BrolicBeast's Living Room Theater - Page 7

Greetings Prepress.......the area does get warm, but never hot. For music, the ventilation through the projector hole is enough. For movies and console gaming, I usually crack the door just a smidge and all is well.

Now, I just moved my monster PC Rig from the media room down to the theater (seemed only logical). So, for PC gaming, my computer has Tri-SLI GTX-285' GPU's, each with its own dedicated power supply (1900w total). All that power generates a LOT of heat, so when I game on my PC, I must have the door wide open!!! Otherwise, the projector will flash a red "Temperature" warning on the screen.

Yeah, at 4.2Ghz Overclocked w/ tri-channel 6GB RAM and the TRi-SLI 285's, I've never come across a game that the system couldn't run at Max settings--Including Crysis, Crysis: Warhead (the two most demanding to date), and Crysis 2. Here's the thing--the industry is moving away from Sky-High Benchmark-level games, and are moving towards catering to all consumers (a logical business move, as there is more $ in mass appeal), so if I updated to a 580 setup, I would see no perceptable difference in performance, althought it might get me 3 more FPS in FRAPS. Tesselation Schmesselation I say!!! lol :-) But, as soon as a killer app comes out that actually requires three 580's to run, I will be going to NewEgg to order three of those monsters immediately!!!

Hey guys, just got a new Credenza for the front of the Living Room Theater! I'm loving the way it makes the place look!!!

Thanks! I won't be putting my equipment in there, only because all of it simply wouldn't fit! lol.....but even if they could, I would have ventilation issues. I'm in love the concept of "the rack," thus, on a rack the gear shall remain!!

Thanks Prepress! This is actually the same main theater from the beginning of the thread--I've just never shown the left-side of the room that opens into the kitchen. My primary theater does indeed reside in the living room (this room). I've replaced the glass stand with the credenza and stacked the bookshelves that house the Blu Ray collection (slightly visible to the left of the picture). All i have in the credenza right now are the Harmony 1100 touch-screen remote, the Sonos CR200 controller, and their respective charging stations!

Man I hear you. I WISH they would go back to making the Max PC versions first. It would help make sure we don't save too much $, since between our theater gear and our PC gear, money would be constantly being spent! lol. I shall indeed be adding more Youtube videos as the equipment progresses.


Ah, many thanks! I'm tyring to upgrade non-electronic items one step at a time. I needed to increase the class to offset the Giant Projector Screen case hanging on the wall just under the ceiling, ya know? Even though it only comes down for movies, it did sorta stick out before. Now the eye goes to the new widest-thing in the room.


I appreciate it sir! Yeah, I didn't know how big of a difference it would make until the delivery folks dropped it into the room. I was like...**In caveman voice** "Ooooooh Me Likey"


Gracias....man, I was admiring that setup of yours as well. That 64-incher with that super-flat mount look amazing. Not to mentioned the SVS AND EMOTIVA gear.....As my younger, college aged self would have said: "That is off-the-chain son" (I'm from New York, where everybody calls each other "son," "bro," or "man."


Thanks man.....I'm trying to hit your level one day with the dedicated theater room!!! *Sigh* One Day..... *looks toward sky*.....One Day.

Ahhh you're from the BX! Nice. I'm from Queens!

Jamaica, Queens to be precise. Would you believe i've only been to the Bronx three times in my life? But then again, as I'm sure you know--People in NYC usually tend to stay within the boroughs that they live in. I can count on two hands the number of times I've been to Manhattan as well.

But alas, I have followed in the footsteps of prepress and ordered three Pangea Audio AC9 power cables. One for the Oppo BDP-93, one for the Oppo BDP-83 that I use for stereo playback, and one for the Integra DHC-80.2 processor. Oh what joy! Now, I will just have to be carefull when plugging them into my power conditioners....

Ah yes, the placement should work, as I ordered decent-length 4.5 foot cords. I chose those because i wanted to see if the 7awg cable made a difference in the Pure mode of the Oppo BDP-83. Audio Advisor has a package of three, so I just scooped that package up for a deal.


Thank you mucho!!!

Ahh, you've got a good eye! A good Critical eye, that is! lol...Thank you kindly!

Hey man, the AC 9's came, and with careful routing, I was able to get them to fit into the system perfectly. i think it helps that the Rack has about 5 feet of clearance behind it! lol....I haven't fully broken them in yet, but I have them going to the following gear:

1) Oppo BDP-93 (Movies)
2) Oppo BDP-83 (Music)
3) Integra DHC-80.2

I almost feel like adding it to the Integra pronounces the bass a bit, but it could just be a plecebo effect, as the cables aren't broken in yet, so I will be sure to report how they are after a good break in! I still have the PS Audio AC5 powering the amp...I LOVE that cable, but it's just so expensive! lol

My three new Pangea Audio AC9 power cords have arrived!

The top AC9 is going to the Oppo BDP-93 for movie playback. The bottom AC9 is going to the Oppo BDP-83 that connects to a DAC for Stereo music playback.


AC9 into the rear of the Integra DHC-80.2


...and Into the Power Conditioner they goooo

Not Yet....I need to break them in on all three devices though.