, do to my upgrading i need to move some things around and was wondering if i put my dvd on top of my onkyo reciever i would have about 1/2" clearance, would this be enough ventilation ?