[the macimum]

Hi, I'm really into audionics thats right, I made up the word, I'm pretty sure that there are some people here that are too. So post a picture of your home theater or sweet stereo so I can check it out. Videogames too if you want.

I hate uploading pictures, but I will try to get mine up.

My family's Specs: 4 Sonance Sonamp 2120 Power Amps, 4 Sonance Sonamp 260 Power Amps, 3 Audioaccess Multi Room Amps, 3 Adcom Model Gfa-5552 Power Amps, 2 6 Sonance Speaker Distribution System- 4s. And some power Distribution Systems.

[rickey939]

[the macimum]

Nice.

[Mr Kino]

I will have to go with rickey939's example on this one. A nice radio is good to have but the wires and the hassle of always making sure its off when you leave the computer. I remember when i was first introduced to mp3s, my friend told me something I will never forget, "These will replace your radio." Who would have thought it came true.

Although i think i would be signing a different tune if i did not have an Imac, since the speakers on it are more than adequate for me. I mean those cheap speakers that dell gives you are a freaking joke. ugh!! and soooo ugly. anyways... here is my pic for the pile.

[Y3a]

I still like my pair of stereos.

The little one is:
DB Systems Low distortion Pre-amp(model 1-a)
DB Systems ultra low distortion Power amp (40 RMS/channel @ .00008 distortion)
1 Pair of classic JBL 4311 control room monitors
1 Powerbook for iTunes radio
1 Sony walkman CD palyer


The BIG ONE:
DB Systems preamp-DB1a Upgraded
Crown PSA-2 power amp (factory tweaked)
2 pair of KEF 104aB Monitors
FONS Cq-30 turntable
SME type 2 arm w/removable headshell
Grace F9E super phono cart.
Yamaha tuner
Aiwa M700 cassette Deck
Sony CD player
G5 as iTunes Source with music stored as AIFF format.

[Cadaver]

Main system (the surround system):
Sony STR VA333-ES
Sony DVD/CD/SACD upscaling player w/ HDMI (don't recall model #)
Phase Tech speakers & PSB sub
Sony Vega 55" LCD Rear projection TV
TiVo series 2 80 hr

Library system (older, but still tough to beat):
Rotel RC-960 preamp
Adcom GFA 5300 power amp
Marantz CD63 mk II Special Edition CD player
Delphi XM satellite receiver
Boston Accoustics bookshelf monitors
AudioQuest Quartz interconnects & Ruby speaker cable

[macroy]

[Peter]

Wifi, streaming, internet radio and CD

[RAILhead]

iTunes for me, too.




I have this in our main living room, though:

[the macimum]

Originally Posted by Mr Kino

I will have to go with rickey939's example on this one. A nice radio is good to have but the wires and the hassle of always making sure its off when you leave the computer. I remember when i was first introduced to mp3s, my friend told me something I will never forget, "These will replace your radio." Who would have thought it came true.

Although i think i would be signing a different tune if i did not have an Imac, since the speakers on it are more than adequate for me. I mean those cheap speakers that dell gives you are a freaking joke. ugh!! and soooo ugly. anyways... here is my pic for the pile.

Dude, 63 Days of music?

[olePigeon]

Damn, I need to put up a picture of our College iTunes Server. It has several weeks of nonstop music. (All legit, ripped from staff CDs.)

We're going to be one of the first Community Colleges to join the iTunes University system after we sent Apple a letter and pictures of our "iRack," a converted Indigo-iMac-to-Rackmount server that distributes the music around campus.

I dunno if they just felt sorry for us and our little iMac That Could. So they're sending us a free XServe just for the iTunes University program. It's gonna be killer.

[Pendergast]

Amp: Bottlehead S.E.X.perimenter (with 6dn7 lamps) nested on a Jerusalem Gold craddle.
Speakers: Pair of Fostex 206es-r mounted Open baffle style (soon to be mounted on suggested enclosures).
Source: iTunes, 54.5 days of music (17666 songs and sounds)

Project: Audio Note DAC kit 2.1, modified

I turned myself to the DIY arena and love every minute of it.

[smacintush]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

I have this in our main living room, though:

Oh hey, next time you want to throw your money away send it to my PayPal account!

[SomeToast]

plus



plus

[Peter]

[- - e r i k - -]

Bought the original ones (with usb and no ugly blue bits) five years ago and they STILL blow people away.

THOSE are speakers?

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Bought the original ones (with usb and no ugly blue bits) five years ago and they STILL blow people away.

THOSE are speakers?

Ya I get the same reaction. Nobody knows what the hell the Sub is thinking it looks like a jellyfish. They all love it though.

Mine are also the USB version and they are still kicking strong for when I got them in 2000 to go with my Cube. They got migrated to my G5.

I'd easily buy them again if I had to.

[- - e r i k - -]

Yeah, I'm thinking of getting the new ones. My old ones are falling apart (having travelled all around the world with me).

Not too keen on the blue bits though.

[the macimum]

sometoast,

Tell me what you got there, kinda hard to see.

And do those, umm, transmitters distort the sound?

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally Posted by rickey939

fixed™.

[Cadaver]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Bought the original ones (with usb and no ugly blue bits) five years ago and they STILL blow people away.

THOSE are speakers?

I still use the USB ones. Love 'em.
Not sure why everyone has moved away from USB audio. I find it very convenient. One plug to connect all my peripherals (iPod, printer, CF card reader, speakers).

[SomeToast]

Originally Posted by the macimum

sometoast,

Tell me what you got there, kinda hard to see.

And do those, umm, transmitters distort the sound?

Nothing fancy, and it's all four or five years old.

