Well, here it is...

A couple of shots if my setup. I know the quality of the photos is horrible. But I don't own a dig. camera so I had to take these shots with my mini dv cam. I'll post some real photos as soon as I get a real camera. It's almost emabarassing, these photos really don't do any justice.

Anyway, enjoy.

Simp

My Basement H/T

Nice looking setup, sraber. Thanks for the pictures.

What’s almost embarrassing about it?
Those are better than many other HT shots I’ve seen at Webshots.

sweet,
love those speakers,too!

Ditto!

One question though...Do you have any problems with rattles or buzzes with the can lights and/or the suspended ceiling?

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm really pleased with the way this thing turned out. For the most part, I'm done. (At least as far as my wallet is concerned.) I think the next thing that I'd add is a second Rotel RMB-1075 amp so I could bi-amp the front three and add two rear surrounds. That's some time out though.

Funny you should mention the ceiling, tekdredger. If I were to do one thing differently, I'd try to sound proof the ceiling a little better. The sound kind of bleeds into the living room just above. But, surprisingly, I have no noises in the ceiling grid or lights. I spent some time playing some of the low freq. sweep tracks on AVIA and found a few rattles in picture frames, etc. Other than that, no worries.


Thanks again and thanks for looking.

Simp

Very Nice!!!!! When I move into my house, that is pretty much how I pictured my theatre to look in my basement.

What kind of speakers are they, the mains? Nice Looking theater room!!

Sraber's mains are B&W DM604 S3\'s . Nice speakers.

they are the speakers dreams consist of!!!

Thanks. Yeah, I'm really happy with them. I'd have really liked to get into the 700 series, but funds would not allow it. I know there are better speakers out there but man they do sound good and you can really pump the sound out of them.

later,
sr

i'll bet!listen to much piano, or acoustic guitar/vocals.i'll bet they SHINE!!!
and if we wanna go there,why not the 800 series?
it's only money that could be spent somewhere else,right?
i wish a dealer around here had the signature series(snail shell) just so i could really be jealous!

Right! Those thing is just insane lookin. My dealer had some 800's on the showroom. I was really surprised ho big they are. Massive. They had them on a full Classe setup. Talk about beautiful sound. Talk about out of my league...

You're right on the sound of the 604's though. I listen to a lot of Charlie Hunter. His 8-string makes the 604's shine. The self titled CD is all over the place. Serious lows, very nice mids, etc. If you've not given him a listen, I highly recomend it.

i'll try CHARLIE. strange how my dealer had 802's hooked up to a classe!i've tried lot's of different music(that i wouldn't normally listen to)under suggestion like:alicia keys,jewel,fionna apple(tidal)(if you haven't please i must insist!!!!,absolutely awesome(or beautiful???))(if you can dig the blues)
once again i am a metal head and i would rather crank up the infinities for metal,not to say the b&ws can't do it,but why waste them,right?

Have not listened to fionna apple, but I'll give her a try. If you're interested in C. Hunter, check out this link. You can download a couple of live albums from here. "Yoshi's Highlights" is very good, imho. Enjoy.

Charlie Hunter Live Recordings

Later,
SR

i'll try!

definitely FIONNA!!!and i profit none!

it's really good music.have a drink,enjoy!

listening to charlie now,a bit(really) compressed! i'll bet the cd is way cool!
i'll keep listening though,i like new music!(new to me)

went ahead and threw the 1050 into 'jazz' dsp listening to:2. Get On the Good Foot/Rock Hard In a Funky Place (t.j.

that guitar is THERE i'll check the cd for sure,good call sraber!

painttoad,
hope i'm not too late. i was going through my C. Hunter cd's and came to the conclusion that the cd titled "Duo" is a better starting place into his music and no less dynamic than the self titled CD. Please, check it out. Definitely worth while.

later,
simp

OK, I've a had a couple of upgrades since I last posted here. The upgrades are as follows:

• Replaced Model 950 with Model 990
• Added rear surrounds and Parasound HCA-750 to pwer them.
• Replaced Hitachi 57S500 RPTV with Panny PT-AE900U projector and 92" DIY screen. (I made the projector mount too.)
• Tweaked HSU VTF3-MKII sub by installing a dimmer on the lit logo on the front. This way I can put it where it sounds the best without being blinded by the distracting light.
• Painted the room. (Light gray walls were killing my black level.)

I think that about does it. Here's a link to a site I threw up real quick today. The screen shots are pretty dark (stupid digital camera..) so a lot of the detail is lost in black. It doesn't look that way in person.... Also, check out my DIY proj. mount. I can't take credit for the design, but I did make some modifications to better route the cables. I also made my own screen. I may end up buying a real one, but this one seems to be working quite well. By making my own mount and screen I saved myself about 900 clams. Enjoy.


later,
simp

nice set up sraber....i LOVE that huge rotel amplifier!

Slick projector mount - I like the plexi sheet and the tidy component cabling run up the support pipe.

Sraber,

Wow, that is a really sweet setup! Set us up the bong^H^H^Homb...

Thanks for kind remarks. Yeah, I figured someone was going to think that the glass vase in left corner and the tall glass bottle in the right were something that they are not. Trust me, they aren't what you think they are...

Gonk, the cabling is tidy, but I wish there was something else I could have done with the power cord. I decided against running it in the pipe with the component cables.

later,
simp