what did GH get banned for?

NiNjA-Keeley wrote: Im rocking Alpine 9855 MRV 345 100wrms x 4 (75wrms on the box 101.7wrms tested ) Amp link controller (cost me tooo much back in the day) Jaycar Response 6.5" kevlar split fronts Focal Polykevlar 130k2 5" split rears (I love these soooooooo much) (these sit just behind the driver's seat in the passenger door) I just need to re-install them in my pug 206 and enjoy the ride

nice!

werent you an nzice member?

not many folks run aftermarket systems anymore, I just love mine and couldnt live without it.

you should replace those jaycar splits with some nice focals in the front

TV: Samsung 59" D6900
Receiver: Yamaha R-S500
HT/DVD/Blu-Ray Player: Samsung 5.1 HT-D5530
Speakers: Klipsch RB81 II
Headphones: Alessandro MS2, Audio Technica AD900, Brainwavz B2 canals
Sources: Xonar Essence ST, M-Audio profire 610

forgot to post a picture of my new speakers, they sound pretty damn good too
these are a DIY speakers - Troels Ellam XT's

<N> wrote: TV: Samsung 59" D6900 Receiver: Yamaha R-S500 HT/DVD/Blu-Ray Player: Samsung 5.1 HT-D5530 Speakers: Klipsch RB81 II Headphones: Alessandro MS2, Audio Technica AD900, Brainwavz B2 canals Sources: Xonar Essence ST, M-Audio profire 610

that's not a 59" tv.

Liger_zero wrote: that's not a 59" tv.

LoL. Nah that's to the far left

nice speakers saturn; are they scanspeak revelator drivers?

Yes!
they are the 15W/8530-K00 and XT25 vifa's

got superior Z caps on the tweeter section of the crossover and just standard jantzen caps on the mids.

damn crossovers set me back nearly $600.. not including drivers, accessories etc

I love the sound they produce, and the bass from the 5" woofers? is crazy for the size. Id love to run a MTM configuration with these later on, but the cost of new cabinets, crossover parts and the driver might not be worth it

I actually wanted to keep my proac clones, however these just seem to work so much better in the room, and after comparing music back to back, the ellam XT's (pictured above) are just better, more natural sounding, smoother midrange, just love them

Im running revelators in the car too, with illuminator tweeters
(drivers side) still trying to finish this off though


in fact, bloody sony are using them in their reference speakers at nearly $30k u.s they are using an air circ tweeter and the 15m though
Id love to add a 8" scan onto my speakers




a review
http://www.stereophile.com/content/...ar1-loudspeaker
pics taken from site:



they are the 8's I want

I like the drivers as well I have seen the speakers before...

s4turn wrote: nice! werent you an nzice member? not many folks run aftermarket systems anymore, I just love mine and couldnt live without it. you should replace those jaycar splits with some nice focals in the front

Yeah I was a nzice member some time ago...

Yeah its hard to track down a decent of Focal fronts set though for a reasonable price.

<N> wrote: TV: Samsung 59" D6900 Receiver: Yamaha R-S500 HT/DVD/Blu-Ray Player: Samsung 5.1 HT-D5530 Speakers: Klipsch RB81 II Headphones: Alessandro MS2, Audio Technica AD900, Brainwavz B2 canals Sources: Xonar Essence ST, M-Audio profire 610

So jelly of your tidy desk and nice set up.. I can never keep it tidy like that, not for long anyway

so did you sell the ProAc clones in the end? I notice the tardme auction but they seemed to be pretty cheapskate bidders . I just got me the Sjofn Clue bookshelves of trademe. Now i'm trying to decide between Peachtree Decco or the Wadia 151 so many difficult choices

still for sale

I know I wanted quite a bit for them when you originally asked me, however at the time it was very early days for me.

Im half and half about selling them, they just dont seem to work to well in the room, sounded great at my previous place though..
I much prefer the sound of the scanspeak 2905/9500 tweeters (in the clones) over the XT25 vifa's, although the vifa's seem to have a much nicer top end / sparkle to them

im actually eyeing up some scanspeak revelator 9800 series tweeters, as apparently they are drop in replacements over the xt25's i.e. same crossover slopes/points same size cutout, however they are nearly $200 a piece!

