DaGamePimp wrote:

 Geo Geer wrote:

 AudioFenix wrote:

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

Since my items did better than expected on the market, I find myself with an extra couple grand to go toward other upgrades.  I am considering either:

1) Getting a second JL Audio Fathom 113
2) Replacing the B&K Reference 200.5 with an Anthem A5

Thoughts?

 

Unless you feel very comfortably about your job security...savings.

LOL. Yeah no kidding. I thought I was safe... guess not.  My sub that was ordered way too long ago is already paid for and supposed to be here soon.  The other plans for room treatments are now on hold... stupid economy 

Phantom , I think you would have a more audible difference from the second sub vs. changing out one excellent amp for another excellent amp (either amp will deliver the goods for those Paradigms) .

-DGP

Hmm....but that B&K amp is getting a little long in the tooth.  I've had it for a solid 6 years or so.  After doing some more research.....I'm not sure the Anthem A5 is what I want.....leaning more toward the Parasound Halo A51 now.  Your right though, there would be more audible difference with the 2nd sub.  However, I'm not really sure the 2nd sub is totally necessary.

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Phant0mRegiment's Set-up (a.k.a. Not A "Real" Home Theater) - Photos Here

Thanks.
The Blu-Ray player is alright. I got it as a gift so it was not my first choice but it does well and I shan't look a gift horse in the mouth. A little slower than my HD DVD player, but the picture is great. So no complaints really.

 theCinciBengals wrote:

 KALJR 82 wrote:

My setup is in my Sig.
I got everything I need.

42" Toshiba Regza LCD TV
Onkyo 7.1 Surround Sound System
Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player
Memorex Blu-Ray Player
360 Pro
Nintendo Wii

Nice clean setup! How do you like that Blu-Ray player?

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MY SETUP

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

 DaGamePimp wrote:

 Geo Geer wrote:

 AudioFenix wrote:

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

Since my items did better than expected on the market, I find myself with an extra couple grand to go toward other upgrades.  I am considering either:

1) Getting a second JL Audio Fathom 113
2) Replacing the B&K Reference 200.5 with an Anthem A5

Thoughts?

 

Unless you feel very comfortably about your job security...savings.

LOL. Yeah no kidding. I thought I was safe... guess not.  My sub that was ordered way too long ago is already paid for and supposed to be here soon.  The other plans for room treatments are now on hold... stupid economy 

Phantom , I think you would have a more audible difference from the second sub vs. changing out one excellent amp for another excellent amp (either amp will deliver the goods for those Paradigms) .

-DGP

Hmm....but that B&K amp is getting a little long in the tooth.  I've had it for a solid 6 years or so.  After doing some more research.....I'm not sure the Anthem A5 is what I want.....leaning more toward the Parasound Halo A51 now.  Your right though, there would be more audible difference with the 2nd sub.  However, I'm not really sure the 2nd sub is totally necessary.

If you have never experienced multiple subs, then you have no idea what you are missing. You'd be surprised the overall improvement another JL will provide. Now, I have no idea what kind of room gain you have going on, but it is a fact that multiple JL's will help with the overall distortion levels, and output with ULF's. Not to mention the overall in room response.

Long story short, get the other sub, and I guarantee you will wonder what took you so long.

 Urban Disaster wrote:

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

 DaGamePimp wrote:

 Geo Geer wrote:

 AudioFenix wrote:

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

Since my items did better than expected on the market, I find myself with an extra couple grand to go toward other upgrades.  I am considering either:

1) Getting a second JL Audio Fathom 113
2) Replacing the B&K Reference 200.5 with an Anthem A5

Thoughts?

 

Unless you feel very comfortably about your job security...savings.

LOL. Yeah no kidding. I thought I was safe... guess not.  My sub that was ordered way too long ago is already paid for and supposed to be here soon.  The other plans for room treatments are now on hold... stupid economy 

Phantom , I think you would have a more audible difference from the second sub vs. changing out one excellent amp for another excellent amp (either amp will deliver the goods for those Paradigms) .

