There have been so many requests for people to try to see what other AVSers have, and many who would like to audition speakers, that I started a frappr group for AVS speaker owners....

so please, join and post your setup, so that others can see and maybe one day audition and share experiences in your area:

http://www.frappr.com/avsers

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT to turn into any debates or brand promoting or flaming wars, or it will be closed ASAP.

This is merely to provide a useful tool for folks to be able to see where others are in case they would like to audition something before buying or to share experiences and/or thoughts

I first saw this on the sub forum, then the Ascend forum, now here. I think adverstising rates on the Frappr site are going to be rising! ;)

I'm in!

I first saw this on the sub forum, then the Ascend forum, now here. I think adverstising rates on the Frappr site are going to be rising! ;)

Personally, I don't mind if people advertise, as long as they are approved by the management and kept to a minimal. I would love to hear some of the experts and manufacturers give more detailed and more educated information on why their speakers or equipment is the must have! Not just tooting their horns but also comparing their equipment to other equipment. It would be cool to hear members state "yes, that is my experience or this equipment in no way even rivals what the advertisement says". For example, I started a thread on triads versus def techs. Paul from triad responded, but Chet from Definitive did not. I would love to hear their comparisons and contrasts of their products as educated audiophiles. That, along with, some of the more experienced audiophiles on this forum would make for some interesting reading. I remember in school, they called these debates, pro and con.

Wisardd1

advertising and feedback are fine, but this thread is NOT for that purpose.....this is only for all AVSers to share (and post pics) of their particular setups, that is all. Sort of a Gallery with a map, of sorts.

if you need info or feedback on a particular item, post a thread, and you should get plenty of feedback

I think the comment about advertising was about the popularity of the frapper site, not the thread.

Main: Dynaudio Contour Special 25 -- mesmerizing!
Center: Dynaudio Contour SC -- matched perfectly with S 25's
Surround: PSB Alpha Mini -- low budget but get the job done
Subwoofer: REL Strata III -- most acoustically accurate under $2k



Dynaudio Special 25:

http://i.pbase.com/u16/abetong/upload/42119798.DSC01679.JPG

Okay, get this thread actually on track:

Home Theater Speakers:

Klipsch Reference 75 series setup:

R & L: RB-75
Center: RC-7
Surr: RS-75
Sub: HSW-15
Aura Bass Shakers: two units on sofa

The Klipsch set is on order and will post a full review at that time.

Done.

Home Theater Speakers:

Digital Phase AP-1's, AP-.7's, and AP-.7cc

I think the comment about advertising was about the popularity of the frapper site, not the thread.

Yup! So, this is a one advertiser thread!

Klipsch system: :)

Front L&R: RF-7's

Front effects: RB-10's

center channel: RC-7

Dual surrounds: RF-7's powerd by kenwood km-208 amp
& RS-3ii's powerd by receiver

Back surrounds: RF-7's

Subwoofers: dual svs pc-ultra's - velodyne sms-1

Makeing this a Klipsch 9.2+2 system :cool:

Sign up under your AVS forum name if you can - it'll be easier to contact people that way.

Ascend Acoustics CBM-170 L/R (Will upgrade to SE's)
Ascend Acoustics CMT-340C (Ditto)
Temp Klipsch Promedia Ultra Surrounds
Rocket UFW-10 (Hsu VTF-3HO Turbo on preorder)

Front L/R: Klipsch RF-35's
Center: Klipsch RC-35
Surrounds: Klipsch RS-25's
Surround back x1: RC-10
Sub: Energy ES-8 (working on it!)

Triad Gold LCRs (new version) x 3
Triad Gold OnWal Surrounds x 4
Triad Platinum Subwoofer x 2

Cambridge Soundworks surround system in the family room to be replaced with Klipsch THX Ultra2 system soon (I hope). Talk about going from Ford Model T to Ferarri Testarossa in one giant leap!

Pair of Klipsch RCW-5s to be installed in dining room as my zone 2 speakers this weekend.

This isn't a home theater setup, but one for a computer, so excuse my little system.

Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1

dreaming of saving up and getting a real system sometime after college

wisardd
Yup! So, this is a one advertiser thread!
Sure seems like it!

all def tech setup
main room
bp30 fronts
clr2002 center
bp20 sides
bp2 rears
powerfield 15 sub


bedroom
procinema 100 package

Greetings. I am preparing to build a pair of subwoofers for my HT setup. I recently acquired a pair of Klipsch 18" speakers and I am considering building Sonosubs using these speakers. I am assuming a volume of 10-13 cu.ft, but I am unsure of number of ports, their legnth and diameter.
The 18" Klipsch speakers came from a commercial theater subwoofer. the speakers are 4 ohm, with a free air resonance of 26 hz.
Any and all suggestions are welcome!

Greetings. I am preparing to build a pair of subwoofers for my HT setup. I recently acquired a pair of Klipsch 18" speakers and I am considering building Sonosubs using these speakers. I am assuming a volume of 10-13 cu.ft, but I am unsure of number of ports, their legnth and diameter.
The 18" Klipsch speakers came from a commercial theater subwoofer. the speakers are 4 ohm, with a free air resonance of 26 hz.
Any and all suggestions are welcome!


Hi and welcome......but wrong forum! Goto the subwoofers forums and they will help you. Do a search on "sonosub" and/or under the name 'SteveCallas" and you will get plenty. lots of good info and HUGE sonosubs.

Media Room Setup:

Fronts: B&W DM603 S3
Center: B&W LCR600 S3
Rears: B&W DM600 S3
Sub: Signet SP/VLS200 15"

Living Room Stereo: Paradigm Mini Monitors.

All acquired on Audiogon :-)

Howdy,

I'm all Vandersteen, and lovin' them.

3A signatures
VCC-5 Center
VSM-1s surrounds (pair)
Contrabass :D

2-ch:
A very pretty pair of near-mint 1986 Klipsch Fortés in oiled walnut (fed by audio research tube stuff). After a cleanup and a couple of hand-rubbed coats of Fromby's oil, they seem to have a glow which comes from deep within. :)

HT:
Two Klipsch SF2s up front, two Klipsch SB2s in the back, one Klipsch SC1 as the center, one AR 8" sub (All fed by a Panasonic XR-55 digiamp, serving a panasonic AE700 lcd projector on a 96" diag. screen)

Office:
Two near-mint 1985 Infinity RS1000. (Fed by a 1978 Pioneer SX-680) These were my first 'decent' speakers, bought 'em when I was 15. Still have 'em. Use 'em every day. :)

In The Planning Stages:

1. Replacing the HT Klipsches with five or six new Klipsch Cornwall IIIs. This will have to wait 'till I get a place big enough to hold five Cornwalls (the front three will go behind a perforated acoustically-transparent movie screen) (note: cornwall III is in the works, hasn't been released to the public yet.. but yes, the Cornies are back after a near-20-year absense!)

2. Finding a pair of Infinity InfitiTesimal microspeakers for the office.. I kinda like the old RS1000 but want the InfiniTesimals for their uh, kawaii-factor (and EMIT tweeter ;) )

Magnepan 2.7 right and left
Magnepan MGC-1 center
Definative Power 1500 sub
ADS 300 surrounds
2 Buttkickers

Sounds fantastic :)

Main Theater:

AUDES Blues, Sentral, Studios (rear surrounds), Citation 7.3 THX Adaptive Dipoles (side surrounds), twin Citation 7.4 THX 14" passive subs.

Kid's Home Theater/Gaming system:

ONIX Tykes 5.1 system

Two Channel System:

ONIX Reference 1's, ONIX Sp-3 Integrated, ONIX XCD-88 CDP, DENON DP-60L TT

Magnepan MG-3.3R fronts, CC3 center, MG10 surrounds, SVS 25-31PCI sub, Denon 3910, 3805, Vutec Silverstar, Panasonic AE-700 pj.

for now here is my setup. I change things up on a yearly basis.

fronts L&R - Wharfedale Evo 30's
center - Evo center
rears - Evo 8's
sub - svs pb12

(note: cornwall III is in the works, hasn't been released to the public yet.. but yes, the Cornies are back after a near-20-year absense!)

I hope they do them justice in the new release! I've been ebay scanning La-Scala's. I'm a snob, I used to have an ugly old set of K-horns and insist on a folded horn if I get another set of Klipsch.

My current system isn't the best I've ever had but considering the state of my hearing it is good enough...

Yamaha RX-V1400
Carver AL-III's in the Front
Definitive C-1 Center
Definitive BP-2 Rears
Koss 12" Sub

I have my vernable JBL 4311's hooked up to the computer and my MP3's sound fine!

Living Room: Energy Take 5 + 10" subwoofer
Master Bedroom: Crummy Soundesigns I got out of a trash heap
Master Bath: Realistic Minimus-7Ws
Kids' Playroom: Some nameless Optimus speakers
Under Construction Home Theater Room: vintage Sansui SP2000s (4 so far and counting!)

stereo room:
2 polk Monitor 10

basement
2 TSS studio monitors
2 JBL S 38

home theater
2 JBL 4408A studio monitors
1 JBL E35 center
2 DCM surrounds
1 small panasonic rear center
1 ACI Titan II subwoofer

Infinity's all around

IL60-fronts
IL35-center
IL10-rear surounds
Alpha-25es side surounds
CSW10 650w sub

S/N p-965 prepro
ATI amps

Def Tech 2002 TL Bi-Wired (fronts)
Def Tech 2500 Center Bi-Wired
Def Tech BPX Surrounds
Velodyne 10" Sub

collection=JBL L46 (won't get rid of)
Bose 901 VI Concerto ( in closet in case someone from AVS stops by)

JBL Studio Series II S38's for the front

SCTRII for the center..

