Just curious as to what speaker/amp combo people are running their 990 with =)

EDIT: (forgot to add my specs)

Amp:
Outlaw 770 (w/990)

Speakers:
Klipsch RF3 x2 (fronts)
Klipsch RC3 II x1 (center)
Klipsch RS3 x2 (sides)
Klipsch RS3 II x2 (rears)
Single SVS 20-39PC+ (sub)
BetterCables all around

For me:

Outlaw 755 amp
Polk Lsi 15's up front
Polk Lsi Center
Polk Lsi Fx surrounds,

Paradigm PDR 12 sub

and I think it works well.... Not looking to upgrade for a long while...

ian

Amp:
Outlaw 770

Speakers:
Onix Reference 2 (front)
Onix Reference 100 (center)
Onix Reference 1 (rear)
Dual SVS 20-39CS+ (sub)

once i recieve it which will be this week .. it will be with
ATI 1506
Tannoy dmt12II mains
tannoy D6c Center
tannoy saturn s8 floorstanding REARS..
have some tannoy system 600 may use for 7.1 but 5.1 has always been enough for me .. i run dual subs .. a custom guy whom i'm partial to .. and a hk 12 until i get my pennies saved for a svs 16/46plus .. really bass is pretty strong at moment .. no more boom needed just some air moving .. where the 16 46 will be tuned almost all unaudible .. 12hz to hopefully 30hz .. my custom runs 30 to 80 strong and rest of speakers take it from there .. usually cut at 60hz ..

Amps:
(2) Outlaw Model 200's for mains
Outlaw Model 750 for center, surround, & surround back

Speakers:
Paradigm Reference Studio/60v2 mains
Paradigm Reference Studio/CCv2 center
Axiom Audio M3ti surrounds
Paradigm Reference Studio/ADPv2 surround back
Outlaw Model LFM-1 subwoofer

Amps:
None(!)

Speakers:
Mackie HR824 studio monitors (left/right)

Outlaw Tim

See below

See Below.

Now that looks like a classy set of active powered monitors. I would really love to hear your feedback about how well these are working for you, as I have been strongly considering getting a pair of those...

Amp: Parasound HCA-1205A

Main & Surrounds: Vienna Acoustic Bach's
Center: Vienna Acoustics Maestro
Sub: REL Strata III

Kimber Kable throughout

Amps:
Main high & midrange: Adcom GFA-545
Main low: Adcom GFA-5500
Center and Surround: Adcom GFA-2535 (2 channels bridged to provide 100 watts to center, 60 watts to each surround)

Speakers: 5.1 (using bi-amp configuration and dual 12" woofers on mains for sub)
Mains: Infinity Kappa 9.1 II
Center & Surrounds: Infinity Kappa Video II

Planned:

Pre/Pro: Outlaw 990 (what else? )

Amps: 2 x Odessey Stratos Monoblock Extreme (L+R)
2 x Odessey Stratos Plus (biamping LS+RS)
1 x Odessey Stratos Plus (LBS + RBS)
1 x Carver TFM-22 or Odessey Stratos Mono (C)

Speakers: L+R Carver ALS Silver edition
LS+RS Bohlender-Graebner Radia 520i
LBR+RBS Bohlender-Graebner Radia 420i
Sub Acoustic Visions custom 96l sealed Q=0.6 Daton Titanic Mk. II 12" and Hypex HS200 amp.

Display: Sony HDTV (possibly eventual projector or flat-panel)

Sources: Sony DVD
HD Cable Box
Sat HD-100 HD DirecTV receiver
MythTV client/server combo

I've got the Carver ALS, Radia 520is, TFM-22, one Stratos Plus, and all source components, with the 990 on the way. This is an 18 - 24 months project.

Amps:
Adcom GFA-585 (Front L+R)
Adcom GFA-2535 2 channels bridged (Center, Surround L+R)
Carver M400t bridged (Sub)

Speakers
Mirage M3-si (Front L+R)
Mirage MC-si (Center)
Mirage MBS-2 (Surround L+R)
Stryke AV12 65l sealed Q~.57 (Sub)

They're working out great. I'm just waiting until I can get a decent sub, center and surrounds. I'm holding off until I get my own place, though. My roommate has a problem (RAF as opposed to WAF?) as it is with just those speakers. But I'll be sure to let her know you said they were classy! (But I doubt it will help).

Amps:
Sunfire Cinema Grand
Rotel RB980BX bridged (Sub)

Speakers:
Phase Technology Teatro 11.5 (L+R)
Phase Technology Teatro 6.5 (Center)
Phase Technology Teatro 4.5 (LS+RS)
SVS 20-39cs (Sub)

Audioquest cable throughout

Here is what I got connected:
(2) Outlaw Model 200s for Fronts
(2) Rocket RS750s - RF/LF
(2) Rocket RSS300 Dipoles for Surrounds
(1) Rocket RSC200 Center
(1) SV Subwoofer PC Ultra
(1) Outlaw 990 Pre Amp (NEWEST ADDITION!)
(1) Samsung HD931 DVD (Kid's movies)
(1) Denon 5900 DVD (Daddy's Movies)
(1) Pioneer 414 DVD (for analog CD Music)
(1) Samsung HLN50 HDTV Monitor
(1) Pace Digital Cable Rcvr
(1) Samsung SIR TS160 HDTV Sat Rvcr
(1) Dell Latitude Laptop
(1) Anthem 5 CH Amp for SR/SL/Center/
(1) Panamax 5510 Power Conditioner
(1) Harmony Remote
(lots) Outlaw and Tributaries Interconnects;OCF speaker cables

PhatLac

7100 Amp
ACI Protégés - Front
ACI Protege Center - Center
ACI Emeralds - On-Wall (Surround)
ACI Encores - Rear
ACI Force - Sub

That, along with a Panny AE700 PJ & a Pioneer Elite DVD player & a LG LST-4200A STB makes one fantastic home theater! And I can't forget - plenty of room treatments.