32" Sony Wega HD tube
Denon AVR-2802 receiver
Infinity Alpha 50s for front, Alpha 10s for rear and Interlude IL100s sub.

Those Leviton jacks are great. I get cleaner sound with them going over cat-5 cabling than I did when running my own 18 gauge through the attic of my previous house (which is where the photo was taken).

[Landos Mustache]

Well here is mine.

It is a Marantz stereo with 100 watts per channel. The speakers are energy speakers (5 of em) and i love em to death. Don't really listen to much music on it only TV and movies but it does a good job at it.

[baw]

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[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by baw

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Love it. Wish they still looked like that today.

[Velocity211]

My awesome stereo...

[Dale Sorel]

[scaught]

ive got a stereo system that i bought when i first moved out of my house. it was before i was into digital music AT ALL, about 1998 i think. it was a lifelong ambition of mine to own a "nice" stereo system like my dad always had growing up.

i dont know the model numbers, but i have a yamaha headunit and tape deck, nakamichi CD player, and a technics turntable (for those record things). for speakers just 2 cerwin vega SE30 speakers (big suckers with woofers/tweaters/etc).

lately i just use the stereo as speakers for itunes/ipod. never turn on the CD player or tape player. use the turntable to encode some vinyl that i can't find a digital version of. ive thought about just getting rid of it and if i move i probably will.

Originally Posted by baw

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my dad had one of those, or a very similar model. i loved the tuner knob and how the action on it felt.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by scaught

my dad had one of those, or a very similar model. i loved the tuner knob and how the action on it felt.

Ya come to think of it I think my dad had the exact same thing as well. I remember playing with that wheel on the right all the time.

Either it is in the garage or garbage. Wonder if they are worth anything today.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by baw

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I thought I was the only one! My Marantz 4240 receiver drives my Wharfedale 70th anniversary speakers.

Very heavy, but this baby is virtually indestructible and I could immediately hear the improvement over my `old' Sony amp.

[scaught]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Ya come to think of it I think my dad had the exact same thing as well. I remember playing with that wheel on the right all the time.

haha, ya, you could sort of throw the wheel and make it spin from 88 all the way to 107.

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Well here is mine.

It is a Marantz stereo with 100 watts per channel. The speakers are energy speakers (5 of em) and i love em to death. Don't really listen to much music on it only TV and movies but it does a good job at it.

why don't you sell your tv and move out of your moms (albeit nicely finished) basement?

[Gossamer]

Here's a similar one going for about $250 shipped with 0 bids so far.

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

why don't you sell your tv and move out of your moms (albeit nicely finished) basement?

It's possible that he lives in a lower apartment, or his TV room is in the basement of his house.
(I know you were kidding)

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

why don't you sell your tv and move out of your moms (albeit nicely finished) basement?

You want to move in together or something?

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Here's a similar one going for about $250 shipped with 0 bids so far.

It the same model, although one of the lights broke at one point. No biggie, though, it still sounds great

[Rumor]

I bump one of these badboys.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by scaught

haha, ya, you could sort of throw the wheel and make it spin from 88 all the way to 107.

Haha! I was thinking the exact same thing!

Damn. Why can't they make **** like that today that doesn't cost you a kidney?

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

You want to move in together or something?

Danth, do it! Gay guys make great flatmates cuz they clean.

It's like a free maid!

[imitchellg5]

Here are my stereo things. Pictured are among other things: 2G iPod, 1G iPod mini, Panasonic SAPM18, Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones, Bose Triport headphones, Sony PlayStation Portable, iBook G4 with some of the world's wimpiest speakers.

[Salty]

They look cool, they sounded cool in the store... they're not cool. Well OK they're cool sometimes, but they get this really wonky bass sometimes that gets really annoying. Like they just like HMMMMMMMMM, at some points like... it's weird. It happens more at home, I dono if it's because they make my desk vibrate or what but they get weird... it's kinda annoying. I prefer the stereo I used to have connected. That said they do impress people the whole touch volume adjustment as well as the fact that I have em set through an AirPort Express

[G4ME]

still want a pioneer SX 1250, of if only money came easy

But my DC-300A is still kicking ass and taking names

[IceEnclosure]

love my soundsticks

[SeSawaya]

not my living room but thats my rig

[fhoubi]

As always late to the party... A self-build amp for now over 10 years, right channel shown, nothing (visual) special approx. 3..4 Watt output. I could ask Spliffdaddy for a new case

[OreoCookie]

What kind of speakers can you drive with a 3-4 W amp? That seems to be too weak for simple 2-way speakers …

[fhoubi]

High-end unworthy JBL's LX800, I think 92 dB/W.. Anything in the 90's will do, I had some Klispch Belle's once, that was loud!

[OreoCookie]

Hmmm, my Marantz receiver is also not terribly strong (4x17 W or 2x34 W), but still has significantly more power. It's more than sufficient for my current speakers, though (Wharfedale 70th anniversary speakers).

Don't you have to crank up the volume all the way to have an acceptable output? (I'm just curious )

[fhoubi]

Yes, not to hold a party of course, but loud enough to irritate yours neighbours at 10pm. Besides I suffered a serious tinnitus problem a couple of years ago, so loud music over a period is definitely out of the question... But yes, I have to crank them almost all the way up (80%?).

I forgot my input source (besides Airtunes):

[OreoCookie]

The design alone is a piece of art
I wish I had some good input source for mine (most of the time, I'm just using my iPod nano, but eventually I want a nice input, streaming the music from my Mac to my stereo sounds like a good idea; the Airport Express' basestation's output isn't too good, though, I have heard).