Boston Acoustics VR2 Mains
Boston AcousticsVRC Center
Optimus XTS-9 Surrounds
SVS PC Ultra sub

PSB Stratus silvers
PSB C-6 center channel
Energey SVSS surrounds

Hsu 10V sub - soon to be upgraded.......

Maybe we can end where we began....I have the same Onix Ref package A that started this thread

Good to see some fellow NHT fans in the forum!

NHT 2.9's
NHT Audiocenter 2
NHT 1.5ci rears
Outlaw 755 Amp
Outlaw Model 950
Outlaw LFM-1
Denon 5900

As of 2wks ago, added a PB2Ultra :cool:

Well, I guess I'll keep adding to this thread. I have the following setup:

Left & Right: Pardigm Reference Studio 100s v.3
Center: Paradigm Reference Studio CC-470
Surrounds: Paradigm Reference Studio 80s v.1
Sub: Paradigm Servo-15

Revel F50 Front
Revel F22 Rear
Modified Paradigm Servo 15
No Center ( I sit in the sweet spot and don't care about anyone else )
Just kidding but I don't plan on buying a center

Still have my Polk Audio Monitor 10's series 2 I bought new in '91. Not sure what to replace them with. Got $2,000.00 to spend on speakers. Still lookin around.

I am now the proud owner of a pair of Vandersteen 5As. I've spent 3 years going to CES and auditioning speakers and these are the best I've heard. :) :) :) :) :) :)

NHT 3.3's one pair
4 NHT AC2's
10 NHT SB2's
4 NHT SB3's
1 NHT super center
2 Velodyne HGS 12's
1 Bag End ELF 18
1 Sunfire super junior

3 separate surround systems...yeah I like NHT!

Larry

well, I read the first 10 pages then skipped to the last two. Sorry to all those in the middle that I missed.

My speakers are as follows:
Klipsch RB-35's
Klipsch RC-35
(3) Jamo 6.521K4 (In ceiling surround sound) I have not hooked these up yet because my HT room is still about a month off.
Sub: SVS 20-39 PCi

Driven now by a cheap JVC 6018V reciever. To be replaced hopefully tomorrow with a Denon 3805.

For the last 3 years i've been running:

PSB Stratus Silveri's in high gloss piano black
PSB Stratus C6i center channel HG piano black
PSB Image 10S bipolor side surround's
JBL HLS810 bookshelf's for rears
SVS PB2+ sub (8 months old)

All in perfect condition and sound great in my finished basement HT..(no pets,wife,kids ;)

All my speakers except the sub are for sale. I want to upgrade to something in the B&W Nautilus line.. email me if interested.

I have a killer Panasonic shelf system :(

(Is it bad that my computer speakers (Klipsch Promedia 4.1) beat the everliving hell outta my actual stereo)

Of course, I'm poor and am still in the process of fixing up my first house, so hopefully sometime soon I'll be able to start putting together my first set-up.

Jason

Audio System:
Thiel CS2.4

HT System:
B&W CM4,CMC, CM2, HSU VTF-3

Wharfedale Emerald 97 x 4
Wharfedale Emerald Center
JBL E150

Onkyo PR-SC885 pre (formerly AVR310, AVR510, AVR635 as prepros)
Chiro C-300
Parasound 855A

Advent Legacy III pair, Advent Center, Polk M3II surrounds, DCM sub -- same as what I posted in this thread months ago (I think I posted it).

Originally posted by blkwrxwgn
I thought it would be nice to see how wide of a variety of speakers we have here on AVS :D. Might also help others who are shopping for speakers to see that somebody here has the same ones and maybe they can PM them to ask questions. Let's see them all, Vandy's, Def Tech, monitor audio, paradigm, the "R" word ;), B&W or whatever it is you call your own.

Onix Reference 2 Towers
Onix Reference 100 center
Onix Reference 1 for surounds.

Cambridge Soundworks Newton Series

T500 fronts (w/ 2 - 300W 10" subs)
MC500 Center
M300 surrounds

Currently:
NHT VT2s Mains
NHT Super-Ones: Center and Surrounds
NHT SW3-P sub.

On order:
Green Mountain Audio Europas: Mains
Undecided on Center
I will keep the SW3P for now, and if not a good match will look at others.

2-channel music is much more important than HT to me!
I believe a great music sound speaker will work for HT, but not all great HT speakers will work well for music.

i built mine they have all scan speak drivers

Originally posted by jdcrox
Currently:
NHT VT2s Mains
NHT Super-Ones: Center and Surrounds
NHT SW3-P sub.

On order:
Green Mountain Audio Europas: Mains
Undecided on Center
I will keep the SW3P for now, and if not a good match will look at others.

2-channel music is much more important than HT to me!
I believe a great music sound speaker will work for HT, but not all great HT speakers will work well for music.

The reason I chose the Cmabridge T500 fronts is because they are also very good with 2 channel music, and great with the DD 5.1 cd's and DVD's.

kkickk, could you describe your DIY system? What drivers are used, how many drivers, crossover frequencies, etc...

I own:

Klipsch RF-7's
Klipsch RC-7
Klipsch RS-7's
Sunfire True Subwoofer Signature EQ

Originally posted by jheoaustin
kkickk, could you describe your DIY system? What drivers are used, how many drivers, crossover frequencies, etc...


i built some mtm floor standers they have Scan-speak 18W/8545K carbon/paper cone 7” woofers and Scan-speak D2905/9700 Tweeters i also built a center channel with the same drivers they are sim to proac 3.8 which is $7,200 http://www.northcreekmusic.com/NorthCreekKits.html there is a link i built the rhythm but a little diff

Infinity Reference Series 2000.6 and 2000.3
Dayton Monitors (for 7.1)
Infinity BU2 12 in sub
Infinity CC 3 Center channel

kkickk,

Good to see a fan of Scan-speak drivers. I am having Wilmslow Audio in UK build my system using Scanspeak 9700 tweeter, ATC SM75-150 midrange and Volt B2500.1 woofer. I hope to get as great treble as you have from mine.

Last week I would have said Bose Accoustimass 15, but I just upgraded to:

Fronts: Infinity Alpha 50
Center: Infinity Alpha 37C
Surrounds: Infinity Alpha 25ES
Sub: PS12

and there is a huge difference.
However, the combination between the Alpha 50 and the kind of room I have creates some problems. The left front has really bad image. With the amp in stereo mode, I can swear that the sound of the left chanel comes from the surround left. At the same time, the room is very bright which amplifies even more the astounishing highs the CMMD tweeters can produce (grille on and or Re-EQ helps to reduce that effect).

:-)

Front L/R, Gallo Acoustics Nucleus Reference II (12" Aluminum Spheres)
Center? We don't need no stinken center!! ;) :eek:
Surround, Gallo Acoustics Nucleus Solo I (12" Polyethylene Spheres)

I have Definitive Tech 2006tl, 2300 center and BPx surrounds.

I just ordered a B stock Rocket UFW-10 sub, which will replace a Boston Acoustics 10" sub.

Bill

Perfectly happy with:

JBL S312's (Front)
JBL S-Center (Center)
JBL S-36's (Rear)
SVS PB1+ (Mercury Red)

Media/2-Channel/Multi-Channel (SACD/DVD-A)/Vinyl Room:
Klipsch Cornwall X 5
SVS 20-39+ X 2

Front Projection HT:
Klipsch Heresy X 5
SVS 20-39 X 1 (soon to be SVS PB2+)

Office:
Klipsch Promedia 4.1

Bedroom
Klipsch Promedia GMX 5.1

Laters,
Jeff

All Ascend Acoustics as follows....

Front L/R--CBM 170
Front Center--CBM 340c
Surround L/R--HTM 200
Surround back--HTM 200
Subwoofer--HSU VTF-3

Originally posted by jheoaustin
kkickk,

Good to see a fan of Scan-speak drivers. I am having Wilmslow Audio in UK build my system using Scanspeak 9700 tweeter, ATC SM75-150 midrange and Volt B2500.1 woofer. I hope to get as great treble as you have from mine.


thats sounds super u will love them

Front= Klipsch RF-7's
Front Presence's=Klipsch RB-15's
Center= Klipsch RC-7
Sides= Klipsch RS-7's
Center Rear's= Klipsch RS3-II's
Front Sub's=2 x Klipsch RSW-15's and Infinity Interlude 120
Rear Sub= Definitive Techonogy Supercube Reference

Ok, since this thread started long ago, I've changed out my speakers.

Current System:
5 Eggleston Works Fontaine IIs in Sapphire Blue Metallic
SVS PB-2+ Subwoofer

Future Addition
2 Eggleston Works Katherine matching the Fontaine IIs.

