Go-One, I bet some of you guys have pimp setups.
Here's mine.
Onkyo TX-SR308 Amplifier
Avondale Audio Prototype Floorstanders
Gale Aria AR10 Surround Speakers
Gale Centre 20 Centre Speaker
Eltax PoS Subwoofer
Running through that :
Sony KDL32U2000 TV
PS3 - 500GB
Xbox 360 SuperElite
Boxee
I was going to post mine, but at a push it wouldn't be too hard to actually find where I live :)
How do you rate the Gale speakers soopah?
I've had to sell all my kit to afford moving house :( All I'm left with is my 'hifi' setup - ESI Juli@ soundcard and M-Audio BX8a Deluxe nearfield monitors. The plan is 50"+ screen and glorious 5.1 system (I've always got a keen eye on the AV Forums classifieds for good speakers).
Quote from: XEntity on March 14, 2011, 23:25:07 PM
I was going to post mine, but at a push it wouldn't be too hard to actually find where I live :)
Bristol? :P
My setup:
LG 1080P 32" LCD
A set of those Logitech THX 2.1s on special years back!
PS3 320GB
Does the job :P
Quote from: Bacon on March 15, 2011, 00:38:03 AM
Quote from: XEntity on March 14, 2011, 23:25:07 PM
I was going to post mine, but at a push it wouldn't be too hard to actually find where I live :)
Bristol? :p
You are forgetting Bristol is a county so could be quite a wide area, but even so my finger print is all over the internets and certain info could be added together to pretty much my front door!
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on March 15, 2011, 00:01:38 AM
How do you rate the Gale speakers soopah?
I've had to sell all my kit to afford moving house :( All I'm left with is my 'hifi' setup - ESI Juli@ soundcard and M-Audio BX8a Deluxe nearfield monitors. The plan is 50"+ screen and glorious 5.1 system (I've always got a keen eye on the AV Forums classifieds for good speakers).
The centre is pretty good, I've only had the tears running for a few hours so I've no idea!
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Probably easier to knock and shop over surely? Unless you have some rare KEF or NAD stuff? My floorstanders are one of only two pairs made, verified by the manufacturer, and were originally sold for £2k... each speakers. Hate to think what that is in new money
Quote from: XEntity on March 15, 2011, 00:46:45 AM
Quote from: Bacon on March 15, 2011, 00:38:03 AM
Quote from: XEntity on March 14, 2011, 23:25:07 PM
I was going to post mine, but at a push it wouldn't be too hard to actually find where I live :)
Bristol? :p
You are forgetting Bristol is a county so could be quite a wide area, but even so my finger print is all over the internets and certain info could be added together to pretty much my front door!
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To be honest you are probably right!
Err..
Panasonic 37" plasma (cant be bothered to check the model number)
Onkyo SR607
Yamaha cheapo speakers (active amp)
Sky+ HD
panasonic DMP-BD60 bluray
xbox elite with HD-DVD player
Does me fine..
My setup atm is a mess.
Sound is done by my old Logitech 5.1 z680's I think the model is.... must be pushing 10yrs old now.
Sound is used mostly for the projector - Hitachi PJ-TX 200 onto a 80" screen (dont use it much anymore)
Primary Display is a Panasonic 50" PZ81
have my 3 game consoles - Wii, Xbox 360 & PS3... mostly gathering dust.
Sky+ HD
Dreambox 800
Popcorn Hour
Denon 1910 Receiver
Mordaunt Short speakers
Samsung 46" 8000 series LED 3D TV
Sony BDP-S570 3D Internet Blu-Ray player
Sky+ HD
Xbox 360
tv
50" Viera 1080p Plasma
Yamaha 5.1 AVR
Gale Front Floor Standers
Gale Bookshelf Rears
Mordaunt Short Centre
Velodyne Subwoofer ;)
XBox 360
Acer Revo
The Gale floor standers give me great music and movie sound, much better than the little Sony satellites I used to have.
I'm hoping to upgrade the AVR to support HDMI and the TV to 3D at Christmas, maybe.
Sony KDL40W4000 TV.
HTPC: Intel i3, 4 gig ram, 2.5 gig storage.
Samsung Blu-Ray drive.
Compro VideoMate S350 DVB-S Tuner Card. (works perfectly with Freesat's HD channels)
Technotrend TT 1501 DVB-C. (this doesn't currently work but I live in hope! lol)
Auzentech X-Forte 7.1 soundcard.
