pcweber111's Setup Thread 2.0 (New Apt. Edition) - Page 3

Yeah I thought about going the storage book route and just storing all the cases but eh I kinda like the looks of the cases and it'd be far easier for someone to just snatch a case full of discs than have to grab each one off the shelf. Now that I'm on a steelbook tear I want to go for as many of those as I can.

Yeah I've heard both good and bad. I want to finally build a media server, just trying to figure out what I want. I'm probably going to do what my brother did and build a simple linux box.

Thanks, it's clean and easy which was the goal. Yes I did have a good Xmas. Jake got quite a few cool gifts and anything I can play with as well is a bonus lol. The leappad is pretty cool and is definitely the right choice for his age. It's chunky, simple, and hard to screw up. He loves it. I got a few BDs so I'm happy.

I love legos. I could build..hell play with those things all day. If you want to be amazed just go to youtube and look at what some people build with them. Pretty amazing.

Wow man that's awesome! I like the Batman sets, those are probably worth some money now.

I remember entering a few official Lego building contests back in the day when they used to travel to different malls and winnning 3rd in each. That was during my really intensive building days when I was all about Legos and Nintendo. I was I think 12 or so. I have pics somewhere and looking back I'm pretty impressed at what I did. I don't think you ever get too old for Legos.

So thought I'd upload a few photos of the Leappad since I was talking so much about it. He sure likes it!





It has a nice rubberized case around it (and it's helped too since he's dropped it a dozen times already). Pretty cool learning games too. He loves it so far. The stylus seems at first to be somewhat counterproductive but it's works well. He's owned this for 3 days now and he's already pronouncing words better. Yay for technology that teaches!

No kidding. About the closest I came when I was his age was the Speak and Spell.

Thanks guys. The van is getting a bit crowded!

Hey Brolic I know you're getting into steelbooks now so I though I'd share. I bought The Bourne Trilogy at Target in steelbook form. Pretty cool if I must say so:

Front

Back


edit I think I'm in full-on steelbook collector mode now. Great, something else to spend money on. Speaking of, I got something new for the HT today...

/tease
Edited by pcweber111 - 1/12/13 at 10:02pm

Nothing really too much, just decided to upgrade to bi-amping from the receiever to see if I notice a difference from the old bi-wire I've done up until now. So far so good. Bass seems a bit tighter but really the mid and highs are more pronounced. Less muddiness in mid-bass from the speaker and a much lower noise floor. I like it and once I decide to move back into separate amps I'm probably going to look into stereo amps to keep it up. Even for a mid-range receiver though I'm pleasantly surprised at the differences.




Also, I decided to get another subwoofer. I had the chance recently to trial the new SVS PB-1000. As I'm going to be in apts. for awhile I didn't want to get into larger subs so this was a good choice. Better than some Klipsch subs I've been looking at in comparison. It's definitely entry range but for me at the moment that's not such a bad thing. It's a 10" with a 300 watt amp and while it doesn't hit as hard as my old Velodyne did it's a bit faster with music and frankly for me does the trick right now. The fit and finish are definitely nice and it's pretty solid if a bit light by large box standards. I haven't run Audyssey yet but from the few days I've had it I'm pretty impressed. Anyway here's some pics:





edit Sorry for the angle of the pics, forgot to take them before I put the sub in place.
Edited by pcweber111 - 1/14/13 at 8:13pm

Thanks guys. Yeah I bought it online from them.