Matching towers for the rears...

And a PB10 and a PB12 for the sub(s)

Cerwin Vega LS-5 times 6
Cerwin Vega LS-6C center
Cerwin Vega LW 15 Sub

For Stereo, I have an original purchase pair of Original Advent Loudspeakers in oiled Walnut. Replaced the surrounds once. still sound good.

Downstairs,

Advent Laureate pair

DRM Staged IV and B&W D7 Mark II

At the moment - a pair of Ohm Walsh 2


The 5.1 system was decomissioned for a remodel a few months ago. It is being replaced with a 7.1 Klipsch system with RF7/RC7 in front.

HT (mishmosh system, in transition):
Onkyo TX-SR702
B&W DM602 S2 mains (at least for now)
BIC DV62CLR-S center w/Ed Frias xover mods (Don't laugh, it's not bad)
Boston Acoustics CR-75 surrounds (soon to be Ascend CBM-170SE or SVS SBS-01)
SVS PB10-ISD
TV: Nothing to speak of, plain Panasonic CRT til I can afford sump'n BIG :D

Mixing room (2.1 chan. -- I offer live 24-track digital recording services):
PowerMac dual G5 2.0
Vintage Luxman LV-117 Integrated Amp (2-chan)
BIC DV62CLR-S pair with Ed Frias mods (soon to be Ascend CBM-170SE or SVS SBS-01)
Hsu VTF-2 Mk 2 (on sale in delicious piano black!)

I'm pre-ordering a pair of both the Ascend CBM-170SEs and the SVS SBS-01s for comparison against each other and the B&Ws. I'll settle on each set's permanent home after extensive house-rocking sessions. :D

System configuration: 6.1
Front: Zu Druids
Rest of system: Heavily modded RCA Pro LX-550 (CS-550 for center channel)
Sub: Homemade Dayton 15" DVC in a 3 CuFt box (sealed) with 1000 watt plate amp

Strange mixture, but the combination of the Druids (breathtakingly musical) with the LX-550s (great for surrounds with their dipole Linaeum Tweeters) is fantastic sounding.

Joe Rod's HOME THEATER Room...

Pinnacle KLCR x2
Pinnacle K80 x4
Pinnacle baby boomer plus x2
MTX Lolita low profile subs x4

ONKYO TX 1000 AVR
ONKYO SP 1000 DVD
JVC HM5 U DVHS DTHEATER (92 titles)
HD TIVO DirecTV
Universal Remote MX3000
MONSTER POWER
OPTOMA H79 PJ
VUTEC SILVERSTAR 120" VISION X SCREEN

The Lolitas are small and hidden with my leather movie seating (2 for each row). You don't really see them or hear them, just feel them vibrating the seats...The first comment I always get is how great my theater sounds. I am a big fan of Pinnacle..

As of last week: SVS SBS-01 with 2 SVS subs. 16-46PCi and PB-10. Pioneer VSX-1015 (in shop, front 2 channels developed distortion). RCA DVD with ClearPlay. HD TiVo on DTV. Optima H31 PJ with 92" pull-down screen in a 11.8' x 15' room with vaulted ceiling to 12'. Dennis

Dynaudio Contour 1.3SE, Contour Center, Triad System 7 (surround, oldies but goodies) and Sunfire Truesub Mk II

Fronts: Onix Rocket 750 Signature
Center: Onix Rocket "Bigfoot" RSC200
Rears: Onix Rocket 550MKII
Sub: Velodyne CHT-12 (soon to be upgraded).

i have infinity 111B's and mirage 90i speakers trying to set up surround sound just bought sony high def tv awsome. looking at pioneer elite 74txvi dont know if it can handle the 3B's also velodyne sub 10 inch im new so forgive my ignorance on this stuff

Added myself with the following

Paradigm Studio 100 v2
Paradigm Studio 20 v2
Paradigm Studio ADP450 v2
Paradigm Studio CC v2
Sunfire Solitaire 10 sub.
Denon AVR 3803
B&K Reference 200.7 amp
Denon DVD 3190
BenQ 8700+ projector
Carada Brilliant White screen
Dish Network 811 satelltie receiver
300 disc Sony CD Megachanger
Gefen DVI switcher and more....

Not a "dedicated home theater" setup, but a living room setup where I watch movies on my HDTV without breaking the bank or taking out a second mortgage:

7.1 surround
----------------
Athena Point 5 Mk II (S.5 fronts, rears, and whatever you call the extra 2 rears...C.5 center)
Hsu VTF-2 MK2 sub
Yamaha RX-V657 AV Receiver
Panasonic DMR-ES30VS DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
Sony 34XBR960
URC-100 Remote

Dedicated HT:
RBH T-1 L/C/R
RBH 66se X 4
Velo DD12
RBH 1010SEP X 2
Hsu VTF-3R

Family Room:
Klipsch SP-1 L/R/LFE
Klipsch Center and Surrounds

Bedroom (The Leftovers!!!)
Athena AS-F2 L/R
Klipsch SP-1 Center/LFE
Energy Take 5 surrounds

My Office:
Totem Forests

Focal JM labs

Electra BE 927's
Utopia BE center channel
Electra SR 900's ( 2 pair )

Custom home built dual dual 12" subwoofers

6T Fronts
9C Center
10S Surrounds
5i Sub for augmentation

KEF C55 in Garage
Paradigm Titans in Living Room
Polk Atrium 45 Outdoors

Here goes:

M&K S-125 L/C/R
M&K SS-150 Side Surrounds
SVS 16-46 pci Subwoofer

May upgrade the fronts to M&K S-150 sometime down the road

Magnepan 3A's up front
Magnepan MMG C for center channel
BIC Venturi V62 for surrounds
BIC 12" subwoofer
NAD 7153 Surround Reciever
Sony SACD/DVD player
Sony Wega XBR 34inch CRT

All of this in a small L shaped apt. living room. Currently I am trying to compensate for the bad acoustics with a mixture of thick foam, and 4 inch & 2 inch GIK panels (rock wool).

I also built my own subwoofer stand out of 3/4" thick rubber sheets, a couple of rubber parking blocks, some neoprene and gel computer wrist pads with a pane of glass sanwiched in for stability and hockey pucks under the subwoofer's feet. Lastly to top it all off, two twenty five pound dumbell's for mass loading. :eek:

Front : Bose 901 VI (w/ their active equalizer)
Surround, Center: Bose Acoustimass 7 (w/ their passive sw)

Fronts: JBL S312II
Center: JBL N-center
Surrounds: JBL N-24's
Subwoofer: SVS-PB12 ISD
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-72TXV

7.1 surround
Energy Connoisseur C5 (L / R front)
Energy Connoisseur C-C1 (Centre)
Energy Connoisseur C1 (L / R Surround)
Energy Connoisseur C1 (L / R Rear)
Energy S10.3 powered sub

Yamaha RXV-750 Titanium Edition
:cool:

Fronts: KEF Q11's
Center: KEF Q10c
Surrounds: KEF Q2ds (dipole)
Sub: SVS PB12-PLUS/2
Receiver: Pioneer Elite VSX-74TXVi

Main:(Front) Paradigm Studio Monitors
Center: Klipsch KLF-C7 Changing to Paradigm
Rear: Paradigm 11SseMK3
Sub: Carver Sunfire True Subwoofer MII
Reciever: Yamaha DSP-A1

Sony KDS-R60XBR1
Sony RDR-HX15- DVD Recorder
Motorola DTC 6412 Phase III HD DVR

L&R : ProAc response 4
center : ProAc Response cc2
Surround : ProAc tablette 2000
Back Surround : ProAc tablette 2000
Subwoofers : Velodyne HGS-18 x 2

LA&HR -Monitor Audio Gold GR 20
Center -Monitor Audio RS LUCRE
Suer.- Monitor Audio RS 8
Rear Suer. Monitor Audio RS 1
Subwoofer Hsu VTF 3 MK II

Main - Snell type E3
Center - PSB
Surrounds - Infinity Infintesimal Four
Sub - Velodyne spl 15

L&R : ProAc response 4
center : ProAc Response cc2
Surround : ProAc tablette 2000
Back Surround : ProAc tablette 2000
Subwoofers : Velodyne HGS-18 x 2


man that's some expensive system you got! awesome setup! I used to have a pair of Response 1SC and they are very capable.

