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hi all,
im glad that they have added a hifi av section to these forums as it s something that has been close to my heart for around 25 years now,that is until i got into pc's and then folding.ive never spent fortunes on av gear although i do read a lot of mags.
my current setup consists of....
samsung 50" full hd plasma (on the wall)
onkyo 606 hd amp
sky hd
sony bdps350 blu ray player
kef 7.1 speakers

cheers spunky


Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:59 am
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Glad you like the new forums Spunky.
Nice to chat about something other the me getting ready to overtake you & chocolate.

Current Setup:

Front Room
37" Acer 1080p TV (I know but it was one of the first 1080p TV's available, will be replacing soon)
Onkyo 605 Amp
5.1 Mordaunt Short Speakers.
Custom build media centre with Bluray & HD-DVD & 4x freeview tuners (Sky is too difficult to install with the way the house faces)

Office
Custom Media Server with fault tolerant storage & BD/HD-DVD drive for ripping.
27" LCD TV (some German brand that cost £600 3-4 years ago)
Media Centre PC
Starview Cable box

Bedroom
20" LCD Monitor
Media Centre

All setup to stream around the house & allow each room to select movies etc a la kalidascape systems.

There's more but I've still got to finish the wiring

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theres also a samsung bdp 1500 blu ray player and a lg 32" full hd on the bedroom wall for us to lounge in winter time.
plus a selection of around 60 blu ray discs.
cheers spunky
you say your going to overtake me,where are you going to get nearly 4 million points from? :D


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Panasonic 46" Freesat (forgot model number)
Panasonic 1000W HCK (forgot model number...again)
Sony PS3 60Gb
Sky HD
BT Vision
Oooooooooooooooold Sony VCR

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Source:
LG DVD, PS2 & Xbox 360 (the latter gets streamed content of our LAN via TVersity)

Sound:
Sony STR-DB790 running 6xKef Coda 80's
1x Soundlab GO97F sending the sub channel from the Sony to 2x18" Subs (they currently only get 200W each @8ohm but I'll be tweaking the cabling arrangement so the amp sends a bridged output for 680W of bass! :twisted: )

Vision:
28" Phillips CRT
Infocus X2 (currently not working :cry: )

I've also (depressingly) a Rotel RMB 1075 going "spare" because my Sony's not got preouts to utilise it, so the next purchase is either a processor to replace the Sony (but that'll be pricey) or a source that can act as one (which'll be a compromise given onboard decoding is seldom that spectacular) AND a Peerless XLS10 needing an enclosure. But times have been, and are, quite tight in recent months.

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Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:19 pm
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Mission M72i Home cinema Speakers
Aegis Evo Sub
Yamaha AV Reciever
Toshiba HDD/DVD recorder
Xbox 360 hooked via an old wireless router to my laptop for streaming video etc.

Still using my 28inch Panasonic Flat CRT as it still has a brilliant picture.

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I kindof have one right now...plan to add to it at a later date.

Currently:

24" Hyundai W240D (in repair) 1920x1200 HDMI/Component
Pioneer VSX1017 AV Receiver
2 x Gale bookshelf speakers
1 x Gale centre speaker
360 with HD-DVD drive
Pc with 3 tv cards (1 of which works in 64 bit :lol:)

Hope to get a sub and some new bookshelves soon

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Yeah, I have:

26" Durabrand (yes, asda home brand) CRT for Freeview,
24" Sony Trinitron Computer CRT for everything else (with component inputs)
Kenwood KRF-something amp
4x 100w skipratted JVC speakers (with mids/tweeters)
1x unbranded 50w center (lives on top of my monitor)
1x 150w JVC subwoofer (has preamp built in so I run an output from the kenwood amp into the input on this)
A couple of Kenwood separates (3 disc CD player, tape, FM tuner)
PC\360\Media PC plugged into Sony monitor

Oh yeah, I know, I'm awesome. :D

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Mine is starting to show its age...

Sony WEGA 32" TV
Sony 750(?) DVD player (not at home at the moment)
Sony DD 5.1 / dts amp/receiver
Sony Pascale 5.1 speaker system
Humax satellite receiver with optical out for DD5.1 or PCM output.

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I currently have:
Tosh 28" CRT
Yammy 7.1 100w amp
Pioneer non-upscaling spinner
Mordaunt Short up front, then Gale behind 6.0 setup
No sub, but the fronts are VS300 floorstanders though, so DD EX and DTS ES go pretty loud and low.

I've stayed lo def, because I can't stand the cost of a new TV and player. The DVD picture I have is better than most LCDs I've seen. Would like to upgrade, but will try to hold out until winter when I shouldn't be outside enjoying the summer any more. Seems most of you have better systems than me, but that's to be expected.


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I don't know if you'd call it a home cinema system, but I'm currently rockin':

28" Sony Wega telly
Sony DVP-NS405 DVD player
Cambridge Audio A5 amp
2x Mission 737 renaissance floor standing speakers

Does the biz.

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Hm. My setups are more of a mismatch of equipment hashed together into a system that not only looks impressive but sounds impressive too. All done on the cheap, as this is a student house, but none of it actually sold AS home cinema equipment. For instance the Kenwood amp in the front room was driving my PC kenwood speakers, but I found it to be WAY too bassy, so opted to use it as the bass amp and get an A1 for my room (as it didn't need the power of the Kenwood amp either; room's too small for that).

Front Room:

37" Full HD Hannspree flatscreen.
Xbox 360 HDDVD drive.
Yamaha DSP-E492 (IIRC) 5.1 amp driving centre + rear.
Cambridge A1 driving L/R.
Kenwood amp driving sub.
Beng speakers L/R.
Samsung 12" Sub.
Toshiba rears.
Unknown centre (beefcake-loud).

Bedroom:

2 x 24" Full HD Digimate monitors (can watch movies whilst playing games!)
Blu-ray drive (some sony thing).
Creative X-fi Titanium leading to a Cambridge A1 amp.
2 x Kenwood monitors (Better than my entire front-room setup, and better than my mates B&O setup, all for less than £100 second-hand!)


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