-DGP

Hmm....but that B&K amp is getting a little long in the tooth.  I've had it for a solid 6 years or so.  After doing some more research.....I'm not sure the Anthem A5 is what I want.....leaning more toward the Parasound Halo A51 now.  Your right though, there would be more audible difference with the 2nd sub.  However, I'm not really sure the 2nd sub is totally necessary.

If you have never experienced multiple subs, then you have no idea what you are missing. You'd be surprised the overall improvement another JL will provide. Now, I have no idea what kind of room gain you have going on, but it is a fact that multiple JL's will help with the overall distortion levels, and output with ULF's. Not to mention the overall in room response.

Long story short, get the other sub, and I guarantee you will wonder what took you so long.

I did run dual subs many years ago.  At the time ('00-'01), I had an Acoustic Research speaker system (Mains - AR3s, Center- AR2C, Rears- AR15s, Sub- ARS-500).  I later supplemented the ARS-500 subwoofer with a Sunfire Signature Subwoofer.  I had the Sunfire in the front left corner and the AR in the rear right corner.  It worked out pretty good, but they were clearly not equals as far as output (the Sunfire blew the AR out of the water). 

If I do get the 2nd JL Audio f113, I'll probably use both of them to flank my media cabinet, then have the front L/R speakers flank those to the outside.  The bass shall be formidable.  :-)    We'll see.........

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Phant0mRegiment's Set-up (a.k.a. Not A "Real" Home Theater) - Photos Here

Hi guys and gals, can we keep the quoting to a minimum, they are getting a little too big.

Thanks.

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This posting is provided "as-is" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Cowboys are horrible.

My humble setup includes
JVC HD1( replacing it this weekend with JVCRS10)
Polk Audio RTi12, CSi5, FXi3, Rti4
Dual SVS PB12/plus 2 subs paired Velodyne SMS-1
D-Sonic Magnum 1000S/Sunfire TGA5200 power amps
Pioneer Elite SC-07 (used as pre/pro)
Monster 7000/3500 MKII power conditioners
Marantz CDp
Panasonic BD30 (blu ray)
Toshiba XA-2
Xbox360
126" Carada Screen
Harmony One Universal Remote
Lighting Control using Lutron Spacer System

 My theater room can be found here

http://s450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/gixxer_rydder/Theater%20Room/?start=all

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You've just been thrashed.

 R3d T34rz wrote:

My theater room can be found here

http://s450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/gixxer_rydder/Theater%20Room/?start=all

Great setup, bass must be punishing in that size room! Can't say i like the wallpaper though. :P Where did you find that tilting center stand? I need one of them.

Throw a couple photos in the gallery in my sig.

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Well I can't post pictures yet but my set up is going to be the fallowing:

Pioneer 5.1 surround sound system:
860-watts total system power
Saltlite speeker Hz: 80 - 20000 Hz 8 Ohm
Center driver Hz: 75 - 20000 Hz - 8 Ohm
Sub:  32 - 1200 Hz - 8 Ohm

Note: Perfect and might be more then enough for my room as it's only 10'/15' in an odd L shape.

Magnavox 26" 720p class HDTV: Can do 1080i/p

Philips 1080p upconverting DVD player

Comcast Memorax branded DVR Cable box

Currently I use a combo of a PC desk, and a TV tray that my Xbox360 sits on and gets perfect ventlation.

Note: I have plans to change that for the future but right now I don't have the cash and I will be saveing my cash this year for more Xbox360 games!

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Currently playing: Mass Effect, Halo3, Gears of War, Lost Planet: Colonies, Battlefield: Bad Company

Just posting my setup again, its been a while. And I don't know all of the model numbers off the top of my head right now. Nothing special, but it gets the job done. Samsung 56" 1080p DLP. Polk towers, center and sub with older polk rears. Denon 7.1 receiver. Directv HD DVR. XBOX 360 60 gig with HD-DVD add-on. Wii. Logitech 880. Macbook pro 15". Games, contollers, one fat pitbull. Second setup includes old 32" tv wtih htib and nes, snes, n64, dreamcast, and ps1. Pics in sig

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My Setup
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94956502@N00/

Well if we are going that fare then here is my gameing set up for my bedroom:

Magnavox 720p 26" HDTV

Xbox360 Elite system: 120GB HDD, 1 Microsoft 512MB memory card, 1 black Controller, 2 white rechargeable battery packs, and Xbox360 chargeing stand, Console hooked up via Provided HDMI cable. 7 Xbox360 games, and 5 Arcade games. Note: 6 games installed to my HDD and I still have 61GBs left over!  

