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hindle8907
02-01-10, 10:05 PM
A place for us AV enthusiasts
Here we can post pictures of our Kits/set-ups
Chat about the latest gizmo's and gadgets,
Ask or give advice on equipment,
Audio and Visual Equipment for Sale.
Write reviews and generally just chat about anything AV related.
Ill go first,
below is some pictures of my apartment and kit, I am 20 years old and have built up my kit over the past 2 years since I moved out of my parents with my girlfriend, I first got into AV when I purchased my first LCD TV when I was 17 since then I built up my equipment and try to upgrade when the funds allow.
Kit List
Living Room/Gadgets
Panasonic TH-50PZ70 50" Full HD 1080p/24 Plasma TV
Yamaha - DSP-AX761 7.1 AMP
Mordaunt short Avants and Kef's
Joytech AV Control Center
Xbox360-HDMI(Flashed)
Xbox Elite (Standard)
Original PS3-60GB
WII
Iphone 3GB 16GB
Iphone 3GB 8GB
x2 Nintendo DS Lite
x2 Original PSP
Dell D620 Laptop 2.2Ghz 2GB 500GB Laptop
PC
24" Iiyama LCD Full HD 1920x1080
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black-edition,AM3,OC@ 3.8 GHz,
Asus Crosshair III Formula
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800(1600)
1TB Samsung Spinpoint
1GB XFX HD5770
650W Silverstone ST65ZF-GM PSU
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2
Lancool K58 Black Advanced Tower
Bedroom
TOSHIBA 32C3030D Regza 32" LCD
Panasonic DVD Sound System SCPT450EBK
Chill out Room
Samsung PS42A456P 42" Plasma TV
Yamaha RXV363 AMP
KEF KHT2005.2's and Yamaha centre/Sub-woofer
Xbox360(FLASHED)
PS3 - 80GB
Kitchen
Relisys RLT1520 15"
Living Room
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR1Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR1aMedium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR2Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR3Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR4Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR5Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR6Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR7Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR7aMedium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR8Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR9Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/LR10Medium.jpg
Bedroom
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/BRMedium.jpg
Chill Out Room
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/CO1Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/CO2Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/CO3Medium.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/CO4aMedium.jpg
Kitchen
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/KMedium.jpg
instigator
02-01-10, 10:10 PM
Pffft....you have all of that (:eek:) and then you go and spoil it all with a surface mounted LCD in the Kitchen? I'd at least have expected one of those flip down LCD's that are attached to the underside of the cabinets so that it could be hidden away.
9/10, must try harder.
(:p)
hindle8907
02-01-10, 10:27 PM
Pffft....you have all of that (:eek:) and then you go and spoil it all with a surface mounted LCD in the Kitchen? I'd at least have expected one of those flip down LCD's that are attached to the underside of the cabinets so that it could be hidden away.
9/10, must try harder.
(:p)
cheers lol i have looked at them but they are bloody expensive.
when i eventually buy a house i think i will buy one for my self as a moving in present, till then that one can stay there lol its hardly used anyway :D
Spikenipple
03-01-10, 12:33 AM
Where do you work :|
What's your postcode and house number? ;)
I recon thats about 9 minutes work... in the back of the Tranny... KWIM. ;-)
now where my IP tracker... humm, now that narrows it down a bit...!
hindle8907
03-01-10, 12:54 AM
I recon thats about 9 minutes work... in the back of the Tranny... KWIM. ;-)
now where my IP tracker... humm, now that narrows it down a bit...!
lol yeh u gota get past me first:p
Which wouldn't be hard hahalol
barwel1992
03-01-10, 03:38 AM
nice :D
PC/TV/DVD/bedroom
Samsung t260HD (1080p tv/dvd mode) (pc mode 1920x1200p)
JVC rx-702 7.1 HDMI switching AMP (150w RMS per chan)
Maurdaunt-short 10inch monitors (speakers 300w RMS)
Yamaha active Sub
Sony BDPS-360 Blu-ray
PC
XFX 780i motherboard
E8400 C2D 4.5ghz per core
2x9800gtx+
Xilence 750w mod PSU
2gb OCZ reaper
Xtream music 7.1 card
Gigabyte Aurora 570 Modded
500gb+200gb HDD's
DVD RW drive
Cooler master drive bay cooler for HDD's
xigmatech/gigabyte/aksa x6 120mm fans
Peripherals
amBX
Logitech G11 keyboard
logitech G5 mouse
Xbox 360 game pad
not bad considering i dont have a job ..... lol
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040154.jpg
amBX lighting changed to whats on screen
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040161.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040164.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1030702.jpg
Ohh and 2 dell lap tops
shifter
03-01-10, 11:10 AM
Thought you guys might like this then, it's a little system I'm building for a customer.
