My HT\2ch setup - Page 18

I am not sure about more treatments. Once I get the server installed and i finish the transfer and the dvd racks are out of there, I will see if I can convince Craig to come back over and take some more measurments. I do have some ideas that I want to run by Craig and Dennis though. The 244 will absorb more then the 242, but I am sure that the 242 will work out for you just fine. The main part of your room is fully treated right? I may end up with no extra treatments. We shall see if it still measures well and sounds good.

Plus, I am still trimming the list. But as I look at what is on my shelf, I think a lot of it won't end up taking up much server space. I have a few DVD's that are old and only have prologic sound tracks so I am sure that they would not take up a lot of space. My plan is this, Do Bleach first. That really should not take up much space. That will probably be ony 80MB. Then the BR's. Then do seried like Band of Brothers, Homocide, Deadwood, and a number of others that have many episodes to them. After that, do my regular DVD's. As I do them, I will just make sure that I really want them on there. We shall see.

Game of Thrones is really good but very involving. The next season is starting in April. It will be so great when I can just pull up an Epiosde of Dead Wood or Band of Brothers or any other series like that and just start watching. I can't wait.

All good over here . I hope to have my server installed sometime this month. If not, oh well. But that is what I am shooting for. I just want to say again how much I like the 1027's. They really sound great for movies and music IMHO. I am sure your system still looks and sounds awesome. I know you are getting that calibration kit soon so that will be cool. But I am content with what I have(besides the small screen). I have a couple of tweaks that I will keep to myself for the future but unless I decide to step up a model down the road, I am probably done with speakers. Now if I can find an amp that is better then my Bryston, and can fit where I need it to go, that may be a change for the future. But right now it's just a day dream as I really don't have anything in mind. Right now I am just focused on the server. When I get it, and I spend some time with it, I am sure I will try and do some kind of right up on it. In the mean time, thanks for stopping in and saying hello and again, I hope your system is also going well.

The server might be getting setup on April 21st. It depends on every ones schedule. I think you know how much I like the 1027's. I have been a Focal fan since I heard them in my first high end dealer that I dealt with. I first bought the 927's. That was back in 2003 or 2004. Then I got the 1027's in 2006. I really like the sonic signature of the Focal speakers. And matched with the CC1000be and chorus surrounds, it really sounds very nice. If I ever were to "upgrade" I would probably stay in the Focal family. I will give an update on the sever once it is installed. One thing I don't think I mentioned is that I am also getting a tablet that we can configure as a universal remote. I am really looking forward to that as well.

Let's see if I can't get you an audition with them at some point that does not include you going to jail.... If you know what I mean .
Edited by MIkeDuke - 4/4/13 at 10:49am

For those still in here, the server has been setup for awhile and I am busy putting my own media on it. Dennis and Craig came over to help me set everything up. We had to move the Crowson signal to the SMS-1 so I could get an LFE signal. What that means is now the Crowson is tied to the MV. Not the ideal situation according to Craig, but it's what we had to do for me to be able to still use it. So now, the server. This is what I got:
http://www.baetisaudio.com/

I bought the HT version not the Revolution.(BTW Dennis is a dealer for these)

I will admit there is a learning curve with it and ripping in general. But Dennis has been great in walking me through any issues that I run into. I have put on at least 12-15 movies, Deadwood the complete series and some of my Bleach anime. I also put on The Stand mini series. Besides the movies, I put on about 20-25 cd's. I have been really busy just putting stuff on so I really haven't watched anything from beginning to end yet but I can tell by just the short clips that the SQ and PQ is really good. The SQ for CD's is just spectacular. This is not as "easy" as I hoped it would be. The end user still has to do work, Damn. But I have instructions now and I am getting the hang of it. But Dennis was nice enough to setup all the file structure for me that the server needs to run. It will take a bit longer then I thought, but it will be way worth it once everything I want is on there. Having it all at my finger tips is really cool. It's still easier then building your own server, at least I think it is. Plus, Jriver is really cool. It has picked up everything so far. So that's it for now. So far, so good on the server and I highly recommend it if you want a server that is small, quiet, and sturdy. Is it cheap, no. But in my mind, for someone who does not want to build one, or can't build one, I highly recommend it

Hey Frank. I have both DVD's and BR's on it. I miss quoted before. I actually have almost 30 total movies on there(plus the series and min-series). Yes, the whole idea is that you add external hard drives to it. I have two 4TB drives for my movies and any TV shows, and one 1.5TB drive for music. There is no PC involved at all. You can just connect a wireless keyboard and mouse and you are good to go. I think it has 8 USB ports for external storage. So that is quite a bit. It is cool to be able to just press a button and have the movie start. No previews, no picking the right audio, just press and watch. All of that other stuff is taken care of when you rip. You select what you want and leave the rest(during the ripping process). But it is a bit time consuming. BR's take about an hour and regular DVD's take about a 1/2 an hour. Then for series you have to name the episodes just right so the Jriver software will pick it up and give you the metadata for it. But it is really cool when it is all setup. You get a description of the show(or movie). If it's a TV show you get the year the episode came out and a little break down of what the episode is about. So yea, it's work, but I am glad I decided to do it.