PSP-3000 system for on the go gameing: With Componant cables at the ready for HDTV 480p gameing on my TV! with 4GB Mark 2 Memory stick 8 games, and one PSN game.

Philips 1080p Upconvert DVD player with 120 DVDs Note: out of that number only about 50 are mine the rest are my mom and dads.

Pioneer: 5.1 surround sound system with:

860-watts total system power

Built-in 6-channel amplifier

Dolby Digital/DTS/ Dolby Pro Logic 2 decoders

30 AM/FM station pre-sets

3 Audio inputs: 2 Coax, on main all digital

Speeker sizes:

Satellite speaker : 1 x full-range driver - 77mm ¦ Center channel speaker : 1 x full-range driver - 77mm ¦ Subwoofer : 1 x subwoofer driver - 160mm

Speeker stats:

4 x satellite speaker - external - 80 - 20000 Hz - 8 Ohm - wired ¦ 1 x center channel speaker - external - 75 - 20000 Hz - 8 Ohm - wired ¦ 1 x subwoofer - external - 32 - 1200 Hz - 8 Ohm - wired

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Currently playing: Mass Effect, Halo3, Gears of War, Lost Planet: Colonies, Battlefield: Bad Company

I might not speak for everyone but model numbers are better than spec lists.

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Ok well my sound setup is a Phillips model #HSB3280 surround soundbar system...which sounds just like  a 5.1 system w/ 300 watts total power. I just got a Toshiba 52" LCD TV model #52RV530U.

http://usera.ImageCave.com/demonnin/tv.jpg

Well I finally broke my New Year's resolution which was not to buy any more electronics this year.  I'm surprised I lasted this long.  I ended up buying a Popcorn Hour A-110 .  I bought it for backing up all my DVD's in a digital format since it reads .ISO files with full DVD menu support which is great.  It can handle any format you throw at it and is open source and has a lot of community support for different apps and web services.  So far this thing is great.  Can copy anything from my computer to its internal hard drive over the network and vice versa.  This device is defentely not for the non techie and does have a learning curve to it though.

Connectivity

• Bonjour
• UPnP SSDP
• UPnP AV
• Windows Media Connect
• Windows Media Player NSS
• SMB
• NFS
• HTTP servers: myiHome, WizD, SwissCenter, MSP Portal, Llink, GB-PVR
• BitTorrent P2P
• NAS access : SMB, NFS, FTP

Web services

• Video : YouTube, Veoh, Videocast, DLTV, Cranky Geeks, Bliptv, PodfinderUK, Vuze, Break Podcast, Revision 3, CNN The Larry King Podcast, CNN Anderson Cooper 360, The CNN Daily, CNN In Case You Missed It , NBC Meet The Press, NBC Today, CBS Face the Nation, NBC Nightly News, Mevio
• Audio : Live365 Radio, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, BBC Podcast, CNN News , Indiefeed, Jamendo
• Photo : Flickr, Picasaweb
• RSS feed : Bloglines, Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo Traffic Alerts, Traffic Condition, Cinecast, Yahoo! News, MSNBC News
• Peer-to-peer TV : SayaTV
• Internet Radio : Shoutcast