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq250/Shifter-23-23/AV/IMG_0034.jpg
hindle8907
03-01-10, 12:43 PM
barwel Sweet some nice gear there, Tidy them cables though ! hahah,
Just think what you will have when you do have an income if you can manage that without..
Shifter that is beast, do you do AV installation for a living then ?
Thanks for sharing :p
barwel1992
03-01-10, 02:11 PM
cheers and yeh the cables have gotten out of control lol will sort them out when i have time
and thats a moster of a rack mount
shifter
03-01-10, 03:29 PM
Yep, I work for a custom install company. Our average systems these day range from £100000 to abuout £500,000 and we work for a lot of big names.
I'm mainly office bassed but I build the equipment racks as in the photo. Our complete systems can control lighting, heating, aircon, door entry cctv and of course blinds and plasma lifts etc. We also do full power home cinemas with projectors etc.
shifter
03-01-10, 03:50 PM
Here's a little shot fo cabling in the smaller of the two racks when I'd just started it.
As you can see most of the audio and networking is in, as are the phone points for the sky box. Still to go in is all the control, Rs232, IR and Crestnet plus a 16/8 HDMI matrix switch and all the video cabling that goes with it.
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq250/Shifter-23-23/AV/IMG_0036.jpg
Mr Speirs
03-01-10, 04:02 PM
I have a:
40" Sony Flat Screen
PS3
PS2 (Old school)
Nintendo Wii
JBL Speaker System thingy
SKY HD+
iPhone
Apple Mac G5
Apple Macbook
And that is it, I think.
hindle8907
03-01-10, 06:43 PM
shifter , sweet wish i had cable management like that haha mine looks neat but when you move a unit out it a right mess, kool job too. :thumleft:
I have a:
40" Sony Flat Screen
PS3
PS2 (Old school)
Nintendo Wii
JBL Speaker System thingy
SKY HD+
iPhone
Apple Mac G5
Apple Macbook
And that is it, I think.
Nice get some photos up dude
barwel1992
03-01-10, 07:50 PM
just go one of these
http://www.bgstores.co.uk/bmz_cache/d/d7ccef961aecf7e5eeaa04ea375d3bbc.image.300x300.jpg
Thingus
03-01-10, 07:51 PM
Jeez boys. I've got:
38 inch Panasonic tv, PS3, Wii, HP 17 inch lappy toppy, 5 yr old computer with 5 yr old 5.1 sound system, couple more tv and uhm, i'm all out of ideas haha.
Hindle you've got a nice set up O.O
hindle8907
03-01-10, 07:52 PM
just go one of these
http://www.bgstores.co.uk/bmz_cache/d/d7ccef961aecf7e5eeaa04ea375d3bbc.image.300x300.jpg
kool i was looking into the logitech harmony series, whats it like then does it do the job ?
hindle8907
03-01-10, 07:55 PM
Jeez boys. I've got:
38 inch Panasonic tv, PS3, Wii, HP 17 inch lappy toppy, 5 yr old computer with 5 yr old 5.1 sound system, couple more tv and uhm, i'm all out of ideas haha.
Hindle you've got a nice set up O.O
cheers dude.
Panasonic :p is the way forward now pioneer dont make tellys any more
barwel1992
03-01-10, 08:02 PM
dont have it yet lol :P it was cheep from play at £16 reduced from £50 rrp its a 5 in 1 not a 8 in 1 will let you know if it works when i get it :D
hindle8907
03-01-10, 08:51 PM
16 quid bargain lol, Yeah lets us know mate.
shifter
03-01-10, 09:20 PM
shifter , sweet wish i had cable management like that haha mine looks neat but when you move a unit out it a right mess, kool job too. :thumleft:
Nice get some photos up dude
Both racks are nearly finished at the mo, I'll grab you a propper picture of the cableing now it's all in! I have to make most of the cables individualy-soldering all the d-type plugs for the rs232 takes hours!
hindle8907
04-01-10, 11:42 AM
Both racks are nearly finished at the mo, I'll grab you a propper picture of the cableing now it's all in! I have to make most of the cables individualy-soldering all the d-type plugs for the rs232 takes hours!
got any spare HDMI leads lay about :p ????
thedonal
05-01-10, 12:25 PM
Well- a few days into my new setup ownership now. Here's the list-
Panasonic 42" TX-P42G10 plasma screen
Sony BDP-360 Blue Ray player (anyone know how to make DVD playback multi region on this?)
