sound system

[naz]

c'in were all home
hows ur sound system setup:
i gottsa my computer wit 2500 songs hooked up to some small speakers that go incredibly loud all treble n mid, then gotta 12 inch sony xplod sub boxed hooked up to a home stereo amp thru to the computer for bass hehe my parents hate it

[Squidly Didly]

12.2 gig of mp'3 hooked up to a Denon Amp that weighs 20kg hooked up to Uber Sennheiser earphones. These things crank so damn loud they may aswell be small speakers. They shake on my head and my mate 2 walls away can hear it. Great for watching dvd's late at night and doesnt get the neighbours coming round with a baseball bat!!!

If it's not late, the main system kicks in. teehee

[Ty]

12 inchs of pure vinal picked up by a shure or ortofon stylis on Techniques 1200s through a stanton S2KF mixer feeding a m-audio 4/4 i/o sound card mixed internally within the breakout box then feed back out to a techniques su-x101 amp conneceted to Cervin Vega monitors or AKG 240 studio headphones

no point in listening to MP3s coming off a consumer soundcard on a expensive sound system system.

[Squidly Didly]

Anyone got DTS cd's? Ya know, the 6 channel (instead of 2) audio discs. They are so trippy!

:lol: Speakers.

But in my room i got a kenwood system thats quite purdy

[josh]

I just bought some Logitech Z680's (5.1 surround). DTS, prologic 2....all hooked up via optic connection (so i can listen to stereo music in 5.1). Lots of cool features, great for DVD's. I also got some nice Sony CD580 headphones which have a gorgeous sound and are so comfy.

[josh]

Oh and right now aboout ~25 gig of mp3s, and a good 100 or so punk cd's :D

[LTR]

10000 cds (literally) and a sony surround sound system (top of the range, none of this satillite crap!) with a 150w sub-woofer (best investment ever!).

The bass on this baby is assive-massive !!

And my room is upstairs too.... the windows and doors shake tooo much

when full blast, you can feel it in my parents bedroom (opposite end of the house)

this is my number 2 baby !!!

[zac]

funky little altec lansig speakers, only 25 W all up but the go harder than my grandfathers 120W ones, mores the better. no real stereo atm, just a $5 speaker from lifeline hooked up to a discman and a walkman, but i haven't got round to building the amp for it yet so it doesn't go too loud. that doesn't really matter though cause my sister owns the house i live in and she bought herself a sony component dvd stereo which is staying here when she goes overseas - cool.

[wombat]

12 inchs of pure vinal picked up by a shure or ortofon stylis on Techniques 1200s through a stanton S2KF mixer feeding a m-audio 4/4 i/o sound card mixed internally within the breakout box then feed back out to a techniques su-x101 amp conneceted to Cervin Vega monitors or AKG 240 studio headphones

no point in listening to MP3s coming off a consumer soundcard on a expensive sound system system.

Nice setup Ty, I'd love a set of Cerwin Vega monitors, they're very nice, nice car speakers too.

Don't get too stressed about comparing wattages though people, so many companies stamp their systems with PMPO figures it's not funny. Even comparing RMS values can be a bit of a wank. I know that when I run one of dad's 50W amps through a Marshall quad, or one of his boxes (4 12" Celestion Greenbacks) it makes more noise at half load than any of the 1200W home stereo's I've listened to. Just a thought.

[Fritta]

theres no point in even telling you how many songs i have because its a poor ammount. i got 2 speakers and an amp hooked up to ma comp and they go bloody loud. extremly old tho. oh well theres my pussy effort of having a sound system :lol:

[curtisrider]

In my room TDK Tremor speakers, the 2nd best ones.
Downstairs, 2 MASSIVE Klipsh speakers hooked up to a cd player and pc, and beleive me these speakers are fccn loud and fcn good i can make my house shake
6 gig of mp3's and over 250 cd's

[matty_2004]

I've just got a range of different headphones seeing as though i do alot of gaming (counter-strike).
1. Koss Headphones
2. Sennheiser headphones
3. Panasonic headphones
4. some shite little 19 buck target thingys...

[matty_2004]

And i've got Cambridge Soundworks - 5 speakers, 4 mini's, and a sub.