Media files supported

• Video containers:
  • MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
  • MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
  • MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
  • VOB
  • AVI, ASF, WMV
  • Matroska (MKV)
  • MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
• Video codecs:
  • XVID SD/HD
  • MPEG-1
  • MPEG-2
    • MP@HL
  • MPEG-4.2
    • ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
  • WMV9
    • MP@HL
  • H.264
    • BP@L3
    • MP@L4.0
    • HP@L4.0
    • HP@L4.1
  • VC-1
    • MP@HL
    • AP@L3
• Audio containers:
  • AAC, M4A
  • MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
  • WAV
  • WMA
  • FLAC
  • OGG
• Audio codecs:
  • Dolby Digital
  • DTS
  • WMA, WMA Pro
  • AAC
  • MP1, MP2, MP3
  • LPCM
  • FLAC
  • Vorbis
• Audio pass through : DTS, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus
• Photo formats : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
• Other formats:  ISO, IFO
• Subtitle formats : SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA

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SETUP

 pooster wrote:

Well I finally broke my New Year's resolution which was not to buy any more electronics this year. 

That's an odd New Year's resolution.

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Phant0mRegiment's Set-up (a.k.a. Not A "Real" Home Theater) - Photos Here

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

 pooster wrote:

Well I finally broke my New Year's resolution which was not to buy any more electronics this year. 

That's an odd New Year's resolution.

Trying to save money.  Buying expensive AV gear doesn't help and overall I'm happy with what I already have but there is always something else out there I end up finding and wanting.

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SETUP

 pooster wrote:

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

 pooster wrote:

Well I finally broke my New Year's resolution which was not to buy any more electronics this year. 

That's an odd New Year's resolution.

Trying to save money.  Buying expensive AV gear doesn't help and overall I'm happy with what I already have but there is always something else out there I end up finding and wanting.

Well, just modify your resolution so that you won't buy any expensive AV gear and you're still on track.  

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Phant0mRegiment's Set-up (a.k.a. Not A "Real" Home Theater) - Photos Here

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

 Akimbo Trout wrote:

Pics of my system

Screen is the Panasonic 46PZ800u THX certified

Reciever is an Onkyo TX-SR805 THX Ultra2 certified

Speakers are Crystal Acoustics THX-3D12 THX Select certified 7.1 surround system

Source components are an Xbox 360 Elite and a Playstation 3 40g

Not a bad system at all for a bedroom set-up.  Nice!  My only recommendation would be more of a corner placement for the sub.  It also appears that you have way too much toe-in on the mains to get proper imaging and soundstage.

I really don't have any other spot for the sub, sounds pretty good though where its at. As for the toe-in; I sit about 5-6 feet away from my display, at that distance there is actually no toe-in. The tweeters on top are actually toed-in slightly.

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Jeff w/motorcycle
Janey:Is it safe?
Drew:Safest thing you'll ever have between your legs
Janey:What?
Drew,Jeff:Nothing

samsung 40" lcd 1080p tv
pioneer vsx-816 reciever
infinity theatre pack
infinity 10" powerd subwoofer
xbox 360

 pooster wrote:

Trying to save money.  Buying expensive AV gear doesn't help and overall I'm happy with what I already have but there is always something else out there I end up finding and wanting.

Tell me about it.
I have a VERY nice set-up but it is ~5-6 years old ('cept for the TV). I'd love to upgrade but I don't need to and my wallet's telling me I can't anyway...
At some point, you just gotta be happy with what ya got!

My stuff (in the living room):
Sony KDL-52W4100 52" LCD (1080p)
Anthem AVM 20 pre/pro
Rotel RMB-1075 amp
B&W CDM 9NT speakers (as well as the matching center & surrounds but I don't have them hooked up)
Samsung HD-931 DVD player (upconverts to 720p or 1080i)
FiOS (Motorola) HD DVR

(in the bedroom):
LG 20LS7D 20" LCD (768p)
FiOS HD STB

And, of course a 360 that gets moved from room to room.

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It's not could of or should of.
It's could've or should've.
Learn the difference.

go away for a wile and things realy change

any hoo

tag this one

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"Welcome to the Social Dirt Bag" Sarge Red Team

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

 redsox343 wrote:

 redsox343 wrote:

 redsox343 wrote:

Here's my setup: http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/r3dsox3400/My%20Setup/

Sorry about the picture quality. Feel free to post comments, but keep in mind that I've bought almost everything here by myself and I'm still in high school.

