What audio equipment do you own?

[bmw-k]

NAD T762 AVR
Panasonic DVD/CDP player: el-cheapo model to be upgraded in time.
TV: Panasonic 28" CRT - nuthin special

Mains: PSB Stratus Silver i's (Bi-wired)
Center: PSB C5i
Surround: ancient Aiwa speakers I had lying around
Sub: PSB Subsonic 7 (15", 330 watt, accoustic suspension sub)

Connectors: Radio Shack Gold interconnects.
Speaker Cable: Tara Labs 2+2, 12guage

Sounds great!

[WmAx]

My humbling setup:

Sony ICF-C25 AM/FM Alarm Clock

-Mono
-AM/FM
-Rotary Tuner Control
-Rotary Volume Contral
-Solid State
-3" Full Range Speaker
-16 AWG Power Chord
-Selectable Radio/Alarm Tone Alarm Signal
-Snooze Button
-Sleep Button
-9V Battery Backup
-Off-white ABS plastic chassis/enclosure

-Chris

[uncooked]

anybody know of a site where i can post pics of my stuff for free? then put a link back here? as far as i know you cant upload pics onto this site.

and wmax what up with the mono alarm clock, is that a joke or what lol

-Mono
-AM/FM
-Rotary Tuner Control
-Rotary Volume Contral
-Solid State
-3" Full Range Speaker
-16 AWG Power Chord
-Selectable Radio/Alarm Tone Alarm Signal
-Snooze Button
-Sleep Button
-9V Battery Backup
-Off-white ABS plastic chassis/enclosure


thats halarious. i sure hope your joking though

[92135011]

WOAH!~ that sounds a lot like MY alarm clock!
Except that mine has a headphone minijack! 2 alarms instead of 1!
I guess mine is high end? o.O

I feel top of the world

[WmAx]

Except that mine has a headphone minijack! 2 alarms instead of 1!
I guess mine is high end? o.O

I feel top of the world

What? Damn it all! I knew that salesman was holding back on me. You lucky smuck.

-Chris

[jeskibuff]

I knew that salesman was holding back on me.

Quite obviously the same unscrupulous salesman that sold Major Matt Mason his Kenner Close 'n Play with the Gouge-A-Matic 2000 cartridge!

as far as i know you cant upload pics onto this site

Not true. Some of the pictures on this very thread (including mine) were uploaded on this site. Look at the bottom of the page when you're posting a message. You'll see an "Attach Files" section that has a "Upload/Manage Photos" button in it. If you post one picture, it'll automatically display in your post (inline). If you post more than one, the pictures will appear as a list and viewers will have to click on each file name to display them. You are limited to 5 pictures per post.

Perhaps you are just used to the old way of uploading pictures. The software transferred the picture from your computer to the AR server and gave you a URL to address the picture with. That won't work anymore. You'll note that the addresses look like this: http://forums.audioreview.com/attach...entid=45&stc=1 , which is gonefishin's picture, the first in this thread. This method was implemented I suppose to keep people from using someone's server to post their space-intensive pictures to the internet, although the pictures may have had nothing to do with the forum they posted them in. Note that you can click on the URL to see the picture, but you can't use it within image tags like [ img]http://forums.audioreview.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=45&stc=1[ /img] So, it's either get your own webspace to upload what you want, or use the forum the way it is now, limiting you to posting pictures that better have relevance to the discussion!

[FAIELLO]

My Upgraded System
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My System:
Receiver: Marantz SR7300
DVD Video, DVD-Audio/SACD: Marantz DV6400
CD Changer: Onyko DX-C390
TV: Mitsubishi WS-48511
Sat: Echcostar HD 6000U
Remote: Sony AV3000
Cables: Monster and Acoustic Research

Speakers:
Center: CSW Center Stage
Fronts: CSW Tower II (Bi-wired)
Rears: CSW Surround 5.1
Back Center: CSW Newton MC300
Sub: JBL PB-10
Speacker Wire: CSW 16 ga. white

my website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1mkhw/index.html

[careless b]

RECIEVER: Yamaha RXV2400
DVD/CD: Denon DVD 1200
SPEAKERS: Klipsch Front: RF35 Center: RC 35 Rear RS 35 Sub RSW 12
No name cabling/Cabling left over from my car setup
TV Panasonic 76 Tau Digital
CD (dj equip) Denon DN-D9000
HEADPHONES Sennheiser's HD595 (if anyone is in the market for new headphones this set is a must, I just replaced my old sennheisers after 4 years of continual abuse, sound is fantastic!)

Sounds FANTASTIC except my neighbours have started get on my back as the sound just travels throughout my house. The worst thing is, it's so clear no matter what volume it is on when I am about 20 feet from the house with all the doors and windows closed. Anyone got suggestions on how I can crank my system without upsetting the neighbours?

