who has what hi fi ?

[dubsweeper]

Im sure some people out there have some good hi fi !!

what type of amp ?

turntabe ?

cd player ?

speakers ?

And what do you blast through your home system ?

:banana:

[MattyT]

I have a small hifi setup, I really really wanna upgrade but alas my money tree was beamed back to its own dimension last week...

I've got B&W 601 S3 speakers, rotel pre & power amps, a denon dvd 2930 dvd player, xbox 360, a sony 36" crt, a nad tuner and a strong STB. It's a neat little setup.

I'd love to add some mid-range floorstanders, a Stello DAC and some nicer amps, something like Bel Canto or Krell. Sigh... one day!!

[Spyda]

Nothin special and quite old.

Technics SH-EH60 Processor with a SA-EH60 5 channel Amplifier, pair of kenwood 100watt tower speakers and a single 100watt technics center speaker.
All hooked up to my computer. I cbf hooking it up to the 360 and tv. I didnt bother with the other 2 speakers as my PC doesnt put out 5 channel sound. Makes for some very loud porn.

[dubsweeper]

i have focal 807v chorus speaker on stands, cambridgaudio 840a amp 15kg lol rotel turntable 1980 , for home use . use 2x1210s for djing 1 black 1 silver
, krk studio monitors , apple powerbook 12inch for abelton live,......

i have spent too many years and dosh on components but think this will do me for a while to come , as with the music it goes with early rock ,
budgie
steely dan
tom waits
the cure
depeche mode
radiohead
ride
the pixies
the charlatens
stone roses
massive attack
house music
idm ( intelligent dance music)
krs 1
de la soul
a tribe called quest
:eek: and all on wax too

[dubbed]

Some cool music you listen to dubsweeper. :cool: The Pixies are my fav.

[dubsweeper]

Some cool music you listen to dubsweeper. :cool: The Pixies are my fav.

cheers all my music is back in perth , came to qld with 5 cds radiohead and some beats hahaha , but yeah man the pixies rock !!!

[mikepologti]

does a sony 7.2 surround at home count? there not to bad certainly not as crisp as kenwood, pioneer or for that matter yamaha. but its better then 2.1 sterio :banana:

[The_Hawk]

I updated my setup in January to a nice 46" LCD and a Yamaha RX-V863. (http://www.yamahamusic.com.au/products/avit/htavreceivers/RX-V863.asp)

I'm still using some crappy Sony speakers but am patiently waiting till I can afford something bettery. Eyeing off some speakers from Aaron HiFi (http://aaronhifi.com.au/) for two reasons. 1. They sound awesome and 2. Who doesn't like their name on their speakers! ;) :banana::banana:

[GTI_racer]

Samsung 40"
Yamaha RX 461
PS3 (Bluray Player, thats how I justified it)
Klipsch 5.1 system

[Fury]

I have a pair of custom active speakers I made.

System consists of:
Tweeters: Morel MDT 33's
Midranges: Morel CDM54's
Woofers: DynAudio MW170's

Tweeter amp(s): Marantz MA6100 monoblock each
Midrange amp(s): Marantz MA6100 monoblock each
Woofer amp(s): Cambridge Audio 840W

Active Crossover: Behringer DCX2496
PreAmp (well actually it's a post amp? after everything not before it): Custom made 6ch volume control
Source: Currently ****ty dvd player, awaiting a Marantz KI Pearl SACD player.


Sounds alright :)


http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7143/dsc0400small.jpg
(excuse the mess and fingerprints, this was during testing/measuring).

[jasn78]

Used mainly for Xbox DVD's etc Samsung 40" LCD Cerwin Vega Fronts Rears and Centre, Denon AVR1604 AMP and Sony 10" Active sub all fun for playing Xbox Live lol :)

[WABIT]

in the theater room we have 3x2 meter projector, 7.1 channel sound system, sony something-or-other amp and a bunch of other crap, its the best playing wii when the person on the screen is bigger than you haha!, ohh and ive also gotta 40" LCD TV in my room lol and parents have a few 40 something inch LCD's in other lounge rooms downstairs


dom

[Mrk_Mickey]

Couldn't care less what my parents have down in the lounge room...all I know is that it's all samsung, and the stereo sounds good for movies and the TV is nice and big - oh and I helped build the floating shelves for it lol.

