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I'm not really sure what kind of power they are getting. I am using the bi-amp feature and the 4ohm setting, but you never see the "bottom end" woofers move. However, I am switching to stands because the cabinets rattle on deep bass, especially in HT mode.

The Lsi9's are on thier sides with tweeters up in the cabintes. I guess I could have just got 2 Lsic's but I plan on building a system and long run these will become surrounds and towers will be in the front. No hurry though, great sound from onkyo and polk.

The system sounds great(my opinion). I don't think I am missing anything. When I first set up the 706 and walked through each menu, one of the requirements of bi-amping was to use the 4ohm selection. This was one of the spec's I wanted when I got the avr, since I knew I wanted the 4ohm speakers. I was never a big fan of Denon and my knowledge doesn't run deeper than the mass market brands so that's about all I looked at. The speakers create a seemless wall of sound at the front of the room. Dave Mathews never sounded so good. I'm getting the audio bug and need to buy something else. This could impact the marriage......

dorourke07 wrote: »

I'm not really sure what kind of power they are getting. I am using the bi-amp feature and the 4ohm setting, but you never see the "bottom end" woofers move. However, I am switching to stands because the cabinets rattle on deep bass, especially in HT mode.

The Lsi9's are on thier sides with tweeters up in the cabintes. I guess I could have just got 2 Lsic's but I plan on building a system and long run these will become surrounds and towers will be in the front. No hurry though, great sound from onkyo and polk.

So you know, you'll get WAY better sound from those LSis once you get them out of those cabinets and onto stands. Putting speakers in cabinets usually plays hell with the midrange. SET THEM FREE! Nice setup you have there though.

Mike LoManaco wrote: »

I didn't see the projector pic in your first post -- you say the first pic is of your HT, but isn't that a smaller Sony display? Do you use both these screens in your HT?

The projector is NOT in the HT system.

It's in the 2ch with the Definitives.

Mike LoManaco wrote: »

Funny; my R20 and R15s sound fine (8 ohm ratings) powered by my 'SR605; do you have your Onkyo "set" to power 4 ohm loads?

That's a whole different beast. The R20's and R15's are both 8 ohm loads...the 605 should be able to driver those without even batting it's eyes.

The LSi9's are a 4 ohm load....and from time to time dip below 2 ohms. That's a MUCH harder load to drive. Most AVR's aren't really going to be to power them efficiently.

appadv wrote: »

Yes, the first pic (labeled 5.1 System) is of the HT, which uses an Onkyo TX-SR500 receiver and a Sony XBR as the display.

The second pic, labeled 2 Channel, uses an Onkyo TX-SR702, Definitive speakers, and Epson 1080UB as the display.

No matter how many times I read that, it still seems so backwards!

appadv wrote: »

Why? The 5.1 system (a.k.a. surround system) is the Home Theater; The stereo system has two speakers... 2 channel.

I think he's referring to the projector being on the stereo setup, rather than the home theater.

greymatter wrote: »

what a monster! nice thread// getting motivated to go shopping:)

You can see the setup in the sytem showcase, if your interested in more details.

Scott

concealer404 wrote: »

I think he's referring to the projector being on the stereo setup, rather than the home theater.

BTW, who says projectors have to be used for Home Theater?

It's also a giant PC display for music on the HTPC to be played through the 2 channel.

I am a happy owner of Onkyo TX-SR805 Will post pics when I'll get back home from Houston. (all my latest photos are of my 2-channel setup, not HT, hehe).

kuntasensei wrote: »

Not just that... I would swap the receivers too.

So you think the TX-SR702 should be in the 5.1 rig and the TX-SR500 for the 2 channel?

Not sure if the SR500 would power the DefTechs adequately??

appadv wrote: »

So you think the TX-SR702 should be in the 5.1 rig and the TX-SR500 for the 2 channel?

Not sure if the SR500 would power the DefTechs adequately??

Dynamic power on the 500 is 85w, which should still handle transients well enough compared to the 115w of the 702. If you're strictly running 2-channel, I doubt you'd notice a difference between the two... whereas I think you'd definitely notice the difference of having more power to spread between your 5 channels in the 5.1 rig. My only concern with swapping them would be the difference in the DACs.

I'm sans digital camera at the moment, so here are some crappy cell phone pics of my living room.

Onkyo 705 to the left there, CSi40 center in the middle on a StudioTech HF3 stand that's resting on carpet spikes, Samson 1000 rackmount amp and ART-351 EQ on second level left, Comcast HD-DVR and Panasonic DVD-S97 on second level right. I'm going to move the 705 down to the bottom level left of that stand, with an Emotiva XPA-3 planned to go next to it. You can see the bottom of my 100" Elite screen.


Sorry for the poor quality. The black tube to the left is my SVS 20-39CS+ (dB12.3 driver, 500w from the Samson 1000) standing next to my left RTi70 main. To the right of the center stand is my Xbox 360 and SF4 fightstick.


View of the back wall. RTi28s for rear surrounds, carefully angled and mounted tweeter-down to get the best imaging at the couch (which is only about 14" from the back wall, but I still get great rear imaging). On the side walls (not visible in this pic) I have another pair of RTi28s. White box on the shelf there is my Sanyo PLV-Z2000, which I've calibrated to D65 from 10-90 IRE using an EyeOne Display LT and HCFR (red blows out above 90 IRE, but skin tones are spot on so it's cool). If you look along the edge of that window under the projector, you can see the ghetto-**** wire going to the Buttkicker under the couch (500w from the second channel of the Samson 1000). Couldn't run a wall plate that low because of the way that wall is constructed, so I had to improvise and use a white wire channel to hide it, with a wall plate mounted under the projector shelf.

So there you go. It isn't pretty, but it sounds freakin' AMAZING.