Interesting choice above, have you considered just using a PC as a source and higher end sound card or digital out?
I noticed Parts express are doing quite a few kitset amps now at quite good prices

few changes since last setup

TV: LG 60PZ850
Receiver: Marantz SR7005
DVD/Blu-Ray Player: HTPC - Sold PS3... to pay for various upgrades mainly the ****ing speaker cables that cost an arm and a leg...
Speakers: B&W 683 fronts, B&W HTM61 centre, B&W 684 surrounds... Bi'wire/Bi'amp 683's (audioquest rocket 33 speaker cables and type 4's)
Sanus SF34 speaker stands ...for B&W 685's which may replace my 684's as surrounds.. haven't decided whether to keep bi'amping the 683's or use those resources for 7.1..
Sub: ..B&W ASW610XP testing currently and may purchase if I sell the Mirage for enough.
Headphones: Sennheiser HD558, Grado SR 325i, Marley Trenchtowns, Sennheiser HD280, B&W P5's and C5's

I have become a bit of a B&W fanboy....
....thanks richard for the deallllllzzz on the marantz/b&w/aq gears!

I would say stick with the bi'amping as those 683s are reasonably power hungry.

yeah tested 7.1 with the additional 685's but my 683's weren't being driven without bi'amping, sold my 684's and kept 685's as surrounds, the 685's for a bookshelf speaker are really nice, 684's were just too large as surrounds.

A seperate power amp for the 683s would allow you to run 7.1 and still get plenty of power to the fronts.

yeah no doubt... didnt want to fork out more money haha

This should match your receiver :P

http://us.marantz.com/us/Products/P...roductId=MM7025

Lounge:
Panasonic 50" Plasma
Pioneer VSX-520 Amp
B&W L,R and Centre (Room can't take 5.1 without using wireless surrounds - and am not sure about those at the moment)
PS3
xBox 360
MySky HDi

Cinema Room:
Epson EH-TW5900 Projector (Upgraded from Sanyo Z1 - definitely worth it if anyone is thinking about it)
Denon 3803 Amp
7.1 Speakers:
2x B&W 603 S3 Fronts
4x B&W 600 S3 Rear and Side
1x B&W LCR600 S3 Centre
1x Paradigm Sub
PS3
xBox360
MySky HDi

"Mobile" cinema:
Sanyo Z1 Projector
Denon Stereo Amp
Philips 2.0 speakers
Sony DVP-735 DVD Player (Region 2 only - came from the UK 6 years ago)
Chipped xBox (For those different regions )
Marantz CD63 Mark-II CD player
Aiwa ADF450 Cassette Deck (You never know!)

TV: Samsung
Receiver: Onkyo
DVD/Blu-Ray Player: Sony
Speakers: Dali
Sub: Jensen

will update models later :P

Why on earth do you have bookshelfs/rears sitting on top of floorstanders??!?!

looks to me like hes lacking space there, choice setup tho :thumb

Lounge:

TV:Samsung 51" Plasma
AVR: Shanling SAV-899R 7.1
AMP: NAD 208 THX
SPKR: Energy Veritas 1.8 (fronts)
Energy Take 5 centre
Energy eXL-R rears
Energy EPS-100 sub
+ passive Sony sub running off Shanling
Source: HTPC with BR & Xbox HD-DVD drive

Lots of changes since my first post:

TV: Panasonic 50" full HD plasma
Power Amp: Onkyo A9070 in power amp mode
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-AX4AiS
DVD: Pioneer DV-989AVi
Blu-Ray Player: Oppo BDP-93
Front speakers: Kef Q500 floorstanders
Rear speakers: Kef Q500 floorstanders
Center speaker: Kef Q200C
Subwoofer: Bowers and Wilkins ASW610

For the computer:
Receiver: Onkyo TX-8050 2 channel network receiver
Speakers: Kef Q100 bookshelf
Subwoofer: Bowers and Wilkins ASW610

In the next house I'll use all the speakers for a 7.2 system and buy new speakers for the PC.



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