Pioneer VSX-C301 amp
TDL Saturn 10 front speakers
Yamaha NSP-110 speakers- rear, centre and sub (slowly being replaced!).
The screen is fantastic, as is the player- watched District 9 and Terminator: Salvation (OK- not great, but not meh either) now on BD.
Also watched LOTR- Fellowship disc 1 to test the upscaling. Very good- better than my DVD player, but it does show up the artifacts of DVD M-Peg compression on the finer detail- you can easily see where BD will improve on the DVD picture. My DVD player is now kept in reserve- once I get an amp with 6 channel co-axial analogue inputs, it'll be put back into play as an SACD player.
That said, DVDs still have a great picture and the new setup really shows them off. It's about as close to being at the cinema as I can get in my flat now. All I need is a sofa, a set of motorized curtains in front of the screen and an usherette for the popcorn. And a few more Blu-Ray discs!
I'll post up pics once I've sorted them- before and after, so you can see the vast improvement to the flat.
barwel1992
05-01-10, 12:30 PM
sounds good :D
454697819
05-01-10, 12:32 PM
I have a 32" hannespree LCD Tv, a 5.1 sony surround system, and an 5 yr old pc, which has just lost half its ram as it donald ducked itself...
my work computer is a quad core HP machine, with a 22" w/s monitor.
and I have an N95 phone...
Im old tech me..
barwel1992
05-01-10, 12:33 PM
lol ^
ugh ddr2 ram has sky rocketed in price :(
hindle8907
05-01-10, 01:02 PM
Well- a few days into my new setup ownership now. Here's the list-
Panasonic 42" TX-P42G10 plasma screen
Sony BDP-360 Blue Ray player (anyone know how to make DVD playback multi region on this?)
Pioneer VSX-C301 amp
TDL Saturn 10 front speakers
Yamaha NSP-110 speakers- rear, centre and sub (slowly being replaced!).
.
Kool, the G10 is a good screen,
I have some blu ray for sale,
Shooter
DEJAVU
Casino Royale 007
Stealth
25 quid for the bunch if anyone wants them only been used once or twice.
barwel1992
05-01-10, 01:08 PM
^ if only i dident need new front brake lines
hindle8907
05-01-10, 01:51 PM
^ if only i dident need new front brake lines
what length ? i have some braided lines to fit an S
barwel1992
05-01-10, 02:04 PM
i need longer than the stock N lines lol so have no option but to have them custom made
hindle8907
05-01-10, 02:14 PM
why do you need to have them custom made ? i got mine for my Naked from HEL.
barwel1992
05-01-10, 02:15 PM
because i have wide bars and the standard line is pulled tight
hindle8907
05-01-10, 02:22 PM
arh rite kool,
metalmonkey
05-01-10, 02:26 PM
I don't have much stuff, some its on lona other stuff isn't mine...
The lounge we have;
32" LCD Panasonic (might be changed for 42")
Sky+HD
Xbox Elite
My computer which is mega old.
10MB cable modem
Wouldn't might getting a 5.1 sourround system but doesn't need to be mega expesnive the house isn't huge optical inputs would be good...suggestions?
I have 22" LCD Samsung upstairs, with a sky+ box and 2.1 speakers.
I worked in Film/TV/AV but that was a few years ago I expect some of the gear has changed now.
hindle8907
05-01-10, 02:46 PM
http://www.quantumelectronics.co.uk/...e_Package.html (http://www.quantumelectronics.co.uk/acatalog/Yamaha_AV_63_Home_Theatre_Package.html)
http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/yamaha/av65-package.html
5.1 with optical and hdmi connections, budget stuff but give reasonable sound for the money .
barwel1992
05-01-10, 02:52 PM
just so you know if you run optical over 2 metre's the sound quality will degrade quite a lot im using a 1 metre optical from my tv to amp and 45cm from Blu ray player to amp
hindle8907
05-01-10, 02:58 PM
I got a 15M Optical cable m8 and it works fine . no different from when i was using my 1.5m meter one.
