I'm a polkie now!

boosterjuice
boosterjuice Posts: 1
edited December 2006 in Speakers
Well, after years of having not enough space for a proper 5.1 system, I finally pulled the plug on a polk 5.1 system for my new media room. WOW!! I can't believe what I was missing coming from 2.0.

Here's my new setup:

Mains: Monitor 60s
centre: CS1
surround: monitor 30s
sub: PSW10
rec: Onkyo 574

So I put in fast&furious to test it out: amazing. There's so much that you miss if you're only running 2.0. I also tried out a Sting concert dvd and was amazed at the clarity of the acoustic guitar. I'll have to rewatch my dvd collection now.

Thanks for all of you who post info on this forum. It helped me make a purchase decision.

Any dvds you guys can recommend to get the full effects of 5.1?
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    Try some of the Star Wars, the LOTR trilogy, We Were Soldiers. There's alot of 'em with good soundtracks.

    Welcome to the Club...
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2006
    Welcome Booster, enjoy your system.
    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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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited December 2006
    Welcome to the Club Polk Forum Booster juice! Enjoy thos Polks in your HT rig!
    Carl

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2006
    congrats Juiceman on your new system. enjoy.
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2006
    Welcome BJ and congrats on the new system. The SVS web site does list some good movies for awesome bass.
    SVS Movies
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • starchaser
    starchaser Posts: 354
    edited December 2006
    Welcome boost, enjoy!
    "There's a lot of places driving up and down I-95 that smell like ****" F1Nut
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited December 2006
    Tom Hanks--Private Ryan is one of my favorites and Welcome to Club Polk.

    RT1
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  • Sansui
    Sansui Posts: 372
    edited December 2006
    boosterjuice wrote:
    Well, after years of having not enough space for a proper 5.1 system, I finally pulled the plug on a polk 5.1 system for my new media room. WOW!! I can't believe what I was missing coming from 2.0.

    I'll have to rewatch my dvd collection now.

    Any dvds you guys can recommend to get the full effects of 5.1?

    I know what you mean! I switched from an 8 to 9 year old Pro Logic (only) set up about three weeks ago. Amaze me!!

    I'm rewatching my DVDs too! As for suggestions, I asked the same thing in the "Movies" section of this forum a little while ago. Read that thread...
    Be gentle, I'm new to all this...

    The mind blowing speed of the BRAIN TRAIN...
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited December 2006
    Black Hawk Down - Superbit.
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2006
    Monster Jam wrote:
    Black Hawk Down - Superbit.


    Nice.. i don't have the Superbit version.. but i use BHD as one of my demo movies.. the helcopter scenes are a good surround sound demo material.
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited December 2006
    Oh Great Golly Jee-Willikers....

    If Blue-Ray and HD DVD were not forward looking option I'd tell you to sell, donate, or throw away your regular Black Hawk Down movie.

    The Superbit has an amazing picture considering its 480i (it looks High Def) and its mixed in DTS. I swear I'm in the chopper with Hoot and Wolcott. Im just sad that people care more about special features than video and sound quality - otherwise Superbit might have had a different life. All thats moot with next-generation around the corner.

    Also consider DTS version of Gladiator, the Blue Man Group Audio concert, Blade II, Galaxy Quest (corny, but the sound effects are outstanding), and the LOTR Extended Edition DTS ES. As you can see, Im a DTS guy.
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • louthewiz
    louthewiz Posts: 581
    edited December 2006
    "**** State of the Union" The Bullit Train......
    My gear,
    Acer PH530 720P PJ
    100 inch Da-Lite Video Spectra screen
    Yamaha HTR 5790
    Toshiba HD-A3
    Denon 1600 dvd player with sdi out,
    DVDO iSCAN HD+
    Panasonic Dmr E-80H
    Dishnetwork HD pvr
    1 Audiosource amp300 150 wpc Fronts
    1 Audiosource ampone bridged 200 watts powering center
    1 Onkyo M-282 105 wpc amplifier sides
    polk cs400 center
    polk RT400 mains
    Polk mkII back surrounds,
    Polk FX300fxi dipole surrounds
    Velodyne DPS-10 sub
    Klipsch KSW-10 sub.:cool:
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  • polktiger
    polktiger Posts: 556
    edited December 2006
    Monster Jam wrote:
    Im just sad that people care more about special features than video and sound quality - otherwise Superbit might have had a different life.

    I am with you on this. My wife and I never, never, never, never, watch all those special features things. The lone exception is some of the deleted scences, but after watching them, you usually see why they were deleted. I all honesty, I don't care what the director was thinking about in a particular shot. My sister in law (in her 30's)-that's another story, and she is why they put all that crap on the DVD. Her house is full of all the LOTR, Star Wars, Pirates of the Carribean marketing crap that I always thought was marketed to 10 year olds, but she spends a small (possibly large) fortune on all this stuff. I think they put that extra stuff on there for the fanatical fan of the movie to get them even more hooked and more likely to waste (in my opinion) money on a bunch of useless junk. (Just how many Vigo Mortenson and Johnny Dep calendars do you need?)
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,092
    edited December 2006
    Congrats...welcome!

    Swordfish. Decent movie. Great sound.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • polktiger
    polktiger Posts: 556
    edited December 2006
    Also, forgot to post - Band of Brothers, Master & Commander both have DTS tracks.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited December 2006
    Welcome to the club

    Let's not froget War of the World.
    Michael


    Samsung 50" HD DLP
    Yamaha RX-V2500
    (2) Outlaw 200
    Adcom GFA 555
    Sony BDP300
    Denon 2900 DVD
    Lsi9's mains
    Lsi7's rear
    Lsic center
    12.1 SVS driver in 4.53 cuft. tube
    Harmony 880
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