With my new Outlaw 990, I am currently using

Speakers:
Vandersteen 2Ce (L&R Front)
Vandersteen VCC-1 (Center)
Vandersteen VSM-1,(Rear surrounds, wall mounted)
Outlaw LFM-1 (Sub)

Amps:
Bryston 3B-ST (L&R Front)
Outlaw 200M (Center)
NAD 2400 (Rear surrounds)

Cables:
Outlaw Optical
Outlaw Analog
Tributaries S-video
MIT Analog
MIT Terminator 2, bi-wired, (L&R Front)

With my Outlaw 990 I'm running:

Amplifiers:
Lexicon CX-7 (balanced)
Buttkicker BKA-1000-4

Speakers:
L&R mains - Audio Pro Black Diamonds
Center - Audio Pro Black Vector
Rear Surrounds - Audio Pro Black Pearls
Back Surrounds - Audio Pro Black Pearls
Subs - 2 Audio Pro B1.35s
Tactile Transducers - 2 Buttkicker LFEs under floor

Connected Components:
Hi def Sat Receiver - Samsung SIR-TS160 (DVI)
DVD - Samsung DVD-HD931 upscaling (DVI)
Game Console - XBox
TV - Hitachi 57F500

Misc:
Panamax M5500 AC Regenerator
Tripplite Isobar
Sound Organisation Z545 component rack
Universal Remote Control MX-3000
2 Custom leather theater chairs from Elite Home Theater Seating

Cables:
Have Inc balanced XLR
Element Cable custom power cords
Assortment of AudioQuest and misc. other interconnects

770
B&W Nautilus 804's
LFM1

Phatlac, you don't play your kids movies on your Denon ??

B&W 800D-----------mains
B&W HTM2D---------center
Onix Rocket RS760---side and rear surrounds
ACI Maestro---------subs
Krell EVO400---------amps
Krell TAS------------amp

Outlaw 990 Preamp Processor
Parasound Amp HCA3500 – Fronts
Parasound Amp HCA2205AT – Center and Surrounds
Parasound Amp HCA 2200 II – Bridged for Sub
Parasound Amp HCA 1206 – Second Zone
Denon DVD DVD-2200
Denon CD DCM 360
Dual Turntable For the vinyl
Panasonic VHS PV9661
Axiom M80Ti Fronts (Home Theater)
Axiom VP-150 Center
Axiom QS-8 Side and Rear Surrounds
Martin Logan Aeon-i Fronts (2 channel)
Kimber Kable 8-TC Speaker Wire
Blue Jeans Cable Co. Interconnects
Monster HTS 3500 Power Conditioner
Monster HTS 5000 Power Conditioner
Panasonic CT31-SF CRT TV

My primary system:

Pre/pro: Outlaw 990
Amp: Outlaw 770

speakers are Boston Acoustics (cherry)
Fronts: VR-M90s
Center: VR-MC
Sides: VR-MXes
Rears: VR-M60s
Sub: Yamaha YST-800

Could probably use a different sub, otherwise I'm very pleased with the sound.

Jeff

It's a start (moving from 2 channel):

Outlaw 990
Odyssey Audio Stratus Plus stereo amp
Bohlender-Graebner Radia 520i front speakers
Custom Acoustic Visions 96l sealed Q=0.6 sub (12" Daton Titanic Mk. II driver and Hypex HS-200 sub amp).
Non-descript Sony DVD/VCR
Comcast HD STB
Sony 32" CRT HDTV

Outlaw 990
Motorola DCT-6200 STB
Denon DVD-1910 (soon to be upgraded to a universal)
Outlaw M-200 x 6
Magnepan 1.6QR fronts
Magnepan CC3 F&R centers
Magnepan MC1 surrounds
Avalanche 18 x 4 IB subwoofer
Crown K-2 Amp

Pre/Pro Outlaw 990
Amps Bryston 6B st
Bryston 4B
Dvd Toshiba SD6200
LG DV7832NXC
Paradigm monitor 9 mains
CC350 centre
monitor 3 rear
subs ps1200
pw2200
monitor toshiba 40h80
2x apc1400 smart ups

Outlaw 990
Outlaw 755
Outlaw 200 (2 - for mains)
Front L/R - PSB Image 6T
Center - Energy AC-300
Surround L/R - Energy Audissey A5+2
Surround Back L/R - Energy RVSS
Sub - Energy ES12

Pre/Pro Outlaw 990
Amp, Bryston 5B ST for front L,R and Center
Amp, Parasound Halo A 23 for rear L,R surrounds
DVD Oppo 971H for movies
DVD Marantz VC5200 for music
Speakers Front L,R Magnepan IIIA's
Speaker Center, B&W LCR600
Speakers Rear surround, Magnepan IIC's
Sub B&W ASW600
Front Projector, Sanyo PLV Z2
Screen, DaLite Cinemavision 106' Diagonal
HD Cable Receiver, Motorola Comcast
Surge Protectors 3 Monster HT 700's

Outlaw 755 amp
2 x Outlaw LFM-1
Dahlquist DQ-20i for front mains
Definitive Technology BP2 surrounds
Definitive Technology C-1 center channel
Outlaw cabling (except for the speakers)
Canare 4S11 speaker cabling

I'm planning to "retire" the Dahlquist and DT speakers in favor of 5 Magnepan MMG speakers.