Cheers,

Final Sound Electrostatics !!!

200 Center
500 Fronts
200 Rears

Once you go stats you never go back. Best decision I ever made and haven't even felt the upgrade bug since getting them (I can't say the same for any other HT component that I own)

Front Dali Euphonia MS 4
Center Dali Center Speaker CS 4
Rear Cizek Something or other. These are my bookshelf speakers from College and are made from Koa wood. They still look and sound great.
Sub Velodyne Digital Drive Series 15 (DD-15)

Mains: Paradigm Monitor 7's
Surrounds: Paradigm ADP 170's
Center: Paradigm CC370
Rear Surrounds: Polk 35i's
Subwoofer: Definitive Tech Pro 250

Mains: Martin Logan Montage
Center: Martin Logan Fresco
Surrounds: Phase Tech in-ceilings
Sub: PSB Subsonic 6i

Mains - Energy C9
Center - Energy C-C1
Surrounds Energy C-R3
Sub - Velodyne SPL Series II
AVR - Denon 3805

FRONT SPEAKERS RF3 II,RC3II,RCW5 (KLIPSCH)
REAR SURR. SONANCE RS2
REAR CENTER SONANCE RS2
SUB WOOFER RSW 12 (KLIPSCH)


YAMAHA RX-V3300
OUTLAW ICBM
SONANCE AMP 5150 THX
VAMPIRE WIRE CABLE
PANAMAX

Mains - Dynaudio Audience 52 SE
Center - Dynaudio Audience 42C
Surrounds - Dynaudio Audience 42
Sub - Sunfire True Subwoofer MKll

Denon 3803
Rotel 1075
Panasonic RP-82

Mains - Wharfedale Pacific Pi-20 LE

Center - Wharfedale Pacific Pi LE

Surrounds - Wharfedale WH-2 dipoles (soon to be veneered to bird's eye maple)

Surround Back - Wharfedale Diamond 8.1 LE (used as Backs in 7.1 movie mode and as Surrounds in 5.1 music mode for mch DVD-A & SACD )

Sub - DIY 10" monstrosity to be replaced by Onix UFW-10 in bird's eye maple

I can now update my profile :D:D:D


Reciever: Denon AVR-1604
Speakers: Klipsch Quintet II mini-system

(ain't much, but better than what I had 2 weeks ago)

Front: Polk RTi12's
Center: Polk CSi5
Surrounds: Polk FXi5's
Rear Surrounds: Polk FXi5's
Sub: PSW505

Preamp: Integra RDC-7
Amp: Intergra RDA-7

Mains: Onix Rocket 750's
Center: Onix Rocket 200
Surround: Onix Rocket 300's
Sub: SVS PB2+

Bear with me as this is a work in progress and I am just putting my system together. But all comments and opinions welcomed...
TV:Sony KF-50WE610
Reciever:Denon DENAVR 3803
Speakers front: Infinity towers Infprimus360's
rear: Bought the infinity surround package to get the small wall mounts that i can turn got a sub(to sell) and a small center speaker that i will be putting out in my hot tub area!
center:infinty C360 to match.
Sub:10"Infinity PS12 and upgrade from last post!
All are in the box in upstairs living room waiting for basment to get finished(will post pics when done and set up)....wife says it's the carrot to get me to finish...lol but she's been great!
Thanks love this forum!
system check will be Aug. 24th or 25th wish me luck!

front: B&W 603
center: lcr 600
side sur: B&W600
rear sur: B&W600
sub: sony saw-40

2ch:B&W 705

I'm late to the party but have new stuff:

Paradigm Reference Studio 100s - Mains
Paradigm Reference CC-570 - Center
Paradigm Reference ADP-470 -Surround pair
Paradigm Titan - channel 6 & 7 Rears
SVS 20-39 PC+ - Sub

I like the way it sounds.

Some old and some new:

Theatre 5.1: Martin Logan Odyssey / Cinema / Scenario / Descent, powered by Classe SSP60 / CAV180. Soon to add two more channels.

Office 2-ch: Piega C2-LTD {as soon as they *get* here}, powered by Counterpoint SA-11 / SA220.

2 Aerial Acoustics 10T
2 Aerial Acoustics SR3
1 Aerial Acoustics CC3
2 Vandersteen 3
2 Velodyne FSR-18

Denon 3803
Studio 100s
CC-570
ADP-470s
Seismic 12

I like

Haven't read all the posts, but guessing I'm in the minority here....

Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1s on a Creative DDTS-100.

Hopefully going to upgrade to ELT Cse's or Ascends someday. When I'm not so poor.
:)

SNELL XA-1900 THX ULTRA2 MAINS AND FIREBREATHING SNELL ICS24

All Paradigm here (I"m Canadian eh?)


4 Monitor 7's v-3
2 Mini Monitors v-3
1 CC-370 v-3
1 PW-2200 v-2

All JBL Northridge speakers here (I'm Californian dude!)

2 JBL E100 Fronts
1 JBL EC35 Center
4 JBL E50 Surrounds
1 JBL E250P Sub

Powered by a Pioneer Elite VSX-55TXi A/V Receiver

Family Room HT:
Energy Take 5.2 in a 7.1 setup
Energy es10 Sub

Living Room:
Original Large Advents Speakers in a 2 channel set up. I am the original owner, purchased on June 23, 1977.They sound as good as the first day I took them out of the box. They are my music speakers.

Bedroom:
Energy Take 5.1
Energy 8" sub

The HT and living room are powered by a Denon 3803
The bedroom is powered by an older Pioneer Elite.

Sub: Velodyne DD15-itching to get another one :)

Arriving July 7:

Mains: Revel Gems
Center: Revel Voice
Surrounds: Still deciding

PSB Image 6Ts
PSB SubSonic 6i Subwoofer

:) nothing too crazy, but a real nice sound for a real nice price :D

Mains: Genelec 1030A active speakers. (http://www.genelec.com/products/1030a/1030a.php)
Center: none
Surround: B&W CDM SNT
Sub: what else than Velodyne HGS-15 SeriesII

next step is to upgrade center to Genelec HT206B(same as 1030A with automatic on/off) and mainspeakers to Genelec HT206B and move those 1030A:s to surrounds..

Front L&R
Mordaunt-Short HT-30

Center
Mordaunt-Short MS-Ci

Sub
Mordaunt-Short T2000i

Surrounds
Mordaunt-Short CS-5

Living room: athena point V with asp-300 sub
basement:

Fronts: athena AS-F2
Rears: Athena AS-F1
Center: athena AS-C1
Sub: Athena ASP-400

Fronts: Axiom M60ti's
Center: Axiom VP150
Surrounds: Axiom QS8's
Sub: SVS PB2-Plus
AMP: Denon AVR-3805

- D

Modified NEAR's

M50's-3-ways with external XO's
M15's 2-Ways
M10's

These are to be used for a Surround Sound System,but I generally use them for 2 systems at the moment. All are modified using newer drivers and XO components. I like to think of them as poormans Wilson's.

Fronts - Klipsch RF-35
Center - Klipsch RC-35
Surround - Klipsch RS-35 (side)
Surround - Klipsch RB-25 (back)
Subwoofer - HSU VTF-3 MkII

Von Schweikert LCR-15's for front trio, and two Von Schweikert VR-1's for surrounds.


.......... driven by two Classe CA-150's, and a couple of IRD MB-100 monoblocks; with an EAD Ovation+ pre/pro........

BOK

currently
center - Athena AS-C1
fronts - Athena AS-F2
rears - KLH 911B
surrounds - KLH 911B
sub - Sony SA-WM50

May not be top of the line but it sounds great to me. :)

Pair of Hales T1's
Single Dunlavy SM-1 for center (shielded)
Def Tech inwalls for surrounds
Dunlavy Sub
Velodyne Sub (HGS10)

Monitor Audio PMC 705's
Fried A/6

Ken

5.1 DCM system (my own frankenstien) Timeframes as LR, one subwoofer, and two bookshelves as rear LR. I am considering a rocket HT system upgrade.....

B&W DM604s3 (fronts)
B&W LCR600s3 (center)
B&W DM602s3 (surrounds)
B&W ASW 650 (subwoofer)

pair AR90
pair infinity kappa 7
pair Yamaha NS1000 montiors
Tannoy MX4 mains, rears, center, sub
Energy e:XL mains, rears, center, sub

Hi all,
I am just getting into the home theatre/audio scene. I've spent days upon days surfing these threads... love it... kinda addictive actually. I had a local store put together a recommended speaker package for me to go with my Yamahe 2400... the store rep said this would be perfect for my 30x20 room which has a few odd jogs in it... since I am new at this audio stuff, any opinions?