I just want to make a few things more clear. These are disks that I personally own. I am not downloading anything from the web so it is basically a backup of my physical media. Also, not sure if I made this clear or not but the server DOES NOT come with any kind of ripping software already installed. It comes with the Jriver media center 18 software installed. I bought two pieces of software to do my ripping. The one for music is called dpPoweramp which is $38 and the one for movies is called MakeMKV which costs $50. Once you use the software a few times it becomes second nature.

Now Dennis is the person I bought this from. DMark1 on Avs. If you have any specific questions about it, you should contact him. You guys don't know how long I have been wanting to do something like this. When Dennis showed it to me I knew I would be getting one. He really has a very good knowledge about the server itself and the Jriver software. I have asked a lot of questions and Dennis has been able to answer every one. It really is a very power machine. Plus, the entire system, the server and HD's are very quiet. I can't even hear that they are on in the room if I have music on or watching a movie. You can setup a RAID system if you want to. So far I have not had any issues at all, even with some of the newer BR's. I am pretty sure Baetis does offer updates when they are warranted. As for ease of the rip itself, if I can do it, anybody can . There are just a few in between steps that have to be done but it's not that bad. Now as I said, I can't speak to the initial setup of the file structure of the machine because Dennis did that for me. It runs on a Windows platform. I think it's Windows 7. So if you can navigate a PC, you can navigate the back end of the sever. But I am sure it saved me time by him doing that back end file structure for me. I really like it and as I said before, I am really happy I did this.

My system is on the second floor. I don't know if it makes a difference with the SubMersive, but I have mine on a big Gramma platform. I have had no problems, besides room induced issues in getting really good bass. Now I am using XT32 and a SMS-1 to get it, plus it has been setup by Craig so that helps, but I don't think you should have any issue with getting great bass. Hell, RMK has dual Orbital Shifter subs on a second floor room and I think he is happy with the results. So I guess I am saying no, I don't think it will be an issue for you. You just have to setup the room like you would anyway regardless if it's on a second floor or not.

Yea Matt, it's pretty cool. Having Bleach on there, with the correct metadata, is really cool. It will take me a few more weeks probably. I still have quite a few to do. But I am doing mainly the BR's now since they are the bigger files and they take the most time. I still have plenty of space left though so I am not worried about running out. I will say though that Jriver is not "perfect". There have been a few occasions where I had to go into the back end of Jriver, the big list of all the movies, and correct the cover art for a few movies. It got them completely wrong. But I figured out how to get the right covers so all is cool now.

Chuck, I agree with Craig on what he says. I get a nice tactile feel in my room, probably because it is on the second floor. If I were building from scratch I would also do what Craig suggests about isolation because trust me, it will be an issue. Seal that room up as best as you can. My room is small and already built so I really can't do anything that would really help. Now I don't know if my room or walls resonate and have their own sound in the room but I do have pictures hanging up and I can hear them rattle sometimes. But it really doesn't bother me enough yet to take them down and I like having them in the room. But I know that if I wanted a serious room, they would have to go.

600 BR. WOW. That is way more than I have. I only have about 110 BR and about 350+ DVD's, I think. With that many BR's, you may have pick and choose which ones you really want on the server. I am not saying you shouldn't, or you can't put them all on, but with 600 BR it will take awhile(probably many months) and a lot of HD space. But if you are not in a rush, then by all means, go for it and put them all on . I still have a number of BR's to do, and then I have a lot of regular DVD's to do. Good luck if you choose to do it.

I am cool with it. Don't get me wrong. I understand that it gets its data from many different sources and it's possible that sometimes the sources get "confused" for some reason. If you saw what it did for the movie Ted (which I don't think is an esoteric title) you would have really laughed. Then for another one, I can't remember which one, it put an American Pie movie. But like I said, all I did was go into that one Jriver screen that lists every thing, right clicked on the movie, and then I was able to choose the option to get the right poster. Let me say again that I have done many movies so far and I have only had three as an issue. All in all I am VERY happy with the entire setup and how it all works. It is a great upgrade if anybody is thinking about it and Dennis is the Man to talk to about it . If I can get the hang of it, anybody can. And I did not even have to bother Dennis to get it right (the naming part). I am sure he is tired of all my emails by now .
Edited by MIkeDuke - 5/10/13 at 4:00pm

I know what it was Craig, when I run my system and have a bass heavy movie, the rest of the house moves but my room is not that bad. I also think I got more tactile sensation when I had my couch in the room as opposed to my chairs. The couch had a bigger surface area that was in contact with the floor and the chairs really don't. That is why as you said, the Crowson is a big benefit to me. The room itself really does not add any sound but on just a few movies, the pics I have hanging on frames rattle a bit. So as a whole, I am happy with the sound in the room, but if I have it loud enough, it will easily travel to the rest of the house and anybody else in the house will not like it .