My Toys - In the correct forum....

Hello To All
Got myself on the 990 waiting list and figured what the hey, why not join in! So here goes.
Processor (today) Denon 4800 (bye bye)
Power Amps 7 X IRD MB100's
CD Player Pioneer PD-F1009
DVD Player Pioneer DVD-3910
Laser Disc Player Pioneer CLD-D504
VCR Toshiba M-764
TurnTable Lafayette Direct Drive
Main Speakers - System Audio SA1750's
Center Speaker - System Audio SA720
Surround Speakers - Altec Lansing 804's
Rears - System Audio SA1710's
Sony 34" Monitor

Interconnects mostly Monster (but that may change...) as I'm going to order a pair of the Outlaws once my turn on the list wanders around.
Speaker Cable is all Monster 12 AWG.
"Tomorrows" upgrades will be a Plasma Monitor and HD Dish Reciever.
Just for "Fun" once I Cranked up the Volume so my neighbors could hear it. They knew it was Top Gun and they're 1/4 mile away ;-)!!
Ed
Is it my turn for a 990 yet????????? ;-)

CrazyEd, everything reads pretty good but probably looks better . We love pictures here on the ranch . Think you could post a link to some of your system .

Love the story about Top Gun . I did something similar last Halloween only I decided to share Empire Strikes Back . I guess the best part was watching the people sitting at the stop light a block and a half away try to figure out why they kept hearing wookies . LOL CrazyEd .

Hi There E'pin

As to looking better than it sounds, I wish ;-)
The A/V Equipment is in a 3' Tall "Danish" Style Cabinet (the kind assembled with interlocking "Nuts") purchased ~20 or so years ago. The Monitor has it's own "Custom Cabinet" made from a gutted Pioneer 45" Rear Projection TV.
Your setup looks impressive! But I don't know if I could last long in there..... My front room has 20' of "Picture Windows" that overlook a Valley. So the first thing that blocks my view is a Mountain Range ~40 miles away.
For me to have folks at a Stop Light hear what I'm listening to would require a System that could be heard 37 miles away!! My guess is a System like that might be over kill in my Room ;-).
As to Picts, I'll check with SWMBO and see if she can add a page to her Web Site for it.

CrazyEd

must have pics!sounds BAD !let's see!!!

It must be hard dealing with that mountain range view . I wish I had those problems . I am moving soon to the country so to speak . I guess we'll have more room for the horses to roam around and such that way .

I still would love too see some photos of your system . Oh, and throw in a couple pics of that mountain range if you could . Listen to me I sound like I am ordering at the drive through window . At any rate I'll be watching for that link . Thanks CrazyEd .

E'pin

Here's a link to a view out our Front (East) windows:

http://www.vtc.net/~mrsed/dueeast.jpg

Now would you like Fries with that ;-).
If you want to see more of what it looks like around here remove dueeast.jpg. You'll be at SWMBO's Web Page. Still working on getting System Shots.

CrazyEd

curly fries,please.

that's killer!

i need a place like that,'couple saturdays ago,had some lovely neighbor call the cops on me,at 2 in the afternoon!some people just can't appreciate the remastered bass line of 'priest-live' dvd.(it was loud!!!)

Painttoad

I used to live in the "Suburbs" (you know - look out the Kitchen Window and see the neighbor's Kitchen Window), but you just might want to keep remastered Prist where you are....... Where I am no one will call the Cops - they'll cure the Problem themselves ;-)!

Epin

Pic's are gettin' there - hang on (You might want to hurry SWMBO, but I've never been that drunk!

CrazyEd

Ok here's a link to System Pic's:

http://www.vtc.net/~crazyed/Ed\'s%20Toys.html

E'pin got you covered !
Painttoad wish you made House Calls ! Think we could have Fun wth Pic. # 5 !!!!!

CrazyEd

nice system.

i LOVE old elco's,looks like it has had a nice dry life in the desert!i'm not used to seeing a solid '68 anything!

and yeah,if i remember right,there's room in that cubbyhole for a couple poundin' subs

Painttoad

I'm not a big fan of "Booming Bass". Prefer honest reproduction (Different Strokes!).
You remember correctly - Called "The Smugglers Box" and runs the entire width of the Bed and ~2' Deep.
Left off the Equipment list is a Velodyne SA7 Subwoffer. Level set to reproduce not dominate Audio ;-)

CrazyEd

you are right,different strokes...i don't really dig the boomy bass myself,but i do know from experience that every sub system i've had in my truck has been POUNDING,but...it's not really loud or totally defined till you get about 10-15 ft away.stranger yet is it gets louder in the truck if you roll down the windows,even louder(inside) if you open the doors(altough not while driving )
any way just don't get the wrong idea, i really can't stand over-bearing bass,i want a seamless blend.and i've achieved that basement and truck.

and i know a guy that installed 4-10's in that chamber,i couldn't beleive it,but he did.and it was WAY too much.

thanx 4 the pics.

Just checked in Crazy and saw the pics. Love those amps . That has got to deliver solid sound . Are you running 6.1 or were the rears just that close together ?

I did notice what looked like a laser disc dust jacket lying on the floor in one of the pics . Do you have a collection of LD's ? I have a small collection myself . Love the sound on those damn things . Pro Logic never sounds better than when played off an LD .

Thanks for taking the time to post them CrazyEd .

Painttoad

I'd guess the additional Bass when rolling down the windows is equal to opening the reflex port on a Speaker resulting in more air movement.

E'pin
The System is 7:1, but given the construction of the house what you see is about as good as it's going to get.......
Yep, it's a LD Jacket (Graceland). I have ~70 LD's (hidden behind the top of the 4800 in picture 1). Love the Picture quality and the Sound. The LD's are what got me started into the world of Surrond Audio.
I also have several hundred LP's which until SACD and HDCD always sounded better than any CD.

CrazyEd