Paradigm Monitor 9's
Paradigm PX-1000 sub
Paradigm CC-370 centre channel
and Paradigm di-pole ADP370s

They sound fabulous in the store, but I know the real test is in my rec room.

THanks guys (and gals), I have learned a ton here.

Mains, side surrounds, rear surrounds - JBL N24's
Center - JBL N-Center
SVS 22-31 Sub.

What do you folks think about dipoles for the rears in a surround system? I guess the trade off is less direct sound for music but a better surround field for home theatre....? Has anyone else tried them? As per my last post, I am looking at the Paradigm ADP-370s going on the assumption (and store subject matter expert) that these will be better for a in-exact radial setup around my couch (eg/ I won;t be able to form the ideal speaker circle)

Snell xa-1900 THX ULTRA 2 LCR
SNELL ICS 24 SUB
SNELL SR30 SURROUNDS

I know I am new here but it seems to me that there is little value-added in people continuing to telling us what speakers they have... no disrespect, but who cares.. how about talking a bit about speaker technology or pros/cons of speaker types or set up. Otherwise, this thread will continue to be a useless list of 500+ posts; perhaps we should start a new thread....

Pioneer Elite-TZ-700 System Front Speakers
Pioneer Elite-TZ-700 System Center Channel Speaker
Pioneer Elite-TZ-700 System Surround Speaker-2 pair
Pioneer Elite-VSX-39TX
Pioneer Elite-M10x
Pioneer Elite-DV 09
Pioneer Elite-MJ 17D
Pioneer Elite-Pro 100
Monster Power- HTS 3500

Bought new in 1991:

Polk Audio Monitor 5 series 2 speakers
Carver CM-1090 integrated amplifier
Carver TX-8 Tuner

Now using this setup in the master bedroom along with a MP3/CD player.
Nice sound, I like it :cool:

Originally posted by mcwait
I know I am new here but it seems to me that there is little value-added in people continuing to telling us what speakers they have... no disrespect, but who cares.. how about talking a bit about speaker technology or pros/cons of speaker types or set up. Otherwise, this thread will continue to be a useless list of 500+ posts; perhaps we should start a new thread....

I just read it this am fast - all 10 pages for me, and was surprised that no one had listed mine which are some of the commonly recommended speakers. Maybe I just read too fast or am less embarrassed than others to post this combo;

HT:
HSu ventriloquist
sub STF-2
Pioneer vsx 812k

Family room
Pioneer HTIB:
vsx D810
Pioneer FCRW710 6 channel speakers and sub

Edit 6/2

left out my homemade Heathkit mode AS-104 big speakers - actually still sound quite good after over 30 years of very little use

Klipsch RF-3II Fronts
Klipsch RC-3II Center
Klipsch RB-3II Rears
Klipsch RSW-10 Sub

Monitor Audio Silver S10's (front)
Monitor Audio Silver S LCR (center)
Monitor Audio Silver S1's x 4 (surrounds)
SVS 20-39pc+ (barrel of oil)

Just offed a Bose system and put this together. Wow what a difference. The center channel speaker came before the others by a margin of 2 weeks, so I was listening to music with just it and the sub, and the wife walked in and commented that it sounded better than the old system.

Just purchased the speakers for my new home:

Klipsch RF7 Fronts
Klipsch RC7 Center
Klipsch RS7 Surrounds

Had the sub and audio components for a few years:

REL Q150E Sub
B&K AVR 507 Amp
Sony NS400D DVD Player

JBL's all the way around

Front speakers
STUDIO SERIES – S312II

Rear surrounds
NORTHRIDGE E SERIES – E50 (JBL discontined the studio series S38ll's)
These have the same spec's

Center
STUDIO SERIES – S-CENTERII

Sub Woofer
POWERBASS™ SUBS – PB12

Fronts: B&W CDM 1NT's
Center: B&W CDM CNT
Surrounds: B&W CDM 1NT's
Surr Backs: Mission 700's
Sub: Velodyne Digital Drive 12

All my Speakers sit Auralex MoPads and my DD12 sits on an Auralex Gramma Platform

i have Infinity Reference 2000.6 fronts, 2000.1 bookshelf rears, 2000.4 centre and JBL psw1000 subwoofer, but i'm looking to upgrade

This thread is so huge and goes so far back... I can't remember if I posted or not so here goes and if its a second time I apologize.

Had NHT's floor standers bought 5 years ago with matching center and two 12" powered NHT subs. They were great speakers but I was ready for something different. I gave them all to my brother in law after I got the following.

Rocket dual Sig. 750's
Center 200 (bigfoot)
dual 300's for surrounds

Sub: SVS PB2+

I looked at B&W and Paridigm and the new NHT's before buying. After seeing all the hype here on Rockets and SVS subs I decided to try them and loved them. So much better than what I had. Ought to satisfy me for another 5-10 years....

Probably speakers that most of you have never heard of... but they are very well thought of in Finland.

Chorus Compact 682 HQ as mains
Chorus Compact 662 as center and rears
Chorus XP-12 subwoofer

I use JBL S-CenterII for center, JBLs S38II for surround, and a pair of JBLs "music" speakers for the rear. For my mains, I have Polk SDA-SRS (the big ones) driven by Carver M1.5 or M4.0. Sub was a cheap JBL which I believed I just blew. So I'm using a RS 12" 200w sub for now. Looking for a new sub! This is all controlled by my Yamaha 5790.

Hmmm...just noted that since this thread started, my entire speaker arrangement has changed. What I'm now in hock for:

Front: Onix Ref 2's
Center: Onix Ref 100
Side: Onix Ref 2's
Rear: Onix Ref 2's
Subs: SVS PC-Ultra(2)

Wyatt

Originally posted by MRL
This thread is so huge and goes so far back... I can't remember if I posted or not so here goes and if its a second time I apologize.


Same here....but I actually just enjoyed all 30 pages with my morning coffee and could not find a prior post from me so here is my speaker inventory:

Living Room:

Infinity Overture 2-Fronts
Infinity CC3-Center
Infinity RS2-Surrounds
Cambridge Basscube 10-Sub (dead...possibly due to recent move)

Bedroom:

AMW Cheapoid TIAB (the "how I spent my $75 Circuit City gift certificate last Christmas" system...it's 7 months later and it is still cranking out decent DVD and CD sound in the bedroom)

I have the simple stereo, but marble satelites and subwoofer.
you can see it in my web page

My wife says that I am more of a speaker collector than an audiophile :D

HT/Den :

Ohm Walsh 5 Mk2 mains
Ohm Walsh Micro Tall rears
B&W CDM Special Edition center
Infinity SSW-10 servo sub


2ch/Bedroom:

Ohm F (reconditioned May 2004)


Spares:

one pair Ohm F (being reconditioned now)
one pair Rauna Tyr

wyliec2.... Did you go straight to the Refs or did you have Rockets first? Just wondering. Those refs are getting some pretty good reviews and alot of talk around about them. Anyway great set up....

I think I am the first person to list Infinity Prelude's. I have the tower and subs up front along with the Prelude Center Channel. For the rears, I have the Infinity Prelude Towers only.

Fronts: Polk Audio RTi8
Center: Polk Audio CSi5
Surround: Polk Audio RTi8
Surround Back: Polk Audio RTi6
Receiver: HK AVR-630

Fronts: Paradigm Studio 40 v2
Center: Paradigm Studio CC
Surround: Paradigm
Sub: SVS 20-39PCi
A/V: H/K 525

As of next Tuesday, it will be Ascend Acoustics CMT-340 mains, CMT-340 center channel, CBM-170 surrounds, and an HSU VTF3-MkII.

Klipsch Fortes, front and surround
JBL PSW1000 sub
JBL Flix - Center

All wired to a my new Denon 3805.

Loving the sound!!

M & K S-150's all the way around
SS-150's for sides
M & K MX-350 SUB
Denon 4802

Definitive Technology BP7006 Mains
Definitive Technology C/L/R 2300 Center
Definitive Technology BP1.2X Surrounds
Definitive Technology ProSub200TL Subwoofer

Tannoy Arden (HPD-385) mains
Radian 508/2B coaxial in Dynaco A25 cabinet center
Klipsch KSF-5 surrounds

Originally posted by milaz001
Theater:

JBL N38II main
JBL NCenter
JBL N24II rear
Sony 2ES pre/pro
B&W Reference amp

2-channel:

JBL S38II
Onkyo TX511 Only took 8 pages to find someone else with JBLs lol
Here is what I have.
Mains - ND310s
Center - NCenter
Surrounds - N24s
Sub - PB12

I just added the following to my system

Ymaha NS-6490 3way bookshelf speakers to replace my 14 year old NS-A635A 3way bookselfs that were starting to show their age

Originally posted by tubenewbee
damn this thread has been around for ages. do you think anyone has actually read all 26 pages? It's the never ending pointless thread. and no, i'm not telling you what speakers i own. so there...