[Eric_Bender]

New to the site, but am very interested in learning more.

Amp: Adcom GFA 545
Preamp: Adcom GTP 500 II
CD: CAL Ikon Mk II
DVD: Harman Kardon DVD 101
TV: Sony 32" WEGA KV32FS100
Speakers: Boston Acoustics A-150 II

[Ogeez]

Presently building a room, any feedabck is welcomed:
HK AVR 220
B&W 601 S2 FR/FL/C/(SUB soon)/ PSB for now in Rear
JVC Progressive Scan DVD
Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000 PVR
Sherwood 5 CD Player
Dual 505 Diamond cut needle Turntable
Epson Powerlite S1 Projector
Screen still coming
Clone PC with 2g AMD/1g RAM/ASUS A7V333 Motherboard/2X80gig 7200rpm HD/GeForce4 MX440 S-Video in/out connected to the SAE PVR and the Epson
Cables: 16g custom 24K Gold feed to rear speakers, all others 18g custom 24K Gold in wall cables. Philips Platinum Power S-Video/Audio from the SAE PVR to the 32" Goldstar, Philips Platinum Audio cables from the Sherwood to the HK, Custom Made High resolution 24K Gold 35ft S-Video Cables with Philips S-Video Power Supply from the Epson to the HK, Custom made 50ft VGA to Component from the Epson to the DVD.

[Ian McLoud]

OK,
I have an old Sony reciever STS-DE305 (175w) It has 2 channels with 2 outputs per channel.

I recently bought 2 Klipsch Synergy 1 speakers- (300watt max) i was told my reciever had no chance of blowing them out.

I hooked them both up to the A channel and had the B channel off. Then I proceeded to pump them up very loud.They lasted about 5 hours before they almost completley died. I returned them at no cost to myself, thank you best buy, but I was wondering why that happened.

When I explained it to the guy at Best Buy, he was so perplexed, "that shouldn't have happened." I am aware that the employees there are not audiophiles, but I am simply trying to get some speakers that will be VERY loud (not nessesarily great quality)- without blowing out- and can be put facing out my window at parties with 200-300 college students getting rowdy and drunk.

[Latagaw]

i own a very simple audio/visual system

Sony MCH RV6 vcd player component
LG 68cm Conventional TV CT-29M30RX

it's worth entertaining.

But I'm planning to acquire more sophisticated equipment soon. I'm just saving money right now.

[BillBroach]

OK, here we go - (First post)

2ch (bedroom)

Classe CAP-151 Integrated Amp
Classe CDP-10 HDCD Player
Ohm Walsh 5 Mk2 Speakers
Straightwire Serenade XLR IC cables
Straightwire Virtuoso H Speaker cables

HT (den)

Adcom GFA6000 5ch Amp
Sony STR-DB930 Receiver
Mitsubishi HS-U69 SVHS VCR
Sony SAT -T60 DirecTiVo
Denon 910 DVD
Hitachi 55-HDT42 PDP
Samsung SIR-T351 HD OTA
Ohm Walsh MicroTall mains
B&W Center
Rauna Tyr rears
Polk Cobra speaker cables
Monster M1000 ic cables

I've been lurking/reading for a couple of weeks; many high quality & interesting threads. Cheers

regards, billb....

[Bryan]

Might as well post it here:

Main system:

SVS 20-39CS w ISD driver
VMPS Large Subwoofer (older version of New Original Subwoofer)
nOrh wood 5.1 mains (upgrading to Rocket RS550s come Tuesday)
nOrh ceramic 4.0 (center - eventually will get Rocket RSC200, surrounds - enventually will upgrade to RS150s)
Outlaw 1050
nOrh Le Amps (mains)
Samson S700 (subs)
Panasonic DVD RV-31K
Panasonic 27" TV

Bedroom system:

nOrh ceramic 4.0 (will be going to nOrh wood 5.1s)
Yamaha RXV-496

[BillBroach]

Oops - Forgot the Infinity sub in the den (10",100W, servo driven). Too many toys, I guess; hard to count them all. I also have the problem of insufficient space in the profile for the system list; mine ends about a third of the way through the HT description.

regards, billb....

[turbodog]

OK, I'll admit it. My audio/HT rigs are not exactly 'audiphile' quality.
At one end of my family room, my HT is a downright joke:
Sony 33" TV
Norcent DP1800 DVD/HTIB (less than $130!)
JVC S-VHS
Philips DishNetwork Receiver

As bad as the Norcent is, it sounds better than the Sony audio. I use the Sony for center channel. All other audio is thru the Norcent amp/speakers.

