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• calcium

  What's your set up?

  I'm looking at these right now, but I like Sony a lot:
  http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/…

  http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/…

  Nov 10, 08, 8:27 a.m. – Permalink

• CALLES

  hedge/llyod setup

  

  • That bastard!– calcium1/2

    he has no friends so it would be empty– digdre2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:27 a.m. – Permalink

• Jnr_Madison

  I have a complex system that I think I've used twice.

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:28 a.m. – Permalink

• univers

  Yeah picked this beast off 2 years ago. The Barbie entertainment center with optinal iPod plug in satisfies me in every way.

  

  • *high five– ETM1/2

    Excellent for tea party background music, as well.– ETM2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:29 a.m. – Permalink

• anxiousarms

  

  
  (42 inch, wall mounted)

  and this is underneath:
  

  

  • how is that setup?– dbloc1/2

    love my tv tho it's not as hi rez as i'd like, read below for speaker set up.– anxiousarms2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:32 a.m. – Permalink

• calcium

  Does the center "bar" really elaborate the sound? I've seen some but I'm not a believer yet. And does it just pull from the TV?

  • depends on a lot of things– d_rek

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:46 a.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  can't go wrong with Bose

  • I feel that the sound, while pleasant, is quite "colored" (in the sense that they equalize it, not a racist way)– monospaced1/3

    I beg to differ with this post. You can sometimes go VERY wrong with Bose.– ETM2/3

    Bose is famous for having a flat sound.– akrok3/3

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:47 a.m. – Permalink

• ornj

  

  
  52" Mitsubishi

  

  
  Center Channel

  

  
  4 of those

  Onkyo Reciever, i forget which one. It's a bit old and time to be upgraded. Probably change the speakers while im at it...

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:57 a.m. – Permalink

• ornj

  Almost forgot,
  http://www.klipsch.com/images/78…
  To make it go boom.

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 8:58 a.m. – Permalink

• calcium

  

  37" so far that's all I'm working with.

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 9:04 a.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  We have:

  

  
  and old Technics audio system with Infiniti speakers on it

  • SonyBravia 32" W4000 thatis– digdre

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 9:08 a.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  LG 60"

  

  JBL HT steup

  

  • 60" ???? wowsers– digdre

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 9:12 a.m. – Permalink

• anxiousarms

  @center bar - actually it sounds really good. but it depends on your room. it uses the walls in your room to bounce sound off of and create the surround feeling. i had a 5.1 set up but my apartment is small and i was tired of looking at all those speakers all over the place.

  the bar comes with a microphone for initial set up. it plays some audible tones and the mic tells the system how it should set up different frequencies. it's pretty dope. GREAT for video games.

  • oh yea, i forgot, i'm still using the old sony subwoofer attached to my yamaha sound bar. works perfect.– anxiousarms

  

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  Dog-earNov 10, 08, 9:16 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Samsung 46" LCD
  

  

  Sony 4300ES A/V Receiver
  

  

  Alesis Monitor One MK2s for fronts
  

  

  Polk Audio TSi series center and surrounds
  

  

  I love my setup, but I'm always upgrading. The beauty of component setups is that you can always improve it, piece by piece as budget allows.

  • mmm, that would sound delicious.– SunSunSun1/3

    it does! I don't even need a subwoofer to get tooth-rattling bass– monospaced2/3

    not that insane bass is good, my system is really all about sound accuracy and clear vocals/music– monospaced3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 10, 12:33 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  I'm shopping for a blu-ray disc player, because I want to see a truly uncompressed HD image on my television, but I just don't know what to get. I'm looking for something with the best sound and picture quality and fastest operational (boot, time to load disc, etc.) times. A good interface is always nice, but I don't need any 3D capabilities. Any suggestions?

  • ps3– scarabin1/3

    For truly uncompressed, you could also get an OTA antenna for TV signals.– ETM2/3

    Never mind - looked it up, OTA is also compressed. Just less so than typical cable etc.– ETM3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 10, 12:39 p.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  does "truly uncompressed" even exist on blu ray? a feature-length movie would be over a terabyte in size uncompressed.

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 10, 1:12 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  @acescence That's a damn good question. Besides blu-ray, the only other HD content I can view is through FiOS. Now, they provide a great signal, and Dolby Digital sound, but I can still see banding and jpeg compression when I pause and get up close (it's subtle, but it's there), but I can't help but feel that a blu-ray would be significantly better. Am I right in my assumptions?

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 10, 1:16 p.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  http://www.qbn.com/topics/575225…

  This is the rig I currently have. Using with an xb360 w/ hdmi A/V.

  No blu-ray but i'm not necessarily that concerned with running to get a blu-ray player to watch mostly shitty movies in 'HD'.

  • with this TV: 40" Sharp Aquos 1080p
    http://www.32inchlcd…– d_rek

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 10, 1:27 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Finally broke down and bought a Blu-ray player the other day and set it up last night. I was right, this seems to be the only format that takes full advantage of HD gear (audio and video). For the first time I saw my receiver jump into DD TrueHD, DTS sound decoding modes, and the picture is way better than "HD" programming I receive through my television provider. Wow, I had been missing out this whole time, not taking advantage of the gear I already had. Good times.

  • now go buy avatar 'n prometheus blurays– prophetone1/2

    I rented Rise of the Planet of the Apes last night to do the setup. Good sound and visual effects to calibrate.– monospaced2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 19, 12, 10:58 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  scarabin, I remember you posting in another thread that your home theater setup is so badass now you don't even like going out anymore. What'cha got?

  

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  Dog-earOct 19, 12, 11 a.m. – Permalink

• scarabin

  nothin' outrageous, but it really works for me

  47" vizio
  7.1 sony receiver
  a bunch of bose satellites and sub

  it's all integrated with my music production equipment/macbook, ps3 and hackintosh media server so i can watch internet porn on the big screen, switch to ps3 to game and stream netflix or watch torrents that automatically populate a shared folder on the media server, then switch to laptop to play music when i wanna rock out or put on 3d glasses and trip out on the visualizer

  • also has wacom and wireless mouse and keyboard so i can design or play diablo on the big screen– scarabin

  

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  Dog-earOct 19, 12, 11:21 a.m. – Permalink