I just read the whole thing from start to finish.

Originally posted by MRL
This thread is so huge and goes so far back... I can't remember if I posted or not so here goes and if its a second time I apologize.


If you posted in it, the envelope to the left of the thread title will have a black dot in it.

Originally posted by mcwait
I know I am new here but it seems to me that there is little value-added in people continuing to telling us what speakers they have... no disrespect, but who cares.. how about talking a bit about speaker technology or pros/cons of speaker types or set up. Otherwise, this thread will continue to be a useless list of 500+ posts; perhaps we should start a new thread....

Not useless at all. There's plenty of threads that discuss speaker technology and the pros and cons of different speaker types. Read one of those threads.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, the most popular subs in this thread are:

HSU VTF-2 (16)
HSU VTF-3 (13)
SVS PB2+ (13)
SVS 20-39pc+ (12)
SVS 25-31pci (11)

My current living room set up:

5.1 with Klipsch quintet speakers
Klipsch SW-12 Sub


My future HT (currently building):

Axiom M22ti's
Axiom QS8's (2 pair)
Axiom VP150
Sub (undecided)



Stew

Yamaha HTR-5790 A/V Receiver driving:

Cambridge Soundworks Newton T300 Towers (built in subs)
Cambridge Soundworks Newton MC300 Center Channel
Cambridge Soundworks Newton MC300IW in-wall (ceiling) L & R Surround
Cambridge Soundworks Newton S300 Rear Surrounds

I just got the S300 rear surrounds, they are multi-pole. I can set them for bipole, dipole or monopole. They are not in an ideal location for my mainly HT setup. They are on a counter directly behind my seating position (about 18' back, and 2 feet left and right), just very slighly above my ear level. What would you experts recommend I try for the setting?

Phase Tech PC60
Paradigm CC170
Paradigm AMS100
SVS PB2Ultra

Will prolly be upgrading the LCR in the near future, not sure what brand yet

Boston Acoustics 9000 system (circa 1999). I added BA Bravos to make it 7.1 when I got my Denon 3805. Upgraded to HSU STF-3. For stereo listening in the living room I have a pair of large Advents. I use Kef C20s for my computer speakers.

TV: Sony GWIII 42"
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Fronts: Infinifty RS3 Bookshelf
Rear: Infinity US1 Satellites
Center: Infinity Primus C25
Sub: Dual Velodyne VX-10's
DVD: Panasonic RP56
Console: XBOX w/ XBMC installed

EFE T-60 in the living room

Oh, and a pair of EFE T-22s in the bedroom

Mains: Paradigm Monitor 7 v3
Center: Paradigm CC-370 v3
Surrounds: Paradigm ADP-370 v3
Subwoofer: Paradigm PW-2100 v2

Mains: Aerial Accoustics 7b's
Center: Aerial Accoustics CC-5
Surrounds: Definitive Tech BP-2's
Subwoofer: Velodyne FSR-1200

Mains: Paradigm Signature S8's
Center: Paradigm C3
Surrounds and Backs: Paradigm SA-30's
Sub: Revel B15

Yamaha HTR-5790 A/V Receiver driving:

JBL E100 x 2 mains
JBL EC35 center
JBL E50's side surrounds
JBL E50's rear surrounds
JBL E250P sub

Wow Rhino, that looks pretty familiar -

Mains: Paradigm Monitor 7 v2
Center: Paradigm CC-370 v3
Surrounds: Paradigm Mini-mkIII
Sub: *debating HSU vs. Velo vs. Paradigm

main speakers: 5 JBL L212s, vintage '77
main subs: 2 JBL sub1500s
center sub: JBL PB12 sub

Fronts: M&K K-5
Center: Niles HD-CTR
Surround: M&K K-4
Rear Surround: Niles HD-CTR
Sub: M&K K-9
*Thinking of moving to a Pinnacle Subsonic, what does everyone think of that?

Originally posted by Glade
Wilson Watt/Puppy 7 -- mains
Wilson Cub I -- center
Wilson Watchdog -- sub
Wilson Watch Surrounds (2 pair) -- side surrounds
Wilson Watt/Puppy 6 -- rear surrounds

______
Glade

Awesome system, I have had the honor of hearing Wilson's in action

Originally posted by Colticus
Only took 8 pages to find someone else with JBLs lol
Here is what I have.
Mains - ND310s
Center - NCenter
Surrounds - N24s
Sub - PB12

used to have about the same system. I would upgrade your center to the studio series, trust me huge difference.

Originally posted by tubenewbee
damn this thread has been around for ages. do you think anyone has actually read all 26 pages? It's the never ending pointless thread. and no, i'm not telling you what speakers i own. so there...

YOUR A JACKASS, PEOPLE ARE JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE THREAD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. ITS NOT LIKE IT EFFECTS YOUR LIFE.

YOUR PROBABLY RUNNING KLH WITH A KLH RECEIVER AND DVD PLAYER WITH AN APEX PROJECTION ALL PLUGGED INTO THE WALL. OH AND OUT OF THE BOX CABLES!

Fronts: Paradigm 60 v2's
Center: Para' CC v2
Surr.: Para' ADP v2
Sub: Servo 15
s-w-e-e-t !!!!

Kilpsch Cornwalls

Several things I'm wondering about this thread:
Who has posted the most completely differant systems (used in the same room).....
What percentage of the systems are "voice matched"....
Who has spent the most money "net" after several upgrades....
Would anyone admit that they like someone elses set-up (in same price range) better than their own

Oh what the hell, its a holiday and I am bored..

All DIY:
Pi speakers , Stage Series 4 Pis for mains and center
Pi speakers , One Pis for surround duty
Dual 18" Blueprint 1804 Infinite Baffle subwoofer

522D-LR fronts and surrounds
522D-VAC center
S-12 sub

Driven by a Denon 3805

See sig.

(6) JBL s26's and a s36 as a center
DIY sub 12" Dayton DVC with a 15" passive radiator 272 watt plate amp.
Thats all for now.

Jay

M&K 750thx select system
M&K MX-350sub
mtx inwalls

IMF RSPM MK IV, new crossovers, Scan Speak 8513 treble drivers
IMF TLS 80, new crossovers, rear
IMF Compact II, new crossovers, Center channel x 2

New guy here. :)

My current setup...

Mains: Boston Acoustics VR-975's
Center: Boston Acoustics VR-920
Surrounds: BA VR-MX

hope to get a BA VR-M/EX rear center sometime soon.

FWIW, my setup:

ACI Emeralds all around in a 5-speaker setup
ACI Force subwoofer

Those Emeralds are some sweet little speakers (I needed small speakers for the WAF).

Mike

My speakers:

Fronts: Polk RT800i's

Center: Polk CS400i

Surround: Polk f/x500's

Sub: Atlantic Technology 272 PBM.

Love the transparency of my front three. I will probably add Polk RT25i's or RT35i's for the back surrounds when I get in the new house. Some people seem to turn there noses up at the mention of Polk, probably because they are sold at CC and Crutchfield. Hell, I probably had the same opinion UNTIL I listened to them one day at a CC. Perfect example of not judging a book by its cover.

I haven't heard the Polk LSi series yet, but many people on the forum have raved about that line. Among other speakers I have heard and been impressed with are Martin Logan, Paradigm, Source Technologies (a small company out of Connecticut), and B&W. When I eventually upgrade, I'll keep an open mind, but whatever I buy next will have to impress me much more than my current setup does!

HT its the Atlantic Tech 350s with 2 352 subs.

For 2 channel music Celestion SL/600 and SL6000 Subs

Paradigm Monitor 11's Mains
Paradigm CC370 Center
Paradigm Atoms 2 sets side surrounds and read channels
Yamaha YST SW500 Sub..

Sapphire bookshelfs
Sapphire center
Sapphire surrounds
Adire Audio Rava (w DPL12 upgrade)

A little bit premature update...:)

My custom-built speakers are on the way from England. It's a variation of Wilmslow Forte. I'll post more after auditioning them. So, I would have:

Front: Wilmslow Forte custom
Center: AAD C-401i
Rear: ProAc Studio 200
Back: AAD C100

Main:Onix Rocket:750 sigs
Center:Onix Rocket:RSC200(what a nice center,I love it,no need to touch the volume during a movie,nice)
Surrounds: RSS300 dipoles.