Dynaudio Contour 1.3SE, Contour Center, Triad System 7 (surround, oldies but goodies) and Sunfire Truesub Mk II


good taste and great setup! I almost went for 1.3SE with Bird's Eye Maple but until I heard Special 25 .... but I was skipping lunches for them :)

Hi avast and thanks for your kind words. Mine are in "Yew". i wanted them in "Piano black" but proAc don't use that.Then i've decided to get them in "Bird's eye maple" but fortunately the dealer over here had some wood samples and what i saw it in real,changed my mind.Too "whitish" for my tastes lol
Bought mine after listening to a "studio" series model,don't remember the actual model,and in a few words,bought them without listening to them. It tool me many months to get used to their sound,since my previous speaker (blown them up,don't ask me how lololol) were the top-of-the-line TDL. The reference standard ones.Yes,i did manage to blow up the whole right side speaker,all 7 drivers,woofers too ROTFL
Here is my complete system and if you or anyone else wants to ask anything,just let me know.

main speakers : ProAc Response 4
Surround speakers : ProAc Tablette 2000 (2 pair)
Center speaker : ProAc response cc-2
Subwoofer : Velodyne HGS-18 (1 pai)
AV Amp : Denon AVC-A1 se ( European model) not sure which US model is.
DVD Player : Pioneer Elite 79 (will get it sometime next week)
Plasma : Pioneer PDP-506xde
Projector : Sanyo PLV-60(lcd) , Sony HT-50 (crt)
Scrrens : Da-Lite permwall w/4;3 electric masking,Da-lite grey cloth,motorised w/tensioners
MiniDisk : Sony MDS-Ja-555es
Tuner : Revox B-261
Pre-Power : jeff rowland Synergy ii / Model 8ti
Cd Player : Cary Audio cd-306/200
Phono Stage : Tom Evans "The Groove"
Turntable : SME Model 20.0 w/SME series V aniversary tonearm , Kenwood L-07D w/ Kenwood tonearm
Cartridges : VanDenHull "black beauty",Van DenHull "Mc-One",ShureM-75EDii, Stanton 881s,Yamaha MC-100
Racks , Clearlight Audio RDC aspect rack , sound organization z560
Mains etc : Isotek Substation fully loaded (isolation transformers etc) APC line filters 1250 (x2) Rotel 1050 (x2)
cables : various , through XLO signaturers,Van Den Hull mc-silver , revelation , mainstream,the first , Hovland music groove 2 , Nirvana sl etc etc too many to mention here.
Thanks again !

Home Theater Setup
2 Axiom M60 Ti
4 Axiom QS 8
1 Axiom Center Axiom Speakers are to good to be true, the other stuff is ok
1 Veldyne Sub
1 Yamaha Sub
Onkyo 800 Reciever

Speaker Setup:

L&R Paradigm Signature S8's (rosewood)
C Paradigm Signature C5 (rosewood)
RS Paradigm Signature ADP(s) (rosewood)
RB B&W DS6(s) inwall (white)
SUB Earthquake MKIV-15 (piano Black)

I have a full array of N.E.A.R. (New England Audio Research) which are not in production any longer.Mine had new drivers put in by the orignal designer Bill Keltyka of NEAR.

M50's'--M15's--M10's
I use the M15's for the CC!
Sub--HSU VTF3 MK.III
Video Monitor--Panasonic 42" Plasma

I would need to spend $15K to replace these speakers I bet!
At present I am using a Panasonic 70 Reciever which I shall switch out to seperates again as I am still looking for a better frontend that can do both HT and 2ch.. I hate losing SOTA 2ch. reproduction at the expense of HT.

I have been thinking of getting Aragon's HT Pre-Processor and using a Plinius amp for the Main channels and an B&K for the surround and CC.

I use an old Phillips CD-80 which still outshines most transports that are made today along with a Panasonic DVDP.I also have a Pioneer DVDP for other formats which I dislike for Video playback.

I have different taste of music and also have a Tape Collection along with a Vinyl collection which has not seen to much play the last 10yrs..

Very satisfied with my speakers!

LR: Energy C5
C: Energy C-C1
Surround: Energy C3
Sub: Dead Mirage Omni S-10

Sending the Mirage amp to service today. Loved the sound when it was working, but rethinking the choice and looking at a HSU STF2

1 - JBL Northridge EC35 center channel
2 - JBL Northridge E80 left and right, floor standings
4 - JBL Northridge E10 rear surrounds
1 - JBL SUB160

All are ash black in color. Driven by a Onkyo TX-SR503


Sounds great!

Here is my complete setup. It has proven to me that patitence can pay off
1. Krell Showcase preamp
2. Esoteric DV50S DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-A player
3. 1 Bryston 4b-ST for L/R
4. 1 Bryston 5b-ST for Center and surround
5. 1 pair JM labs 927Be for L/R (Limited run of 500 pair with beryllium tweeter)
6. 1 JM Labs CC-901 Center channel
7. 2 Polk RT-3 surround speakers
8. 1 JM labs SW900 Subwoofer
9. 1 Monster power HTPS-7000
10. 1 Monster power AVS-2000
11. Cables by Transparent Audio
12. Pioneer DV-47ai DVD player
13. Sony 34XBR800

Athena F2.2 mains
Athena C1.2 center
4x Athena R1.2 surrounds
Infinity 12" sub - older
Pioneer VSX-1015TX receiver
Adcom GCD-700 5-Disc CD Changer
Adcom GFA-555II amp driving mains
Tripp Lite LCR-2400 Line conditioner
Electrohome 8501 CRT Projector
Dell 3400MP DLP Projector
110" Carada screen
HTPC
Monster cable for audio, belden for video

Music system
Allison Acoustics CD-8's
Adcom GTP-450 preamp
Adcom GFA-545II amp

Sitting in closet:
Adcom GFA-555II
Allison Acoustics CD-7's
Boston Acoustics A150's
Pioneer LD player, 50 LD's

I'm 2 days away from having dedicated theater complete, and it's driving me crazy. Last purchase will be HSU or SVS /2...decisions, decisions

Athena Point 5
Mirage Omni S10
run by a HK AVR 235
Onkyo DVD, DVD-Audio SACD player
Sony 715P DVD player
Great setup for HT but not so great for music
Upgrading path - mains to be replaced with Athena AS B1 or ASF1 soon

Mains: B&W 802D's
Center: B&W HTM3
Rear: B&W 805S
Sub: Velodyne SPL10BGII

Theater
Mains: Dynaudio Contour 3.3
Center: Dynaudio Audience CC
Surround: Alon Centris
Sub: ServoDrive ContraBass :D

home theater:
Mains: Mackie hr624's active monitors
Center: Mackie hr626 active monitor
Surrounds: Advent av575's - Ebay for $57, but they really get the job done.
Rear: 1 Advent Laureate floorstanding speaker - One of a pair I bought for $35 at an estate sale.
SVS PB10-ISD

RAWKs the House!!!!

This is my first post so I hope you are patient with my detailed equipment review which I realize is beyond the scope of this thread.

Front L/R: Quad 12L (Studio version); sourced from front L/R pre-outs through a Paradigm C-30 crossover.
Main Amp: Yamaha M65; As $ permit, I will replace this with a Yamaha MX-1 or 2.

Center: Paradigm CC-370; May replace someday with a Quad L-Centre.
Side Surrounds: Paradigm ADP-170's
Back Surrounds: Paradigm Monitor 3's
Receiver: Yamaha RX-V1400

Front Sub: SVS 25-31CS; sourced from front pre-outs through the Paradigm X-over.
Back Sub: 15" 3.56 cu.ft. sealed DIY; sourced from LFE channel. As $ permit, will replace driver with an Adire Tempest.
Sub Amp: Carver TFM-35

Sources: DVD- Pioneer DV-578A; VCR- Sony SLV-N500; Cassette- AKAI GX-M10; Turntable- Technics SL-QD35; MP3- Dell PC (all rarely used except for DVD & PC).

Video: Run of the mill 26" Philips TV. Someday will have a projection LCD.

Power: PowerVar ABC1200-11; Sourced from a #10 AWG home run. I need to get a 2nd PowerVar.

Ancillary: Carver H-9AV; Behringer Ultraflex Processor; ART351 Equalizer.

I listen seriously to music about 30% of the time, casually listening to music about 50%, and watch movies about 20%. The un-orthodox sub configuration is due to the fact that when seriously listening to music I set the receiver to Direct 2 channel stereo, whereby only the front L/R channels are active.

The Quads are glorious speakers to hear all by themselves, but they roll off at about 45Hz. However with the above arrangement the SVS provides the Quads with lower end support even in this 2 channel mode. Also, the Paradigm X-over has infinite variable gain, phase & cutoff controls which are very helpful for blending the SVS with the Quads.

All Def Techs.
L/R- BP7004
center- C/L/R 2300
surrounds-BP2X's

Athena Point 5
Mirage Omni S10
run by a HK AVR 235
Onkyo DVD, DVD-Audio SACD player
Sony 715P DVD player
Great setup for HT but not so great for music
Upgrading path - mains to be replaced with Athena AS B1 or ASF1 soon


Update...
I added two AS F1s last week. They are my mains now. Still in the break-in period... (My basement family room looks like a freaking speaker store now :o )
I am very happy with the setup...very good for music as well as movies.
Planning to connect the 2 S5s to the RS to complete the 7.1 system...that is this weekend...

All M&K THX Select
LCR750 and Center-750 mains
S550 Surrounds
VX-1250 Sub

Current crop of speakers:

Axiom M50s main.
Axiom M3, vertical/inverted, center.
Axiom M3s surround.
Sub: ancient, creaky 16mm film(1946 vintage)projector speaker cabinet with PE 12" driver.

Much better sounding system than Y'all may have been led to believe.

Main family area B&W's 805's.. Surrounds and center are Mirage , Living room is ADS 810's Series 2.. Both Great in their own ways

My system pales in comparison to some of them on this thread but I bought my years ago and for the most part it still does what I need it to do and does it well but it is not the best ever made.
All Mirage speakers
RFX-7 Floor standing
RFX-C Center
RFX-2 Bookshelf (surround)
Mirage sub.

again this is the lowest end stuff that mirage makes and all if it was being discontinued when I bought it as they were getting ready to introduce their omi polar stuff (wich is why I got it so cheep) But again it sounds clean and for the price has giving me years of good service. My look into upgrading in the next few years but we will see.

