Topic: audio room pics, revisited

[Tim]

nice Todd! that looks great

[nickgregory]

figured it was time to put some new pics with some of the minor changes I have made...

from the stairs that led into the room



from my vantage point



Left VR-2 - biwired with anticables
Apple Airport express - one of the best purchases I have ever made



Right VR-2 - biwired with anticables
CD storage...all those drawers are full with studio releases
CD binders on top with burned discs



VR LCR-15 mounted on a shelf above the TV.  Made a world of difference in quality of sound vs below the tv.  Before, when sitting on the shelf below, it sounded thin.  Mounted above, it sounds much fuller



Arcam AVR-300
Denon 2900



XBOX 360
Oppo 981HD
Audio Magic Stealth



Vinyl collection
Nitty Gritty RCM under the turntable



Thorens TD-165
Target turntable shelf...made a huge difference with the sound from the table



my desk which sits at the end of the room.  Work from home quite a bit so routinely have my work and personal PC fired up. 



one of my favorite parts of the room



only thing I would do differently is I would love to have this room in a basement as the sound wont be as prevalent in the rest of the house, but basements in the south are few and far between...

[Tim]

looking really good nick, I like the turntable shelf. didn't know you had moved to a thorens

[Jimna]

very nice.  i just rewired my HT last night ill take some pics today.

todd e, love the cabinet built into the wall like that, any heat issues?  also is there access behind it, like a false back wall??  

[nickgregory]

looking really good nick, I like the turntable shelf. didn't know you had moved to a thorens

I got an absurd deal from craigslist a while back...$50 for it...had a guy tune it up and I liked the sound much better than the P1...not that the P1 wasn't solid, but the thorens just had a different sound which I liked...

[Tim]

looking really good nick, I like the turntable shelf. didn't know you had moved to a thorens

I got an absurd deal from craigslist a while back...$50 for it...had a guy tune it up and I liked the sound much better than the P1...not that the P1 wasn't solid, but the thorens just had a different sound which I liked...

yeah thats absurd nice man, glad to see it went to someone who will appreciate it

[todd e]

very nice.  i just rewired my HT last night ill take some pics today.

todd e, love the cabinet built into the wall like that, any heat issues?  also is there access behind it, like a false back wall??  

i do have rear access in the form of (2) 4" circular holes for pass thru cables etc.  i'll probably make one more step and be done for a while, and that would be adding a small cpu fan behind the directv equipment.  thanks.

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i do have rear access

Whoa! Too much info, dude.

[Jimna]

ok, finally took some pics tonight.  this is the home theater setup in my living room, not my main music listening area. (that is still being constructed...)
but keep in mind this is a work in progress too....

Gear:
Samsung 550 LCD TV
Pioneer DV-250 DVD player
Comcast HD-DVR (1080i best res)
Denon 3808
Audioquest Stealth 4 conductor speaker cables
Paradigm (x2) Monitor 9v3 floor standing loud speakers (Bi-Amped)
Paradigm CC350 center channel (timbre matched to the fronts)
Sony  SA-WM250 Sub
Bose (x2) 201 bookshelf speakers

to bad im horrible at picking matching componants.  it sounds better than it looks i swear.



i still need to cut a piece of wood for the Denon to sit on, but the foot of snow we got yesterday has my tools and wood stash buried.  it had to be moved out of the entertainment center because i was having issues with heat, this is the best solution i could find given the space i have to work with.

i did have my Paradigm PS-1200 sub up here but found it to be way to much for my mid-small living room, so moved it back down stairs to the man cave for now.  the Sony is more than enough and it gave us a slightly larger traffic area to the kitchen as well.  this was a big point in achieving WAF.

i love these speakers, and the 3808 pushes them with authority!  they are spiked and bi-amped.


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the Denon makes bi-amping these easy.  i do need to invest in some banana connectors..but i love the Audioquest cables, they even have bass and treble written on the insulation of the conductors for optimal performance.   i love what this has done to the sound of my hi's and  mid's, but more so this has really brought out the low end dramatically in these speakers too, possibly the reason the Paradigm sub became over powering....


the weakest link in the chain right now is the Bose 201 rears, although im not unhappy really, they do just fine for all the more a rear is worked.


the Denon is an awesome unit that is very user friendly.  my favorite feature is the on screen GUI making use from the couch an effortless endeavor.  it is worth its weight in gold, and the bitch aint light.


motley crue anyone?

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

i do need to invest in some banana connectors..but i love the Audioquest cables, they even have bass and treble written on the insulation of the conductors for optimal performance.   i love what this has done to the sound of my hi's and  mid's, but more so this has really brought out the low end dramatically in these speakers too, possibly the reason the Paradigm sub became over powering....

Forget the banana connectors, what you have is great if you aren't swapping speakers all the time.  A lot of folks prefer using bare wire.

Your experience with bi-amping is the same as mine.  One of the best immediate improvements in sound I've had in my system.

[Jimna]

good to know.  i was having issues finding them to fit anyway.  i really think the Paradigms are underrated, they shake my soul setup like this.

[Tim]

I want to hear those paradigms sometime.

for the record I use bare wire and I bi-wire. Are you using two amps and bi-amping or just bi-wiring?

[Jimna]

the denon allows me to use 2 separate channels that would be zone 2 in a bi-amping setup, so this is the same as bi-amping with 2 separate amps right? 

anytime tim!  that is as long as your not opposed to entering boulder county.

[Tim]

Gotcha, yeah sounds like you're able to biamp. Very cool, bet it sounds good in there. Get that Denon off the sub and the vibrations, I bet it will help a lot.

Its Boulder County that is opposed to me

I need to leave the house more often, we'll have to figure something out.

[Jimna]

Gotcha, yeah sounds like you're able to biamp. Very cool, bet it sounds good in there. Get that Denon off the sub and the vibrations, I bet it will help a lot.

not sure where to put it.  as you can see i dont have much of an option.  i did have it inside the entertainment center but had heat issues.  the entertainment center hood used to have a partition with shelves that was the support for the roof, without it i dont dare put anymore weight up there.  so im out of places to put it..

time to move.