Definitive Owners Thread - Page 562

Contentment
Maybe someday I'll know that feeling.
I must agree with your POV with the powered centers, but I've never ran a separate sub attached to the center.
Good luck with the turbo upgrade progress.

'The Spot' is certainly a top notch setup.

Not better off cost-wise ?
That's very disappointing to hear. I haven't ran any numbers myself, but I would have suspected a decent savings with that strategy.

They look just like any other BPX with black end caps now. All I did was remove the caps, lightly sand them, and then about 5 coats of the black lacquer paint. Put the caps back on and I was done. I'm not home right now so no pics for now, but like I said, they now look like any other black BPX. You also could make your own end caps if you have access to come basic woodworking tools. Good luck on your project.

Happy Easter bakpak and everyone else who celebrates it

i'm watching Easter Mass now live from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on EWTN

beautiful cathedral and nice sounding pipe organ

ok, enough EWTN. time for some blu rays

Hi Scarier,

Normally I would let one of the other guys touch on this, but since no one has replied I'd throw in my $0.02.

I have the 7002 towers, and i have had this happen to me a couple times in fact. The similarity between the two incidents was that my volume was turned up a little too loud while switching settings or even turning the system on before the amps in the towers had turned on.

I know the sound you're describing, as I nearly shat myself when i heard it. But I haven't had any negative effects from it. I say just be careful of your volume level when changing settings and I think you'll be ok. If you want more clarification, and that extra reassurance, you can always email Chet at Def Tech.

Chet.Pelkowski@definitivetech.com

Definitely cheaper than retail but not much better than you could get used or refurbished I should say.

Ballpark figures based on what I've seen on ebay for parts:

Cabinet $75.00
Crossover 20.00
End Cap(pair) 60.00
Sock 20.00
Mids(4) 140.00
Tweets(pair) 60.00

Total 375.00
Pair of BPVX 750.00

I guess the single I picked up for two bills just spoiled me ;D

Thanks for the breakdown. Should there also be a binding post plate or whatever it may be called?
At least it would come with a lifetime warranty... your own.

You know guys, it sure would be nice to have a shelf/room at each of our homes, that was stocked with a variety of parts matching our setups.
Hmmm...

http://picasaweb.google.com/Advanced.../HomeTheater2#

for those who wanted to see my current setup. Its in my moms basement till i start building my house next year. The room is alittle small , lol..
Watching transformers last night, i was amazed at the performance of the 7001sc towers. And moving the 7002 to the sides also added a better surround effect than just the m350's i had.

I have a pair of mint studio monitor 350's for sale if anyone wants them , pm me.


Thanks, Chris

Gonna be a killer setup. Thanks for the link to your pics.
I didn't see components listed, maybe I missed it.

Nice photos from Hawaii, but how 'bout the pics from a night on Hotel Street in Honolulu... , didn't you do some low rent partying with the locals.

I think it was me that sent you the wiring schematic. I took a part one of my 7001 towers to see how they were wired (up top anyway) and then verified with chet what the schematic was for the bpvx's and that it was the same in the 7000, 7001 series. In addition to that I have been rockin my homemade bpvx's for 4 months now and couldn't be happier

The only "problem" I've had that I might warn you about is that I recently acquired an audio test dvd and discovered that when I ran a 100-20 hz sweep to each of my bpvx's it revealed that a couple of my 6.5's were not seated all the way. That is there was air leaks and it served like a baffle thus the cabinet was not sealed, I could actually feel air moving around the "leaky" drivers and it made the speaker sound almost like it was blown. Now I know that the frequencies mentioned in my sweep aren't generally run to the bpvx's but I was only using it as a test to reveal the problem because it was a lot easier to diagnose with the low frequency sounds. I was not aware of this because they had not been tested so scrupulously before and it really made the sound output weak. So I just made sure to get all the drivers seated properly and continued repeating the test signal and once sealed the output cleaned and tightened right up and they have been magnificent.

Hopefully you have less trouble!

Incidentally, my homemade bpvx's ended up costing about $220 each. $200 for drivers and I didn't buy cabinets, sock, or endcaps but made my own cabinets from 3/4" mdf and my wife sowed up some homemade speaker cover material that I can just velcro onto the back. When all put together they look 98% as good as the real deal.