I have
* JBL Control 1 Sub
* JBL Control 1C (pair)
* JBL Control 1G (pair)

*Yamaha YST SW45 sub
*Yamaha NS10m Monitor (pair)

Greetings frischi

1) I have a pair of the original Polk SDA-SRS. ( I moved recently and almost broke my back carrying these monsters). They still sound pretty good considering they are almost 20 years old.

2.) Polk RM-3000 (Not sure of exact model nmb) sat/sub.

3.) The Onkyo Surround sound speakers that come with the 760 and 770 HTIB.

I want to get some aperions down the road.

Also have:

HDTV's- Sony 51WS510, Sony 34hs420, Samsung 3098TXN and Toshiba (non-HD) 27AF42.

Receivers- Pioneer VSX411, Onkyo receivers from the 760 and 770 Home Theater in a box setup.

DVD players/recorder- Panasonic F87, Panasonic S47, Panasonic DMR E55, Samsung Progressive Scan DVD Player (not sure of model #), and a Toshiba non-progressive scan DVD Player and Computer NEC 2510 DVD burner

Videogames - XBOX and PS2

Amplifier - Adcom.
Pre-amp - NAD
CD Player - Sony 300 disc changer

axioms.

I have a JM lab Electra system.

Front: Electra 926
Center: Electra CC900
Surround: Electra SR900
Subwoofer: Electra SW900

System 1 (DVD and music )
Mirage M3's front and back with Mirage C3 center, 2 Mirage PS8 subs at the front
(Denon 4800 with Classe Audio PWR Amp (front), Sony 53HS30 RPTV, Panni RP91 (black) and F65 5 disc DVD changer, Daytek RP30 (LiteOn 5001 clone) DVD recorder, Kenwood 2260m 200CD Changer, Nak 300 cassette, Panni S-VHS. Pioneer LD 3080.)

System 2 (DVD movie) a work still in progess.
Axioms M80ti front and VP150 center, Def Tech BP6b bipoles rears and Axioms M3ti rear mid surrounds. Def Tech PF15TL sub.
(2nd Denon 4800 (to be replace with 3805, maybe), Sammy HLP6163, 2nd Pan RP91 (silver), Denon 1910 (on demo) or Denon 2910 when available. JVC DR-M10 DVD recorder and SA Explorer 8000HD PVR, JVC S-VHS.)

Loving my Denon processor and my Klipsch speakers.

Fronts: Klipsch RF-7s
Center: Klipsch RC-7
Surrounds: Klipsch RS-7s
Sub: Klipsch RWS-15
Outdoor: Klipsch SA-2 (4 pairs)
Receiver: Denon AVR-5803

Mains: Axiom m60Ti's
Center: Axiom VP150
Surrounds: Axiom QS8's
Sub: SVS 20-39 PCi (getting a cube though...damn WAF struck again).
Outdoor: KLH Sat7W (hey, they sound better than blowse) ;)

All being driven by a H/K 7200 and a Crown XLS 402 for the mains. FWIW, Vis57 "tubenewbee" isn't a jackass, he's a schmuck and lay off my KLH's. :)

Crawling up from the bottom dwelling front:
Garage- Zenith speakers I got because my mom had them and I found a pair at a second hand store for thirty dollars. They sound like heck but well...

HT- Polk CS200, Kenwood SW200 powered sub I got on sale somewhere, POLK LSi9s, and JBL Control1 Plus speakers I got on sale when Mars Music (remember them?) had a grand opening in Marietta and I'm using for surrounds .

Advent Baby IIs retired from HT mains duty.
Cambridge Soundworks computer speakers ($50)

and that's it.

Smeagle aint got nothing on me...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=4418154&fullpage=1



Cory

My 7.1 speaker system is several years old all Pinnacle as follows:

Front left and right: gold reference towers
Center: gold reference center
surrounds & rears: gold reference mini-monitors
sub: pinnacle 250 watt sub woofer

With the exception of the center I got all the above through ebay but all were new with full ten year warranties

The above are driven by the 950/770 Outlaw preamp/amp.

John

Time to update my system, I suppose. I sold my old speakers (Infinity IRS series) and got the following:

Mains: Genesis 6.1
Center: Genesis 6.1c
Surrounds: Genesis 6.1sr
Rears: Genesis 6.1sr
Center Sub: Genesis s4/8
L/R Sub: Genesis s2/12t

The above system works out to a 7.5 system with bass response flat to 16Hz in each channel. They are driven with a Lexicon MC-12B EQ V4/LX-7 preamp/amp combo.

I still haven't figured if I want to run the Lexicon LFE, L/R sub system or Genesis' Distributed LFE. I will do some testing once they are all broken in to determine which sounds best.

Paradigm Studio 60's version 1 Mains
Paradigm CC450 Center
M&K SS150 THX Surrounds
M&K 700 Sub

Fronts: Monitor Audio GR60's
Center: Monitor AUdio Gold Center
Surrd's: Monitor Audio GR60's

Got cut off while typing:

Fronts: Monitor Audio GR60's
Center: Monitor Audio Gold Center
Surrd's: Monitor Audio GR60's
Rears: Monitor Audio GR10's

Sub: Monitor Audio FBS212

Living Room:
Paradigm Studio 100 v3
Paradigm Studio cc570
Paradigm Studio ADP470

Bedroom:
3 pair Celestion 3 speakers
1 KLH sub

7.1 system

Mains Klipsch RF-35's
Center RC-35
Surround RS-35 x 4
Sub RW-10

I should recieve my SVS PB-12 Plus/2 on wednesday Can't wait.

Pioneer Elite VSX-43 Reciever
DV-47ai DVD
CLD-79 Laserdisc

Centerstage CS-1 Scaler

Barco Data 700 projector on an 92" diagonal DIY screen.

Rega P2 turntable with Dynavector 10x4 mkII

Eric

Originally posted by Wireless
Waveform Mach 17s front
Waveform MC center
Waveform MC rears
SVS PCUltra -Although it wasn't really needed

Great speakers...them Waveform jobs (too bad the company went under; they were among a handful of truly accurate transducers in the whole world!)...and the sub too (you still needed it 'cuz gives more headroom and lessens playback dynamic compression, imho)...

Originally posted by Gordon Groff
Rockets.

RS750 mains
RS200 (bigfoot) center
RSS300 sides
RS250 rears

Almost forgot:

Pair of SVS Ultra subs :D

Nice set up you got there, Gordon!... :)

-THTS

Fronts & Centre - M&K S150THX
Surrounds & Surround Backs - M&K S85
Sub - Velodyne DD15

Processing & Surround Backs - Denon KA1SE (upgraded AVR 5800)
Power Amp - Parasound HCA 2205

Ascend Acoustics CMT-340 C/L/R, CBM 170 surrounds, and an Outlaw LFM-1 sub.

Ok,

Monitor Audio S8 (fronts)
Monitor Audio SLCR (center)
Monitor Audio S1 (rear)
SVS 22-31PCi


Someone who has infinite amount of time should try and tally all these responses!

My HT

B&W Nautilus HTM1 center
B&W Nautilus 804 fronts
B&W Nautilus SCMs surrounds (like the 805s with a wall hugging profile)
Martin Logan Descent subwoofer

My HT speaker system:

JBL Northridge ND310 x 2 (Mains)
JBL Northridge E50 x 4 (R/L surrounds & Back surrounds)
JBL Northridge EC35 x 1 (Center)
JBL Northridge E250P 12" x 1 (Sub#1)
JBL Northridge P10 10" x 1 (Sub#2)

Seems like this thread will go on for a while....which is pretty darn cool...

Mirage M3Si (Fronts)
Mirage MCC Center Channel
Mirage M190 (Surrounds)

Currently mulling over the idea of getting two more M190's for use as rear surrounds...


