Show us your gear!

[chucky3042]

The record for the most amount of "spaghetti" goes to Rustiandi........and it does not hum!!

 

[alansanchez86]

Well, since you wanted me to "Show us your gear!"...

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deets, what AVR and amp?

 

[timbre4]

This is system #2 in the back room for quad. I just added the Q8 recorder as another historical artifact. I’m either playing QUADIO Blu-ray Discs or quad FLAC files off of a 2TB hard drive. Also supporting cassette, DAT and laserdisc.[VHS HiFi is on hiatus]

 

[Petr Kropotkin]

deets, what AVR and amp?

Funny you ask as I was thinking I might pose the question to the Rhino Quadio guessers, "10/10 and a Koala stamp if you can identify all the components", but that might turn into pages of guessing. It's only set up like this to see if all my existing cables are long enough for the bespoke cabinet I'm making as I've just bought the AVR (it was on sale); hence why it's turned around.

But to answer your question, it's a Denon AVR-X6800H (for Atmos with 6 heights) and an Emotiva XPA-7 Gen 3 Amp. The others are an Oppo UDP-205, a Parasound Halo P7 Preamp., an Involve Surround Master v.3, and a QNAP TS-264 NAS.

If I've figured it all out correctly, I can keep my existing 7.2 setup independent of the AVR for Atmos by flicking the speaker switches on the back of the Emotiva amp: existing XLR connects for the 7 surrounds from the preamp, but RCA connects for the Atmos channels from the AVR pre-outs (so the AVR is only using 6 of its internal amps for the heights); hence 7.2.6.

Anyhow, that's the theory, but if I've got any of that wrong, please anyone let me know!!

 

[alansanchez86]

Funny you ask as I was thinking I might pose the question to the Rhino Quadio guessers, "10/10 and a Koala stamp if you can identify all the components", but that might turn into pages of guessing. It's only set up like this to see if all my existing cables are long enough for the bespoke cabinet I'm making as I've just bought the AVR (it was on sale); hence why it's turned around.

But to answer your question, it's a Denon AVR-X6800H (for Atmos with 6 heights) and an Emotiva XPA-7 Gen 3 Amp. The others are an Oppo UDP-205, a Parasound Halo P7 Preamp., an Involve Surround Master v.3, and a QNAP TS-264 NAS.

If I've figured it all out correctly, I can keep my existing 7.2 setup independent of the AVR for Atmos by flicking the speaker switches on the back of the Emotiva amp: existing XLR connects for the 7 surrounds from the preamp, but RCA connects for the Atmos channels from the AVR pre-outs (so the AVR is only using 6 of its internal amps for the heights); hence 7.2.6.

Anyhow, that's the theory, but if I've got any of that wrong, please anyone let me know!!

my money was on an Emotiva Amp! emotiva owners know their ****

 

[relaxing]

Anyhow, that's the theory, but if I've got any of that wrong, please anyone let me know!!

I think you’ll need power cables for at least some of that gear

 

[barfle]

my money was on an Emotiva Amp! emotiva owners know their ****

Just picked up a new Emotiva BasX 6x90W amp to go along with my three Stealth Pro studio monitors.

I was surprised, but I could tell the difference over my old Akai amp that I was using for my backs.

 

[ar surround]

Just picked up a new Emotiva BasX 6x90W amp to go along with my three Stealth Pro studio monitors.

I was surprised, but I could tell the difference over my old Akai amp that I was using for my backs.

Does the Emotiva have significantly more power than the old Akai? Often, a little bit more headroom (i.e. 3dB) is enough to get rid of that sense of compression one can get from an amp of lesser power.

 

[barfle]

Does the Emotiva have significantly more power than the old Akai? Often, a little bit more headroom (i.e. 3dB) is enough to get rid of that sense of compression one can get from an amp of lesser power.

The Akai is 75WPC, the Emotiva is 90. I wasn’t pushing it, so I would be surprised if that was it. The speakers are those old Realistic Mimimus 7, which are better than they have any right to be, but not spectacular.

I could barely hear some hiss out of them from the Akai. Dead quiet from the Emotiva.

Still waiting for my Marantz 7706 for atmos decoding… That will provide signal for the other four channels.

 

[texeast]

I see a lot of talk about gear but not much show and tell. We want pictures! LOL

 

[barfle]

New Marantz 7706 today.

 

[pat bateman]

Welcome 9.2.4!

Cherry on top…after reading both suggestions and analysis of the benefits of dual subwoofer I decided to go bigger and go home, as if!, so I pulled the trigger on Klipsch’s flagship subwoofer. 16 inches of LFE, of windows shaking (hello neighbours!), of balance.

Having one subwoofer on the front, and one behind the couch, helps leveling the frequencies, hearing the LfE across the room and not just 1 part of the room. Definitely a game changer.

My wife tells me that this is my mid life crisis, well…this crisis sounds superb!


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I just got 2 of the 12" model. These new Klipsch subs are insane and deserve the praise they are getting. I have 2 regrets - 1. Why in the hell I didn't upgrade sooner, and 2. in the same vein, dragging my feet on the deal Adarama had with the 14" model for only $50 each more. My room is small, so I definitely don't "need" the 14", but damnit.

 

[esimms86]

I just got 2 of the 12" model. These new Klipsch subs are insane and deserve the praise they are getting. I have 2 regrets - 1. Why in the hell I didn't upgrade sooner, and 2. in the same vein, dragging my feet on the deal Adarama had with the 14" model for only $50 each more. My room is small, so I definitely don't "need" the 14", but damnit.

The 12” models look pretty huge in the photo!

 

[alansanchez86]

I just got 2 of the 12" model. These new Klipsch subs are insane and deserve the praise they are getting. I have 2 regrets - 1. Why in the hell I didn't upgrade sooner, and 2. in the same vein, dragging my feet on the deal Adarama had with the 14" model for only $50 each more. My room is small, so I definitely don't "need" the 14", but damnit.

definitely!
That's where I got mines (14" and 16") through slickdeals of Adorama. Totally worth 'em!

 

[pat bateman]

The 12” models look pretty huge in the photo!

Slightly exaggerated because of the wide angle lens photo, but they are pretty deep. With the new RP line of subs, the 16" enclosure is only 3" deeper than the 10".

 

[barfle]

My Marantz 7706 is out of the box. Front looks just like my 7701, The back is very sparkly with all those gold-plated connectors. I’ll be spending the next couple of days installing it and programming it, as well as “adjusting” the shelves above to accommodate my new Zektor switch.

I’ll probably have the 7701 available here once that’s done, if anyone is interested in it. It’s working well, but it came out before Atmos.

 

[DennisMabry]

My Marantz 7706 is out of the box. Front looks just like my 7701, The back is very sparkly with all those gold-plated connectors. I’ll be spending the next couple of days installing it and programming it, as well as “adjusting” the shelves above to accommodate my new Zektor switch.

I’ll probably have the 7701 available here once that’s done, if anyone is interested in it. It’s working well, but it came out before Atmos.

I'm considering the 7706 myself. You will have to keep us posted on your over all satisfaction with it.

 

[barfle]

I'm considering the 7706 myself. You will have to keep us posted on your over all satisfaction with it.

I got mine on sale. It's probably the end of its production life, so don't wait too long.

I expect it to be running on Friday, but I'm a lousy fortune teller.

 

[weekendtoy]

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Tell me more about those speakers.

Seems like I've seen them before, maybe from you, or perhaps some other source.