barwel1992
05-01-10, 03:12 PM
realy ?? i have seen loads of things even in a old ish issue of what hifi about a maximum length of 6ft with optical
but on the other hand im reading somthing now that it says you can go up to 75ft lol intresting :\
amnesia
05-01-10, 03:17 PM
realy ?? i have seen loads of things even in a old ish issue of what hifi about a maximum length of 6ft with optical
but on the other hand im reading somthing now that it says you can go up to 75ft lol intresting :\
Probably written by the same people who will tell you that a really expensive co-ax (with a signal direction identified on it so it only runs properly one way) is much better than a £5 cable pair. Yeah...right, I am sure they can hear the difference. :shock:
There seems to be a huge amount of BS around the audio world.
barwel1992
05-01-10, 03:21 PM
yup now what im getting is older stuf was limited to 33ft and now it can do over 100ft but the cable must not be kinked or bent over 90o lol confusing
amnesia
05-01-10, 04:11 PM
Depends what the fibres are made of I guess. If you kink them then the structure of the material is damaged and you would get reflections in the fibre.
You can bend fibres anyway you like, providing you don't have a radius on your bends smaller than recommended.
barwel1992
05-01-10, 04:40 PM
true also depends if the toslink cable is plastic or glass/plastic compound
aparently the glass is better for longer cables but glass is more fragile so is not good for long cables (as long cables tend to kink) so its a no win situation lol i will just use coaxal(digital) if i need to use long cables
Spikenipple
05-01-10, 05:25 PM
My DVD player is now kept in reserve- once I get an amp with 6 channel co-axial analogue inputs, it'll be put back into play as an SACD player.
Do you actually have any SACDs? They never really took off!
thedonal
05-01-10, 07:33 PM
Do you actually have any SACDs? They never really took off!
Well- I have War of the Worlds and really want to hear the 5.1 mix- one of my favourite albums. There's some other stuff I'd like to hear on SACD- Floyd, Peter Gabriel, a bit of classical. While I've got the player, I may as well take advantage when I eventually get an amp that'll do it.
TheRamJam
05-01-10, 07:52 PM
just go one of these
http://www.bgstores.co.uk/bmz_cache/d/d7ccef961aecf7e5eeaa04ea375d3bbc.image.300x300.jpg
If its AV control in a single One For All Gadget then surely it has to be this baby
Philips Pronto TSU9800
http://www.pronto.philips.com/index.cfm?id=1685
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/cmcfa2/TSU9800_dock.jpg
hindle8907
05-01-10, 09:19 PM
one of these would be my choice
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/hindle8907/Untitled.png
file:///C:/Users/Anthony/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-7.png
shifter
06-01-10, 12:07 AM
Or,
http://www.bandl.hu/pdf/conference/control/MT-1000C.pdf
But you'll need to stay out the pub for a while!
tigersaw
06-01-10, 12:25 AM
Heres the lounge telly,
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=97&pictureid=3853
The TV speakers were a bit feeble
hindle8907
06-01-10, 12:30 AM
Heres the lounge telly,
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=97&pictureid=3853
The TV speakers were a bit feeble
And you still need the sign language woman to help too .... Jesus you must have bad ears hahahah
Sweet cheers for the upload what are them ? sound bars ?
tigersaw
06-01-10, 12:34 AM
Sweet cheers for the upload what are them ? sound bars ?
Bottom one is a soundbar, top one is as well kind of, but built into the TV stand
barwel1992
06-01-10, 12:38 AM
If its AV control in a single One For All Gadget then surely it has to be this baby
Philips Pronto TSU9800
http://www.pronto.philips.com/index.cfm?id=1685
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/cmcfa2/TSU9800_dock.jpg
Yes but £1,699.99 is a bit more than £16.99 :D
BanditPat
06-01-10, 03:33 AM
I was going to post a picture of my set up but do to being a retard i cant find my USB cable and on top of that my 3g isnt working so the email i tried sending with the picture in wont send :| i am not amused
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/917/tvsetup.jpg
Taken with a crappy £5 webcam not exactly the best quality now is it? Couldnt get far enough away from the TV to get it all in the shot either :\
A Hitachi 37" 1080p LCD TV
LG BDP350 Bluray player
Xbox 360 streaming my media from my laptop
A cheap 5.1 surround sound which is hidden because i dont like the look of the speakers.
