Post pics of your home theater audio setups!

[FastRedPonyCar]

that card looks pretty slick! I want to do media pc myself but for now, I'm just using the PS3 to stream media from my PC.

[Revs]

that card looks pretty slick! I want to do media pc myself but for now, I'm just using the PS3 to stream media from my PC.

Out of interest does the PS3 have TrueHD S/PDIF passthrough?

[FastRedPonyCar]

No idea

[sharvin]

Finally got settled in my new pad and thought I'd treat myself to a new amp and sound card :D


http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=39183&stc=1&d=1263749546




Is that a brand new sound card sitting naked on carpet. :nono:
p.s the playstation 3 has trueHD through hdmi

[Revs]

Is that a brand new sound card sitting naked on carpet. :nono:
p.s the playstation 3 has trueHD through hdmi

Ah right, good stuff :). Oh, and it's ok, it's a new carpet :bleh:

[mullet]

Very nice setup revs, the place looks great.

[Sazar]

Those look really nice, but do they sound as good as they look? :) Are they easy to drive; do they need a separate headphone amp to sound good?

Shure they do :bleh:

[CybrSage]

Out of interest does the PS3 have TrueHD S/PDIF passthrough?

AFAIK, it converts to LPCM and outputs that.

[CybrSage]

First pic is the HTPC. An ASUS P5Q-EM, E7200, 4GB RAM, ATI 5670, BR / HD-DVD dual format drive, and Win7 32Bit, all wrapped up in a Zalman HD160 case.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/cybrsage/P1000651.jpg

Second pic is the AVR. Denon 3808CI...and the assorted networking gear to make it all work (vonage, wireless router, gigabit switch, cable modem).

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/cybrsage/P1000652.jpg

Third Pic is the TV. Panasonic TH-42PZ700U, Paradigm Millenium 20 Trio and Entertainment Center (yes, that is Moses holding the ten commandments). I used a recessed light hole cutter attachment for my drill to cut 118mm holes in the bottom of the entertainment center directly under the center of the two sections. I hooked up 120mm noctua fans, wired them to a radio shack dc adapter and have them running at 9vdc, they are very very quiet and push a lot of air into the entertainment center. I have fans on the back of the entertainment center to pull the air out, hooked up the same way.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/cybrsage/P1000653.jpg

Fourth pic is just a further away view, showing the couches and one of my cats:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n205/cybrsage/P1000654.jpg


Not shown is the Paradigm PDR-10 subwoofer, two Paradigm Cinema 90s (left and right surrounds), and the Paradigm Cinema CC110 (rear center), making up the 6.1 system. Also have a HDHomeRun dual digital tuner and a AverMedia 780 tuner (which I only use for analog).

Next purchase will be a cablecard multi reader and then some buttkickers.

[DarthBeavis]

I have butt kickers under each couch ;) I see you like black pussy

[Revs]

Nice cheery home Cybr. Good thinking with the fan setup, too. Your cat looks just liek my Cleo :)

[CybrSage]

I do like black pussy. lol


I have two black cats. That one is female, named Eclipse, and is 16 years old. The other is male, named Anubis, and is 5 years old.

[DHP]

Taken from a distance, from where my PC stands:

http://i48.tinypic.com/25qej4i.jpg

From the "tv area":

http://i45.tinypic.com/21b25jc.jpg

-Panasonic TX P42G10 E
-Humax irhd-5000c (HD TV Receiver)
-Samsung HT-BD2DE Home cinema Blu Ray set
-WD TV HD Media Player (behind the TV)

:)

[CybrSage]

Very nice! I like the spartan look of it, very clean.

[DHP]

Thanks! :)

[Redeemed]

Nice lookin' setups ya'll. :)

[crainger]

Those couches are intense.

[pkirby11]

AFAIK, it converts to LPCM and outputs that.

You are correct, in concerns to the original PS3. The original would do TrueHD but it was using the PS3's decoder not your receiver and you have to set the output on the HDMI setup in the PS3 to LPCM to get it. Still sound great, been using it for a couple of years with no complaints.

If I remember reading correctly the newer PS3 slims will send the TrueHD signal straight to the receiver. Here we go found the Engadget article a while back.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/21/ps3-slim-bitsreams-dolby-truehd-and-dts-hd-ma-audio-at-last/

Hope that helps rev.

[Revs]

Cheers dude :)

[Trademark]

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Denon +1. Great receivers :) I'm the satisfied and happy owner of an AVR-2809 unit, still working on getting some speakers though (Current setup is 2.0 - Jamo D 265 speakers which are good, but nowhere near as good as say, Focal speakers). Was thinking of getting some Focals, but they're rather expensive here and I can't really afford them right now. Aiming for a 5.1 set and MAYBE eventually 7.1. My PC is also connected to the receiver via HDMI (Radeon 4870) which is pretty neat too if I want to watch some family guy episodes or whatever.

TV (Samsung LE40B650):
http://i49.tinypic.com/21e3y0x.jpg

Consoles (Rather new XBOX360 - I bought a fat PS3 on purpose, it was the last one they had at the store, don't like the slim):
http://i48.tinypic.com/x41z54.jpg

Receiver and Humax digital TV decoder:
http://i45.tinypic.com/33o6s7d.jpg

Quality of the pics isn't great. Took them with my phone. All in all, it's pretty mainstream stuff. My budget is unfortunately not unlimited and with my current expenses I don't really have much of a choice lol. And please... NO BITCHING ABOUT POOR CABLE MANAGEMENT! I've got enough people nagging me about that already hehe :D

[Sazar]

Your cabling SUCKS :bleh:

Cool setup btw :cool:

[Sazar]

I do like black pussy. lol


I have two black cats. That one is female, named Eclipse, and is 16 years old. The other is male, named Anubis, and is 5 years old.

You have a black cat called Anubis?

:eek:

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[Rogozhin]

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[Redeemed]

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Beautiful setup bro. :)

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marantz 7.1 receiver htpc Moneual Moncaso 972 speakers Jamo D590 soon Kef KHT3005SE-W 5.1 speakers and soon this http://www.irevoice.se/MediaBinaryLoader.axd?MediaArchive_VersionID=7f031 ebc-b294-490e-8fa7-a42e22d79fc8 but black