I've got a little Sony Hifi in my room, cost me $370 of my hard-earned back in the day and it's the strongest most powerful yet crisp hifi i've ever heard music come out of inside a house.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/09/650-1.jpg

[MattyT]

If we're gunna talk about bedroom shiz, I've gotta Yamaha RDX-something in mine. I'm not a massive fan of it actually, been wanting to upgrade it to an Arcam Solo but all I do is sleep in my bedroom so I doubt it'd get much use!

[Rocket36]

good thread - im after a new amp and speaker setup at the moment. wont upgrade from the 1080p 50 inch Samsung Plasma until I can get the same in OLED (yes that's different to the current LED TVs). Current home theatre setup is a Sony 5.1 1000w job so not ideal.

But what I was thinking for my amp upgrade was a Yamaha. Probably the RX-V1900. Although open to other people's suggestions around the $2500 mark. Not sure about speakers though. Regarding speakers, what do people think about B&W?

Of course, I could dream...

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/09/jeremykipnishometheater_48-1.jpg

Allthough I do want a decent home theatre room one day... Something like this (with different colours).

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/09/first_impressions_home_theatre_2thumb450-1.jpg

[geeza]

cheers all my music is back in perth , came to qld with 5 cds radiohead and some beats hahaha , but yeah man the pixies rock !!!

Brassneck!! Great Pixies tune - those days were very good

I had the pleasure of (finally) seeing Ian Brown a few years ago and it was great! even though after the stone roses he got a bit blah

I've also got some early hardcore on vinyl (88 - 92) type stuff i will never let me vinyl go and i'm sure you feel the same

[mikepologti]

oh yeah , since were metion home cinema i have a 50' panasonic plasma, with ps3. i wasnt a fan of plasma becuase of the close up display crappyness and image burn. though im quite chuffed with this one, it looks fantastic from all angles no matter how close or far you are.not only that but some online loonies decided to sit a still image on it for 7 continuous days to see if the image would burn in, and it didnt do anything at all detramental. ps3 yeah well the only reason i got it was for ff series and gt series, of which niether of the full copys have been released yet :( dont get me started on the complete lack of rpg's for the ps. :(

[dubsweeper]

why have 10 speakers when you only need two !!!
surround sound is just an illusion to the ears and a big money maker for the corporate factories dishing out cheap and nasty speakers !

[The_Hawk]

Yeah but you can do surround sound ok with 5 cheap speakers... To do it well with two they need to be good...

[sillygogo]

System 1
Panasonic 50" FullHD tv Plasma
Marantz Sr5003 Receiver
Monitor Audio Silver 5 Fronts
Quad center
Monitor Audio Bronze Rear
Sony Surround
Velodyne Sub
LG Bluray

System 2
Panasonic 42" Plasma
Yamaha 657 Receiver
B&W 705 Front
B&W HTM7 Center
Jamo C60 Rear
Sony Surround
Sony Sub
Pioneer Dvd

[Greggles]

Some cool music you listen to dubsweeper. :cool: The Pixies are my fav.

'Doolittle' drool!

My home system is: musical fidelity bi-amp and pre-amp, dahlquist dq30 floor speakers and cambridge audio cd player (very tight but awesome for banging out old aussie and english punk)

Just sold my beloved GT4 complete with Kef splits, alpine dvd head unit and kenwood amp.

[Greggles]

But what I was thinking for my amp upgrade was a Yamaha. Probably the RX-V1900. Although open to other people's suggestions around the $2500 mark. Not sure about speakers though. Regarding speakers, what do people think about B&W?

Not sure about home theatre but I'd kill for a set of B&W 803D hi fi speakers! Beautiful looking and sounding but prohibitively expensive speakers. Personally I'm not a huge fan of Yamaha hi fi gear (then again I wouldn't suggest going the expense of a Musical Fidelity bi-amp setup either unles you listen to a lot of music!)

[dubsweeper]

found a pic of the system here , here you see a marantz super audio cd player
bose system , b/w speakers 703 and top of the range cambridge audio amp

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/09/wspeakers-2.jpg

[G-rig]

Looks good, the question is do you have any SACD's? My Denon dvd player also plays them but have never bothered buying any.

Cambridge Audio gear is good, wouldn't mind upgrading components to CA down the track and a CA DACMagic for the PC setup.

[dubsweeper]

Looks good, the question is do you have any SACD's? My Denon dvd player also plays them but have never bothered buying any.

Cambridge Audio gear is good, wouldn't mind upgrading components to CA down the track and a CA DACMagic for the PC setup.
rarely listen to cd only if i download to disk ect ...