And a Sony projector which is seldom used
As soon as funds allow it though the TV will be replaced with a 50"+ plasma and some decent surround sound kit.
barwel1992
06-01-10, 01:15 PM
got my eye's on some more maudaunt-shots, center and 2 book self (rear) speakers could do for my 5.1 set up
hindle8907
06-01-10, 01:24 PM
Pat everyone starts some where, the thing with AV is there is allways somthing to upgrade its a never ending cycle, i have owned 7 diffrent flat screen TV's and i have only been moved out 2 years lol
im looking for a 509i centre to go with my 904i fonts and 902i rears at the moment im using a keg Egg and the Maudaunts over power it when watching Movies.
barwel1992
06-01-10, 01:46 PM
dosent you amp have controle over difforent channels ? i can turn them all up individualy so have the rears loud and fronts quite same with sub and center (not the same controle)
hindle8907
06-01-10, 01:52 PM
dosent you amp have controle over difforent channels ? i can turn them all up individualy so have the rears loud and fronts quite same with sub and center (not the same controle)
yeah it does i have played around but the centre is letting the rest of the system down .
barwel1992
06-01-10, 02:23 PM
ahh i see, now looking at some sony ssb1000 speakers for £44 for my rears, have good reviews to
BanditPat
07-01-10, 01:17 AM
Pat everyone starts some where, the thing with AV is there is allways somthing to upgrade its a never ending cycle, i have owned 7 diffrent flat screen TV's and i have only been moved out 2 years lol
im looking for a 509i centre to go with my 904i fonts and 902i rears at the moment im using a keg Egg and the Maudaunts over power it when watching Movies.
I just want something bigger to be honest the tv works fine and is a fairly decent tv just likethe hitachi CRT was that used to be in the livingroom
barwel1992
08-01-10, 04:54 AM
going to be ordering my Sony rear speakers to day (friday) and then a warfdale center speaker (£60) and another yamaha active sub hehehe then i just need to waite for my room to be fliped round to wall mount all the speakers lol
shifter
08-01-10, 08:49 AM
Ok, as promissed a picture of the back of one of our racks. It's not one from the first pictures but does show how busy the cables get.
Looking at the photo the networking cables are missing in this rack as well!
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq250/Shifter-23-23/AV/100_0134.jpg
warrenhewitt10
08-01-10, 12:39 PM
Hitachi 42" 1080p LCD
Yamaha 5.1 Amp
HDD Freeview recorder
Tangent Speakers all round
PS3 60GB
Xbox 360 60GB (with my random £9 ebay purchase fitted...)
Sony Sub
Strobe Light (another random ebay impulse buy...)
5 sony surround speakers (now used to hide the mass of cables behind them lol)
June 09 Macbook
Iphone 16gb 3GS
Sennheiser HD465 headphones for nights
http://file052a.bebo.com/14/original/2010/01/08/12/15062929a12073326595o.jpg
http://file050a.bebo.com/18/original/2010/01/08/12/15062929a12073326639o.jpg
http://file052a.bebo.com/13/original/2010/01/08/12/15062929a12073326681o.jpg
http://file052a.bebo.com/16/original/2010/01/08/12/15062929a12073326739o.jpg
http://file050a.bebo.com/7/original/2010/01/08/12/15062929a12073326792o.jpg
http://file050a.bebo.com/11/original/2010/01/08/12/15062929a12073360753o.jpg
hindle8907
08-01-10, 12:53 PM
Ok, as promissed a picture of the back of one of our racks. It's not one from the first pictures but does show how busy the cables get.
Looking at the photo the networking cables are missing in this rack as well!
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq250/Shifter-23-23/AV/100_0134.jpg
impressive !
hindle8907
08-01-10, 12:56 PM
Hitachi 42" 1080p LCD
Yamaha 5.1 Amp
HDD Freeview recorder
Tangent Speakers all round
PS3 60GB
Xbox 360 60GB (with my random £9 ebay purchase fitted...)
Sony Sub
Strobe Light (another random ebay impulse buy...)
5 sony surround speakers (now used to hide the mass of cables behind them lol)
June 09 Macbook
Iphone 16gb 3GS
Sennheiser HD465 headphones for nights
Kool nice setup what are the 5 sony speakers conected too?
What a strobe light lol .!! r u a raver .
shifter
08-01-10, 02:42 PM
Getting it up 3 flights of stairs and accross a narrow landing was the hard bit
(wait for the wise cracks)
warrenhewitt10
08-01-10, 04:18 PM
Kool nice setup what are the 5 sony speakers conected too?