Pre/pro: Outlaw 990
Preamp: Conrad Johnson PV14L
Amp: 3xOddysey Stratos & 2xChiro
Speakers: 2xTriangle Antal; 3xTriangle Comete
Sub: Hsu VTF 2
TV: Samsung 42" plasma
Audioquest & Monster midline interconnects and speaker cables
Monster HTS 3500 power conditioner

990 pre
755 Mains top end, center and sides
Nak PA7a2 Mains bottom
Crown 300a rears
ICBMs (2) one is magnapan edition
DEQX xover
Marantz 8400 DVDA/SACD w/DVI
Dish 921 HDTV PVR w/DVI
BenQ 8700 projector w/ HD2+ chipset
Proscan 36" 800/600 HDTV
outlaw interconnects
Magnapan 20.0 biamped mains
maggie CC2 center
magggi mmg sides
maggi mmgw rears

Blaineh, your system description sounds quite impressive. I have liked Magnepan speakers since I purchased my first pair in 1987. At that time I was only interested in the best music reproduction that I could afford. When I became seriously interested in a surround system I listened to many speakers and systems. I even purchased some good conventional speakers in order to have a matched system but nothing seemed to compare to the live realistic sound and imaging that I got from the maggies. I returned to the maggies and I am very pleased. I do use a B&W LCR600 center speaker because I was concerned about the lack of bass capability from the magnepan center speaker. Are you satisfied with your magnepan center speaker.

JohnW
The CC2 is the best I have tried so far, the problem is the mid-bass 160hz (actually I xover at 200hz) is not a good place to send to your sub, it sounds awful if you try it like that I use the ICBM magnapan (which means the center channel xover is doubled, 100hz is really 200hz) in recombine mode. I have a 3 way DEQX xover for my 20.0, and take the low end and drive it through the "mains" input, and hook the center input to the 990 center out, then the ICBM center out to my center amp. Set to recombine. Don't use the sub out. What happens is the 200hz and below from the center gats split betweeen the mains signal out to my bass panels. In your situation, I would use the 990 sub out to your sub, and set the center xover to whatever the MAINS are xovered at. Of course set the mains and sides as normal (perhaps 60/80hz?). Now the center isn't limited by it's lowend response, esentially you have triamped center, with the cc2 at the top, the mains as midbass, and sub as bottom. Of course you could plug in your rears into the ICBM as well, and that will shift some bass to the frount. Still, use the same sub stting as your mains in theis case. The CC3 has a different design in that the middle is flattened, to allow 80hz xover, but I prefer a full curved panel as in the cc2. BTW, I understand magnapan is coming out with a new center speaker based on the 20.1 I think I will be taking one...
As far as subs go, I am using the HSU VTF3 (series 1), it's pretty good. I am thinking about STS cylinders, like the "ultra" in stereo; it has a aluminum cone with kevlar spider. Also, the 20.0 is bi-amped, I am considering tri-amped with stereo subs (quad amped), will be using the 2nd ICBM to split the very bottom again...

Pre-Pro 990
Amps: 755 Outlaw for Ctr L&R front and L&R surrounds
Crown DC300A-II for L&R Rear

Speakers: Center-Legacy Silverscreen
L&R Front-Crown ES-224's
Surrounds and Rear-ancient (1960s-no-names...and the system sounds better than ever.

Prepro: 990
Amps: Outlaw M200 (5)
NHT A1 (2)
Speakers: NHT T5 (4)
NHT M5 (center)

Nice setup Michael, mine is similar. I've been an NHT fan for a long time. Hard to beat their products. I think Outlaw will release an updated M200 with balanced inputs like the NHT A1, since they seem to be identical otherwise.

Prepro: Outlaw 950 (still)
Amps: Outlaw 770 (1)
Amps: NHT A1 (2)
Speakers: NHT T5 (2)
NHT M5 (3)
Subwoofer: NHT SubTwoi (2) for LFE
NHT SW10 (1) for center channel
NHT SW12 (1) for additional LFE
Polk PSW650 (1) for surrounds

Eagle Model 4 Amplifier - fronts
Parasound HCA-855a Multichannel amp - center and surrounds
Outlaw 990 Surround Pre
Hales Design Group Revelation 3 Speakers - mains
Hales Revelation Center Channel
B&W DM-580 Speakers - surrounds (to be replaced)
No sub - NYC apartment!
Rotel RCD-965bx CD Player
Pioneer DV-588a-s DVD
Sony KDF-55WF655 LCD RP
Monster HTS-3600 AC filter (all except amps)
Dedicated 20 amp line
Forget the name... ... Stand
Various ... Interconnect

Keta,

I've been an NHT fan for a long time too. I'm really pleased with the sound of the T5's, an incredible speaker for the money and I'm getting even more from them with the 990/M200 combo than I could have hoped for. I also have a U1 sub that I was going to run off my center channel but I haven't felt the need for it in my relatively small room and the B5's.

I thought briefly about buying 5 more A1's instead of the M200's and running all balanced but although the price difference for one amp is fairly small when you multiply that difference by five it adds up. The sale price on the M200's clinched it for me so I went with them.

Are you planning on getting a 990? I love mine.

A bit off the beaten path but I enjoy the vintage equipment better than most of the newer speakers I have listened to.
Fronts ESS AMT 3 Rock Monitors
Rears ESS AMT 1A's
Center Polk CS350-LS
Sub Velodyne DLS-5000R

Amps 3 Sansui AU-D11 II's
Quad Sansui QSD-1 decoder

PrePro: 990
DVD: Oppo DV971H
Amps: Crown XLS-602
Mains: Magnepan 1.6QR
Surrounds (coming soon): Magnepan MG-MC1
Rears (coming soon): Magnepan MMG-W
Sub: SVS PB12-Plus/2

Amp: Outlaw 755
Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 11s, 3s and CC-370 center.
Sub: Velodyne FSX-12 will be switching to Outlaw LFM-1.

