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.