Take care,

Karl

LINN

fronts Ninkas
Rear Katans
Center Trikan or Ekwal (need to decide)

Surround Rear - Boston Acoustic CR65
Presence - Paradigm (unsure of model off the top of my head)
Subs - two old model velodyne (soon to hopefully be upgraded)

Cheers
KJ

Axiom-M3's and M22's
Ascend Acoustic's CBM-170's
Wharfdale E-90's

Axiom M22's (front)
Axiom VP 150 (center)
Axiom M3's (3 surrounds)
HSU STF-2 sub

Infinity Alpha 50 (front)
Infinity Alpha 37c (center)
Infinity Primus 150 (surrounds)

&&W Nautilus 802s (mains)
B&W Nautilus HTM1 (center)
B&W Nautilus SCM (surround)
Martin Logan Descent (sub)

Also have Nautilus 804s in family room and a pair of Dahlquist DQ20i's collecting dust.

mission 701
mission 70c2
mission 77ds
velodyne VA1012IIXE

Custom built super-high-end, 4" two-way (treble is handled by a cone whizzer) x7.1 (the .1 is the subwoofer section; driver had its cone whizzer cut out so is just a subwoofer. Real high-end tweaking stuff! Neat, eh? ).
I call them the Ultra-Virtual reality VR7.1 system. ;)

The best speakers in the world! These things are super-fast (more than the speed of light! :eek: ), bass is very tight (more than a virgin! ;) ) and extremely deep (16 Hz!; definitely not like a virgin! :D ), produce plenty of pace and rhythm, are extremely musical (they even play with no electronics connected, imagine that! :eek: ), act cameleon-like (they can be made to sound like Wilson Audio, Revel, or even Bose if one wishes! ;) ), and reproduce inter-transients silence notes ( :D ) like no other loudspeaker in this universe could ever wish for. Better than all high-end speakers put together regardless of price. Am a very proud owner!... :cool:

-THTS

OK here goes:
Main: LINN Espek - Tri-amp Aktiv configuration
Center: LINN Trikan - Bi-amp Aktiv configuration
Rear: LINN Katan passive - ran out of amplification!
Subwoofer: LINN Sizmik

Originally posted by Frank J Manrique
Custom built super-high-end, 4" two-way (treble is handled by a cone whizzer) x7.1 (the .1 is the subwoofer section; driver had its cone whizzer cut out so is just a subwoofer. Real high-end tweaking stuff! Neat, eh? ).
I call them the Ultra-Virtual reality VR7.1 system. ;)

The best speakers in the world! These things are super-fast (more than the speed of light! :eek: ), bass is very tight (more than a virgin! ;) ) and extremely deep (16 Hz!; definitely not like a virgin! :D ), produce plenty of pace and rhythm, are extremely musical (they even play with no electronics connected, imagine that! :eek: ), act cameleon-like (they can be made to sound like Wilson Audio, Revel, or even Bose if one wishes! ;) ), and reproduce inter-transients silence notes ( :D ) like no other loudspeaker in this universe could ever wish for. Better than all high-end speakers put together regardless of price. Am a very proud owner!... :cool:

-THTS

Having a Happy Halloween ? ...:p

Front surround: Paradigm mini monitors
Main: Paradigm 7se Mk3
Center: Paradigm CC-450
Surround: Paradigm mini monitors
Sub: Wanna take a guess? Yup. PS something or other(120W model of same vintage as all of the above)

Originally posted by craigsub
Having a Happy Halloween ? ...:p

And how! :p :D

By the way, Craig...great review of that Maestro subwoofer!...

-THTS

Getting back on topic... Speakers ? A bunch of them ...

Originally posted by Frank J Manrique Custom built super-high-end, 4" two-way (treble is handled by a cone whizzer) x7.1 (the .1 is the subwoofer section; driver had its cone whizzer cut out so is just a subwoofer. Real high-end tweaking stuff! Neat, eh? ). The best speakers in the world! These things are super-fast (more than the speed of light! ), bass is very tight (more than a virgin! ) and extremely deep (16 Hz!; definitely not like a virgin! ), produce plenty of pace and rhythm, are extremely musical (they even play with no electronics connected, imagine that! ), act cameleon-like (they can be made to sound like Wilson Audio, Revel, or even Bose if one wishes! ), and reproduce inter-transients silence notes ( ) like no other loudspeaker in this universe could ever wish for. Better than all high-end speakers put together regardless of price. Am a very proud owner!..

You forgot
"sounds better than speakers costing 4 times as much, because they're made in china and the middle-man is cut out , and the owners don't want to make much profit, they do it cause their hobbyists just like us and are sharing their love ...just go to www.nooverheadspeakers.com and listen for yourself...oh, you can't but take my word for it, I'm a guy just like you and am not trying to market this product at all..."

library, dining room, living room: Radio Shack in-walls, 2 per

deck: Advent

bed room: 2-AR-9

family room: 2-Infinity Kappa 9s

childrens basement theater: 5-ADS in-walls, KLH sub

main theater: Snell
XA-90, l&r
XA-1900, c
SR-30, s

Sorry, left off the sub.

library, dining room, living room: Radio Shack in-walls, 2 per

deck: Advent

bed room: 2-AR-9

family room: 2-Infinity Kappa 9s

childrens basement theater: 5-ADS in-walls, KLH sub

main theater: Snell
XA-90, l&r
XA-1900 c
SR-30, s
Velodyne HGS-18

Front: Polk Audio RTi70's (Bi-wired)
Center: Polk Audio CSi40 (Bi-wired)
Sides: Polk Audio FXi30's
Rears: Polk Audio RTi28's
Subwoofer: SVS PB12-Plus/2

http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/showcase/view.php?userid=40818

Front: Misson 762
Center: Klipsch SC-1
Surrounds: Nuance bookshelf
Sub: None at moment but looking at the HSU STF-2 or the PSB Subsonic 5i.
Rear: none, not planning on one for a while.

Front: Ascends CBM-170s
Center: Ascends CMT-340
Rears: Bose some discontinue model # (I know, I know...but will be replacing these with Ascends HTM-200)
Subwoofer: HSU VTF-3 MKII

In the process of upgrading my speakers (endless process, I might add),

Front - Infinity Prelude MTS tower
Sub - Vandersteen 2WQ sub

New house, new system:

JMLab Chorus
Mains: 707
Center: 700
Surrounds:Chorus In-walls (3)
Sub: Chorus

Powered by NAD 763

Smooth and clear - no complaints - extremely satisfied

Yamaha RX-V1400

SPEAKERS: DAHLQUIST

MAINS: QX8
CENTER: QX50C
SURROUNDS: QX6
CENTER SURROUNDS: QX5
SUB: INFINITY PS-12

Onkyo TX-602S

Speakers: B&W and Acoustic Research

Mains: B&W 602 S3
Center B&W CDM CNT
Surrounds: AR HC-5
Back Surrounds: AR HC-5
Sub: AR HC-5

I just had to post one just so a crappy system could make the list. :-) Just to make one point it used to be worse.

L/R - Pioneer 3 ways not sure of the model, but neighbour moved and had already replaced them with a new surround system and didn't want to pack them with him.
Center - MTM from a KLH HTIB
Rears - The TM's from the KLH HTIB
Sub - 10" Dayton Shielded DVC in ~3 cuft. Tuned to ~23Hz. Don't have measurements, but I think it extends to the low 20Hz in room. Using old stereo amp for power.

Total cost. - KLH with Sony 5.1 receiver was $299
L/R - $0
Sub - $50

Just purchased the Ascends today!!!:
Ascend CBM-170 mains
Ascend CMT-340 center
Ascend HTM-200s

to go along with
SVS PB10-isd
Pio 1014

congrat me! :D

Denon AVR-3805/Odyssey HT3

Mains - Infinity Prelude MTS
Center - Infinity Prelude MTS
Surrounds (4) - Infinity Kappa Surrounds
Subs (2) - Infinity Intermezzo 1.2s

JM Lab Electra

Energy C5 fronts
Energy CC1 center
Energy C3 side-surrounds
No sub yet ( bcos neighbor is already complaining :( )

Yamaha HTR 5760

Theater
Rocket RS500 Fronts
Rocket RSC200 Center
Rocket RSS300 Surrounds
Rocket UFW10 Sub

2 channel set up
Tannoy C10's

By all accounts (and there are many) the Scintilla is a speaker that weaves magic. I know. The first time I heard one in 1985, I thought they were room decorations, all the while I seriously searched for the pianist, I was hearing. True story.

Being bipoles, Apogee Scintillas hide from the sounds they are producing. They are ventriloquists. My movie screen appears to be the sound source from every angle.

They also come closest to actually straight-lining from below 20 hZ to beyond hearing of any speaker on, or off the market. The bass, mids, and high ribbons are all the same length, providing seamless response, that can only be described as believable.

Well, there is my humble opinion.

Monster speakers :) ...just had to yuk it up!

B&W 603s3
B&W lcr600
Def.tech. promonitor 100's as sur.(B&W 601 or 602s3 soon)
Def.tech. 200tl(sub)good enough

Power-Rotel RSX1056

M&K all the way!