Mains: Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature System (2 piece)
Center: Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Center Channel
3 Rears: Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference Monitors
Sub/LFE: ACI Titan II

My HT, all Bay Audio inwall:

970's for L and R
960c for C
985's for surrounds
900 sub with 150w rack mount power amp/Xover
Denon AVR3805

I'm very happy with it. Especially since I live in a small house and I have room to walk around... plasma mounted on the wall.

Recent client install;

BW Nautilus 802's for L and R
HTM3 for center (had an HTM2 because of budget, took one listen, and tried to sell me the HTM2 for cheap!)
BW Signature 7's for rears/surrounds.

Bryston SP1.7
Bryston 4BSST for the L and R
Bryston 8x75w for the Center/surrounds (forget the model # at the moment)
(two channels bridged to 250w for center)

I had a lot of fun 'calibrating' this after work hours. Neighbor complained, client amused.

aerial acoustics model 9s FL, FR
aerial acoustics CC5 center channel
Aerial acoustics CC3b rear channel
M@K ss150 surrounds
paradigm servo 15 NHT SA2 w/sw12i sub
Bryston 14B SST for LR
Anthem MCA50 for center(bi-amped) and surrounds.

fronts- seas thors

centre-seas odin

sides-seas odins

rears-seas odins

subwoofer system-4x18" avalanche drivers in ib line array

sig.

Hi,

I got a full set of JBL speakers, being powered by a Denon AVR - 3805:

FRONTS = ND 310 (Northridge Special Series - made in Denmark)
CENTER = S CENTER
SW = PB 12
SURR. = S 38 II
SURR. BACK = N 28 (Northridge Special Series - also made in Denmark)


Cheers / Avliner

Fronts: KEF Q11's
Center: KEF Q10c
Surrounds: KEF Q2ds (dipole)
Sub: SVS PB12-PLUS/2
Receiver: Pioneer Elite VSX-74TXVi


How do you like the combo Pioneer and Kef. I'm considering getting an Elite or Marantz. Do you listen to music too or just movies? See my signature for my setup.

Thanks,

Energy Veritas 2.3i - Main speakers
Energy Veritas 2.0Ci - Center
Sonance TR-4000 in-ceiling - surrounds
SVS 20-39 PCi - Subwoofer

Acoustech HT-75 /Main
Klipsch SC-1 /Center
MB Quart QLA40 /Rear

I sold the B&W 802Ds and bought Wilson Watt Puppy 8 speakers. Below is my original post from 12/29/05.

B&W 802Ds.

I'm saving up for the rest after I purchase a Sony 60" SXRD in January.

2 channel system only..........Klipschorns.

I currently have an
HK AVR-335 driving 10 year old Kenwood 100W stereo speakers
Waiting on the SBS-01 5.1 system from SVS :D

Can't wait to get the new speakers the upgrade has been a long time coming

HT:
Def Tech BP7002 L/R
Def Tech CLR 2500 Center
Def Tech BPX Surrounds

Office:
Computer - Logitech Z5500 6.1 (500 watt with Sub)
Music (when not using Logitechs) - Bose 901 VI with bookshelf surrounds

All 2 Channel here !

Martin Logan Aeon i ( upstairs )

Ohm Walsh 5 ( downstairs )

Hifijoe

Polk RT 35i front
Polk CS somthing center
Infinity Quadrapole surround
PolkSW 8"

Revel M20 Fronts
Revel C32
Revel S12 Surrounds
Paradigm Ref. Servo 15 V.1

Revel F12
Revel C12
Revel S12
Hsu STF-3

Klipsch Legend & Reference Series mix:

Fronts: KLF-20's
Center: KLF-C7
Rear & Side Surrounds: RB-5II's
Sub: Cerwin Vega Sub-150

Subwoofer is to be replaced soon. Probably a Velodyne or SVS.

Mirage All around:

Omni 250 fronts
Omni CC center
Omni 50 rears

Just ordered the Omni S12 sub, can't wait for it to arrive.

Def Tech all the way!

BP 2006TL mains
CLR 2300 center
BPX surrounds

Axiom speakers (M80, M22, QS8, VP100, VP150, EP500)
NAD T163 pre/pro
Outlaw 770 amp
Outlaw ICBM
NAD T572 DVD changer
Samsung HL-R6168W
and soon to get a Velodyne SMS-1 (after all the christmas presents budget is used, need to wait a while)

Focal JMlab Electra 927Be Limited Edition. One of the 300 couples worldwide, my first serious loudspeaker...

...And I blew all my money on it and now I have no dough for a decent amp, cd and cables...

My 6.2 System:

Speakers:

Revel Performa F52 (Main)
Revel Performa F32 (Rear)
Revel I-30 Inwall (Center)
JL Audio F113 Subs (2)
Monitor Audio SLCR (Surround back)

Audio Electronics:

Denon 3910 DVD
Parasound C2 Pre
Sunfire Signature 400 X 5 Amp
Outlaw Audio Model 2200 M-block (for 6th SB channel)

Def Tech BP 10 Main
Def Tech Pro Cinema Surround
Def Tech bp 8 back surroung
Def Tech uhhhh CLR1000? Center (matches bp10s)
Def Tech 1500 sub (SVS is calling my wallet...)

I have 2 different frnt setups that I switch about twice a year.

Soliloquy 5.0s
Soliloquy C-3

.or.

Paradigm Reference Studio 20
Paradigm Studio cc-450

AND

Def Tech Powerfield 15 Sub
Mission 770DS Rear Surround

5 years on a "Working Man's Budget" and my system is finaly on the map........lol :)

Enjoy the pic's http://llasher2.photosite.com/HT/

Lasher

M&K

MP-150 x3, surface mount, white
SS-150 x 2, surface mount, black
MX-350 MkII x 1, front of room
Velodyne CT 120 x1, back of room
Paradigm Titans x2, second zone

Driven by Anthem MCA-30 for fronts, Pioneer Elite 27tx (THX Ultra) for surrounds and zone 2.

See my sig for pics. PM for questions.

Hi all.

I've got the following:
o Dunlavy Alethas (mains)
o Dunlavy SM-1 (center)
o Dunlavy SC-IAV (surrounds)
o Velodyne FSR-15 (sub)

Happy listening,
Nas

Just joined and I am upgrading my TV and some of my AV stuff. Speakers. Two Bose 901's in front, small Bose center channel speaker. two Bose 201's in the rear.

Just joined and I am upgrading my TV and some of my AV stuff. Speakers. Two Bose 901's in front, small Bose center channel speaker. two Bose 201's in the rear.

dang you gotta upgrade :p

I just ordered:

Paradigm Monitor 9s (2)
Paradigm CC-370 (1)

Fronts: B&W DM603 S3
Center: B&W LCR600 S3
Rears: JBL (don't remember the model#) they are a MTM configuration posisioned horizontaly

I mostly use the system in 3ch mode. I have some JBL rears in the back I turn on occasionly.

HT:
Audax HT speakers
15" Dayton cylinder sub 260L 17hz 500-watt amp
HK AVR 7200

TV Room:
Athena Point 5 Mk II HT Speakers
Dayton 15" sealed sub 250-watt amp
Sony receiver

2-channel system #1
2 Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 tube amps
1 Bottlehead Foreplay preamp
1 set Buschhorns
1 set Pi 8 horns

2-channel system #2
Denon 1020 amp (18-yrs old)
Murphy Blaster MBOW1s speakers

Energy Line up here.

Currently running the Take 5 set-up with the XL-S10" Sub but have just picked up the following to be installed in our new loft condo:

Front: Energy Connoisseur C-3 bookshelf
Center: Energy Connoisseur C-C1
Surrounds: Energy Connoisseur C-R3's

Picked the above up for unbelievable prices.... its almost criminal. Gotta love clearance! :-)

JBL S-26II's for fronts and rears/S-Center II/ Dayton 10" sub.

Little bit of everything...might go to Paradigm up front but then again, may stay with my Infinity's......

Fronts- Floorstanding Infinitys
Side Surrounds- Paradigm Monitor 3s
Rear Surrounds- Paradigm Atoms
Center- Pinnacle P5.5
Subwoofers- 12" Velodyne, 15" Definitive Technology

Computer Room- Klipsch THX 4.1 system

Home Theater & Music Room
BOSE Acousticmass 6 system
a pair of older Bose 4.2 shelf speakers
Powered by New JVC RX-D202B Receiver
Awsome sound.

Gomariners116

Aerial 10T's FL/FR
Aerial CC3B Center
Energy V2.0RI Surrounds

Powered by Parasound

Main HT
Swan Divas 6.1/2.1/C3
SVS PB12+
Integra 6.2
NAD DVD

Bedroom
Velodyne Deco 5.1 system
Panny XR55

Fronts-JBL E90
Center-JBL E35
Rear-JBL E20
Sides-JBL E20
Sub-JBL E250

All in Cherry. :)

Paradigm Studio 20's - Front(Till i get the 100's)
CC 370 - Center (Will be upgrading to the 570)
Mini Monitor - Rears
Yamaha rx-v540

Receiver does the job for now but will have to upgrade when i move so i dont have my condo neighbors complain anymore. Im very pleased with Paradigm and the quality of their products.

