Thrang's Home Theater (for now...)

Current setup:

 

- Mcintosh MX-151 Processor with Room Perfect
- B&W 800D2 L/R
- B&W HTMD2 Center

- B&W 802D2 Surround
- B&W 803D2 Rears

- Two JL Audio Fathom 113 Subs

- McIntosh MC303 Three Channel Amplifier
- Mcintosh MC302 Two Channel Amps

- McIntosh MC601 Mono Blocks x 2

- McIntosh D100 DAC

- Sony VPL-VW1000 ES projector
- DaLite 133" 16x9 2.8 HP Fixed Screen
- Windows Media Center / MyMovies 4
- Mac Mini w/Audirvana
- Sony PS3
- Oppo 103 Blu Ray Player

- Mede8er 1000 X3 Media Player

- Octava 4x4 HDMI Matrix Switch

- TiVo Premiere XL4

- DirecTV Genie

- AppleTV 3rd Generation

- 3 x Furman Elite PF i Line Filtering AC Power Source

- Sonex WhisperWave Acoustical Ceiling treatments

- Barry Controls Neoprene Vibration Pads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synology 20 TB LAN storage of Blu-Ray and DVD, fronted by on a Windows 7 Media Center server and MyMovies...

Edited by thrang - 5/28/13 at 4:44am

B&W recommends only about 15 hours, and I'm well beyond that, so yes.

Superb clarity and attack, with no strain and no sibilance.

And thanks for your comment...

Thanks - those are two JL Audio 113 Fathoms next to the 803 Diamonds.

The amp is actually a fully-balanced 150 wpc/10-channel Denon POA - two channels each are driving the 803's, and single channels are driving the center and four surrounds


Update: this answer no longer matches the pictures - amps now are all Wyred4Sound- three monos and me multichannel

Thanks - testing my direct rears as sides in place of the dipoles as a "test" before committing to the 805's...

Room is fairly dust free, but I'm too busy listening anyway!

Thanks for your comments....

Thanks for the feedback - it takes time, and lots of misguided money, is all I can say...

You're like a dealer talking crackheads here....no arguments!

Thanks -

I actually switched out the dipole sides today for the new 805 Diamonds. I still will use the RBH's for the rear channels, and will experiment with directs or the dipoles.

I tested with the direct RBH's before making the decision, having lived with dipoles so long - for me, the difference was matrixed vs. discrete mixes. Matrixed stereo signals sent to the side channels sounds a bit better with the diffuse nature of dipoles to my ears. But discrete mixes sound better (more integrated) with the direct radiating speakers.

As more and more mixes have been and continue to be discrete mixes, with more active vs. ambience sound design, I think the time was more than ripe to switch.

I will let them break in for a while, do yet another mind numbing Audyssey Pro calibration, and post feedback and images later this week...

I also want to give props to my dealer, Talk of the Town in Allendale NJ - tremendous service, an unbelievable showroom with several high end rooms, carry most of the best lines - they have several of the new Diamonds on display including the 800's....

Thanks - I'm appreciating them more and more - just a fantastic sound from top to bottom...



Very much so - I've since purchased the 805DI's as side surrounds, and and running a new Audyssey Pro calibration now - also got the spikes on the towers, which I hadn't had a chance to do..

I'l try and get the 805 images uploaded sometime today...

Hi Tony - while excellent, I needed more space than I had to gain the full benefit of the tweeter array. They are up on Audiogon now...

I've since found that the iKlear spray and the included fine microfiber wipe (recommended by Apple to clean their LCD's), works extremely well - not that smudges are a problem once placed and left alone...

...updated with images of the new 805DI side surrounds....

Enormously dense butcher blocks purchased from Amazon, spray painted, and on heavy duty spikes

EDIT - Platforms since removed...