Any home audio geeks out there?

[Ldub]

And for ultra stealth & ultra low price...I listen to the music inside my head.
I just wish those darned voices would STFU!

[WyrreJ]

And for ultra stealth & ultra low price...I listen to the music inside my head.

Sorry, that's a copyright violation. Please pay your 'protection money' to the MAFIAA.

[Phantom]

I would definately check out these guys. For an affordable new TT its hard to beat!

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/74202

But as hotsauce said, you could spend 50 bucks on an old TT on craigslist/yard sale and buy a nice new cart for it and do just as well for less. The only drawback to that is you never know how nice someone was to it before you got your hands on it, and just how long it will last. make sure that reciever or preamp has a phono input stage or you will be buying a phono linestage to boot and good ones cost as much as a TT.

[Scott Harness]

Great thread and equipment.Wish I would have read it sooner.I was an audiophile in the 70's,brings back memories. My system was about $8000 in 70's money. Yamaha,Bang&Olufsen,M&K

[Scott Harness]

Also, Half-Speed Mastered Vinyl sounds fantastic!

[Hotsauce]

Just an update to the main system, and I thought I'd throw the other 3 systems on as well.




Just added to main system, Velodyne DD-18 subwoofer.



Dining room system. Fisher 80AZ monos with Audio Physic Scorpios.



Fostex based bedroom system. Decware EL84 monos, Sonos server.



Computer system.

John C.

[Hotsauce]

My fellow droogs:

Any Clockwork Orange fans?

I moved my old turntable to the bedroom system, and this is now my main TT.

Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference, with Dynavector DV-505 arm. The cartridge is a Soundsmith Denon wood body 103.





John C.

[Triathlete]

That is a crazy looking turntable. When I was in Japan we used to go to Hiroshima and peruse the stereo floor at dyechies (sp?). I remember they had high end turntables mounted in 3inch thich slabs of marble to "stablize" them. That store had everything from cheap walkman speakers (yeah, it was that long ago) to $50,000 speaker systems...they had some sweet Kreil (sp?) mono amps too.

[Hotsauce]

I had Krell monoblocks for 20 years. Great winter amps. I think they cost me almost $1/hour in electricity to run.

I restored these, and they're my main amps now.

Dynaco Mk III monoblocks



Fisher 80AZ monoblocks


John C.

[snowtrooper1966]

That turntable is a work of art!
Sure it cost about the same as a used VX.....
Best,

[WormGod]

After the purchase of my 73" DLP recently, it was also time to update my surround sound. Didn't feel like piece-mealing a system like the "audio purist" I used to be, so I shopped around for a decent "home theater in a box". Found a pretty solid one on Newegg and made the order (not here yet of course). Going from a Yamaha Matrix 6.1 system to an Onkyo 7.1 TrueHD so it's a step up to say the least. Here's to good tv and good video games....

ONKYO HT-S7200 7.1 Home Theater System

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882120144

[Triathlete]

Onkyo makes nice stuff. I have always liked their basic looks.

[Cobrajet]

I just upgraded from an Onkyo TX-SR605 (part of an HTIB) to the TX-SR607 to get the additional HDMI ports. Two just wasn't enough. Unfortunately, one of the inputs I wanted to use, my PC, looks TERRIBLE when run through the reciever, but looks great when run directly to my TV (Sony 46" XBR.) And, I was never able to get the audio to work through the HDMI port, so I just ran an optical SPDIF cable from the PC to the reciever, and HDMI directly to the TV. Not worth the money to upgrade for me. But, otherwise I like the Onkyo. The Audyssey equalization seems to bump up the gain too much on every channel, so I get a pooping sound whenever I jump forward on my DVR. I have to manually override the settings, which defeats the purpose. If I was a true audiophile I may use more of the features in this receiver, but i basically bought it to watch satellite TV, and hope it does all the audio processing automatically. YMMV.

[Riff Raff]

Cool thread. I used to run Yamaha brand "flagship" AVRs over the past 20 years, but both versions developed some sort of channel "drop out" over time. I also didn't care for the surround sound of the Yamaha's, which they refer to as "presence speakers" (more accurately, it's "Ambient Noise"). So, I said goodbye to all Yamaha brand AVRs and never looked back.

This past Summer, I purchased the "flagship" Pioneer Elite, SC-09TX (10.2 channel AVR) which has an MSRP of $7K. It uses the awesome "ICE" amp system, and does everything except dispense toilet paper. There is a blog/forum site dedicated specifically to the Pioneer Elite SC-09TX (aka "Susano") on AVS Forum. It's flawless in its audio/video reproduction, and its build quality is a work of art. Pricey yes, but I'm confident it will be the last AVR I will ever need or buy. One look at the AVR "flagship" Pioneer Elite, SC-09TX at www.PioneerElectronics.com will blow your mind to its capabilities.

My next HT purchases will most likely be the EPSON #8500U Front Projector (1080p) displayed on a Da-Lite 160" screen and a Sony-ES 400-disc Blu-Ray changer with BD/DVD/CD all-format playback capabilty. Gotta' buy the best today, because it will be obsolete tomorrow.

Martin-Logan brand speakers would be my choice for speaker upgrades.

[Hotsauce]

Added LED light strip to the CD rack.

It alternates white with warm white, seperate channel for each, and a remote to dim either.

Lens isn't wide enough to show the whole rack, but the overhead projector(PT-AE2000U) is the middle, so there are 3 more sections. Its all ripped to my server, with redundant raid 1 backups on the NAS. Drives are cheap now.