Logitech Z5500 5.1 speakers.
Xbox 360 Elite connected to the Logitech's by optical.
While I am happy with the picture output I do think the sound side of things could be improved, I have had the Logitechs for about 7-8 years now and coupled with the Auzentech card do give pretty good, clear and crisp output and certainly better than a lot of 400-600 quid AV set ups I have heard where the sound can be muddy.
Pioneer SA-7800 Amp, Love it (less the wood sides)
(http://www.real-audio.ru/measurements/shop/sold/amp/sa-7800.jpg)
B&W 685 speakers
Technics 1300 Turntable
AppleTV running XBMC
Pioneer 42" TV
Thats about as far as it goes. Not into surround sound because my main concern is music and games. The Amp is a late 70's example that still sounds superb. The turntable is, again, old but is DD and sounds lovely.
I am currently looking into moving house. If I do move I'm gonna be installing lotsa data/av/network stuff into the airing cupboard which will be the main riser for the rest of the house.
Holy thread revival Batman.....
For a long long time now I've had 1 of two Logitech 5.1 systems, the Z680s which I bought back in 2002~, replaced by the Z5500s about 7 years ago just because they were a good price rather than an upgrade. I always thought they sounded pretty good, but for years I yearned to go down the separates route. Knowing I'd never be totally satisfied unless I go all out and get exactly what I want (Reminds me why I held off buying the Porsche having had 2 FTOs for 10 years), I just held onto the Logitech's in hope one day the time would come.
Well it came.... I started off buying an amp. I did a bit of research but nothing exhaustive. In the end I went for a Onkyo 575E (http://www.eu.onkyo.com/en/products/tx-nr575e-137838.html), fairly mid-range, but I felt that on paper it ticked every box. I set this up with audio output from my PC via HDMI and plugged in my Logitech speakers. I was surprised just how much of a difference this made, especially to stereo separation. I guess onboard analogue sound with cheap analogue connectors to the Logitech sub/amp really wasn't all that.
I then started looking at speakers, mid range again. But having read a thread on AVForums where most people agreed that the general sound quality of speakers hadn't improved over the last 30 years I started to look for second hand. Then I realised speakers tend to sell for 1/4 to 1/3 of original price. I was sold on the idea of getting something much better, but second hand.
It took a trip to London to get one pair, and a weekend away in Penzance to get the other pair and centre. But now I'm very happy with how it has worked out.
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They're Monitor Audio Gold Reference 60s in each corner and whatever the centre speaker is from that range. They're fantastic and set me back less than 1/3 of new price(They're a range from 10~12 years ago I think). Some cosmetic issues on them all, but sound hasn't been affected at all. Each corner can be tri-wired and the centre bi-wired. Though unfortunately my amp will only bi-wire the fronts, so that's what I've done.
My vast lossless surround (Quad rips, DVD-Audio, SACD, Blu-Ray Audio) music collection has never sounded so good.
I have started to think I need an even better amp, but what AV amp can tri-wire four speakers and bi-wire a centre? lol :o
EDIT: For now I've decided against a sub. I predominantly listen to music and with each speaker having it's own mini sub I've found bass to be spot on.
They're pretty decent speakers, but bi/tri wire is a gimmick really, what you want to go down now is the path of bi-amping. Basically, you need to invest in amps at this point.
All my Rega hifi kit, all my B&W speakers, Polk dipole rears and my JVC D-ILA 1080p projector have all had to be packed away because of moving/baby and now I can't use any of it. By the time I do I'll probably want to throw thousands at a 4k projector :( I've still got my studio monitors I had before but they barely get switched on either.
Can't beat a good pair of floor standers.
This is my setup, its a few years old now tbh and I'm no audiophile but I like the way it sounds, might invest in a more powerful, better connectivity amp/receiver in the near future. Also never been happy with the 55" LG either, its backlit from the bottom so gets terrible light bleed, and getting ARC to work properly is impossible (hence the optical wire roughly dangling in the pic). should have gone Samsung QLED :-X
Yamaha RX-V575 Receiver
Yamaha little downward facing ported sub
Q Acoustics 2050i floor standers
Q Acoustics 7000ci centre
Q Acoustics 3010 rears
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Wow its been a while and thankfully some changes:
Samsung UE55KS8000 55" 4k quantum dot
Denon AVR-X2300W
Onkyo SKSHT588 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos speakers
Virgin Media V6
PS4
Just trying to decide if I want an xbox one s to play UHD bluray...
