Let's see pics of your stereo setup! - Page 18

Nils Lofgren - Live

I must be the only one with a cinema setup here! Here's my setup! 1x Optoma DS329 Projector, 1x Onkyo TX-SR577 7.1 A/V Amp, 1x Prosound 1600 (Front L+R), 1x Ibiza Amp-2000 (Subs), 1x 2000 watt 18" Subwoofer (Soon to be 2x 2000 watt 21" subs!), 2x 500 watt Prosound 15" passive PA speakers, 1x Custom Center speaker, 4x Philips surround speakers (Soon to be replaced with 10" Prosound PA speakers!), 1x Sky+HD Satellite box, 1x Custom PC rig, 1x Xbox 360 Slim, 1x PS3 Slim, A hidden Optoma 3D-XL adaptor for Sky 3D and other 3D signal inputs and finally... 1x 10m Gold plated 3D, 4k HDMI v1.4a cable... Thoughts everyone? Don't worry about the custom unit for the units.. It's work in progress!









The 2000 Watt 18" "Quake Maker"...

Took the grille off my 15" PA speakers...

Got cable?

A demo video you say?
Yes! I did a house party with that on full blast! :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWZRcX_1XRI&list=UU7wxT6XeKzfOkw2suDYjOvQ&index=20


I'm also having 2 of these either side of my center speaker.. You know to warn people of the "danger".. That 18" sub HAS made people be sick from too much gut wrenching bass!

Edited by ramdisknet - 2/2/13 at 10:35pm

No, a lot us have separate, dedicated theaters. This is a thread dedicated solely to our 2-channel music systems.

It is also my main 2 way setup... It's blown out 2 double glazed windows if that makes it a hot topic?

...................... this is a thread for stereo setups, specifically in the 2 channel section... of which, last time I checked, wasn't the most popular area of this forum. Search around, my friend!

That makes your ego a hot topic.

Mmm, okay, back on track to stereo setups then. I've got a few stereo rigs, so I'll make two posts.

The more unusual one is this:



In our music, fitness, and game room it's an actively quad-amped four-way in a JBL L250 cabinet. The woofer is replaced with the most current version of the venerable JBL 14" driver, the 8" and 4" drivers are JBL inverted Ti domes, and the tweeter is a 1.5" Ti dome. The loudspeaker managment is done by two BSS 366T Omnidrive compact plus units, and the individual drivers are powered by Hafler pro amps: an SR2600 (2x600 into 8 Ohms) for the woofers and three SR300 (2x300 into 8 Ohms), one for each pair of 8", 4" and 1.5" drivers. The amps are behind the left speaker. You can also see the color coded XLR interconnects to help me avoid connecting the wrong things together.

Sources are CD, SACD, DVD-A, and Apple Lossless through a Citation pre.

The pictures aren't great, but you get the idea.

With 3000 carefully controlled Watts the pair can get really loud without distorting, and for the sake of one's ears the outer limits should not be explored. It took a couple of months to get everything pretty close to right with hours spent measuring, listening, measuring again. The designer of the original L250 gave them a listen and made a recommendation for improving the midrange to tweeter transition, and WOW! it really brought everything right together. Anything I want to throw at these speakers sounds wonderful, and no sub is used.

The black JBL XPL200A pair in the middle is actively bi-amped, but just doesn't really compare. It handles sound for the Wii when we exercise or game.

The other stereo setup is really a 2.1 system.



It's a pair of JBL K2 S9900 speakers, backed by a pair of JBL Synthesis® S2S subwoofers. The subs sit behind the K2s, and an ATI 2003 amp (3x200W) sits on each sub (second pic). Each amp drives a sub and bi-amps a K2. Currently, everything runs through a Parasound P7 analog preamp via XLR to the ATI amps. The subs start participating below 50 Hz.

Sources are an Oppo BDP83SE, an iStreamer DAC for iPod, iPad, iTunes, and a Denon DP 500M turntable (not shown).

Pipe organ music is a chest vibrating, mind blowing experience, and acoustic, jazz, rock, Eastern, and trance all come to life on this system.

Just thought I was show my newly acquired budget system... I am currently looking for a rega turntable to replace my current turntable (a little embarrassed to even share with this turntable)

B&W CM5, ROTEL RB-1552, ROTEL RC-1550. TV is an LG LM6700 47" just in case anyone was curious.

Hey Albert that's a slick setup bet it sounds amazing.

really nice boxes...what are those...Von Schweikerts?

Never added my third filler system in the formal living room. Simple as it can possibly be. Swans M200 powered monitors running from little VAIO laptop running FLACs from XBMC.