[dubsweeper]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=555355&l=a41ca84503&id=674608491
all technics

[sillygogo]

Nice setup, loves the 703..unfortunately B&W has discontinued the 700 series...btw..what are the bose for, 5.1?

[dubsweeper]

Nice setup, loves the 703..unfortunately B&W has discontinued the 700 series...btw..what are the bose for, 5.1?

the 703 were on special as a discontinued speaker they were $4550

cambridge amp was $2000

marantx cd sacd was $1800

rega planner 3 turntable $500
plus all interconnects $800

anyone want to swap a good mk1 for it lol ???

[noone]

Running 5.1 and music through

John Blue No 3 speakers: 1 way (no seperate mid / tweeter) - 5 of
Richter Mk4 Sub
Denon 2307 Amp/Receiver

Other bits:
PS3
Wii
Denon CD player
Toshiba upscaling DVD player
Panasonic 46" PZ800 series plasma (Full HD)


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Someone has B&W in the same room as Bose accoustimas / freespace? now thats contrast...

More than enough for apartment living

Would love to get some nice audio going, think a dedicated preamp for the front channel would be a nice way to go.

Been spending my free moneys on the car, can't afford to many hobbies with toys

[dubsweeper]

Not sure about home theatre but I'd kill for a set of B&W 803D hi fi speakers! Beautiful looking and sounding but prohibitively expensive speakers. Personally I'm not a huge fan of Yamaha hi fi gear (then again I wouldn't suggest going the expense of a Musical Fidelity bi-amp setup either unles you listen to a lot of music!)

yeah bi amping can get a little tricky and has to be a very good amp on both channels as you will get a different sound from each channel , if its not not syncd proper

most amps above $2000 g these days you will not have to do that i think , basically keeping a your amp running minamal to one source is all you need with extra good cables and plugs, my cambridge amp will put out 200 watts but its not speaker volume but a sound stage through the whole music which is pure and deep , damn its like a drug somtimes !!!! vw and stereo :banana:

[dubsweeper]

Looks good, the question is do you have any SACD's? My Denon dvd player also plays them but have never bothered buying any.

Cambridge Audio gear is good, wouldn't mind upgrading components to CA down the track and a CA DACMagic for the PC setup.

most audio super audio lol cds (sacd) ,you dont get many of these but the ones you do are generally are music like pink floyd , rem , fleetwood mac ect.. but stil have the most purity..... a less power consumption than ordinary players , the less power consumption the less static and power noise through your cables ,

if anyone has the chance to listen to autechre on hi end stereo then this electronic outfit will test your system and stuff your head with buzz , speakers will last you a life time

[G-rig]

most audio super audio lol cds (sacd) ,you dont get many of these but the ones you do are generally are music like pink floyd , rem , fleetwood mac ect.. but stil have the most purity..... a less power consumption than ordinary players , the less power consumption the less static and power noise through your cables ,


I think most of home audio is a toss to be honest and the main benefit of SACD would be higher frequency response and dynamic range than over conventional CDs.

Just thought it was funny you mentioned it as some players may support the format but it's never taken off and most people wouldn't go to the effort of buying a SACD title (I haven't and as you say there'd only be a limited selection).

Full quality Cd's or lossless files would be quite good enough and you can always improve other components/speakers/amps etc. I wouldnt mind an CA Azur 640C but also use my PC as source more these days but plenty of audiophiles like using original cds not mp3's etc..

[Fury]

SACD is an audibly superior format... unfortunately no good content is recorded on it (only classical rubbish :P).

[dubsweeper]

I think most of home audio is a toss to be honest and the main benefit of SACD would be higher frequency response and dynamic range than over conventional CDs.

Just thought it was funny you mentioned it as some players may support the format but it's never taken off and most people wouldn't go to the effort of buying a SACD title (I haven't and as you say there'd only be a limited selection).

Full quality Cd's or lossless files would be quite good enough and you can always improve other components/speakers/amps etc. I wouldnt mind an CA Azur 640C but also use my PC as source more these days but plenty of audiophiles like using original cds not mp3's etc..
thats true i have never got into mp3 format until now ! being from a vinyl listener , but getting hold of mp3 and cd format is easy and digital which is all good ,but listening to vinly is just as good , and better to find that hidden track and dropping tha needle onto the groove !

i think too that recordings from the 70s and through to now are just as clear and well produced with what they had then till what they get now

im just a sample junkie , but havent got any time for car hi fi , casset playa and amp in a car is just fine too, :smoking: