WTK: Audio for home use

(...Rovin...) · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

y we trinis always putting house speakers in cars & vice versa .... Neutral

3stagevtec · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:52 am Post subject:

silent_riot · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:09 am Post subject:

If you're into building your own stuff, try DIY, its much cheaper and you'll learn a lot especially in enclosure building.

My current hi fi DIY project (small room):

Seas W15Ly001 Midranges
Peerless HDS Tweeters
Custom Passive Xover
Currently redoing those bookshelf enclosures
Marantz CD player
I have a Pioneer integrated amp, but looking into a little better integrated...hard to find the ones I'm interested in trinidad tho.
OAudio Bash 500W sub amp
Image Dynamics 12" sub SEALED...looking to upgrade to something else later on.
Just finishing up the aesthetics on that enclosure as well.

Also doing a DIY 5.1 project (for larger rooms) next month with some other stuff.

On the cheaper side of things, there are headphones..a great reference for personal listening except for visceral bass and lifelike sound stages.

I use the Grado SR60 daily at home...the best value I have ever come across in audio of any form.
A very cheap but good headphone is the Koss KSC75. Lots of bass from a compact headphone.
Also have a Sennheiser HD650 run off an Antique sound lab OTL tube headphone amp...The best midrange and highs I could ever hope for...but I don't use it. Embarassed

Later on in the year, gonna start experimenting with high efficiency setups for larger rooms.

evo-STI-k · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:09 am Post subject:

well, i prefer to stick to home theatre speakers for home theatre, they are usually a perfect match for a/v receivers, ie- both impedance and power............

SR · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject:

nareshseep · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject:

DJ Q · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:

silent_riot · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject:

nareshseep, the plan is after the build to demo it for the ice club at a test and tune event. However, the system was designed for small room listening, which may be hard to get...but I'm trying...

(...Rovin...) · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject:

well i didnt mean u in particular SR, i meant some guys who dont have a clue of either car or house audio knowledge just throwing a bunch of mismatched, unplanned or unresearched items together to make up "a set" & just making a set of ole noise in d place .... Neutral

crazybalhead · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject:

I also have a HT sub built with a plate amp and a hollywood excursion sub. It's no extreme power, but it is clean and goes pretty low for a damn cheap set-up.

ruffneck_12 · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

wa bout using fiber optics instead of normal RCAs, any change in quality?

ru$$ell · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject:

sorry for bumping this old thread,but looking for a pair of Sennheiser headphones,anyone know where sell them locallly?

btw,if you guys wanna see some professional HT Systems,check out Blu Ray Forum: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/

My HT is in there somewhere,i'll try and find it Confused

silent_riot · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject:

pm kaiger on the forum for Senn phones.

nareshseep · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject:

silent riot any progress and pics?

ru$$ell · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject:

sheit,i forget bout this post yes,here's my HT setup,as any,its always a work in progress

http://www.blu-ray.com/comm...=Russell2nr&folderid=2139

slacker_jack · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

ru$$ell, is that a bed in your living room or a cough in your bedroom there? Laughing

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:38 am Post subject:

have a plate amp 500wrs @ 4 ohms and a type-r 15" dual 2ohms sum also brand new (everything still in box) if you're interested.

i don't think you'll want more for bass than that!

slacker_jack · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:

SmokeyGTi.....yo momma!

you wait till I order 1 & then give word that you selling yours Laughing

ru$$ell · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

^actually its a futon,and its neither my room or the living room,its a dedicated Home Theater Room Wink

nareshseep · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject:

russel looks good man!

smokey that sounds interesting

DJ Q · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

^sweet!

that projector... $$$? where to get it?

16 cycles · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:02 am Post subject:

http://www.blu-ray.com/comm...r=THE_FORCE&folderid=2051

it go take me about 30 years to build something so...lol

man running Rotel - ways

Russel - that projection system mad...!!!!

ru$$ell · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:08 am Post subject:

DJ Q,projector bought of amazon,price now is about $700USD,paid almost double that a year ago though,gonna upgrade to a 1080p projector as soon as this lens burns out

thanks 16 cycles,took us quiet a while to get it where it was to where it is now,still have a little odds and ends and cable management to do.

16 cycles · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:

running some polks as well through an acurus with a velodyne 18 in a 2.1 system...

how you find the polks handle russell?

ru$$ell · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:06 am Post subject:

^polks play nice,i stuffed them so it doesnt sound out of place with the sub,and for a 8" sub,that thing literally rattles the room,i could just imagine what your velo does to your wall structures Laughing

wanna go full klipsch front/center in a while ,and use polks as surround.

16 cycles · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:44 am Post subject:

klipsch are excellent as well...

velo really brings out some pieces of music - e.g. Jesse Cook - virtue from the pure moods collection - didn't know how good those kick drums sounded...

very tight, very responsive

heard a psb 10" as well and very impressed with it....think person was also running psb monitors coupled to a parasound....a lil more warmth to that set-up

good luck with the set-up - gonna use an SPL metre to tune system?

16 cycles · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject:

russell btw - you got through with the headphones?

ru$$ell · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

^nah,didnt bother again,i needz to be getting new speakers and receiver Mad

16 cycles · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject:

^ cool

if i hear any deals coming my way...will keep you posted