Just set up: Paradigm Titans, Atoms and CC-170. No sub as of yet.
JUC

Swan 5.2F and 4.2C, 4.2F are on the way for my rears. I will be purchasing a SVS 20-39+ when I move into my new house.

DVA

Mirage Omnisat v2 5.1 system.

It consists of:
60" Sony SXRD RPTV
Denon 2106
Mirage S10 sub
Omnisat v2 CC
Omnisat v2 FS
Omnisat v2 satellites (w/stands)

http://miragespeakers.com/omnisatv2.shtml

kef 205 fronts, 201 rears, 202c center, 2 sunfire true subs and 1 def tech supercube 1. i am getting 1 more super cube and the 202c will be in the rear and the new front center will be the 204c!

orbaudio 7.1
mod2 FR FL CC
mod1 Rear and Surround
orb sub

Not the best for music but hard to beat at any price for movies.

Ascend 340SE mains
Ascend 340SE center
Ascend 170 Classics for sides and rears
Hsu VTF3-HO w/ turbocharger (eventually :rolleyes: )

wholy moley, i just replaced a very old pair of Bose interaudio-4000 10" 2-ways (which way back when i had replaced the cheapo paper tweeter with some better silk dome units) with a pair of JBL 8" 3-way E60's.

the E60's handle more power but the Bose had a richer bass. i do have a small sony powered sub to help in the low end. i'm slowly building a HT setup now that i have a panny 42" plasma.

it's always been the case that the smaller the woofer driver the less bass was produced well at higher power. i heard a pair of 15" Cerwin Vegas a few years back and man oh boy did they have a nice punch to them.

the tweeter on E60's seem to be a tad sensitive, but i can EQ it.

Panasonic 50" 8UK - Monitor
Receiver = Kenwood VR409 (HTB)
Front = Audionics (vintage 70's)
Center = Kenwood (HTB)
Rear = Bose 201's
SW = Kenwood 8" (HTB)
I am in process of upgrading. Just did the TV, now I am looking to replace the center channel speaker. I am planning on testing the Klipsch Synergy III C-2.
Any comments or suggestions, other than damn that's a suck system, would be appreciated. I spent my big bucks on the TV.

Toshiba 30" Widescreen HDTV monitor
Pioneer VSX-815 Receiver
Fronts: Dali Ikon 2
Center: Dali Ikon Vokal 2
Rears: Crap no-name rears; Soon to be Dali Ikon On-Walls
Sub: MTX SW2 12" 100W

I just got rid of a pair of JBL E-80's and a Polk CSi-3 center and replaced them with the speakers above. I could not be happier. It's like eating flank steak one day and then enjoying a nice juicy New York Strip.

Jimp: I would suggest looking elsewhere for the Center channel speaker. I know Klipsch is a major brand name and alot of people are happy with them, but think of it this way. BB sells them for around $250.00 with a markup of lets say $75.00 so the wholesale price from Klipsch is 175.00, now assuming Klipsch wanted to make $50-$75 off of each speaker that brings the price down to $125-$100.00 and it cost probably $25.00 to make it. So what kind of technology could you buy to put in that speaker for $75.00.

Anywho it really all comes down to what you like and what pleases your ear. If you like the sound of the Klipsch then go for it, just test and compare to some other speakers.

Anywho it really all comes down to what you like and what pleases your ear. If you like the sound of the Klipsch then go for it, just test and compare to some other speakers. dburchet - You are absolutely right. I tested a paradigm center yesterday and it sounded like the treble was turned all the way down. So I returned it and the salesman suggested I look at the Klipsch because they are "brighter". Anyway, the credit card bill just came in for the TV, :eek: so I am holding off for a while. BTW - How do you like your new speakers?

My stuff is really (really) old from the mid-80s

Infinity RSIIIb - fronts
Infinity Kappa5 - surrounds/rears
Infinty Video 1 - center
VMPS "large" - subwoofer

I've felt the sound change on these things over the last twenty years but just now have come to the conclusion to replace them - at least the main and subwoofer speakers. I've had so much enjoyment from these things it's hard to let them go.

Jimp, I absolutely love the Dali's. I was listening to the Eagles When Hell Freezes Over Cd and I had it on hotel california, I could hear the plastic pick strum against the guitar strings. I was amazed. Sure I am not looking forward to the CC bill when it comes in but these babies are worth it.

50" SXRD
Yamaha 5850
Athena B2.2's (front)
Athena WS-60 (center)
Athena Micra 6 satellites (rear, ceiling mount)
Athena AS-P4000 (floor shaker)

Thats it. Thats the list.

***SPANK***

I,m in.........

Good Idea!!!!

Paradigm Studio 40
CC-470
ADP-470

SVS 20-39 PC+

HT 5.1
NXG Center NX-PRO 5520 CLR
NXG Fronts NX-PRO 6220
NXG Rears NX-PRO 6220
Velodyne Sub DPS-10

Hey everbody!

Center Channel - Polk CSM
Main's - Polk M20
Rear's - Polk M10
Sub - Dayton 12"

I'm in:

BIC Acoustech HT-75 Mains
BIC Acoustech HT-65 Center
Wharfdale WH-25 Rears
Mirage Omni S12 Sub
Conntected to HTPC

Just got pretty much all of it. Still trying to decide what I think of the BICs.

Hey everybody,

I may be new to this forum but not to equipment and HT, so I thought this would be a good place to say "Hi".

HT: LCR - B & W FCM-8's
LS/RS - B & W SCM-8's
Sub - B & W PCS-8 x2

Audio: Cello Amati's (double stacked)

Hotrodguy

Hi all:

SBS-01 7.1 Set with PB10-ISD Sub....from SVS...
pushed by a Denon 3805...

Hi,

I have a 6.1 system:

M&K LCR THX 750s
M&K THX SS 550s
M&K 750 center channel as surround back
and a M&K THX V1250 subwoofer.

Driven by a Marantz SR 9600.

Coming soon are two M&K SS150s and moving into a 7.1 system.

Living room
3 x Athena AS-F1
4 x Athena AS-B1
SVS CS-Ultra

Bedroom
Athena Point 5
AS-P400

My Setup:

Cerwin Vega MX-250: Fronts & Center
Paradigm Studio 20 v.3: L & R Surround
Polk RT f/x: Back L & R Surround

A constant work in progress....

Mains: DCM Time Window Seven
Center: Tannoy S6C
Surrounds: Tannoy S6LR
Sub: SVS 20-39CS+

I guess this is as good a time as any for my first post....

Mains 1: Cerwin Vega 1215 (Forward firing 12" + a 15" downward firing woofers)
Mains 2: Polk Audio SDA CRS+
(Currently saving up for a Paradigm Signature 7.x setup to go with my Velodyne)
Sub: Velodyne DD-18

Family Room
------------------------------------
Center Polk CSi25
Front Polk 2 R30
Surround Polk 4 R15
Sub Mirage S12
Receiver Onkyo TX NR801

Official Fatwallet speaker system :)

Bed Room
------------------------------------
Sony 685 watt 5.1 system.

HT system set up in family room

Plasma - NEC 50XM4
Mains - Dali Suite 2.8
Center - Dali Suite C0.8
Surrounds - Dali Suite R0.8
Rears- Dali Suite R0.7
Sub - ACI Force
Power Amp - Rotel RMB-1075
Surround Processor - Rotel RSP-1068
DVD Player- Denon DVD-1920
Turntable - Denon DP-59L
Cartridge - Grado Gold
Cables - Monster
Cabinets - Salamander

I'd like to show it off, but I still haven't bought a digital camera. Sorry.

Front/Rear- 4x NHT 1.5s
Center- AC-2
Sub- SVS20-39PC+

parasound c2 processor
parasound t3 tuner
parasound a51 amp
monster 7000 sig a/c
kef q11s frt
kef q10c center
b &w surrounds/ dipole
svs pb/ultra
.............................This looks good............real good;)

Orb Audio 6.1 (Mod2 front, Mod1 rear)
Denon 3805

Love it. Great at both music and movies.

Pastrami King --- Nothing personal, but when I saw your screen name I immediately had visions of Tony Siragusa. Now he is the ultimate Pastrami King.

McIntosh LS 360's
Paradigm Studio 100 v.2
Paradigm Studio 20 v.2
McIntosh HT-4 center

McIntoch MC352 x2 (one for each front speaker :) )
Anthem MCA 5 for rears, center and zone 2
Anthem AVM 20

Theater zone - B&W DM 602 S3 (4)
B&W LCR60S3
B&W ASW 600

Living room zone - Totem Acoustic Arro

Office zone - Paradigm Studio 20 v.2

Outdoor zone - Elan om650w

H/K 630
Bose 901 VI front
Bose 301 rear
Bose VCS 10 center
Velodyne 3750 sub

I have had Proac, Paradigm, Mirage and Magnepan

I was waiting around, years actually, for a used pair of Proac Response 3's. After reading the Triangle reviews I bought a used pair of the Celius 202's. Given I use a tube amp and I am over 40 (hearing rolling off) they sound excellent to me. (I plotted them in my room using Room EQ and a Behringer 2496 to fix low freq problems. Even though they are rated to 40hz I get 30hz flat because my room helps. On high freqs they actually roll up a bit over 10K - even with the tube amp. I think my hearing compensates for that)

Equip - AMC Int Tube amp, Systemdek IIX with Goldring 1012GX, Behringer 2486, Denon 1250 CD with Audio Alchemy D/A and jitter reducer, Dakiom stuff, AC/DC/AC converter etc. I treat all first order reflection points - including behind my head and the ceiling.