(This HT still under construction, but amp & some speakers are set)

Amp: Outlaw 7100
Speakers: Original Allison Ones F/R (still sound great)
Allison Center Channel (to be ordered, if the New Allison company is still in business)
Gallo Nucleus Micros (all surrounds, on order)
Sub: Outlaw LFM-1

.

Amp: Outlaw 755

Front: Totem Sttaf
Surround: Totem Mite
Center: Totem Mite-T Center
Sub: (2) Outlaw LFM-1

Here's my set up (see below). The Outlaws made it sing! Playing SACD is incredible. TELARC has done some fantastic engineering using DSD/SACD. I'm very pleased with the Outlaws driving this system.
Marcus

---

I've recently purchased a house and it seems like I might need to trade my speakers for something a bit smaller in size (due to room constraints).

I could keep larger mains and center, but the surrounds are the deciding factor. I'll have to go from 7.1 to 5.1 (maybe 6.1) if I can find the right size.

How many of you are running something that would be considered small...Anyone have any suggestions for a good setup that is small yet packs a punch for ht and music?

Tim,

What are you using now?

tim, i'm running b&w 601's up front,soon to be replaced by 602's.they do the job for ht,but the music is where they shine.a bit pricey for the size,but worth it.


forgot which post this was,don't have a 990,just making a suggestion.

Outlaw Tim,

Here are a couple of brands that may fit the bill:

Totem Acoustic-
Mite- Soft Dome Bookshelf- very small
Rainmaker- Metal Dome Bookshelf
Arro- Very Narrow Soft Dome Floorstander

Dynaudio-
Audience 42- Great little Bookshelf Speaker Soft Dome tweeter
Audience 52- Big brother to 42

Paradigm-
Studio 20- Metal Dome Tweeter bookshelf, I have v1, they are up to Version 3.

Vienna Acoustics- Haydn Grand- Soft Dome Tweeter Bookshelf Speaker.

I really go back and forth with the whole soft dome / metal dome speaker. Totem Acoustic makes fine equipment. I took small to mean Bookshelf size or small floorstander.

Good Luck..

I would post my system, but I dont have a 990 (yet, maybe in the winter)

h/w-
pre/pro: outlaw, 990 (used to be integra 7.3)
amp: rotel, rmb-1095
dvd: marantz, dv8400
cd: nad, 541i
tube buffer: musical fidelity, x10v3 (for cd and ipod)
mp3: apple, ipod
cables-
ic (amp/pro): ps audio, xstream audio plus - balanced
ic (rest): purist audio, museaus
coax: kimber, dv-75
speaker: kimber kable, 4tc
speakers-
l/r: epos, m22
center: epos, m8
sl/sr: epos, m5

(i use a creek a50ir/music hall cd-25/sonus faber, concerto combo as a second rig)

as a note: the outlaw 990 scores high marks on transparency and is very musical when compared to the creek using the m22's. the integra 7.3 sounds like it is playing behind a curtain compared to the 990. there is much more detail and air with the 990 and offers solid and clean bass. very pleased with the unit, given the price and the features that come with it.

I'm running:

990/770
Klipsch RF3 x2 (fronts)
Klipsch RC3 II x1 (center)
Klipsch RS3 x2 (sides)
Klipsch RS3 II x2 (rears)
Single SVS 20-39PC+ (sub)

My new house might not allow me to use anything speaker wise except the mains and center and Sub (which might be too much of an eyesore now given the room).

The surrounds are basically too much speaker for the space the areas for their placement can't handle speakers of that size.

How many people here are running smaller sattelites? Smaller than Bookshelf?

Sony Qualia 006, HR10-250
Outlaw Audio 990/7100
Onix Rocket RS1000/RSC200
Klipsch RS-35
Polk Dipole RSC's
Boston PV800

990
Dual Sunfire Cinema Grands (one for fronts / one for rears)
Paradigm 100's/ver.2; cc/ver2; 20's/ver2
Yamaha DVD S-2500

Pre/Pro: Outlaw 990 running in balanced / single ended configuration
"Front" Amp(S) (Front left, center, right): DB Systems DB-6M (Monoblock), modified with differential inputs (Fed by balanced sends from the 990)
Surrounds: Harman-Kardon HK770 two-channel (single ended inputs, fed by single ended sends on the 990)
Sub: Internal amplifier in the sub
Front (L&R): B&W Matrix 805 (not nautilus)
Center: B&W HTM
Surrounds: B&W Matrix 805 (not nautilus)
Sub: Velodyne F1200R (mated to audio control BLR to convert the balanced send from the 990's sub out to a single ended output into the sub)

CD: NAD 517 changer (almost never used now due to the Audiotron)
DAR: Audiotron (slaved to server to play uncompressed wav files via home network CAT5)
DVD / CD: Sony DVP S550D
VCR: Sony VHS HiFi (don't remember model #)
DVR: Motorola 612 (lease) - supports HiDef
TV: Sony KD-XBR960 34" 16:9 high def CRT

Pre/Pro 990 (Heck it it wasn't why would I be posting here!??) ;-)
7 X IRD MB 100's for Power Amps
Front's System Audio SA 1750's
Center System Audio SA 720
Surrounds Altec 804's
Rears System Audio SA 710's
Sub Velodyne SA7

BTW - For those of you with limited space (not that it was an issue for me. I simply liked the sound), you might take a look at the System Audio 1710's for your Front and Surrounds.