What a strobe light lol .!! r u a raver .
i used these before i got all the bigger ones lol so they are just sitting there atm not attached to anything!
im not lol i jus saw it on ebay one day for like £6 n thot waow...... and now its mounted to one of my old speaker brackets lol
barwel1992
09-01-10, 02:53 AM
just purchased a set of sony SSB1000's for my rear speakers now to find a center
warrenhewitt10
09-01-10, 07:46 PM
i just found a new ambition in life......to own one of these
Little Subwoofer (http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/1012/wilson-audio-thors-hammer-subwoofer)
-Ralph-
09-01-10, 08:03 PM
Could all those posting pictures of this nice kit please remember to post their addresses too? :p
barwel1992
09-01-10, 09:48 PM
^ haha ... NO :D
moved some stuf around in my room and set up my amp again and rearaged some wires to stop the interferance through my left speaker
hindle8907
10-01-10, 07:19 PM
i just found a new ambition in life......to own one of these
Little Subwoofer (http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/1012/wilson-audio-thors-hammer-subwoofer)
that is evil ....
hindle8907
10-01-10, 07:21 PM
just purchased a set of sony SSB1000's for my rear speakers now to find a center
let us know what they are like mate,
barwel1992
10-01-10, 07:27 PM
will do
up date on the remote, im realy liking it at the moment it dosent have as many buttons as i would like but for £17 i carnt complain, its nice and heavy and made of aluminum and looks verry sleek
sifi nut:
http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/man-spends-70k-building-h.php
barwel1992
10-01-10, 09:08 PM
lol that much money and my GF has a bigger screen than that :P
120 inch projector 1080i 5.1 digital surround sound 2 tanoy floor standers mission center and self made rears and a big very expensive valve sub (200w)
barwel1992
13-01-10, 01:53 AM
got my sony speakers and thorght ohh god what have i broght when i first fired them up so so tinny and dident sound/look like they can do 120w (rms) but then realised i had the speakers set to small and my sub on (couldent hear it as i was on top of it and volume was low)
so then fliped it over to large so they got the full range and lo and behold they come to life a little more so gave them a work out of BnB electro and metal and they started to losen up so then disconected them a wired them in the the rear suround channel pluged my maudaunts shorts (ms25ti 300w rms pure titanium tweeter, using gold bannana plugs) and decided to switch them back down to small (all channels) and let them rip with a bomb sene from tears of the sun (the were on top the maurdaunt)
the sound was prety awsome bulet noises and fighter jets going from one speaker to another and visa versa front to back left to right, shame i carnt use them as surounds at the moment as my bedroom needs to be changed for that but still can use it in 2 chanel suround mode so they all out put the same thing they seem to add some definition to the top end along side the maurdaunts due to the smaller base pin. crossover is set to 100hz at the moment as 80hz seems to make the sub a bit weedy as it dosent go that low (cheep yam good quality thogh)
still need some tweeking and so on but overall im quite impresed for £38 open box from amazon inc next day delivery :D
next thing im ordering (this friday) is a wharfedale 9cc center speaker 120w(rms) 6 ohms impedance 80hz to 24khz
then a new sub im posibly going to buy a rel acoustics stentor(1 not 2 or 3) 200w -400w Max active sub 25hz to 150hz £4000 rrp but it dosent work (at the moment) see if the GF's mum will let me have it for £20 or so :P ohh and it weighs 50kg :p
all good fun
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040223.jpg
hindle8907
13-01-10, 06:24 PM
Sweet glad your happy with your purchase.
Yeah rite there not yours :rolleyes:
barwel1992
13-01-10, 11:13 PM
lol just need to get them mounted now
and shh i only paid for them :D i dont were them
barwel1992
18-01-10, 12:57 AM
woo go me a centre speaker now :D tried it with music and it works well but haven't had chance to play with a film yet and cant use all 5 speakers as i dont have any speaker cable so will be ordering some on Friday
running 3.1 atm :/
also spiked my sub had to drill holes and fit the spikes that were a pain in the ass because i managed to drill in to a odd placed brace, oh well
my room as it is at the moment the two small rears will be wall mounted as rears at some stage the center will also be mounted above my screen as well on a adjustable mount so it can be articulated to where ever i sit/lie
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040222.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040218.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040221.jpg
just some better pics of my other stuf
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040224.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/barwell1992/P1040230.jpg
warrenhewitt10
19-01-10, 11:51 AM
i have a mate that owns this
Klipsch F-3 home cinema system, its unbelievably good, even games such as tiger woods 2009 sounds like theres a rhino running up the room, he will not have a house soon it will have turned to dust
http://file052a.bebo.com/20/original/2010/01/19/11/15062929a12117105608o.jpg
http://file052a.bebo.com/19/original/2010/01/19/11/15062929a12117108240o.jpg
warrenhewitt10
19-01-10, 11:53 AM
just a bit of scale the tv there is 42"
I have a 512mb mp3 player with STEREO headphones.