Wooohooooo!!!

HT Room:
Pioneer VSX-1014 receiver
2x HTD Level 3 Towers
2x HTD Level 3 Bookshelfs
1x HTD Level 2 Center
1x HTD Level 3 subwoofer
InFocus SP 4805 projector
DaLite 106" VideoSpectra screen

Family Room:
Sony STR-DE835 receiver
2 x HTD Level 3 Bookshelfs
1 x HTD Level 2 Center
2 x Technics mini (really crappy - don't ask)

TV Room

Martin Logan Clarity
Cinema I
NHT Dipole surround
HSU 1220 sub
Lexicon DC-1
Hafler-DH200 (for Clarity)
Outlaw 750 for center and surrounds

Listening Room
B&W 801 series 80
Carver 1.5T amp
Amber preamp

DefTech BP2006TL
DefTech C/L/R 2002
DefTech BP1.2X
PhaseTech 3T
PhaseTech Power10

yeah i know the phase tech's aren't exactly timbre matched but they're just fine for watching movies :)

Ascend 340 classic LCR + 170 classic sides + Hsu VTF3. Awaiting upgrade to "SE"s hopefully withing the next several months.

Family room:
Phase Tech PC1.1 fronts
Phase Tech PC33.1 center
Phase Tech PC6.1 surrounds
Velodyne HGS10 sub
Marantz SR5200 receiver
Some Sony 5-disk CD/DVD player
Dish Network satellite receiver
Sony 36" CRT

Basement:
Thiel CS1.6 fronts
Arcam AVR300 receiver
Acram DV79 CD/DVD player
Dish Network High Def satellite receiver
Samsung HL-R5678 56" DLP
(Thiel SS1 sub, SCS3 center, Powerpoint surrounds to be added later)

My speakers are as follows:

Front: Martin Logan Summits
Center: Martin Logan Cinema I but I have the new Martin Logan Stage on order which replaces the Theater I
Rear: Martin Logan Script I
Subwoofer: James 1200
They are powered by:
Pass Labs X250 (2 Channel)
Pass Labs X3 (3 Channel)

The sources are:
Cary DVD-6
Musical Fidelity KW DM25 Transport and DAC System

The Preamps are:
Pass Labs X-1 for 2 channel
Mcintosh MX-134 for Video

diamonds, very nice setup It seems like me, you have an integrated 2ch/HT setup as well(see page 3 in this thread.) How do you like the Music Fidelity? I was thinking about using 2 different preamps as well, but I think I am going to focus on getting the Classe SSP600. If it is good for 2ch, that will be it. If not, the search will continue. But again very nice setup.

Thanks for the compliment on my system.

The Musical Fidelity is amazing!!!! Totally ridiculous how good it is...it is the best CD player I have ever heard.

Remember that a Surround Processor will never sound as good as a dedicated 2 channel preamp that has class A circuitry. But if you are going to just have one preamp the Classe SSP600 is a good choice.

How do you like your Krell??? I have heard good and bad about it???

I am sure your system sounds awesome!!!

Thanks. It has taken many years but I am very happy with how it sounds. I have been happy with the Krell but I feel that it is breaking down. I know that it may be a trade off by going with one pre for both but here is my situation. At the store where I got my Esoteric DV50S they sell Jeff Rowland, Arcam, and Lexicon gear. Now, the Arcam does not have Balanced inputs of my cd player. So that means I would need a Jeff Rowland Pre. But I have read bad things about the Arcam's reliability so out the window it goes. So that leaves Lex+Rowland. And that = serious money that I do not have. So I asked around and the Classe was mentioned. I may try and do two if the store I am going to on Sat has the gear and price range to fit my budget. Also, I have all my gear connected with balanced interconects. And I really don't want to change that.

So Like I said, on Sat I am going to check out some stuff and we shall see what we shall see.

Mains: Snell E2
Center: B&W CDM CNT (surprisingly good match to the snells)
Surrounds: Boston Acoustics something or others (a100's?)
Sub: 2x CSW Newton p1000
Receiver: Rotel rsx-965
NAD T-571 changer
Rega Planar 2 turntable

Mains: Infinity SM122s (no longer in use though)
Surround: Infinity SM65s
Center: infinity Primus C25

And thse will be changing soon.

25-20 year old stuff:

Fronts: Infinity RSIIIb
Surrounds F/R: Infinity RS2000
Matching Infinty Center
Sub: VMPS Large

That stuff is on it's way out for some home theater equipment.

Castle Acoustics UK Compact for L R and rR rC rL duties

a Castle Acoustic LCR Centre for better headroom in the centre

a Castle Acoustic Cube Sub Woofer

All hand built in pure maple veneers...

http://www.castle.uk.com/pages/compact.htm

Studio 100's (mains)
cc570 (center)
servo15 (sub)
4 minimonitors (surrounds)

Power: Denon avr5803
Source: Denon dvd2900

2 Sonus Faber Concerto's
Sonus Faber Solo Home center
2 Boston VRM-50 in rear
Definitive Technology ProSub 200

Powered by

Yamaha RXV-750
B&K 3220 3 channel amp.

My W.I.P.

Aerial 6 Fronts (Rose Walnut)
Aerial CC3B Center
powered by Proceed HP3

Klipsch KG 2.5 Surrounds
Powered by Yamaha integrated

Lexicon MC-1 controller
Arcam DiVA DV88 DVD/CD

HT room:
3 X Onix REF.05s (LCR)
DCM OW2 rear surround X3
Dayton 10" sub

2.1
DIY bookshelves w/ Vifa drivers
Mirage BPS-100 sub

Incoming:

2 X Onix XL-S bookshelf

My all vintage 2 channel system-

Altec 604-8G Studio Monitors (model 17's)
Pair of McIntosh MC40 tube monoblocks
Sansui 1000A receiver (used as preamp)
Thorens TD160/LinnLVX/Goldring 1042
Marantz CC-65se

Aerial 10T for the left and right front
Aerial CC3 center channel
Aerial SR3 surrounds
Velodyne FRS18 (2)
Vandersteen 3 (I can't sell a great speaker)

Aerial 10T for the left and right front
Aerial CC3 center channel
Aerial SR3 surrounds
Velodyne FRS18 (2)
Vandersteen 3 (I can't sell a great speaker)

10T 's , I'm jealous.
How do you like the SR3 's? They are next on my wish list.
My Klipsch surrounds are becoming more and more annoying, as would be expected (when combined with Aerials).
What amps do you use?

Klipsch RF7
Klipsch RC7
Klipsch RS7
Klipsch RF3-II
15" Dayton Titanic
Yamaha RX-V4600
B&K Ref 200.5
Pioneer Elite 59Avi

RTR's in the 70's
PN6's in the 80's
BP8's in the 90's...1st attempt at HT with PN6's

New wife, kid's and career from mid 90's to date...relegated to 2 speaker stereo only with reduced opportunities to really enjoy the music.

Just replaced my old Yamaha RX-V660 with a HK635

Added a Mirage S12

Plan to move the BP8's to rear surrounds and purchase matching fronts of a different flavor for a 21st century renewed attempt at HT. Excited.

Really enjoyed AVSForum over the past 2-3 months. Very educational updates to much of what I had forgotten related to home audio.

Good thing I handle the finances and the wife has no idea of my expenditures. ;)

HK AVR 435
NHT SB-3's Front
Klipsch Forte's Rear Surrounds(till the Classic Threes move the SB-3's to the rear)
Hsu STF-2
Phillips dvd 724 (dont laugh...plays every type of burned media....)

Incoming Soon:
NHT Classic Three's(preordered awaiting delivery date....Hurry up damnit !!!)

Front's: Klipsch RF7
Center: Klipsch RC7
Surround: Mirage OM 10 (Replacing Triads or Klipsch RS)
Back Surround: Mirage OM 10 (Same as Above)
Subwoofer: Paradigm Servo 15 v2

Power: Pioneer Elite 74

Front's: BP7002 (I just bought)
Center: Haven't decided yet...open for suggestions
Back Surround: In-Ceiling UIW 94/A
Subwoofer: JBL 12" enclosed (Looking to upgrade if you have suggestions)

Power: Denon 3806 & Denon 3910 w/HTS3600 MKII

here is a pic I took today of the towers...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/AngeliaofLoL/IMG_0496.jpg

Fronts- Focal JM-Lab Cobalt 816 S's
Center- Focal JM-Lab Cobat CC 800 S
Side Surround- Polk Audio FXi3's
Back Surround- Polk Audio R15's
SubWoofer- Polk Audio PSW303
I plan on upgrading my sub.

kef 107s

Screen Channels: EAW CB153x (ftp://ftp.eaw.com/Loudspeaker_product_info/Current_loudspeakers/CB153/CB153x_datasheet.pdf)
Surround Channels: EAW CR82 (ftp://ftp.eaw.com/Loudspeaker_product_info/Current_loudspeakers/CR82i/CR82i_datasheet.pdf)
Subwoofer(s): LAB Subs (http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/f/3/7/)

Powered by 6000W of QSC amplifiers:)

Front: Vienna Acoustics Bach Grand Towers
Center: Vienna Acoustics Teatro
Sub-Bass: REL Q201e
Surround: Vienna Acoustics Berg