CrazyEd

I have just received my new Tyler acoustics speakers to replace my NHT VT2.4's, so here is my setup.

http://www.tyleracoustics.com/linbrook.html

Outlaw 990, Outlaw 770, 2 Tyler acoustics Linbrook Signature Systems (the two piece version) plus 3 Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature monitors. MAN DO THEY SOUND AMAZING!!!. My NHT's were OK, but these Tylers are stunning. I chose this setup because all of the speakers are based on the Signature Monitors and will therefore be perfecly matched in terms of their timbre, or "voice". The Signature Systems for the front are good from 25Hz to 25Khz and they are pretty efficient as well. I am completely blown away by how good the combo of Outlaw equipment and the Tylers are. I am Bi-amping the fronts as a test to see if I can tell the difference.

Model 990/7125 stack (placing an order this week)
Paradigm Studio CC 570, v3 - Center
Paradigm Studio 100 v3 towers - Left and Right
Paradigm Studio ADP 470 v3 - Left & Right surrounds
Paradigm Studio 20 v3 - Left and Right rears
Paradigm PW-2200 sub v3
Denon DVD 3910
Monster HTS 5100 Power Center
Monster AVS 2000 Voltage Stabilizer
Xbox with 4 contollers and component/optical input
Hitachi Ultavision Cineform 60VX915 LCD rear projection display
Sony RMAV3100 Touch Screen Universal Remote
Canare Wires for speakers, Tributaries for interconnects
and one VERY understanding wife...

I'm new to the forums.... just got my 990 last week (replacing my Pioneer Elite VSX-27T for the pre-amp functions).

Equipment:

Outlaw 990
Citation 7.1 (power for left, right, center, and transducers in seating).
Pioneer Elite VSX-27T (Using to power LR, RR, LS, and RS - using 5.1 input and power outputs to 4 channels). Will replace with another Citation or Outlaw in a few months.
Behringer Ultracurve Pro 8024 Digital Equalizer - Not in system yet... still debating.
Magnepan 1.6 - Fronts.
Magnepan CC1 - Center.
Magnepan MMG - Sides.
Magnepan MMGW - Rears.
Yamaha YST-SW150 - Center Channel Sub (x-over at 100Hz).
Sunfire True Subwoofer - LFE sub
Clark Synthesis TST329 GOLD - 135 Watt Tactile Transducer for seating.
Pioneer Elite DV-45A - DVD/SACD/DVD-A
Pioneer CLD-505 - LD
Sanyo PLZ-V2 - Projector w/ home made 95" diagonal screen
Vampire - Component Video Connections
Tributaries - Audio Interconnects
CineQuest (Audioquest) - Coax Interconnects
Monster - Power conditioning.
PS2

Paradigm Mini mk3's (LCR)
Paradigm ADP-150's (sides)
Paradigm Mini mk3 (ES)
Paradigm Mini mk3's (music-sides)
(3)B&K ST-140's (six channels)

Two cabinet subwoofer system:
4 adire tumults
4 adcom 555mkII's
BFD
Marchand BASSIS

Hey, KGV,

How'd the Bassis work out for ya?

I've been working on a 1X12" 600W and a 2X12" 1200W ported subs and a 2X12" 2400W sealed, EQ'd and a 2X15" 3KW sealed, EQ'd and setting up blind listening tests and a host of other objective tests to try to nail the subjective differences.

Love your low end rig!! Some day I'll convince you to dump the adcoms and try QSC RMX series.

BTW, I run 4 Rocket RS-750 Sigs and dual RS 200 center powered by Alesis Matica 500 (500 WPC, 4 ohms, bridged mono) for each of the 5 channels.

For the low end, I run 2-2X15" Tumults, sealed, EQ'd, each driver powered by a 1400W bridged QSC RMX 1450 (4 amps total), 2 dedicated 20 amp circuits, each with a Tripp Lite LCR 2400 line conditioner.

I run 1 sub as a dedicated LFE sub and the other as a dedicated redirected bass sub and sometimes, for sheer fun, I run them with a summed signal.

I'm patiently awaiting a Blu Ray victory dance to update my entire theater which will include a 990 to replace the 950.

Bosso,
Chears! The Marchand is a great piece.I purchased the mono version and went to pick it up during my lunch hour to meet the boys.Phil is a great guy.A true hobbiest.

It was so cool to run TrueRta and watch the lowend extend out.I have it down to about -3db@12hz.I'm in the process of selling off my Adcoms for the QSC 1450's. If I can get 400 each for the adcoms it will be a wash.You musy have read my mind.The Adcoms give me full bass but crap out when it gets up to 110db or so.Ed Mullen and I bottomed out the Adcoms on a visit to my house.It was sad.The 1450's will give me the headroom I need to dig down.

Right now there are too many on the web for sale to try and dump em'.Soon enough though.

The BASSIS rules.It will push the 1450's as well as the Tumults.I had them +3db@10hz and it bottomed out the Adcoms at about 90db.They were never meant to dish out those numbers.

990
Outlaw 755
NHT ST4 - L,R front
NHT SB3 - C,LS, RS

Outlaw M200 (2)
NHT SB3 - LBS, RBS

NHT Sub1 crossed at 50hz with Front ST4's
NHT Sub1i - LFE

990
Adcom 7607

Rocket 850's / RSC 200 Front
Rocket 550's side
Polk LS90's rear
SVS PB-12 Ultra

Outlaw 990
" 7125
Paradigm Studio 100 x 2
" Studio CC 570 x 1
" Studio ADP-470 x 4 (470s not connected until the new house gets built)
LFM-1 x 2 (only one LFM-1 connected until new house gets built)

Outlaw 990/755
DefTech 2002s (FR/L)
Def Tech C/L/R
Def Tech BPXs (2)
Sony XBR700 Direct CRT HDTV
Denon DVD-1920
Tivo Series 2
Polk Audio Xrt12 XM tuner
Panamax 5100

Here is my system in current form:

Pre/Pro:
Outlaw 990

Amp:
Carver AV-705x

Speakers:
Mains- Phase Tech Teatro 11.5
Center- PT Teatro 6.5
Surrounds- PT Teatro 11.5

DVD:
Toshiba SD-2109

VCR:
JVC Hr-S3800U

Satellite:
Dish Network 301 sd receiver

Game Console:
XBOX

Line Conditioner:
Monster Power HTS5100

Cables:
Various Monster THX cables/interconnects

Yamaha RX-V1400
Outlaw Audio 7100
OPPO Digital OPDV971H
Monitor Audio Silver S8, SLCR, 4xSfx
2xSVS 16-46PC+

I could use some better speakers and pre-processor.