Five S-150s
Two S-85s
Two MX-350 Mk 2 subs
Two S-250 Mk 2 Tripoles on order

Wouldn't consider any other make for HT and, yes, I've thoroughly checked the other manufacturers out. Mirage, to my ears, is the best also-ran.
Colour me supremely satisfied.
I need to upgrade everything else, though, to make the best of them (sigh).

My Christmas present(s) this year:

Denon 2805

Front: Paradigm Titans
Center: Paradigm CC-170
Rears: Paradigm Titans
Sub: Paradigm PDR-10

My system is mostly for music & partly for movies.I have Magnepan all the way around.12's for fronts,MGCC1 for center & MMG's for the rear.M/C jazz heaven!!!!!Oh & a B&W ASW650 sub(very musical)

I now have JMLab Electra 907be for my mains and center

also, a Velodyne Sub....... F-1500 I think is the model...

Might be looking to replace the sub with something more suited to music...


Shelly

Polk Audio RTi8's Front
Polk Audio CSi40 Center
Polk Audio FXi3's Surround
Polk Audio PSW 404 Sub

My speaker set up
Front JM Labs 927Be
Center JM Labs CC-901
Surounds Polk RT3
Sub JM Labs SW900

Renkus Heinz Microtrap 60's all the way around (finally!). JBL 4652 12" Sub

Love the thread! :-) Some people have awesome setups!!

Fronts: B&W 602.5 S3
Center: B&W LCR60 S3
Surrounds: B&W 600 S3
Sub: Velodyne DLS-4000
Receiver: Denon 2805 (will probably upgrade soon)

HT:
Von Schwiekert VR4jr's, LCR15 center, TS150 surrounds, 2 DIY GR Research subs, Parasound C1, A51. (Upgraded to the Von Schweikerts from a M&K S150 system)

Bedroom:
JBL NSP1 sats, yamaha receiver

Master Bedroom:
nagging wife yelling "turn it down", capable of 120 db, nice dual driver system, very expensive

Family room:
Von Schweikert VR1's, JBL NSP's for center and surrounds, Rocket UFW-10 subwoofer, pioneer receiver

Garage:
JBL bookshelf's, sony receiver

Patio:
Polk in-ceilings run off zone 2 of the Parasound equipment.

B&W DM 603 S3 Fronts
LCR 600 S3 Center
DM 600 S3 Surrounds
No sub (yet)
Marantz 7500

It's been quite a ride for me.

I started out with some Maggies 1.6 as my two front channels with Klipsch Forte IIs as my surrounds. No sub....no center channel. Those didn't integrate well. Plus, the amount of room these took up and the compromises that had to be made for set-up made me look elsewhere.

Put the Forte IIs as my mains with a KSS-1 as the center and some S6s as surrounds. Had some sort of Sony sub (can't remember the model number, but it wasn't very good).

Went from a 50" TV to a 60" TV and space became an issue. Klipsch had to go "bye-bye" (although, I kept the Fortes for future use).

Then, went to Ascend Acoustics.....first the 170s and 200s....later upgraded the front soundstage with all 340s and a HSU VTF-2. Nice set-up. I missed the heft of the Klipsch though.

Got rid of the HSU VTF-2 for a HSU VTF-3. Bass was much better but was still missing some low-midrange punch.

Got the Rockets.....250 Mk IIs for the mains, RSC200 (bigfoot) for the center and RSS300s for surrounds. Kept the HSU VTF-3 as I absolutely love that beast. Got my low-midrange punch back with one of the sweetest hi-midranges/ soundstages this side of the Maggies.

Very happy camper right now (but always on the lookout).

I use Cerwin-Vega's Speakers... I have the AVS-632 Speaker System which is a 5.1 system... Im very happy with it..

VMPS Tower II Special Edition

My Equipment:
Harmon Kardon AVR630
Paradigm Studio 100’s Front v3
Paradigm Studio CC-470 Center v3
Paradigm Studio 20’s Surrounds v3
Harmon Kardon DVD-101
2.6gig HTPC W/Audigy2, 7.1, direct coax
XBoX
Samsung 50” DLP
SVS 20-39 PC+

I now have Onix Rockets:

RS-850's for the mains,
RSC-200 center (aka Bigfoot),
RSS-300's dipole surrounds.
and an SVS PC+ 20-39 sub

all driven by Emotiva DMC-1 pre-amp and MPS-1 amp.

bedroom setup is using Rocket Tykes 5.1 system.

Mains: Onix Rocket RS850's
Center: Onix Rocket RSC200
Surrounds: Onix Rocket RSS300's
Sub: Dual UFW-10's (will upgrade to the UFW-12 when it comes out)

Center: Infinity Primus C25

Fronts: Infinity Primus 250

Surrounds: Infinity Primus 250

Sub: Dayton 10" sub

Receiver: Pioneer 1014

TV: 31" Sanyo

Single disc Panasonic DVD player

Modded Xbox with a 120 gig HD also used as a media center.

polk rti10. i bought them a lunch today from tweeter. won't be able to p/u until friday. :(

Since I finally bought speakers, I'll post in this thread (even though the chance of my post being read more than once is very small).

Fronts: Paradigm Monitor 7 v.4
Centre: Paradigm CC-370 v.3
Surrounds: Paradigm ADP-170 v.3
Subwoofer: want a Velodyne

ht room
5 pmc lb-1 's
velodyne fsr15 servosub

other room
kef reference rdm 's

Mains: Ascend Acoustics CMT-340 Mains
Center: Ascend Acoutsics CMT-340 Center
Surrounds: Polk RT15i's
Sub: SVS 25-31PC (with ISD driver, Bash 300-watt amp)

Upstairs 5.1/7.1 if we feel the need:

Klipsch RF-25 mains
Klispch RC-25 center
Klispch RB-25 rears
Klipsch RB-15 rear/centers if we want to go to 7.1 only....they are portable for the wife's happiness...
BIC H-100 sub...design by Hsu, BASH amp and similar to the STF-1 actually
Driven by a Denon AVR-2105, with Denon DVD-1910, and Panasonic 32" HD monitor



Downstairs 2.1 used for small family room and kid's spot to watch TV:

Klipsch SB-2 mains
BIC H-100 sub
Driven by an OLD Pioneer SX-6 receiver, with Samsung DVD/VHS, and a Samsung 27 HD monitor


Shop:

Old pair of JBL's driven by a nice garage sale find; an old Pioneer SX-750 receiver in good shape!


Got the old upstairs Klipsch's that need to go for cheap too!!! pr of SF-1's, SB-1's and a KSC-C1....I would use them downstairs but the room is pretty small for a 5.1 system...and God only knows what a 5 1/2 yr old would do to them!

Main system:

4 B&W Nautilus 804s
B&W Nautilus HTM1
Velodyne HGS15II
Velodyne HGS12II

Bedroom (soon to be in my family room):

B&W Nautilus 805

Unused (possibly going into the bedroom):

Mirage M490

All Paradigm
Studio 100's v3
ADP surrounds
cc-370 center
servo 15v2 sub
atom rears
Plus an additional Genesis sub which I already had

Pinnacle mains pn8+, Center- pinnacle gold center, pinnacle pn6+ for surrounds.

Picked em' up yesterday. Wooohhoooo! Needless to say, I hate being at work right now :-D.

Front Stage: Paradigm Monitor 9 v.4 Paradigm CC-370

Rear: 2 ADP 370's


Denon 3805 now supplying the goods.

Aerial Model 7
Aerial CC3B
Mirage OM-R2
Paradigm Servo 15

Ascend CMT-340 center
(4) Ascend CMB-170

old system:
Boston Acoustics
front VR975
center VR920
surrounds Bravo's

New system:
Onix Rocket
front RS850
center RSC200
sub Paradigm Servo 15
surrounds RS 250

Paradigm Studio 80 V.2 Rosewood Veneers
Paradigm Studio CC
Paradigm Studio ADP's
Paradigm PW-2200

Old/Present system-
Probe Jayde for front
PSB Stratus C5i center
NHT VS-2 surrounds
Velodyne Servo 1500 Subwoofer
New-unordered-deciding on veneers
J Salk all around:D
Veracity HT3 Front
Veracity HT1 Center
Veracity HTC Surrounds
Veracity HS Subwoofer

Wharfedale Modus 1.6 mains
Merak mch6 center
Kenwood Kvs-64 surrounds--4 of 'em
SVS 16-46 sub
Definitive Technology pf1500

timbre matching? lol....one day I will be able to afford some nice speakers.

