Whats your sound system and how much was it - Page 2

Lexicon MC-1
(2) Linn AV5125 5-channel amps
Linn AV5140 mains (Aktiv)
Linn Ninka surrounds
Linn Ekwal Center (Aktiv)
SVS PB12 Plus/2 sub
RBH 1010 SE sub
Marantz CD63 SE CD transport
Sony CD player - need a new one.
LG 42" DLP

Speakercraft 8.5MT fronts $265
Speakercraft 6.5MT rears $85
HSU VTF2 $250
AIM 8 ones sides $100
AIM lcr 3 center $225
Boston A7200 power amp $748
Yamaha htr 5860 (using as preamp) $325
Pioneer sacd dvda player $150
Toshiba SD6200 DVD player $75
Adcom GD575 CD player $75
BenQ 7800 projector $1300
Everything bought online with the exception of the pioneer. The projector, power amp, and htr5860 were bought new the balance ebay.

My only system right now consists of:

Yammy RX-V1 - $2900
Paradigm Studio Ref Monitor 40's v.2 (L/R) - $1100
Paradigm Survo-15 - $1700

Everything is six years old...almost time for retirement to my bedroom...

I was going to do the surrond stuff, and even bought the Studio Ref CC - but then life threw me a curve, and I just never got around to finishing it. I still have that CC that has had maybe 10 minutes use in the past six years. D'oh.

However, now that life is much better, I am thinking about either an Ascend , or Monitor Audio setup using Crown professional power amps and my RX-V1 as a preamp processor...IF the problem I think its having isn't effecting the pre-outs, if it does then I don't know what I will do as I have not given any thought to a pre-amp/processor.

Yamaha HTR-5790
Three Outlaw M-200 200wpc monoblocks
Toshiba HD-D1 HD DVD player
Zenith DVB-318 DVD player
Pioneer DV-578A DVD, DVD-A, SACD player
Sony KP-51WS510 51" 1080i CRT RPTV
Ascend CMT-340 L,C,R
Ascend CBM-170 surrounds
HSU VTF-3MkII sub
Behringer Feedback Destroyer
DirecTV high-def satellite box
PS2
Avia, Rat Shack SPL meter, and Room EQ Wizard for calibration
Various racks and stands
Total MSRP of around 7k.

A nice budget setup if I do say so myself.

SVS PB12 plus/2
NHT Classic 3 mains
NHT absolute zero surrounds
NHT Classic 3 center
Denon 3910 DVD/SACD/DVD-A
Outlaw 1070 receiver
NAD 370 amp for fronts
NAD 270 amp for center
NAD C521BEE CD player
NAD C422 tuner
Pure AV PF60 power
SANUS speaker stands and rack
Straight Wire speaker wire
Transparent Link 200 and Outlaw audio interconnects

Onkyo TXSR603X receiver new $499.99, got it for $298.00 refurb from Onkyo, excellent deal.
Polk RM6750BK 6pc speaker system new $499.99, got it for $299.00 floor model from Circuit City another excellent deal. Got the whole system for $597.00 not a bad deal.
Everything works great and all with a warranty.

Rgds,
Tex

I have a 1994 Fisher Studio Standard RS-727 w/Dolby ProLogic. I get a lot of sneers and jeers because its a Fisher, but when they hear it they usually stand corrected, and have to admit that "it ain't that bad". I have just aquired a second RS-727 for $25.00 off ebay and it works perfectly, I would like to find two more 727's or 737's in the near future, so if anyone has one that they want to unload let me know what you want for it.

I am now going to use my Sony SDP-E800 Digital Decoder to feed into the two Fishers (one for front two channels, and one for the rear channels, with separate sub and center channel amps).

I built my first set of speakers last year using all new drivers in my old KLH AV5001 tower enclosures (dual 12's). They are now sealed and sound great, I get many compliments, but I used out of the box cross-overs and I didn't match them to my speakers properly, and the speakers had to be hooked in series to get the 8 ohms which is giving me problems. So to save space, and get the subs into their own enclosures, I am getting rid of the towers and going to satellites and four sub tubes.

New satellites will have home built .6 cubic foot enclosures (Sealed) with my current drivers plus the addition of the 6 1/2 inch mid basses.

This will be the new line-up;
Morel MDT-20 Tweeters
Morel MDM-55 Midranges
Goldwood GW-206 6 1/2 MidBass

Recent system:

Onkyo TX-SR603X New $270 - Fry's
Polk R50 cherry mains open box $144 - Fry's
Polk CSi 25 black center new (bought one for $60 and another for $50, so divide by 2) $60 - Fry's
Polk R30 black surrounds new $65 - Fry's
Polk R15 black center rear new $43 - Fry's
Sony DVP-NS75H new $110 - Circuit City
Panasonic AE900U new - $1400
DIY projector screen - $40
Various cabling picked up on clearance (Radioshack Monster stuff, Advent cables, Monoprice, etc.) - $100

Thinking about buying the Panasonic SA-XR55S at the moment...

