My Updated Home Theater 1.1 (w/ pics)!

[Woochifer]

Thanx for the feedback guys, the props and your sympathy with my situation are well spoken for!

topspeed -
After the flak I got the last time for leaving the remotes out, I decided to hide them from view. Believe me, those pics are NOT the "lived in" condition that you normally see in that room! My better half also was questioning whether she wanted the speakers right in front of the door, because when I was using those old Bose 301s as the surrounds, she (and I) hated looking at the back of those things when we got home. But, since the cherry finish on the speakers matches the floor, she doesn't mind them.

I'm counting on those HDTV prices to fall, since the infamous WAF forced me away from RPTV and towards plasma. I was looking at a closeout deal on a Mitsubishi RPTV, but my wife took one look at it and said no way. Then she pointed at the plasmas and said that's what "we" want. Of course, that was before the sticker shock!

Worf -
The speaks are the Paradigm Studio v.2 series. Their newer v.3 models have a slightly different look, but they sound very nice with probably the best imaging I've ever heard from a sub-$1,000 box speaker. I went with the standmounts because the floorstanding equivalents were about $200 over my price limit, and I knew that I would eventually add a subwoofer. Plus, aside from the bass extension, I felt that the standmounted version had better tonal balance and overall coherency in the midrange.

P.S. So, that's what a Klingon looks like after one too many hits off the Afrosheen pipe!

[46minaudio]

After the flak I got the last time for leaving the remotes out, I decided to hide them from view.

Home Theater Master MX 500..This is one of the best buys "for me" in a long time..I know you read claims all the time about products but I have really put all the other remotes away..Makes life eaiser...
http://remotecentral.com/mx500/index.html
Can be bought for around $100...

[Worf101]

Worf -
The speaks are the Paradigm Studio v.2 series. Their newer v.3 models have a slightly different look, but they sound very nice with probably the best imaging I've ever heard from a sub-$1,000 box speaker. I went with the standmounts because the floorstanding equivalents were about $200 over my price limit, and I knew that I would eventually add a subwoofer. Plus, aside from the bass extension, I felt that the standmounted version had better tonal balance and overall coherency in the midrange.

P.S. So, that's what a Klingon looks like after one too many hits off the Afrosheen pipe!

Thanks for the speaker information... is it two way or three way? Ported I suppose? The reason I'm askin' is I'm doing my 4th system for someone and they're leaning towards standmounts. I'm collectin' information of goodies. All I know are old Epicure's and I think these folks want speakers from THIS century!!!! As for the afrosheen crack.....

eewwwww that was a goodie!!!!

Good thing for you I've an over developed sense of humor!!!!!

[Woochifer]

Thanks for the speaker information... is it two way or three way? Ported I suppose? The reason I'm askin' is I'm doing my 4th system for someone and they're leaning towards standmounts. I'm collectin' information of goodies. All I know are old Epicure's and I think these folks want speakers from THIS century!!!! As for the afrosheen crack.....

eewwwww that was a goodie!!!!

Good thing for you I've an over developed sense of humor!!!!!

I kinda figured you'd appreciate that comment since for the life of me, I can't figure out the correct spelling for jericurl (or jerrycurl? or gerrycurl?)!

As for the speaks, those are actually 2 1/2 way. You got a midrange driver and a dedicated woofer, both 6 1/2" but slightly different designs. The midrange driver gets the full range under 1.5 kHz, whereas the woofer only gets the frequencies under 400 Hz. The midrange driver is capable of handling the lower range, but the woofer provides an assist without having the signal fully crossed over at the frequencies where it kicks in. In theory, this helps with the midrange coherency, while avoiding the complexity of having to integrate the midrange driver and woofer. A lot of other companies like B&W, JMLab, PSB, and Mirage offer similar speakers. The updated Paradigm Studio 40s are well worth trying out, but if you want insane imaging definitely audition the Studio 20s. Short of panel speakers, I've not heard anything like those for under $1,000. For a 24th century starwarrior, you're sure old skool about some things!