Monitor Audio
All the way from Europe with top of the line sound.
Front towers,centre, surround and sub.............ROCKS!
:cool:

Video:

PSB Alphas (the original ones)
Athena AS-P400

HiFi:

Linn Kabers

Celestion Kingston
Celestion 600, 700
Celestion AVP305
Celestin DL-8
Celestion 5
JBL Studio Monitor 5's

Def Tech BP30b
Def Tech CLR2000
Def Tech BPX

NHT Sub Two
Onix Rocket ULW-10

Soon, Def Techs to be traded for Onix Ref's, Stratas or Rockets. Don't need all black anymore. Considered putting colored socks on, but bipolars also need some room to breathe. Can't deal with bipolar spacing requirements in my new house.

I'm still assembling my system for the new house, but I have Infinity Primus 150's for L/R and the c25 center. the sub is a velodyne va-1012.haven't found rears yet.

I'm currently using a set of Infinity Kappa 5.1's that will need to find a new home before I move. I love them, but the wife says they have to go.

This is what I have:

Wharfedales EVO 40
Acoustic Research HC-5 satellite + subwoofer system.

After perusing several forums as "Anonymous" for years I guess I will make my first post on this wonderful forum with my favorite aspect of Home Theater, my Klipsch sound systems--All are powered by Denon Receivers.

Library Theater: Mains RF-7's/Center RC-7/Side Surround A, RF-3's/ Surround B, RS-7's/Rear RB-75's/Front sub RSW-12/Rear Sub RSW-15.

Bedroom Theater:Mains RB-75's/Center RC-7/Surrounds RS-3's/Phase tech subwoofer. (I bought a pair of RB-5's for rear surround and DVD-A/Sacd listening, but my wife said it was too much--Negotiations are still in progress)

Work Advantage Theater: Mains KLF-20's/Center KLF C-7/ Surrounds RS-3's/Sub KSW-15.

Welcome Zen Traveller!

My current setup

Front: Celestion SL-6
Center: Paradigm CC-170
Sub: Def Tech ProSub 100TL
Surround: Generic

Plan on replacing the front and rear with paradigm atoms in the future.

As of today, I own:

Front mains - Ascend CBM 170's
Center - Ascend CMT 340
Side and rear surrounds - Proficient C650's (4) in-walls
Subwoofer - HSU VTF-3 MK2


Can't wait for them to show up. :)


John

As of today,

Center - Athena AS-C1
Fronts - Athena AS-F1
Rear - Athena AS-B1
Sub - JBL E150P

All at employee prices I might add :)

Just arrived :D

Front: Dynaudio 72SE
Center: Dynaudio 122C
Surround: Dynaudio 42W
Sub: SVS 20-39 PC+

main ht in living room (7.1):
fronts- Salk HTS-MTM
center- Salk HTS-MTM center
surrounds (sides and rear)- 8 (4pair) Optimus Pro-LX5 (modded)
sub- SVS PB12-ultra/2

family room (5.1):
fronts- NHT Superone
center- NHT Superone
surrounds- Wharfedale WH1 dipoles
sub- HSU VTF3 MarkII

master bed (2.1):
left/right- Boston Acoustics CR6
sub- Sony SA-WM40 (modded)
bath- Dayton inceiling (Parts Express)

kitchen (2.1):
left/right- Boston Acoustics CR6
sub- HSU (shared duty with family room)

patio (2.0);
Mirage FRx 7

office (2.0):
Boston Acoustics T930 (towers)

note: i now need written permission to bring speakers in the house.
best,
eric

Eric,
You could still do the kids room, garage, and the bathrooms. Just sneak them in when nobody is home.:D
Regards,
Fred

hi fred,
i have them in the the kid's room (Teac) and the play room (Coby).
i use the car systems in the garage (but you've made me think of an upgrade).
my wife has installed an automated "speaker surveillance alarm" to keep watch on the place when she's not home. i've been studying the design, but it's pretty sophisticated (multiple back up systems) and i haven't been able to defeat it... yet.
best,
eric

KLH 9912 baby! Working on some decent ones, but have not acquired all of the drivers yet.

Hi Eric,
The kids would probably be your best bet to beat the system!!:D. I am sure that they are amenable to persuasion(bribery).
Fred ;)

Originally posted by Veyenyl
My current setup

Front: Celestion SL-6
Center: Paradigm CC-170
Sub: Def Tech ProSub 100TL
Surround: Generic

Plan on replacing the front and rear with paradigm atoms in the future.

It's good to see that someone else still uses the estimable Celestion SL6s. I bought mine in the '80s and they still sound wonderful. My Celestions are my front speakers. The rest of my speakers are legacies from earlier systems, too:

Subs: 2 Hsu HRSW 10 passive subwoofers (circa 1992)
Surrounds and back surrounds: the 4 speakers that came with a moderately expensive Sony HTIB system (circa 1999).
Center: the speakers built in to my 50" RCA DLP TV

Thanks to a Yamaha RX-V2400 receiver and a couple of external Carver 2 channel amps for the fronts and the subs (also '80s vintage) mine has turned out to be a surprisingly sweet sounding HT system. I may upgrade sometime but for the moment I'm a happy camper.

I currently own the following:

Paradigm Studio 20's (front)
Paradigm CC570 (CC)
HSU VTF-2 (Sub).

Looking for a deal on some Studio 60's..

Home Theater

Monitor Audio Bronze
L/C/R - Bronze Center
Surrounds - BFX surround
Sub - HSU - STF2

for HT

M&K K7 fronts and center
Sonance Symphony 622 TR (In ceiling) surrounds
Velodyne VX-10 for my sub

i'll be getting my
M&K K4 for rear surround and will be adding my 2nd sub (M&K K9) in a month.....cant wait for my income tax return...haha!

for Music

Acoustic Energy Aegis One and Aegis sub.

I've only got a few:

Full range speakers:

PSB Image B15 (bookshelf)
Infinity SM-185 (large bookshelf)
Boston HD5 (small bookshelf)

Subwoofers:

Yamaha YST-305
Dayton 10"

I had a pair of Infinity Alpha 50s and Primus 150s for a while, but decided they were too big for my little dorm room :p Being in a dorm has saved me a ton of money, because I am always finding speakers I want to buy and try out. The lack of space keeps me in check.

Current:
Front: Polk RT600
Center: Polk CS245i
Rear: Polk RT2.5

March 19th!!!!!
Front: Paradigm Studio 40
Center: Paradigm Studio CC470
Rear: Paradigm Studio 20

The sub will probably be Hsu

Proficient Audio

In ceiling L/C/R
Left and Right Surround
Proficient Sub 12 Inch...

5x Ascend Acoustics CBM-170s (On 30" Stands)
SVS 16-46 PC+ (Soon to be x2)

My system includes:

Fronts: NHT 2.5i (each speaker bi-amped w/SA-2)

Rears: NHT 2.5i (each speaker bi-amped w/SA-2)

Center: NHT AC-1 (powered by two MA-500)- anyone know
where I can get an AC-2??????


Denon 3805, Denon CD & Denon 2910 DVD

Klipsch La Scala ( Mains)
Klipsch "Rareitage" Custom Built Center utilizing all Klipsch drivers -
RFC5 Rear Surround Center
Klipsch RSS6 Surround Side (a)
Klipsch RSS .5 Surround Side (B)
Klipsch KSW 12 Subwoofer

Pic of the front view:D

2 pairs of fronts I use in 2 stereo systems:
Ar.com kit speakers
Magnepan MMGs
Sub:
M&K 350thx

MAIN HT:

Mains: Gli Pro XL-21590 Dual 15" 3-Way Speakers x2 (http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?stk_code=glixl21590&rpc=4120&catid=4148&store=)

Surrounds: JBL Northridge E-Series E10 Bookshelf Speaker x2 (http://store1.yimg.com/I/dynadirect_1839_1782812)

Center: KLH AUDIO Center Channel Speaker 525II
(http://images.jr.com/productimages/KLH525II.PNG?CELL=380,380&QLT=67&CNT=1.1&FTR=3&COLORCALIBRATION=1.9&BGCOLOR=FFFFFF&CVT=jpeg)

On the way: 3 pairs of Aura Bass Shaker Pro's.

OFFICE:

DELL 5650 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers with Subwoofer (http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/images/products/large/313-2247.jpg)

BEDROOM:

PANASONIC Home Theater Receiver / Speaker System SC-HT05 (http://images.jr.com/productimages/PANSCHT05.PNG?CELL=380,380&QLT=67&CNT=1.1&FTR=3&COLORCALIBRATION=1.9&BGCOLOR=FFFFFF&CVT=jpeg) (nothing special)