salad 419
12-15-2006, 12:41 AM
Hey guys. I've been lurking and reading TONS of posts over the past month. Great Site. I'm usually more of a reader/searcher than more of a poster but I'm in need of new equipment, so I'll be posting quite a bit. I'll also probably post a few "stoopid" questions that will spark debate so I'll get more ideas or opinions about concepts that will help me decide which components to purchase. More often than not, the answers I'm "looking for" will have nothing to do with the questions.
Background/Current: I've owned a few mid-fi/mass market type systems (at best) in the early/mid 90's.You know, top of the Best Buy Line. They mostly consisted of ~$550 JVC Recievers(RX-809 &815?) and the associated CD,VCR and cassette players. The Speakers were 15" Pioneer CS-G403 and some 10" Video Shielded Fishers that I can't remember the model # of right now. I actually wired up 2 sony 3 1/2" car speakers for the center channel back then which did the trick.
Currently, I'm using a "back up to the back up" reciever. It's a Reference 180R by Quadraflex. It's probably mid 80's and noisy as hell. The Speakers are Cerwin Vega E-710 and LW-12 Sub. I'm NOT a Cerwin Vega fan and these speakers don't do the trick for me, but they were the best sounding speakers in my price range locally when I bought them and I got to audition them A/B with everything with the Reciever I bought at that time JVC RX-8020VBK. They DO sound tons better than the older Vegas I was used to hearing. The Mids and Highs were less "muffled", but the highs seem real compressed and rolled off but still better than the older Vegas.
Anyway, I've recorded/mixed/produced quite a few bands with small home studio equipment so I may have some sort of an "ear" for some details, but I'm not claiming to be an audiophile, although I'd like to think I have a little better ear than the "mass market" consumer.
I'm planning on putting together a Home Theatre to keep the wife from complaining about the cash, but MY main priority is music so the system will be geared that way and the movie sound will follow.
Here we go. Watch out for Stoooopid Questions.
Background/Current: I've owned a few mid-fi/mass market type systems (at best) in the early/mid 90's.You know, top of the Best Buy Line. They mostly consisted of ~$550 JVC Recievers(RX-809 &815?) and the associated CD,VCR and cassette players. The Speakers were 15" Pioneer CS-G403 and some 10" Video Shielded Fishers that I can't remember the model # of right now. I actually wired up 2 sony 3 1/2" car speakers for the center channel back then which did the trick.
Currently, I'm using a "back up to the back up" reciever. It's a Reference 180R by Quadraflex. It's probably mid 80's and noisy as hell. The Speakers are Cerwin Vega E-710 and LW-12 Sub. I'm NOT a Cerwin Vega fan and these speakers don't do the trick for me, but they were the best sounding speakers in my price range locally when I bought them and I got to audition them A/B with everything with the Reciever I bought at that time JVC RX-8020VBK. They DO sound tons better than the older Vegas I was used to hearing. The Mids and Highs were less "muffled", but the highs seem real compressed and rolled off but still better than the older Vegas.
Anyway, I've recorded/mixed/produced quite a few bands with small home studio equipment so I may have some sort of an "ear" for some details, but I'm not claiming to be an audiophile, although I'd like to think I have a little better ear than the "mass market" consumer.
I'm planning on putting together a Home Theatre to keep the wife from complaining about the cash, but MY main priority is music so the system will be geared that way and the movie sound will follow.
Here we go. Watch out for Stoooopid Questions.