I am really interested in the Tylers. What finish did you get? Can you post some pics?

Thanks,
Steve

Stereo only system so far. Amps: nOrh Le Amp 2 monoblocks (if you haven't heard of them check nOrh.com); speakers: Magneplanar 1.6QR's.

Outlaw 950\770 combo
Rocket 750 x 4
Rocket 200
Rocket 300 x 2
Rocket UFW-10, sub
Paradigm PS-1000, sub

Amp: M-200-4 each
Custom made Monolithic-250 watts monoblocks

Pre/Pro: 990

Speakers: Revel Performa 7.1 Speaker system

Amps*:

3 AudioSource 5.3 monoblocks (Front Right/Left, Center)
2 AudioSource 5.1 monoblocks (Surrounds)

Speakers (cherry):

Polk Audio Monitor 70 (Front Right/Left)
Polk CS2 (Center)
Polk Monitor 40 (Sides)
Polk PSW12 Powered Sub

Connected Components**:

Tivo Series 2
LiteOn DVD Recorder LVW-5005
Apex DVD Player
D-Link Media Lounge (PC ogg/mp3/Rhapsody)
Xbox
Panasonic Hifi VCR
General Electric Cablebox
Norwood Micro 30" LCD flat

Line Conditioning:

Belkin PureAV Power Center

Headphones:

Grado SR80s
Shure E3cs

Misc:

Sanus A/V Rack furniture (cherry)
Custom-made Amp Stands (one for Audiosource, other for sub) (cherry)

Cables***:

Various interconnects from Acoustic Research, RCA, Monster (mostly using optical)
3 6ft RCA Component video cables
Recoton 16 gauge speaker wire
12' Impact Acoustics Pro-audio XLR cables (990 to AudioSource modulars)

* I haven't bought all the amps yet. Growing them a few at a time.

** The main source will likely be a Denon 2910, a modded cheap universal player,
or perhaps a high-end used unit from Audiogon.

*** I have not decided on buying pricey cables due to the lengths from
one component to another would make them sky high for me. Most of my
audio connections are optical so I don't see any justification in rca
interconnects, at least not yet. Perhaps I should improve on the
speaker-wire though, maybe Vampire Wire.

In the future I plan on setting up bi-wiring, then later on to bi-amp
the front left & right speakers, use a couple of ASL monoblock
tube amps.

Twitchy_one,

How is the LiteOn DVD recorder working out for you? I'm going to need one soon to start converting my old video tapes. Does that DVD recorder also record CDs?

As per Sig

>Mike in Virginia wrote:
>How is the LiteOn DVD recorder working out for you?

I've been using the hell out of it! :-) I bought
it back in Nov. '04 & I've got a lot of premium
cable channels so I record a lot of movies &
series to DVD-R's. It can use DVD+/-R/RWs, so it
has a lot of flexability on what media you use.

I actually had a problem with it back in June.
Basically, it would record to a new DVD fine, but
if I shut off the machine without finalizing
the DVD, later when I turned it back on, it would
say bad disc when trying to read it. You would
normally not finalize a DVD disk right away.
For example, if you were recording Entourage on
a 4 hour EP setting. You want to wait til the DVD
fills up & then finalize it since Entourage is
only 30 minutes long.

There was actually nothing wrong with the disk
either. I called their Tech Support & they gave me
an RMA# so I sent it in & 4-5 weeks later they
sent me another one.

One thing I had noticed in my original is that
if you record to the end of the DVD, it would
not allow you to finalize the DVD for other
players. So you basically had to start over.
However, with the new one they sent me, it must
have a had a firmware upgrade because this is
no longer a problem. I can let it go _past_
the end of the disk, it simply stops on its
own & I can finalize without issue. So the
replacement has turned out to be much more
useful. I suspect all the new ones now out on
the market must have this firmware update but
you might want to run a test if you get one.

Their tech support was responsive too. You can
generally get someone on the line & they'll work
with you through a problem.

I must stress that the DVDs it makes will
have problems or not play on older DVD players,
such as my Apex DVD player. I have another
stereo rig at my parent's which has a Pioneer
57-A Universal Player & the LiteOn DVDs play
great with it. The picture & sound are pretty
decent.

It has the ability to record to cd but I think
it can only do it through the analog inputs. I
own a TDK DA-5900 cd-recorder which is hooked
to my PC by a Xitel & optical connection, so
I haven't really had a use for the LiteOn to
do this. Also, the manual cd record features on
the Lite On are next to nil. With the TDK, I can
prep a recording to wait for a signal, then play
something on my computer. The TDK will then start
recording when it hears a signal & stops
automatically 3 seconds after the signal ends. I
think the LiteOn is manual for start/stop of a
recording, which would be a pain.

Twitchy One

Twitchy,

Many thanks for a most comprehensive response. It looks good, and is even for sale at Costco!