Looks more like Joseph Audio to me.

My modest system.
Arcam Fmj A38 ,Arcam Fmj CD17,Arcam rDac kw(for streaming) and Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand SE.I plan on getting a Rel R-218 this summer for reinforcement.


Edited by Shmalan - 3/2/13 at 5:12pm

My new 2ch setup ,NAD 326bee and KEF LS50's

So fellow sonic lovers. What do y'all use with Mac's? I read earlier Amarra and Pure Music. Opinions...

here is a pic of mine, i got it all up on a dresser right now with my little polk sub on the floor, but with the acoustics of the room it does not sound much different if there up there or on the floor and its just allot easier to put them up here, where i live now i have to have all of my stuff in my bedroom. i have moved back in with the parents so i could save up a bunch of money and hopefully buy a house this year. i just got all of this except for the sub recently, i was never happy with the stereo i had before hand so i picked up this one.

definitive bp8b, cambridge 651A amp, dac magic plus, a sonos connect hiding behind the TV, a Sony blue ray player and a toshiba 32 inch TV

a quick shot of my updated setup. downgraded my tv to upgrade my turntable!

Congrats on the upgrade!

Slightly off topic, but how do you like your CM5's? Did you have any B&W speakers prior?

Thank you! I love my CM5's! Very great sound, esp in the mids and highs, although a bit lacking in the bass department for hip hop and other genres with lots of bass. Could use a subwoofer, but I can live with it considering these do put out a good amount of bass for their size. These are my first pair of B&W's, but I have auditioned the CM1's and the 6 series and I must say the 685's were pretty impressive. I was originally planning to purchase the CM1's, but after hearing them side to side with the CM5's it was a no brainer to pay the extra for the CM5's.

Secondary setup I just finished putting together. I rarely watch TV here. Music, mostly.

Fatuglyguy, that is a beautiful setup. What is that shelf unit called? More info on the speakers and components?

Thanks for the kind words!

The TV stand....I honestly don't remember. I go it at a local furniture store and I can't find the receipt. It did originally have a sliding door on the front to cover up one side of components, which I popped off.

The rest of the system is basically listed in my "other" setup in my sig:

Monitor Audio RX1 speakers in Walnut: I already have the RX6 towers in my main setup, so I knew I would love these. Beautifully finished/built little bookshelves.
Harman/kardon HK3390: Just a basic stereo receiver, no room correction/bass management/digital inputs. I wanted something well-built with lots of honest power. H/K rates it at 80w/Ch at 8 ohm and 100w/Ch at 4 ohm. My speakers are 6 ohm so I figure I'm getting at least 90 watts. Plus, it has a MM Phono input if/when I decide to add a turntable. It replaced a 10+ year old Kenwood surround receiver that didn't sound very good and hissed at higher volumes.
Sennheiser HD598 headphones - another reason I wanted the H/K was because I'd read that their receivers generally have a good headphone out built in. I' have to agree - sounds better than my Marantz AVR.
Onkyo DX-C380 - 6-disc CD changer
Apple Airport Express

Video stuff:
Panasonic TC-L32C5 -pretty basic 720p LCD
Dish Network DVR
80 Gig PS3 for Blu-ray/streaming
Roku LT.

Audio from all video sources is run through a Fiio D3 DAC to the receiver.



Another pic from an angle.
Edited by fatuglyguy - 3/8/13 at 12:48pm

TheFactor, did you switch from the Sonus Fabers to the kefs? Can you please share your thoughts on them? I just ordered a pair of the Veneres for a 2 channel bedroom system. I also have a RF-7II theater system like yourself. I too run a 2 channel system next to them as well. I know this is for posting pictures, and I don't mean to derail. I'll try to post a picture later. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the Veneres though.

Here's my setup. Only thing missing is my Elcaset EL-4 (its on the way!)

Now we're talkin'!

Old school beauty. Nice poster too.

My daughter has my A100's. They sound awesome in her room.

Just upgrade my computer based Music system from Klipsch Promedia 2.1

I run a stereo studio monitor setup up. Mackie MR5mk2s. There's also a sub run from the receiver, but I can turn it off and on depending on what I'm doing.

Bunch of pictures for you guys.

This is the computer all the source audio comes from.





Goes into this mixer afterwords.



Then to my receiver through phono out, then straight to monitors from my receiver.

Here I Go:

Source: Yamaha CD-S2000 SACD Player

Amplification: Yamaha A-S2000 Integrated with Custom Rosewood Side Panels

Interconnects: Kimber Kable Tonic SLR`s

Loudspeakers: Martin Logan Vista - Hybrid Electrostatic