Show off your home theater setup! [56k warning]

[Soylent Joe]

Originally Posted by CJCerny

The only difference is the color of the plastic on the connector.

Alright. I didn't know if the "coaxial" RCA was any different.

I've got the receiver hooked up to the computer now through a 3.5mm to RCA line. I can't get hardly any sound out of the right speaker, and when I do (I can only get it on "mono movie" setting) it's faint and is slightly behind the other speaker. It's not the speaker itself, I tested it on the working side and it was fine. I may try the coax to see if there's any difference.

[Steevo]

46" Toshiba 120Hz on the wall in the living room hooked up to my PC right now running WMC/netflix just the speakers in the TV as it is just for the wife and kids.

Downstairs a 120" screen with a 1080P Optima DLP projector, Harman Kardon 7.1 surround receiver, Polk Monitor 70's for the front, center is a Image speaker built in , rear is a set of Bose acoutamass and jewelcubes. I only run 5.1 as the room is smaller 15X14. I have as of yet to get the chimney out, and my sub box built in and tuned, when it is I will have two 12" pioneer subs in a multipass enclosure running off a RX-770 receiver amp unless I find another really good amp to compare to it.

I would like to make it loud enough to make my heart skip beats, and right now with the RX-770 driving only one 12" amp box I built for my old apartment it will make you almost want to throw up from the power.


Eventually when we are done with the basement I will have my PC back to myself and a media PC for my wife to run the theater and the TV upstairs and her games, and have multi-room audio. I put a pair of Polk 8" environmental speakers in the ceiling of my bathroom as we remodeled it. A jacuzzi tub and some good tunes to help relax me.

[computertechy]

just bit the bullet today and got myself:

Onkyo TXSR578 Receiver
Tannoy SFX5.1 Speakers
Philips BDP2500 Blu-Ray

pics will be up soon as i get my room remodeled, couple of weeks.

[majestic12]

Originally Posted by ReU_VOoDOo

i can be regular rca, techies will argue that you lose sound quality, but you would have to be an extreme audiophile or a dog to notice any difference

An audiophile won't worry about what color the connector is, but instead will want to ensure that the cable used hi-Oxygen free copper or (preferrably) silver, because copper may have 97% conductivity, silver has 99%!

Unless the DAC on my receiver is better than the one on my sound card or source, I will use analog connections.

[random]

Finally got a job this year and been on a spending spree for the past months

This is the bedroom

<--- Rig in the sig
Series 5 Samsung LED TV 40"
Samsung something 5.1 speakers surround with Blu-Ray player
PS3
Guinea Pigs in that grey cage looking thing
wii, wii fit which never gets used..
And that big stuffed toy... thats me.

EDIT: I also got my ISP setup in the room as well since i have no love left for wireless

My bed is being delivered soon but nonetheless i kind of prefer sleeping on the matress alone




Right side of the room:


Left side of the room:


Couch View:

[Lionheart]

Originally Posted by randomflip

Finally got a job this year and been on a spending spree for the past months

This is the bedroom

<--- Rig in the sig
Series 5 Samsung LED TV 40"
Samsung something 5.1 speakers surround with Blu-Ray player
PS3
Guinea Pigs in that grey cage looking thing
wii, wii fit which never gets used..
And that big stuffed toy... thats me.

EDIT: I also got my ISP setup in the room as well since i have no love left for wireless

My bed is being delivered soon but nonetheless i kind of prefer sleeping on the matress alone




Right side of the room:
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2889/img0012u.jpg

Left side of the room:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/681/img0017wm.jpg

Couch View:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/816/img0021qo.jpg

Bro dat is an awesome setup you got there, I want it now and you got a pink room lol

[random]

Originally Posted by CHAOS_KILLA

Bro dat is an awesome setup you got there, I want it now and you got a pink room lol

lmao its actually lavender-ish picked by the mrs. but anyhow I'll be repainting the room soon to match the brown borders and floor boards.

[computertechy]

housesitting for my brother for a week, got the run of a 4br house this is his theatre setup and my bike in his living room lol

47" Philips 47PFL7603D/10
Philips HTS3367 Home theatre
Philips BDP7200 Blu-Ray Player
Wii, PS3 & VM V+ Box

[majestic12]

Originally Posted by randomflip

Finally got a job this year and been on a spending spree for the past months

This is the bedroom

<--- Rig in the sig
Series 5 Samsung LED TV 40"
Samsung something 5.1 speakers surround with Blu-Ray player
PS3
Guinea Pigs in that grey cage looking thing
wii, wii fit which never gets used..
And that big stuffed toy... thats me.

EDIT: I also got my ISP setup in the room as well since i have no love left for wireless

My bed is being delivered soon but nonetheless i kind of prefer sleeping on the matress alone

+1 for Totoro!

[random]

Originally Posted by majestic12

+1 for Totoro!

Haha you recognized him

[majestic12]

I live in Japan! It's a great movie though.