I would be very interested to hear you review of both Baraka (just became a recent convert) and 9 as I have been dancing around this one for a bit but have not seen it.

Thanx buddy , heres some video footage i made of maui and kauai. I have been to Oahu but dont remember Hotel Street. Is that a popular street in the city?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAl9xt-RmEk&feature=fvsr its in HD so dont forget to click HD at the bottom , 1080p.


my gear consists of

60inch pioneer 141
pioneer bluray 09fd
xbox elite
ps3 - gave to my newphew but will purchase another one
def tech clr3000
def tech 7001sc
def tech 7002
wyred 4 sound 500x3 250x2 ( need 2 more channel upgrade)
audience ar12 power conditioner

awesome footage and picture quality

i've been researching new camcorders. my old Sony DCR-TRV900 started suffering from audio drop-outs. not good for recording pipe organ concerts. Sony wants a $500 flat fee to repair it. paid over $2500 for it back around 2001. still goes for about a grand used

i've been looking at the Canon VIXIA HF S100 HD. it's about to be replaced by the 2010 model S200 but from what i've read, the S100 will use the same high quality lens and i could save a ton of money right now by getting the S100 which is about to be discontinued

i'm sure it's nothing like the lens that's in your XH-A1

The heart of the XH-A1 is the lens and 3 chips. if your thinking of getting a new camcorder , panasonic has a sick $1000.00 camcorder , camcorderinfo.com or wait for canons new pro camcorder with its all new codec that does 4:2:2 for about $3500 - $5000.00

thanks, i'll look into the panasonic. my sony is a 3 chip but it's SD. it was considered "semi-pro" or "pro-sumer" at the time. still takes great video but the audio has occasional drop-outs

Here's a couple of pictures on how the BPX's turned out and the front stage with the CLR1000b and the 7004's. The CLR used to be in the gap above the TV but I have a 106" Dalite screen that hangs in front when we want to watch a movie. Still need to finish the room with some crown molding.
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they look great badgerpilot

Thanks b'pilot. The DTs sure look sharp.
BTW,
That's a big friggin entertainment center.

Thanks. I know, it is a bit large. The DT's look small in comparison. Guess I need some 7000's for perspective - right? When the screen goes up, it covers the majority of it though.

Damn bro! , you made these surrounds! Very well done!

Hey guys, just updated my setup. I just purchased an SVS sub to along with my other 7 Def Tech speakers. I have the 7002's and ran them large with my SuperCube II. Now with my SVS PB12-plus I am running all speakers small and sounds amazing. Check out my sig for pics of my setup. Take care!

That is awesome dude! Looks so clean and refined, I especially appreciate that no wires can be seen going to the tv. I know that didn't happen by accident

Nooooo, I only repainted the end caps When I purchased them they where the cherry ones. I wish I could take credit for building them

Very nice! I wish I had room for a sub like that! Still trying to figure out which sub and where to put it.

Thanks Sideofpotatos!! Don't know what they are called but didn't have one of those things that feed wire behind dry wall. I used my car antenna and duck tape to feed the wires behind that wall. Thought, maybe 10 to 15 minutes to feed the wires....NOOOO it took me about 45 to an hour. The wires kept getting stuck . None the less it is done but I am sure It is going to be a fun day when I have to take them out .

Thanks badgerpilot. It is cool to buy stuff but to make/paint speakers as well as you have is a real treat. Your setup is awesome! I want to get BPX's so bad but my walls will not let me.

Baraka was amazing. awesome picture quality and sound

heavy use of the surrounds. almost constant use of the surrounds

lot of scenes made me glad that i use separate LFE subs with all speakers set to large. there are parts where the director wants "in your face" bass that is really strong and sent to the LFE channel to rock your world and there's bass that's meant for the other channels that sounds just amazing. there's one scene where there's a continuous bass rhythm coming from the center channel that was pretty cool

district 9 was sent back yesterday, watching "9" tonight probably

should have 2012 tomorrow

The BPX's are definitely worth every penny

Thanks, that's some great info. I am finding that the more the surrounds are used in a movie the more I like the movie and Baraka is certainly the flagship of that principle with the surrounds being almost as busy as the fronts. I got to host 2012 and that has an extremely powerful soundtrack, you should have fun. One of my "passengers" said to me "we were there!"