Mike

I'm running :

Rocket Sig 750's
Rocket RSC 200
Rocket rear 300's
SVS rosewood PB12+2

Currently powered by Elite 56txi

Hey Hey DOJ,
Amazing how many Rocket folks are also over here...

I'm running:

Fronts - Rocket 550's
Center - Rocket 200
Surrounds - Rocket 300 Dipoles
Rear Surrounds - Rocket 300 Dipoles
Subs - Dual Rocket UFW-10's
LFE - Buttkicker LFE
All Driven by the Outlaw 990/7125 Combo...

-Dogwizard

Tim, you said "The surrounds are basically too much speaker for the space the areas for their placement can't handle speakers of that size." I'm biased of course - any Maggie owner is and I see there's a good many in this company - but I'd really suggest you look at their web site, magnepan.com, and read about the MMG-W. It takes up NO floor space because it's a flat panel about 38"x10"x1" that's hinged to the wall and can turn flat for storage or out at any angle for use, which allows a range of effects. Look it up. I plan to get a pair, plus their MMG-C center channel.

Outlaw 990

AMPS:
Parasound HCA1200II - front speakers
Adcom GFA5503 - center and rear speakers

Speakers:
B&W HTM3S - center
B&W Nautilus 804 - fronts and rears

Sub:
Velodyne DD-12

Extras:
PS3 - Blu-ray
Panamax 5510 - AC regenerator
Panamax Max 2 sub - surge protector
Kimber Kable - connects

I looked for a long time before deciding on the 990. I was ready to spend up to 10 grand for a Lexacon or Meridian, but relized that the Outlaw yielded similar performance and features for a fraction of the cost. This allows me to upgrade more often as formats change.

Outlaw 990 (Pre/Pro)
Two Halo JC-1's (Mono Amps)
Halo A51 (5-channel Amp)
Two Bohlender-Graebener (BG) 520i (Front Speakers)
One BG 220i (Center Speaker)
Two BG X3 (Side Speakers)
Two NHT ? (In-Ceiling Rear Speakers)
HSU VTF-3 Mk 2 (Subwoofer)
Sony SCD-XA9000ES (SACD Player)
Denon DVD-2200 (Video Source)
Monster Cable AVS-2000 (Regulated Power Supply)
Monster Cable HTPS-7000 (AC Filter)
Sony 60" LCD Projection HD
JVC DVR-921 (HD DVR)
Various High End interconnects and speaker wires

I have a seperate analog set-up in another room that I enjoy as well.

PROCESSOR: Outlaw 990 with...

SPEAKERS: Dynaudio Special 25s (fronts), Dynaudio Contour Center, small ceiling surround speakers (unknown brand)

SUB: Triad (in-wall sub)

AMP: Sunfire Signature (5 Channel)

Well I hear that....

Fronts ESS AMT 3 Rock Monitors (Rosewood)
Rears ESS AMT 3 Rock Monitors (Walnut)
Center Phase Technology Teatro 6.5
Sub 2 DIY Ascendant Audio Avalanche 15 drivers

5 channel Amp ATI 3005
Sub Amp Sampson SX2800
Center Amp Outlaw M200
Butt Kicker Amp Audio Source 1A

Around 4000 W Total

Hey Gene,
there's a reason they called them Rock Monitors!
:-)


Lonster

Amps:Sunfire theater grand signature(405x5)
Sunfire theater grand(205x5)
Speakers:Martin Logan Monoliths biamped using the signature grand
Martin logan center and aerius using the theater grand.
Sunfire true sub.

Amps: Adcom 555II
Adcom 545II
Speakers: Fronts - JM Labs Daline 6.1
Center: Paradigm
Rears: Infinity

see below

My setup is in my signature. Home Theatre use.

See below. Old stuff upstairs: B&K electronics with M&K speakers. Still rocks! But I love my new Outlaw and B&W system!

Jim,
Your set-up WILL almost be the same as mine. I now have B&W 703 and will be getting HMT7 later and probaby DS7 or 705 much later on. I am now deciding what amplifier to get. How's the 990/7125 driving your B&Ws?

Blaineh, I read that you (and John W) are using center channels that ARE NOT Magnepans. How is that working out (for each of you)? I am in the process of purchasing Magnepan 1.6s but I am not that please to have a Center Channel that takes up half of my living room (being facetious). I had considerd other Center Channels, however, when I asked the Magnepan dealer about using a center channel other than a maggie they almost all said the same thing. "While it is ok to use a different center channel there may be issues with matching the timbre of the 1.6s." Also, there may be the possibility of the center channel over-powering the maggies. Any suggestions? Or should I go with Gozilla (Magnepan CC3) for the Center Channel and live with it? LOL!

Thanks,

Paladin
PS: I am still torn between the Outlaw 990/7700 and the Rotel 1068/1095 combos....ARGH!!!

Here is what Speakers and Amps i am using.

CineNova Grande 5 Amp
Number of channels: Five discrete monaural blocks.

Power rating per channel:
(8-ohm load), all channels driven: 300 watts.
(4-ohm load), all channels driven: 600 watts.
(2-ohm load), all channels driven: 1000 watts.

Speakers
Bohlender-Graebener Radia 520i Fronts
Bohlender-Graebener Radia X3 Rears
Bohlender-Graebener Radia X1 Center

990 / 7500 w/Outlaw balanced interconnects
Paradigm Monitor 11 v4 mains
Paradigm CC-370 v4 center
Paradigm ADP-370 v4 surrounds
LFM-1

Samsung 5668W (56" DLP)

Monster HTS-3500

homebuilt HTPC w/ Mystique 7.1 soundcard (used as jukebox, dvd player, cd player and PVR)

dedicated 20a line

Harmony 880 remote (without this, my WAF would be very, very low)

Fronts-
Apogee Centaur Minors (bought new in 1991); hybrid ribbon speaker

the rest of system noted below-

Outlaw 7700
DefTech:
BP 20's main
2 deftech subs
clr 1000
BPVX rear surround
BP2's side surround (soon to be upgraded to BPX's)

assorted reel to reels(TeacX-2000 & x-700/cassette (Teac c3x)/turntable (Denon dp47/Denon dvd 2200.