...Comments?

Linked.  Thanks for posting...I didn't know there was a GH:Metallica demo.

How do I create a link that says "My Setup"?

Here's my setup.  Pardon the mess.

- 32" Sanyo 720p HDTV (my 40" Samsung broke within 2 weeks of purchasing, and I have yet to get around to replacing it)
- Simple Logitech 5.1 surround
- Xbox 360
- PS3
- TV stand

Not too fancy, but it gets the job done.

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 goverland wrote:

Rusty butter knives aside, we also like to educate the user community.

Firey's Minion # 1

 Sempara 360 wrote:

Here's my setup.  Pardon the mess.

- 32" Sanyo 720p HDTV (my 40" Samsung broke within 2 weeks of purchasing, and I have yet to get around to replacing it)
- Simple Logitech 5.1 surround
- Xbox 360
- PS3
- TV stand

Not too fancy, but it gets the job done.

That center-channel speaker is kinda in the way.

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It's not could of or should of.
It's could've or should've.
Learn the difference.

lol.  Well I was leaning way back in my chair to get the full setup in the shot, which is why it looks that way.  When I'm actually sitting up straight in the chair it's not a problem.

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 goverland wrote:

Rusty butter knives aside, we also like to educate the user community.

Firey's Minion # 1

Let me see. 7.1 A/V receiver. Yamaha V1800 Sennheiser 650 Sony SA5000 Sony MDR F1 AKG 280 AKG 240 Yamaha Y1 ortho Technic 810 ortho Beyerdynamic DT48 X4 Beyerdynamic DT480

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Headphone collection:
Balanced Sen 650/SA5000/AKG 340. Single ended Beyers DT 770/880/990.

Finished my A/V rack.....I would like to give a special thanks to Crisp74, and everyone else for the great ideas, and knowledge.

I also posted some pics of the bedroom setup.....it's all in my signature.



Shane

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My Setup

 Han SogonnaownU wrote:

Finished my A/V rack.....I would like to give a special thanks to Crisp74, and everyone else for the great ideas, and knowledge.

I also posted some pics of the bedroom setup.....it's all in my signature.



Shane

Love your setup; very clean, very classy.

I think removing the A/V from the front sound stage is a very easy step that can give anybodies setup the custom look. I think it also makes for a very clean, uncluttered setup.

my setup

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Jeff w/motorcycle
Janey:Is it safe?
Drew:Safest thing you'll ever have between your legs
Janey:What?
Drew,Jeff:Nothing

I had to buy some cheap bookshelf speakers to get me by until the Paradigms come in.  So now, my speaker set-up consists of a pair of Polk TSI200's that are seriously overshadowed by the JL Audio Fathom f113 subwoofer.  I'm now convinced that given a very solid subwoofer....even crappy speakers can sound decent.

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Phant0mRegiment's Set-up (a.k.a. Not A "Real" Home Theater) - Photos Here

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

I had to buy some cheap bookshelf speakers to get me by until the Paradigms come in.  So now, my speaker set-up consists of a pair of Polk TSI200's that are seriously overshadowed by the JL Audio Fathom f113 subwoofer.  I'm now convinced that given a very solid subwoofer....even crappy speakers can sound decent.

nothing crappy about the polk ts 1200's ....my friend owns a pair. I think they sound very good.

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 lakinsdad wrote:

 Phant0mRegiment wrote:

I had to buy some cheap bookshelf speakers to get me by until the Paradigms come in.  So now, my speaker set-up consists of a pair of Polk TSI200's that are seriously overshadowed by the JL Audio Fathom f113 subwoofer.  I'm now convinced that given a very solid subwoofer....even crappy speakers can sound decent.

nothing crappy about the polk ts 1200's ....my friend owns a pair. I think they sound very good.

I agree.  I guess I should say that my expectations were that it would sound crappy because the speakers were so dang cheap.  They were alright though.  The certainly don't fill a room like my MLs did, but given their size...I was impressed.

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Phant0mRegiment's Set-up (a.k.a. Not A "Real" Home Theater) - Photos Here