[Triprift]

42" LG plasma hd (not true hd)
80 gig sumo PS3
LG 120 gig dvd recorder

[NAVI_Z]

hey guys! here's mine.
tv-samsung 67" DLP HDTV
PS3
WII
SONY 500W 5.1 DOLBY SURROUND

[Soylent Joe]

Originally Posted by NAVI_Z

hey guys! here's mine.
tv-samsung 67" DLP HDTV
PS3
WII
SONY 500W 5.1 DOLBY SURROUND


http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/...s/HPIM0578.jpg

mmmmm.....big TV is mighty big

[NAVI_Z]

yes! big tv! love playin modern warfare 2 on it.god of war 3 was sick on this beast!

[Triprift]

67" thats massive and very impressive at the same time.

[computertechy]

new theater system up and running

Onkyo TXSR-578
Tannoy SFX5.1
Philips BDP2500 BluRay

[kciaccio]

You guys are very loose with the definition of Home Theater.

[Soylent Joe]

Originally Posted by kciaccio

You guys are very loose with the definition of Home Theater.

I define it as a television/projector, some input devices, and speakers. However much or little you have connected other than those key components are up to you

[kciaccio]

A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home, designed to mimic (or exceed) commercial theater performance and feeling, more commonly known as a home cinema. Today, home cinema implies a real "cinema experience" at a private home.

Not to knock anyone but....I don't feel the "theater experince" in a lot of this set ups. Not trying to hurt anyones feelings but I think the term "Home Theater" has been over used in the last couple years when in reality people have what is the norm in most homes now a days.

Dosent anybody have anything like a real home theater set up here?

[Soylent Joe]

Originally Posted by kciaccio

A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home, designed to mimic (or exceed) commercial theater performance and feeling, more commonly known as a home cinema. Today, home cinema implies a real "cinema experience" at a private home.

Not to knock anyone but....I don't feel the "theater experince" in a lot of this set ups. Not trying to hurt anyones feelings but I think the term "Home Theater" has been over used in the last couple years when in reality people have what is the norm in most homes now a days.

Dosent anybody have anything like a real home theater set up here?

I looked back to see if anyone had posted one and alas, the only one like you're talking about belongs to you. I know what you're saying, but we'll continue to use the term loosely.

[kciaccio]

Originally Posted by Soylent Joe

I looked back to see if anyone had posted one and alas, the only one like you're talking about belongs to you. I know what you're saying, but we'll continue to use the term loosely.

lol, I guess I can only dream. Maybe someone will be inspired to take that next step like we do our computers!

[INSTG8R]

Here's Mine
LG 42" FullHD
Yamaha RX-V661
psb Alpha HT1 5.1
PS3 60GB
Full Digital thru HDMI

PS: Don't click them I neglected to resize them

[majestic12]

Originally Posted by kciaccio

A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home, designed to mimic (or exceed) commercial theater performance and feeling, more commonly known as a home cinema. Today, home cinema implies a real "cinema experience" at a private home.

Not to knock anyone but....I don't feel the "theater experince" in a lot of this set ups. Not trying to hurt anyones feelings but I think the term "Home Theater" has been over used in the last couple years when in reality people have what is the norm in most homes now a days.

Dosent anybody have anything like a real home theater set up here?

The classic definition for a home theater consists of having a 27" or greater television set or monitor and a surround sound setup. That's it.

My brother set up a "proper" home theater in his basement which turned out pretty well, but my equipment was better (video quality was about equal but my sources and speakers [with exception to the Bose garbage in my pics] trumped his), so I felt the experience was better in my room over his. I don't have the need or desire for theater seats set up on tiered platforms to have a better movie experience. I'd rather invest the money towards a better set of B&W speakers or a Classe amp to drive them (got the money saved for them but they are incompatible with my apartment ), or something along those lines. To each their own I guess.

Your setup looks pretty nice and well thought out, excluding the Twilight poster. What kind of equipment are you running?

[kciaccio]

Originally Posted by majestic12

The classic definition for a home theater consists of having a 27" or greater television set or monitor and a surround sound setup. That's it.

My brother set up a "proper" home theater in his basement which turned out pretty well, but my equipment was better (video quality was about equal but my sources and speakers [with exception to the Bose garbage in my pics] trumped his), so I felt the experience was better in my room over his. I don't have the need or desire for theater seats set up on tiered platforms to have a better movie experience. I'd rather invest the money towards a better set of B&W speakers or a Classe amp to drive them (got the money saved for them but they are incompatible with my apartment ), or something along those lines. To each their own I guess.

Your setup looks pretty nice and well thought out, excluding the Twilight poster. What kind of equipment are you running?

lol, agreed on the twilight comment, but I had to do something to make the wife happy. My theater room used to be her living room until I put up that wall.
I use a yamaha rx-v663 avr(always had good luck with yamaha amps) klipsh sub and front speakers and yamaha inwall surrounds for side and rear. Sony vlp-hs60 projector( going to upgrade soon but not sure on whether to see how 3D turns out or go with a projector capable of 2:35 and make my screen wider than 16:9.