I may be imagining things, but the speakers seem to sound a little bit "brighter" and surround sound seems to blend in better. I had two differnt amps (onkyo and adcom) prior to this system. Been playing around some with Dolby IIx music. It seems to work better on some CD's then others. 7 channel stereo sounds pretty good to me however.

990/ 7125 klipsch Rf35 Klipsch Rc35 klipsch Rs35 x4 Klipsch Rw12 x2 velodyne sms-1

5.1 set-up:

Outlaw model-755 amp
Energy Veritas 2.3i main
Enegy Veritas 2.0Ci center
Sonance TR-4000 in-ceiling surrounds
SVS 20-39PCi sub

Outlaw 950 pre-procssor, but have Sherwood P-965 on order.

Sony NS999ES DVDP, have Sherwood SP-860 on order to be used for SACD/DVDA, doubt it can better the sony on video, will have to wait for HD.

Pre-& Amp 990/7125
Ascend 340s across the front
Ascend 170s in the rear
SVS 20-39PC+
Denon DVD-2200 for DVD, DVD-Audio, SACD, CD
Hitachi Ultravision 57T500

and a 4 week old little girl which permits me from taking advantage of anything that I have for at least another year!!!

Just got my 990 today

990 paired with 7 channel Emotiva MPS-1
Rockets 850 sigs 200 center 300's covering the rear .

A pair of SVS PB12+2's and a pair of UFW-12's taking care of the low stuff

This hobby is getting to be as fun as Two for one lap dances

It's probably a lot cheaper than 2-fer-1 lap dances.

8-)

Depends on where you get the lap dances. LA? Definitely. Muskeegee, AL? Probably not. Ha ha!

Wow, corner horns or mains and LaScalla's for surround! I'd love to hear your set-up, I bet this sounds great.

I once owned the Cornwall II's and the LaScallas. I've owned many speakers since then, but I still think of these monsters. True classics, and one of the most detailed speakers ever maid.

See signature below...

My System
-----------

Pre/Pro: Outlaw 990 - Outlaw PCB to Amp
Amp: Sherbourn 5/1500A
DVD: Oppo DV971H/Denon 2200
Music: Roku Soundbridge - Coax Connected
Speakers: Axiom M80ti/VP150/QS8
Subs: Dual SVS 20-39 PCi
Sub Eq: Behringer DEQ2496
Projector: Infocus 4805
Screen: Optima Grey Wolf 106" 16:9
Remote: Harmony 676

Outlaw 990
Outlaw 7125
Paradigm Studio 60 v.3
Paradigm CC570 Center v.3
Polk R5 for surrounds (obsolete soon)
M&K V-75 MKII Sub
Denon 2910 DVD
Xbox
DIY Cat5 Center/Main cables
Outlaw/various interconnects
Tripp light Power conditioner
Waiting for new HD DLP (LED light)

Nice system choice tmdlp. Not that I'm biased or anything

A little old school here too:

Mains: Klipsch CP-1 (Cornwall Professional)
Center: Klipsch HIP (Heresy Industrial Ported) X2
Sides: Klipsch HIP X2
Rear: Klipsch KG 1.2; next on the upgrade list, would like one more pair of HIP's to complete the set.

Sub: Home-built monster, built around 2 18" Cerwin Vega Drivers.

Amps: Crown PSA-2 (X6)

My 5.1 system:

From the Profile

My first post. I've been reading for a while now and it's incredible how much knowledge there is here. Thank you to all.

System under construction:

Outlaw 7500
Outlaw 990-coming soon
Oppo 981??-coming soon
B&W DM604S3 Mains
B&W LCR600S3 Center
B&W DM602S3 Rears
Outlaw LFM-1Plus-coming soon
Cables: BlueJeans/Signal/Outlaw
Conditioner-Monster HTS5100S MKII
Plasma-Coming soon

One in college + Senior in HS + 7th grader + Dog. No scholarships + 4 cars on auto insurance (2 teens)+ 2 car pmts + mortgage/yada/yada/yada/ Wife wants a piano too. Geez, it might be a while but my theroy is set up the audio first since it seems to not change quite as fast. Buy the DVD player and video monitor last as video seems to be rapidly changing and prices are dropping. Got all speakers like new on ebay for 1/2 of original prices. Same with power conditioner. Bought 7500 new just before price went up and will be getting 990/LFM1P within next 2-3 months. If you can be patient, there are some good deals out there.

Glad to have you in the forum, Guido. Building up the system piece by piece isn't as instantly rewarding, but it can still be a lot of fun.

I own the Gemstone 7 channel amp, M&K S-5000 THX speakers(all 7), svs PB12/plus/2, and of course the 990.

Outlaw 990/7125
Martin Logan Clarity(L+R)
Martin Logan Fresco(Center)
Velodyne DLS-4000R
Panasonic DMP-BD10(Blu-ray)

Outlaw 990 prepro (recently replaced a Meridian 561)
Outlaw M200 monoblocks x 5
Sony DVP-7700 DVD player
era 5s L/R (era speakers sound much larger then their size would suggest)
era LCR 5 Center
era 4s Surrounds
M&K THX 350 sub
Motorolla HDTV cable box
Xbox
Sanyo PLV-Z2 projector
100" Screen Goo screen
Signal Cable
Illuminati D-60 coax digital

Two systems in two rooms: