I wont get too in depth, but I am 22 and still living at home, which un-fortunly means no dedicated HT room and my bedroom has to double as my HT space, but it also means very few bills to pay and when you have a decent paying job then you get to buy pretty nice toys at a young age :D

I have been into HT for about 7 years, it all started when I got my first Sony AVR and hooked up some old Advent speakers to it, I then added a sub, then surrounds, then nicer TV, ect. I am now in the process of upgrading all this “older” gear to new stuff. So far here is what I have, and an idea of what I plan to upgrade the older/crappier components to…

AVR: Onkyo 805

Front Speakers: Ascend 170 SE

Center Speakers: Nothing, Planning to get an Ascend Sierra-1

Surround Speakers: Crappy Sony's, Plan to get Ascend Sierra-1's to replace the 170 fronts and move the 170s to the back for surrounds.

Subwoofer: HSU VTF-3 MK3

CD Player: Sony CX400 (400 disc changer)

Display: Sony HS420 30" WS HDTV, not upgrading to an LCD until I move out.

DVD Player: Sony S360, Upgrading to maybe an Onkyo upconverting player or just waiting until Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drop more

Power Protection: Panamax 5100

Other: Sony VCR (ditching since I never use it) PS2, Sony 2100 Touch Screen Remote, Mini Fridge


Things are really finally coming together I think, I really just need to upgrade my front sound-stage with Sierra-1's, then move my 170s to the rear and get rid of the crappy Sony's. Then maybe upgrade my DVD player to something more current and I will be pretty happy with my setup for a few mouths at least haha. But I have upgraded my setup for low end to at least the higher end of mid range IMO. Here are some pictures of my setup. I know it's not much or crazy compared to some of the dedicated HT rooms on here, but that will come some day, Thanks for looking!


http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/35023483788.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7308749)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/35023483795.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7308750)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/36215512989.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7377269)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/36215512811.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7377266)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/34814373397.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7294040)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/3481437349.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7294043)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/12/34814373377.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7294039)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/1/600025644.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7433629)

Any particular reason you went with monster cable?
That's a nice receiver with some good features. Too bad you don't have a hd transport to take advantages of the hd audio features, but I understand why you're waiting.
How are you managing the crossover between your speakers and you sub? Are you using receiver features or a crossover control on the sub?

That's pretty much exactly the same setup I had when I was your age. Flatscreen crt, 5.1, receiver, dvd player, sub. Btw if you ever move out into a apartment make sure you're on the ground level with that sub. :D

Any particular reason you went with monster cable?
That's a nice receiver with some good features. Too bad you don't have a hd transport to take advantages of the hd audio features, but I understand why you're waiting.
How are you managing the crossover between your speakers and you sub? Are you using receiver features or a crossover control on the sub?

That's pretty much exactly the same setup I had when I was your age. Flatscreen crt, 5.1, receiver, dvd player, sub. Btw if you ever move out into a apartment make sure you're on the ground level with that sub. :D

The monster cable's are all old, again from when I did not know better, I actually just received shipment of like 10 Monoprice cables today, so I will be getting rid of some, there are also a few RAM cables in there. And I use my receivers crossover for the sub.