Powered by: Pioneer Elite vsx-74txvi
Disc Player: Denon 2910

NAD T534 DVD Player (http://www.nadelectronics.com/dvd_players/T534_framset.htm)
NAD T763 AV Receiver (http://www.nadelectronics.com/av_receivers/T763_frameset.htm)

Mains - PSB Speakers Image T55 Loudspeakers (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=13&sId=3)
Center - PSB Speakers C40 Center Channel Speaker (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=18&sId=3)
Surrounds - PSB Speakers S50 Surround bi-polar (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=19&sId=3)
Subwoofer - PSB Speakers SubSeries 6i Subwoofer (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=25&sId=5)

NAD T534 DVD Player (http://www.nadelectronics.com/dvd_players/T534_framset.htm)
NAD T763 AV Receiver (http://www.nadelectronics.com/av_receivers/T763_frameset.htm)

Mains - PSB Speakers Image T55 Loudspeakers (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=13&sId=3)
Center - PSB Speakers C40 Center Channel Speaker (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=18&sId=3)
Surrounds - PSB Speakers S50 Surround bi-polar (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=19&sId=3)
Subwoofer - PSB Speakers SubSeries 6i Subwoofer (http://www.psbspeakers.com/product.php?pId=25&sId=5)

I thought about going with that set up, but where I auditioned them they didn't sound good at all. I was disapointed because I hear the B25's with the C60 center and it sounded good, but had to go to a different store to hear the T55's. I ended up going with JM-Lab Cobalt 816 S's & CC 800 s.

Fronts - Dynaudio Audience 42
Center - Energy AC300
Surrounds - Energy RVSS
Sub - SVS PC plus 25-31

Supply - Outlaw Audio 950 processor and 7100 Amplifier

Fronts - Boston CR85
Center - Boston CRC
Surrounds - Boston CR55
Rear - BIC Venturi center (left over from my old HT system)
Sub - JBL PS120

Powered by Denon 1604.

The above low budget system sounds good to me. I think they sound like Sonus Faber. Don't laugh. It may be yet another illustration of "you hear what you expect to hear".
Seriously the BA speakers sound natural and balanced. Perhaps it's that I like Advents and the original KLH speakers.

Oh by the way, since others are posting their video, I may as well include my InFocus 4805 projector & low budget 27" Magnavox tube TV. Man the Magnavox is still going strong after 10 years. I remember my previous Magnavox did not last that long.

Oh yeah, I have Energy C-1 speakers powered by Harman Kardon receiver in the bedroom.

Nick

Mains: Ascend CBM-170SE
Center: Ascend CMT-340SE
Surrounds: Ascend HTM-200 (2)
Sub: Mirage Omni S12
Receiver: Panasonic XR55S

Infinity Prelude MTS fronts and center
B&W DS6 for rears
Anthem D1 pre
Anthem A5 amp
Aragon 2004 MKII (for fronts only)
California Audio Labs CL10 CD player
Pioneer Elite DVD changer
SOny VPLHS51A
DaLite 45x80 fixed screen
Audioquest Jaguar interconnects
Audioquest Pikes Peak speaker cable

Here's my low budget setup.I have 4 jbl L100's running on a yamaha ax700 and 2 dahlquist dq10's with klipsch 12" woofers,2 klipsch kg4's,2 jbl e50's and 2 jbl j350a's to fill in the sound on another ax700 soon to change to a yamaha m60 with a yamaha c2 preamp. Using 16guage landscape lighting cable for speaker wire . .A real solid wall of sound.Excellent imaging and with the power up bass shakes the house like an earthquake.I find no need for a subwoofer.Not for the fainthearted.

I have a very "humble" system, ahem, but for the price I paid for them, I am satisfied.
I have Quest loudspeakers, QT66 fronts, QC5 center, QB6 rears, and a QS1011 sub.
I got them for roughly half price from a "big box" store up here in Canada.
All total, I paid around $450 Canadian. However the sub quickly gets overwhelmed at higher volume watching DVDs. So I bought an athena AS-P6000 on sale for $399 and I must say that for the price, am happy.
I won't pretend that Quest speakers are HI-FI, or even MID-FI, but they do a reasonable job. Of course, I would like to have more esoteric speakers, but for 4 times the price, or more, that would be a hard justification. (At least for quite some time).
Driving them is a Panasonic SA-HE75 AVR.
That's one for us "modest" system owners. ;)

I've recently purchased a complete 5.1 Energy C-Series set-up. Very nice form and function (especially for the price).

I'm very impressed with construction quality and materials, and of-course sound.

I have:

C-300's (fronts)
C-C100 (center)
C-50's (rear-surrounds)
S8.3 (sub-woofer)

I hoping to see other posts for users with new C-Series out there. I mostly see previous (and current) Conisseur Series (ie. C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, etc.,..).

BB

Mains: Vandersteen 2CE Signatures
Center: Sonus Faber Solo Home
Surrounds: Definative BP-2 (however considering an upgrade)
LFE Sub:Vandersteen V2W
Rear Surround Sub:Sunfire True 10
Preamp:Parrasound 2500U
Amps:Parrasound HCA1206 & HCA1000

I have RBH 61-SE/R bookshelf speakers (mains) klipsch rc-30 klipsch ss-1 surrounds and RSW-10 sub. I'm in the middle of upgrading to rbh/ status acoustics. Parasound c2 and parasound A51.

klipsch centre
jamo mains but are being replaced by my RTR series 3(getting refurbished)
sony bookshelf rears
isobaric subwoofer

Snell THX series all the way around including subs.

All Paradigm Speakers

Monitor 9s in the front
CC-370 Center
ADP-370 Sides
Mini Monitor Rears
PDR-12 Sub

All Vienna Acoustics:

Waltz Grand center
Beethoven fronts
Hayden Grand surrounds
MK Subwoofer

does anybody have anything to say about PIPEDREAMS?

I have panasonic speakers :)

Snell k.5's up front (LR) with CC1 center. Paradigm Atom rears with Paradigm Sub. Running 5.1 from Pionerr Elite VX-45.

Onix Rockets:
RS850's (mains)
RSC200 (center)
RS250MKII's (rears)
UFW-12 (sub)

B&w N804 Mains
Htm1 Center
Scm Sorounds
Hgs18 Velodyne Sub

I use Monitor Audio GR10 speakers for front, rear, and center. Aperion Audio for the sub. It's a good combination.

HT:

Main L/R Modified Klipsch La Scala's: Tweeters Crites CT 125's (these have a horn identical to Klipsch K77 but are mated to an Eminence APT 50 driver) Mids Altec 511B mated to K55M Bass horn is stock Klipsch La Scala. Crossovers are ALK Eng Universal repalcements

Front Center and Surrounds: Klipsch Heresy II's.

2Ch: the same modified Klipsch La Scala's

I have all Paradigm Monitor speakers. Monitor 7s in front, CC-350 center, and Mini-Monitors for surround. These are all v. 1 speakers that I have had for nearly 8 years. I am getting the upgrade bug, but have to hold off until I can help get my son through college. Only three more years left.

L/C/R M&K S100
REAR M&K S85
SUB(2) M&K V125
(2) DYNAUDIO D28AF tweeters
(4) DYNAUDIO 30W100 sub bass

I've had all of this since the late 80's except the 30W100's, thinking about upgrading to KEF IQ9, IQ6C & IQ3 for the rears. Going to Russound R12DT (2) for the subs. Going to upgrade everything else too, to keep up with PJ.

Buggy

Hi All,
I have a lot of audio equipment to sell. I have 2 sets of speakers : B@W Matrix model #80311B and B@W Matrix 80311B . My question is this: Where can I go to find out what a 'fair' selling price would be? I also have McIntosh power amplifier 350wpc Model MC352, and Conrad Johnson Premier fourteen preamplifier. My husband died a year ago and this was his love and hobby - I don't know anything about audio and don't know how to price it. Any responses will be deeply appreciated

Def Sub
Def center channel
301 bose fronts and rears

Def Sub
Def center channel
301 bose fronts and rears
161 bose sides
Will upgrade to all Def Bookshelves speakers in future.

Hi All,
I have a lot of audio equipment to sell. I have 2 sets of speakers : B@W Matrix model #80311B and B@W Matrix 80311B . My question is this: Where can I go to find out what a 'fair' selling price would be? I also have McIntosh power amplifier 350wpc Model MC352, and Conrad Johnson Premier fourteen preamplifier. My husband died a year ago and this was his love and hobby - I don't know anything about audio and don't know how to price it. Any responses will be deeply appreciated


I would sell you items on www.audiogon.com. Private message me and I can help you with selling prices for all the items as well as posting them on Audiogon. I have sold 40 items or so on the website and always have recieved a fair price and delt with very honest people.

B&W CDM 7NT
B&W CDM CNT
B&W CDM 1NT
DefTech PF12TL
Von Schweikert VR1
Mission 780 Argonauts
Frankenspeakers (take two old Sony monitors and replace the drivers w/ pe parts=frankenspeaker)

I'm running a set of Fluance AV-HTB speakers off my Yamaha HTR-5650 receiver.

The sound is quite good, although this isn't in a large room. I have no subwoofer, but my wife still complains about the bass in the Return of the King battle sequences and I thoroughly enjoy my classical CDs on them.

