Your HDTV Setups

[GigahurtzUK]

Any one thinks the PS3's 3D capabilities are worth the expense? 3D TV+ PS3 + enough specs for the family to wear? Will it be in everyones living room one day? Will it be on these pages?

[Terbinator]

Any one thinks the PS3's 3D capabilities are worth the expense? 3D TV+ PS3 + enough specs for the family to wear? Will it be in everyones living room one day? Will it be on these pages?

No. BL3D is designed around HDMI 1.4 - something PS3 doesn't have.

[richy19]

Hmmm, haven't posted here for ages! Oh well, here goes anyway!

We just bought our first house which was quite a mess and hadn't been updated since 1972. All the walls were rotten, the plumbing didn't work properly, the house needed a complete rewire etc. On top of that I wanted to get all the wires etc. chased into the walls - I wasn't really up to it myself unfortunately, especially on a small timescale (2 months for the whole house) so I got a builder to do it all for us.

It's not quite finished yet, but I thought I'd post anyway. Mainly based around B&W 805s, monolith, and an Optoma HD700x projector, plus a few other bits and bobs.

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After:

Why do you have tv's in the top corners of the pic?

[g8ina]

Richy, I suspect they are his rear speakers....

[richy19]

Richy, I suspect they are his rear speakers....

hmmm... yes that would make more sense xDD

[Lowe]

I recently moved and for now the AV gear is chucked in a corner on a cabinet until such time as I finish decorating the upstairs of the house and can make a start on downstairs.



System is currently 3.1 based around:

Sony KDL40S2530 TV and PS3,
Sony STR-DA1200ES powering the centre (and eventually rears) with a Behringer A500 for fronts,
PMC DB1i for the fronts, a Paradigm CC-350 in the centre and a REL Strata for the sub.

I recently blew the sub up - literally - watching Avatar. The driver and amp were fine but the enclosure over pressurised and with the glue being 10 years old or more, split down one of the edges!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlFUF_zpvE

You can clearly see the line in the centre disappear when I squeeze the side. Sadly this gap creates a huge audible vibration when trying to push the sub hard. I've managed to glue it and seal it for now, but it's very much a short term fix. New sub needed. Question is, what to go for. The BK Monolith is attractive but I really believe in auditioning before paying money. A matching PMC sub is a possibility, but unless you're looking at the X series they don't go low enough for my liking and cost a stack load!

[Thor]

I recently moved and for now the AV gear is chucked in a corner on a cabinet until such time as I finish decorating the upstairs of the house and can make a start on downstairs.



System is currently 3.1 based around:

Sony KDL40S2530 TV and PS3,
Sony STR-DA1200ES powering the centre (and eventually rears) with a Behringer A500 for fronts,
PMC DB1i for the fronts, a Paradigm CC-350 in the centre and a REL Strata for the sub.

I recently blew the sub up - literally - watching Avatar. The driver and amp were fine but the enclosure over pressurised and with the glue being 10 years old or more, split down one of the edges!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlFUF_zpvE

You can clearly see the line in the centre disappear when I squeeze the side. Sadly this gap creates a huge audible vibration when trying to push the sub hard. I've managed to glue it and seal it for now, but it's very much a short term fix. New sub needed. Question is, what to go for. The BK Monolith is attractive but I really believe in auditioning before paying money. A matching PMC sub is a possibility, but unless you're looking at the X series they don't go low enough for my liking and cost a stack load!

Is that Predator 2 playing?
I've never blown a sub before, a fuse in a sub yeah, but never blown one apart, that's crazy bass!

[Lowe]

Yup, Predator 2.

Yeah, was silly amounts of bass, but then was listening at a pretty high level. I think it was the final battle scene which finished it off. I also have a penchant for music by Hans Zimmer, especially the Dark Knight and Da Vinci Code/Angels and Demons so it's fair to say my sub gets a fair bit of (ab)use.

[Thor]

Yup, Predator 2.

Yeah, was silly amounts of bass, but then was listening at a pretty high level. I think it was the final battle scene which finished it off. I also have a penchant for music by Hans Zimmer, especially the Dark Knight and Da Vinci Code/Angels and Demons so it's fair to say my sub gets a fair bit of (ab)use.

Ha, only ever seen that film the once, good memory 4 movies.
I too like to have my system at Peak volume for films like Avatar and Dark Knight, so loud the system shakes the hell out of the room/house, much to the annoyance of my neighbour, but my ms309 sub has lasted hmm going on 5 years now, that paired with my 908's I got in 2006 create overwealming bass, which is all good.

[Lowe]

New centre, new receiver, and for giggles I hooked up some poor rear channels until such a time that I can get the FB1i's I want for the front.



The new centre's running in nicely, it's going to get a real pasting over the weekend.

[czos]

Are you guys gentle to your neighbors?

sth form me

[Thor]

Are you guys gentle to your neighbors?

sth form me

Gentle to your neighbours - No, but then again I don't really like him. I don't run my system at peak 24/7 though, just moderate volume in day time and allot quieter at night then switch to headphones after 11pm so I guess I am, never used to care though.
That's a big screen there matey, how does it work though with the tv in front of it, or do you move the tv when the projector is on?

[czos]

Yes I have to put it on the floor - takes few seconds but 89" projection screen is definitely worth it.
I am always afraid that my neighbor will come banging on my door... Did it happen to anyone?

[Thor]

Yes I have to put it on the floor - takes few seconds but 89" projection screen is definitely worth it.
I am always afraid that my neighbor will come banging on my door... Did it happen to anyone?

Yeah, he's been round in the past, I think I was watching Max Payne at the time and the whole house was shaking from the bass (I admit that it was a tad too loud) but I ignored him as the film was almost over anyways. I only had it that loud as revenge for him and his ruddy DIY shenanigans starting very early in the morning and not finishing till after 8pm. I don't have it that loud anymore, don't see the point.
He's been round before but this time it was in the day time and wasn't half as loud, just shut the door in his face and went back to the film, it's not as if I was doing it all the time, was a special occasion.

[shaithis]

TV: Samsung PS50C6900
AMP: Pioneer VSX-AX4ASi
Speakers: MS905C, 2x MS902, 4 x MS903S, SVS PB10

Could do with a re-paint in there and a false floor to hide wiring...

[easyrider]

Some great setups in here