Quote from: Binary Shadow on March 15, 2011, 02:26:34 AM
Err..
Panasonic 37" plasma (cant be bothered to check the model number)
Onkyo SR607
Yamaha cheapo speakers (active amp)
Sky+ HD
panasonic DMP-BD60 bluray
xbox elite with HD-DVD player
Does me fine..
panasonic tv dx902 55
SkyQ
Xbox One
Apple TV setup to Dish networks IPTV stuff
There were some good 4k players on offer over the holidays, I have both a One S and a dedicated player and tbh unless you are not going to game on the Xbox at all then its good enough for most, it would only be worth getting a newer dedicated player with Dolby Vision for instance (were it that you had a DV capable TV).
I've spent quite a bit on my AV set up the last few years, I have been careful to avoid higher end Audiophile grade gear as that is a rabbit hole I don't want to go down! So have stuck to good quality Chinese makes for the audio hardware and I'm happy with my current setup.
50" Sony W8 had about 4 years (not going to bother with 4k yet)
Yamaha Yas-93 soundbar is connected to the TV not the best, I got it cheap in the Black Friday sale a few years ago, its good enough for regular TV viewing.
LG Minibeam PF1000U short throw projector, it its great for Movie night, 100" from 38cm. I had wanted a projector for years but was always put of by the cost of lamp replacements and how they could only last a couple of thousand hours, the one in the LG lasts for up to 30000 hours, its quite low powered so only good for near total dark. I was going to get a screen for it but the wall is freshly plastered and painted in a neutral enough colour that I can correct for it easily using the THX Tuneup app on my tablet.
Connected to the projector is a Q Acoustics Media 4 Soundbar a bit too basey out of the box for my taste but sounds great after fiddling with the EQ a little.
SMSL M8A 32Bit/768KHz USB DAC, I have only had this about 3 weeks, I had a Asus Xonar Essence One before that which I had for a couple of years, it developed a problem with not always turning on when I pressed the button so looked to get it fixed or replaced under warranty, I got it from Amazon who didn't have a replacement in stock so offered me a full refund. The SMSL is well regarded at Head-Fi as a entry level reference DAC so decided to take a punt on it, if it wasn't that good I would get a better one and use the SMSL on my Gaming PC. It didn't sound to great to start off the treble was far to bright but after a week of burning in overnight it settled down and now sounds good so will be keeping it on my HTPC.
Little Dot MK3 headphone amp fitted with upgraded tube's, had it about 3 months this is my second Little Dot amp, the first a MK2. It took about 100 hours to burn in very pleased with it once it had. Listening to it back to back with the MK2 the sound is cleaner and a bit more defined, before I bought it I was unsure if it would be a worthwhile upgrade from the MK2, but I'm now more than happy with it.
Shure SRH1540 headphones, had them nearly 3 years still very happy with them, very comfy for extended ware and good all rounders and sound good with most types of music, I have replaced the cable twice but it only costs 20 quid for a new one.
All are running off my HTPC the specs are:
Silverstone Grandia home theatre case.
Ryzen 3 1200 running at 3.7 GHz, I'm so happy AMD are making CPU's worth buying again.
Noctua NH-C14.
Asus Prime 350 mobo.
8 Gigs Corsair DDR4 Ram.
Asus GTX 970 totally not needed in this system, but it was spare out of my gaming PC when I upgraded to a 1080, the fan's don't spin at all unless under load so perfect for a HTPC.
PCTV Systems DVB-T2 292e HD TV tuner.
Corsair RMX 650watt PSU, has a zero RPM fan mode up to medium power draw, I have never heard it spin up since I got it.
120GB Kingston M.2 boot drive.
3x4TB Western Digital HDD.
Logitech K830 keyboard.
The system is nearly silent the case and cooler fan's use fan reducers, only time I hear it is when a HD spins up.
OS currently running Ubuntu 18.04 with a low latency kernel, I made the switch to Linux full time on my HTPC about 6 months ago, Windows 10 got really annoying when switching audio outputs with the big update they did towards the end of last year, which often could only be fixed with a reboot. JACK audio is superior to Windows WASAPI when configured IMO. Since I got my head round how Linux works I can't see me going back to Windows anytime soon.