See my page at mikebabcock.ca/ht for more details, info, complaints as I have them :-)

I have a pair of Champman T-8's. I bought them on consignment 10 years ago and have just used them as the L & R's for my home theatre system. I know they retailed for about $3500 U.S. in the mid 90's. I want to buy an amp but am looking for suggestions. I don't know anything about these speakers other than Chapman Audio Systems is/was a small custom shop in Vashon Washington. I am considering an Audio Refinement Complete amp and CD Player but am worried that it won't have enough juice to maximize the speakers. Any Suggestions.

I have a pair of Champman T-8's. I bought them on consignment 10 years ago and have just used them as the L & R's for my home theatre system. I know they retailed for about $3500 U.S. in the mid 90's. I want to buy an amp but am looking for suggestions. I don't know anything about these speakers other than Chapman Audio Systems is/was a small custom shop in Vashon Washington. I am considering an Audio Refinement Complete amp and CD Player but am worried that it won't have enough juice to maximize the speakers. Any Suggestions.

There are a lot of good reviews on Outlaw Amps.

http://outlawaudio.com/products/index.html

Center: B&W 600 Series 3 LCR600
Front Left/Right: B&W 600 Series 3 604s
Surround Left/Right: B&W 600 Series 3 601s
Subwoofer: HSU Research VTF3-MKII
Receiver/Amp: Rotel 1056

I have KEF Q5's for my Front Left and Right, a KEF Q9c for my Center Channel, and 4 KEF Ci160R's for my Surround Left and Right and Surround back speakers. I liked them originally but wasn't really blown away. After amping the Fronts and Center I have to say I am very happy with their performance. They just needed more juice. :D

Vandersteen.....
Front L/R - 2Ce Signatures
Center - VCC-1
Rear/Surround - 1B
Sub - V2W

Front L/R - NHT ST-4
Center - NHT SB-3
Rear L/R - NHT ST-4
Sub - Velodyne DLS-5000R

Front L & R - Axiom M80
Center - Axiom VP150
Surround L & R - Axiom M80
Subwoofer - Axiom EP600

Denon AVR-3805 & Denon DVD-2910

2 QSC SRA3622 Amps. (1100 watts X 2)
Carvin 1800HD Amp. (600 watts X 2)

Mains Klipsch RF-83, Klipsch center RC-64, rears Infinity SM-152, back SADT SB-E880, sub Kilpsch KSW 200 and Velodyne DLS-5000

I am still assembling.

Front L&R -- my old JBL L100 12" 3-ways (as good as ever)
Sub -- JBL PS120 12"
Center -- using the speakers in my Sony TV via a speaker-to-line attenuator
Side -- any recommendations?
Back -- any recommendations?

Own list:

Mains: BIC America DV-64's
Center: BIC CLRS-62 (Frias Mod)
Rears: 2 Wife approved White Kenwood surrounds
Sub: JBL E250P
Receiver: Yamaha HTR 5640
DVD: XBOX!

Covet list:
Mains: EFE Technology T-40's
Center: EFE C-20
Rears: EFE B-15's
Amp: ?

Some day....

Kef 105.2
Kef 101
Polk M3
Boston PV400

Looking at adding some Orb or Axiom for a dedicated HT.

Infinity TSS-750

7.1 Setup:
Mains- Infinity Primus 360's
Center- Infintiy Primus C-25
Side Surrounds- Infintiy Primus 160's
Rear Surround- Infinity Primus 150's
Sub- Infinity PS-10

3 Large Advents (Walnut cabinet, i.e., the second series): left front and center
2 Small Advents for the rear.
Denon 2807 receiver.

Front- Infinity Prelude MTS (Tower/Sub)
Center- Infinity Prelude MTS Center
Rear- Infinity Kappa 9
Sub- Velodyne DD 18

Fronts - Ohm Micro Walsh
Rears - KLH 6s
No Center, no Sub, so 6 and 7. These 4 do all I want.

Fronts: Cerwin Vega LS-15's
Center: Cerwin Vega LS-6C
Surrounds: Cerwin Vega LS-8
Sub: Klipsch Synergy Sub 12

Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR503 75 x 7 @8ohm
Fronts: Pioneer CS-G9001 150 watts @8ohm (w/Kicker Comp 300 watts @8ohm replaced sub)
Center: Polk Audio CS 1 125 watts @8ohm
Surrounds: Polk Audio Monitor 40 125 watts @8ohm
Surrounds: Paradigm Cinema ADP Bipole's (bi-wired off Monitor 40's) 100 watts @8ohm
Monter THX Ultra Fiber Optic Cable, Monster THX wire
LG DVD Player & Playstation 2

I'm gonna do a complete Monitor series (monitor 70, cs 2, monitor 40 & monitor 30) still deciding about sub cuz i only have a 16 x 12 x 8 room (for now) until me and my gf get some money together and move.

But I need help though with a good pre/pro (THX preferably) and 5 channel amp (THX preferably) and 2 mono amps (THX preferably). Cuz I'll be running LSi 15's as fronts and they're very demanding. But I've been thinking about skipping the Monitor and just go ahead and move and save for my LSi. What about a Yamaha RX-Z9 with 2 mono amps for the LSi 15's? It CAN go down to 4 ohms and is 170 watts per channel @ 0.015% THD.

Paradigm signatures dark cherry finish,

s2s mains
c3 center
adp surrounds


love em!

Fronts: Axiom M22ti
Center: Axiom VP100
Surrounds: Axiom QS4
sub: SVS 20-39 PCi
receiver: HK AVR635

Axioms are amazing...especially for the bargain price you can get them for.

Fronts: Wharfedale Pacific EVO40 (Rosewood)
Center: Wharfedale Pacific EVO Centre (Rosewood)
Surrounds: Wharfedale Pacific EVO8
Rear (1): Wharfedale Pacific EVO DFS
Sub: SVS PB10-ISD

Yamaha 5860 reciever

Wharfedale all around:
Diamond 8.3 fronts, Diamond center, Diamond 7 Rears
Infinity 10 inch Powered Sub

Works until the Title Doctor sets in a little more!

Amp: Pioneer Reference A-717
CD: Pioneer Elite PD-F27
Speakers: ACI Jaguars, ACI Sapphire 25th Anniversary Edition, Quad 11Ls
Tape Deck: Nakimichi BX-300E
TT: Thorens TD-125

Tons of gear in storage I sometimes drag out including; Carver M1090 Amp, Bozak B-301 speakers, HK FL8385 CD player, HK AVR-130, Technic RS-TR155, Luxman L-210

Update:

Fronts: Polk Audio Monitor 40 (Bi-wired) (Triangled towards "sweet spot" - me)
Center: Polk Audio CS1 (In little hole my entertainment center directly above my TV - fits like it was made for it)
Surround: Paradigm Cinema ADP dipole's on back wall above corners of couch about 3 feet
Subwoofer: Velodyne VRP-1200 on floor right beside "sweet spot" - me

Fronts: Quad 22L's
Center: Quad Centre
Surrounds: Axiom QS8's

Home theater
10 pcs dantax opus 1
3 pcs mtx 15" sub
1 Ditton Powered Sub

Audio
Innersound Eros

Home Theater

All Dynaudio
Mains Contour 3.3
Center Contour 2.1
Surrounds Countour SR

Please 2 Velodyne SPL-1200R

5 NHT Superzeros and a Velodyne CT-100 subwoofer

Here is my 7.1 setup
Front: Paradigm Signature S4
CNTR: HTM7 (to be upgraded to C3)
Sur: CDM SNT
B.Sur: CDM SNT
Sub: DD12
BTW
Working on Paradigm Reference Signature setup(almost there)

Polk R-30 for mains.
Polk R-15 for rears.
Polk CS-200 center with a new R-15 tweeter for better timbre match.
Homemade sub using a Dayton QT210-4 8" Quatro Series Subwoofer 4 OHM, Cerwin Vega cross over and amp.

All B&W's plus a Paradiam sub.

Cdm 1nt Mains
DS6 S3 Surrounds
Indoor/Outdoor B Surrounds
B&W center
10 in. Paradiam Sub.

All Definitive Technology:

mains - BP7000SC's
center - CLR3000
side surrounds - BP2000's
rear surrounds - BPVX/P's
subs - 2 Reference Supercubes, 1 Powerfield 1800

Velodyne SMS-1 parametric equalizer for the subs

MikeSp

Mains: Sierra-1
Center: Sierra-1
Surrounds: CBM-170SE

Main: Yamaha NS-5 vintage studio monitors 10" 2-way with silk dome tweet.
Surrounds: Matching mains
Center: Tried many, settled on DIY w/Eminence Pro Audio 6" MTM, matching silk dome tweet.
LFE: Biamped DIY EBS cab tuned to 12Hz w/4 - 15" JBL 2235 below 28Hz XO'd to 2 - JBL 2235 above 28Hz.

Atlantic Technology 8200LR (One pair)
Atlantic Technology 8200C
Atlantic Technology 8200SR (Four total for a 7.1 system)
Atlantic Technology 8200Pedsub (12"x2)
Paradigm Reference Servo-15v.2

Powered by:

Yamaha RX-V2500 (as Pre/Pro)
Atlantic Technology A-2000 Power Amp (180x7)
Monster M & Z Series Cables

-K

All NHT

SB3's front left and right
SC2 center
SW12 sub
SB3's rear left and right

Marantz SR4500
Panansonic TH-50PX60U
Monster Power HTS3500MKII
Panasonic DMR-E85H DVD HDD recorder
NAD C542 CD