Wow, back from the dead here, well I'll give it a whirl. My system has been changing for a long time, but currently it is at...
3x Infinity Beta 50s for LCR
4x Infinity Beta 20s for surrounds
1x H/K 3480 for R/L
1x NAD 5 channel 80wpc amp for center/surrounds
1x Creative X-Fi as pre-pro for multichannel sources
1x Creative E-MU 1820 as a pre-pro for two channel sources
1x Infinity IL120s subwoofer
Total Cost... $1550

System 2
3x Insignia Bookshelves for LCR's (the ones everyone is talking about...)
2x Primus 140s for rear channels
1x Athena 8" sub
Onkyo 504 reciever
Total Cost... $430

System 3
Bose Lifestyle 8
Total Cost... $92.50 (still feels like a rip off somehow, but the girls are happy)

That wraps it up at the moment, still looking for a primary display to fit my wants/needs.

Currently.

Klipsch Synergy F-3 Floorstanding Loudspeaker: $954.82 (pair) (got them long before BB started discounting them like they were being given away for free)
NAD C162 Stereo Preamplifier: $654.41
NAD C272 Stereo Amplifier: $763.66
NAD C542 HDCD CD Player: $524.99
Blue Jeans Cable 4' Belden 1505F Interconnect w/ Canare RCAP: $37.50
Blue Jeans Cable 2' Belden 1505F Interconnect w/ Canare RCAP: $33.50
Radioshack 6' Shielded Mono 1/8" Cable: $4.36 x 2 = $8.72
Canare 4S11 Quad Star Bi-Wire Speaker Cable (2x7.5') $37.25
VTI AGR-405B Rack: $285.00
APC 1.5kVA H Type Power Conditioner (H15BLK): $345.30

GRAND TOTAL: $3,645.15 USD ($4,090 CAD)
(Price includes tax and or shipping charges)

Estimated future upgrades grand total = $8000

Harman Kardon AVR-635 $440
HomeTheaterDirect (HTD) Level 3 Center (3 of them) $195 each shipped.
HTD Level 3 Bookshelves (rears) $295 shipped (coming soon to replaced Insignias)
KLH subwoofer $50 (soon to be replaced by SVS)
Monster, Acoustic Research and Radio Shack cables and interconectors.
Monster HTS3600 PowerCleaner

Rotel RX1052 - $990
Denon DVD-1730 - $140
Onix Ref 1's L/R - $1300
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Total $2430

Paradigm studio 100s v2
Paradigm cc-570
Paradigm Servo-15
Triad Bronze6 powersub
Triad in-ceiling Gold/6 omni for surround and rear
Anthem AVM30
Anthem MCA30 for front three
Anthem PVA7 for surrounds and distributed audio

Total price......$7200
I am blesssed!

Wow mine sure has changed.... here's the new config.

Linn Unidisk SC
Levinson 336
Linn AV5125
Aerial 10T's
Aerial CC5
Linn AV5140 (surrounds)
SVS PB12 Plus/2
LG 42" DLP

Main system today:

Klipsch THX Ultra 2 system (3 KL-650's, 2 KL-525's, 4 KS-525)
Danley Labs DTS-20 subwoofer.
Parasound Halo C2 (playing around with one a customer traded in).
1 Behringer BFD, 2 Rane PE-17 parametric EQ's, 1 Rane PE-15 parametric EQ and just picked up a RANE RPM-88 multi-processor to play with.
4 Buttkicker LFE shakers (tier 1), 4 Crowson shakers (tier 2)
3 Behringer EP-2500 amps with Fan Mods, 5 Behringer A-500 amps, 1 Crown CE-1000 amp (traded in...trying it out as a cheap sub amp), 2 Buttkicker BK-1000 amps.

Cost? I don't want to add it up...even at dealer cost

system 1:
onkyo 602: ~300
primus:
250
150
c25
ps12: 650 shipped
sony dvd changer: ~60
sony 30hs420: 300

system two:
sony ss-mf550h towers: 75
dayton 10": 120
jvc dvd player: old
receiver to be named later

Holly crap Soundood! I was thinking about posting mine, but now I'm going to wait until the next page!

I followed your DTS-20 thread on the Klipsch forum with interest, but didn't realise who you were on this forum before now. The thread ended without final pictures. Get back to it! :-)

Here is mine, if I can remember the cost:

h/k 335 $500
Mirage Omni 250 (x2) $450
Mirage Omni CC $200
Mirage Omni 50 (x2) $200
Mirage FX (x2) 140 - (dealer demo)
Paradigm PS1000 $579

I picked up the h/k and Mirage's on closeout so they are below MSRP. Now I am just waiting on getting my basement finished so I can hook everything up again.

Here goes...