hindle8907
19-01-10, 02:29 PM
I have a 512mb mp3 player with STEREO headphones.
:smt043
hindle8907
19-01-10, 02:30 PM
i have a mate that owns this
Klipsch F-3 home cinema system, its unbelievably good, even games such as tiger woods 2009 sounds like theres a rhino running up the room, he will not have a house soon it will have turned to dust
http://file052a.bebo.com/20/original/2010/01/19/11/15062929a12117105608o.jpg
They would look good in my living-room haha
barwel1992
19-01-10, 03:32 PM
nice looking but would rather have some http://www.mordauntshort.com/content.php?COID=22
:lol: :D
hindle8907
19-01-10, 03:34 PM
nice looking but would rather have some http://www.mordauntshort.com/content.php?COID=22
:lol: :D
there fugly, but mordaunt really do make good speakers I love my 904/902i's
there sound awesome.
barwel1992
19-01-10, 03:54 PM
agreed they are ugly but i dont go for looks when it comes down to speakers, there performance is whats important
hindle8907
19-01-10, 03:59 PM
performance is important put you dont want your house looking something out of space lol .
barwel1992
19-01-10, 04:04 PM
haha good point that, but in black(special edition) they do look nice but at close to £10k well um i get £25 a week so it might be a bit tight on the old budget there lol
hindle8907
19-01-10, 04:08 PM
:smt107 how much !! lol ... thats mad money
barwel1992
19-01-10, 04:45 PM
lol yup it is mad money but if i could i would lol
amnesia
23-01-10, 06:11 PM
just go one of these
http://www.bgstores.co.uk/bmz_cache/d/d7ccef961aecf7e5eeaa04ea375d3bbc.image.300x300.jpg
Took delivery of one of these yesterday to control our TV, Bluray, DVD surround system and NTL cable box.
Easy to use, simple to set up and the online upgrade process works a treat (no pre-installed codes worked with the bluray player).
I have programmed a couple of functions that were not part of the pre-installed codes by making use of the remote's 'learning' function. I am sure I will program a few more as I come across the need for them.
Not keen on the buttons in the centre, but for £17 its great. Looks good in the dark too.
:thumbsup:
barwel1992
23-01-10, 06:12 PM
glad you liked it :) im not to keen on the centre buttons ether, could have been a bit bigger but ohh well
warrenhewitt10
23-01-10, 09:13 PM
i use the remotes that came with my stuff :) i find it sufficient
barwel1992
24-01-10, 01:03 AM
i use the remotes that came with my stuff :) i find it sufficient
lol i have 3 remote's and because i wach films/tv in bed (no other place to watch in my room) i kep losing the bloody things down the side of the bed so one is better for me lol
the only bad thing is that my amp remote still needs to be used as it has well a few buttons....
lol and some of those are multi function so flick the switch on the side and they do diforent things :rolleyes:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images345x345/374235.jpg
warrenhewitt10
24-01-10, 01:15 AM
thers 6 remotes in my room but they all live in the man drawer beside my bed to theres never much problem lol
DarrenSV650S
24-01-10, 01:18 AM
You guys are all geeks
Sorry but it had to be said
barwel1992
24-01-10, 01:21 AM
You guys are all geeks
Sorry but it had to be said
and .... [-(
:smt096
warrenhewitt10
24-01-10, 01:23 AM
You guys are all geeks
Sorry but it had to be said
would u rather we all owned rubbish home cinema setups? lol
that way we wouldnt talk about them i suppose, but as it is i could talk about this stuff alllllll day lol
DarrenSV650S
24-01-10, 01:23 AM
and .... [-(
:smt096
....nothing
I just had to say it
barwel1992
24-01-10, 01:25 AM
....nothing
I just had to say it
lol :D
at least it stops me from buying fags and booz :rolleyes:
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