My stereo is (only slightly) better:
Sony RCDW 500 CD player/recorder
HK3475 Receiver, driving speaker mids/tweeters
Carver CM1090 power amp section driving speaker woofers
B&W DM640 Speakers, bi-amp setup
RatShack gold interconnects, Romex 10-guage for speaker wire

Nope, no turntable. All my vinyl was destroyed in a flood 6 years ago.

The problem here is not so much the equipment as the room. The electronics reside under my bar, and the speakers are stuck 'way deep in corners 25 feet away, in a billiard room - 16 X 30, glass on 3 sides and open to a large family room on the 4th. No comfy chair in the 'sweet spot' (assuming there is one!) because it would intrude on the billiard space. Someday, I'll have a properly set-up media room.

[slbenz]

My system:

Parasound AVC-1800 AV preamp
Parasound HCA-1205A 5-channel power amp
Sony CDP-CX240 200 Disc CD Changer
Panasonic RP-56 DVD Player
Aiwa AW-808 Dual Cassette Tape Deck
Yamaha PF-50 Turntable
Parasound PPH-100 phono preamp
Pioneer LD-909 Laserdisc player
Main Speakers- Eminent Technology LFT-IV
Center Speaker- Eminent Technology LFT-XII
Surround Speakers- Martin Logan Scenario
Subwoofer- Velodyne HGS-12 Series II
Mitsubishi 45" RPTV

[Raymond]

Just joined the group. After looking through this thread, I feel rather humbled, but then again, I hope to learn a lot ... already have ! And to boot, I have just recently upgraded from Pro-Logic and so this A/V receiver sounds simply amazing ... to me anyways.

Upgrade included the A/V receiver, Athena speakers and the Sub.

-A/V Receiver: Pioneer VSX-41 Elite
-FRONTS: Athena S.5
-CENTER: Athena C.5
-SUB: Klipsch RW-8
-SURROUNDS: Bose
-DVD: Panasonic S35
-CD: Pioneer
-VCR: Toshiba

Ray

[PPG]

Sherwood 5.1 digital receiver
Denon DCM-370 CD changer
Sony DVD/SACD player
Optimus LX-5 speakers (4)
Optimus CS-5 Center
Zenith single DVD player

[eleiko]

speakers: ADS 1230s (1983); power amp: Quad 405 (1978); pre-amp: Nakamichi 410 (1978); table: Thorens 166 mk2 (1985); cartridge: Sumiko Pearl (1997); tuner: Yamaha T-1 (1978 or 79); cd: NAD (1987); cassette: Denon (1985, it's broken).

If there's better sounding speakers than the 1230s in that price range (retailed for $1500 in 1983), I haven't heard them.Which is the reason I've never been compelled to "trade up." The weak link here is the Sumiko Pearl. Perhaps I should have spent the extra $150 it would have cost to get the Sumiko MC high output Blue Point Special. But with CD and dwindling vinyl recordings, I didn't see the need. In my view CDs sound better, though I realize there's a fringe element of the audiophile tribe that profoundly disagrees.

[Toady]

Musical Fidelity A3.2 CD Player
NAD C160 Preamp
Adcom GFA-5500 Power Amp
B&W CDM 1NT Loudspeakers w/stands
Nordost Magic Interconnects
Audiolink Red Dragon Bi-wire Speaker Cable
Mapleshade Clearview Power Strip

[Bryan]

Just a quick update:

Mains are now the Rocket RS550s and the center is the Rocket RSC200 (got a sweet deal on it ). Bedroom speakers are now the wood 5.1s.

[lumiere]

Musical Fidelity A3.2 CD Player
NAD C160 Preamp
Adcom GFA-5500 Power Amp
B&W CDM 1NT Loudspeakers w/stands
Nordost Magic Interconnects
Audiolink Red Dragon Bi-wire Speaker Cable
Mapleshade Clearview Power Strip

Toady.
How are you liking the A3.2? I liked it at the dealer's and I'm planning to buy it myself.
Cheers

[Toady]

Toady.
How are you liking the A3.2? I liked it at the dealer's and I'm planning to buy it myself.
Cheers

i love it, lumiere. i've had it for about 15 months and enjoy it every day. won't the dealer let you take it home for a test drive before you buy? i upgraded from an NAD 521... so, for me, the difference was astounding.

it does need a break-in. i'd never had experience breaking in a digital component before, and i found that after a few weeks things were still getting better and better. so, look for that.

[landshark99]

Here's a pic from mine... just started replacing my older stuff this last year...

Front are Paradigms v2 100's
Center is a Infinity CC-2
Receiver is a Sony DA50ES
Amp is a ROTEL 1075
DVD/CD is a sony 5 disc, no idea model

the sub is a HSU STF-3 (took a pic but its a big black box)
surrounds are infinity QS-1's

sorry its kinda messy, but I'm single