Harmon/Kardon AVR-7300 (7.1) Receiver, Sunfire GTA-5200 Amp, B&W 703-Front, HTM7-Center, CDM1-NT-Rear, ASW750-Sub (All in Rosewood), Kenwood DV-5900M-400 Disc DVD Changer w/PC control-DSL, Direct TV:HR20 HD-DVR MPEG 2/4, Velodyne SMS-1 EQ, Sirius Sat

Sony HD Rear Projection (57"), X-BOX 360, PC w/DSL connection, Denon Turntable, PS Audio: Front Speakers- Double Biwire, XStream Speaker Cable, Audioquest King Cobra & Diamondback interconnect. Monster M/Biwire (Rear Speakers), Pronto TS-2000 Remote

$17,000.00 in unadjusted US Dollars

$2000.00- Video Racks in Rosewood finish with Bridge

More value-conscious than the last few posts...but I love it!

Yamaha HTR-5960
Wharfedale Pacific Evolution 30 fronts
Wharfedale Pacific Evolution center
Wharfedale Pacific Evolution 8 surrounds
Wharfedale Powercube DX12+ sub (weakest link in system, but got it CHEAP)
All in matching rosewood veneer
Total=$1570!!! (MSRP over $3000)

I spent a couple of hundred more on my JSP Mozart credenza to house my components!

Video:
Toshiba 50HP66 50" plasma

I picked up a complete JBL system a couple months back. I grabbed the following:

JBL E90 (mains)
JBL EC35 (center)
JBL E50 (surrounds)

BIC H100 (sub)

All for a little over $1k shipped. I use a PIO 1016 for my AVR and got it for $399 when it hit the streets.


Video is a Infocus IN76.

I'm happy with my setup and it's my first one, so as I get pickier I'll upgrade accordingly, but for now I'm rocking.

Home Theater:

Sony Ruby VPL-VW100 (~$8000)
Stewart 110" Grayhawk RS Velux Delux (~$2800)
3 M&K S150 THX Ultra (L/C/R) (~$2400)
4 M&K SS150 THX Ultra (SR/SL/SBR/SBL) (~$1600)
2 M&K MX350 Subs (~$3200)
Anthem Statement D2 (~$5600)
Bryston 6B SST (~$6000)
Bryston 4B SST (~$4000)
Bryston 4B SST (~$4000)
Velodyne SMS-1 (~$550)
Pioneer Elite 79AVi DVD/SACD/DVD-A (~$900)
Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD (~$450)
Comcast HD STB (~$170/month)
Toshiba RD-XS55 HHD/DVR (~$600)
Monster Power HTPS7100 (~$600)
Monster Power HTUPS1000 (~$300)
~$41,000 (+ Middle Atlantic Slim5 37 space rack, custom faces/shelves, cables, and room)

Family Room:

Sony 52" KDL-46XBR3 LCD (~$6000)
Pioneer Elite 84TXVi (~$1100)
Pioneer Elite 59AVi DVD/SACD/DVD-A (~$1000)
Comcast HD STB
M&K 750 THX 5.1 with M&K MX-1250 sub (~$2000)
~$10,000 (+ Middle Atlantic Slim5 14 space rack, oak panels, custom faces/shelves, and cables)

This thread is useless without pictures! There are a bunch of systems that I would have loved to see pictures, including the obvious Kal and Monty.

Paradigm Titans v.4 5.0
SVS PB10-NSD 0.1
Denon AVR-2106

Total Cost: $1550

See here for my build thread with pictures.

L/C/R 3x Athena AS-C1, $260 delivered (closeout & ebay NIB)
surround 2x Athena AS-B1 $80 delivered (NIB 'demos')
Yamaha htr-5860, $350 delivered
work in progress DIY sub/chaise lounge, Mach5 12", Rythmik 250 Amp, 136.66litera@17.5Hz (should be finished saturday) ~$225 all in

next step, 50-55" rp hdtv. (or maybe lcd or plasma if prices go low enough at superbowl time..)

Kilpsch RF-83 mains, Kilpsch RC-64 center, Kilpsch RF-82 rears, Infintys SM-152 back, Velodyne DLS-5000 sub, Kilpsch KSW-200 sub, Sony 7100ES receiver

Here are some pic's...

Mitsubishi WD-52725 DLP ~ $3,500
Pioneer Elite VSX-54TX ~ $1,500
Denon DVD-1730 ~ $169 (waiting for hi-def)
XBOX ~ freebie (Santa is replacing with a 360 next month)
B&W DM601 S3 (F) ~ $500 pair
B&W DM601 S3 (R) ~ $500 pair
B&W LCR600 (C) ~ $500
B&W ASW675 sub ~ $1,000
B&W WM4 ~ $400 pair (on back of house over deck)
HiDef DVR from Cox

These are MSRP. I work in advertising and gave my local guy some free ads and he hooked me up, so I got "friend pricing" and paid much, much less.

I'm about to buy my new sound system and i'm not sure which one to choose, between the new high end sound system (best choice in EISA awards 2006) NAD MASTER SERIES (M15, M25 and M55 Universal player) and the already knowned awarded sound systems, ARCAM (Universal player DV29, P7 and AV8) or PRIMARE (Universal player DVD30, SP31 and A30.5). Between these 3 different systems, which one would you recommend me? Any one knows these? I would appreciate and would be very thankfully.

Regards