[juzza]

Denon amp hooked up to a 300 stacker Sony CD player with JBL 3-Way, Dual 5-1/4-Inch Center Channel Speaker and 4 other 2-Way, 8" In-Wall Loudspeakers. Thats also hooked to a JBL 400W sub woofer with a 12inch driver which is the size of a large T.V. Can really crank it up when needed. Lottsa fun!

[jayboy882003]

i got normal speakers - HARDCORE!

[jays_5000]

5 speakers, a sub woofer and 300 or so songs!!!!!! mine is clearly the best! all the rest of your stuff is rubbish! :lol:

[josh]

I've just got a range of different headphones seeing as though i do alot of gaming (counter-strike).
1. Koss Headphones
2. Sennheiser headphones
3. Panasonic headphones
4. some shite little 19 buck target thingys...

Why you would want sennheiser headphones for cs is beyond me :)

[Simo]

my room, 4400 watts, 60 cd rotary and some shweeeeet sound quality!
i've got my sony noise canceling headphone for when im drummin or on the train and i have some cool little in ear phones that r these special bass ones, very bling bling.

[curtisrider]

what kinda drum kit u got simo?

[Mommers]

ummm........4 speakers and a sub all altec lansing on the puter. In my room ive got 2 8inch JVC sub with mid-range and tweeters, sound great :lol:

[matty_2004]

Matt that thing is like from the 60's.. or "back in the old days".. if we're talking stereos as well, ive got 3 hell big stereo systems that i cbfed describing. I need the headphones for cs cause a) i live for cs, b) they are just.. cool, c) cant exactly hear footsteps and shite clearly with 20 buck headphones, it could be the difference between life and death :| lol...

[peachy]

write now i'm being powered by a Suster sp810 multi-media amplified speaker system... if u don't know what that is, its those crappy speakers you buy at kmart. you'll find them in the $10 baskets

[naz]

Denon amp hooked up to a 300 stacker Sony CD player with JBL 3-Way, Dual 5-1/4-Inch Center Channel Speaker and 4 other 2-Way, 8" In-Wall Loudspeakers. Thats also hooked to a JBL 400W sub woofer with a 12inch driver which is the size of a large T.V. Can really crank it up when needed. Lottsa fun!
jbl? 400watt 12inch pish sealed box? haha i gots 12inch sony xlpod 900watt ...
and a 15inch 1500watt not hooked up hehe thats fr car!
20 - 2000hz hehe thats bass that will make u shit urself

[Gutty]

Sony Dolby Digital surround amp
Sony VCR
Sony 60cm TV
Toshiba DVD
S&G Accoustics speaker system(2 BIG fronts, centre and 2 rears, limited edition pommy speakers, run about $2,500-3000 retail.....my babies :D )
Sub is on the way.

[Ty]

my view on home stereo is a bit askewed compared to most peple but i can't see the reason anyone spends more than $2000 on a pair of speakers to fill a average bedroom/study/computer room, yamaha NS-10 nearfeild studio monitors ($2000 a side) are pretty much the standard reference for studio monitors and chances are your favorite song was mixed using these speakers, therefore i don't see why anyone would need speakers that cost more than the speakers used to orignal mix the music with.

once you move out of the near field position and your pushing more than 115 dB then it's a different story.

[Gutty]

my view on home stereo is a bit askewed compared to most peple but i can't see the reason anyone spends more than $2000 on a pair of speakers to fill a average bedroom/study/computer room, yamaha NS-10 nearfeild studio monitors ($2000 a side) are pretty much the standard reference for studio monitors and chances are your favorite song was mixed using these speakers, therefore i don't see why anyone would need speakers that cost more than the speakers used to orignal mix the music with.

once you move out of the near field position and your pushing more than 115 dB then it's a different story.


keep in mind mine aren't in my bedroom Ty. I have a Pioneer mini system for that. Mine have to fill my whole house(and back yard on party days) with music.........i'd never get any cleaning done without some decent tunes pumping through the house.

[Ty]

Gutty, like i said, once you get out of the nearfleid (close) listening postion and it gets really loud it's a different story, i hope it didn't sound like i was refering to your pervious post above mine, it ws just a general comment.

[Gutty]

i hope it didn't sound like i was refering to your pervious post above mine, it ws just a general comment.

well, yeah i thought you were, simply because i listed the price of mine. No probs though......i totally agree with you.

[Kram]

Elite VSX-49TX DTS/DD Receiver
Elite PDF-19 300+1 Disc CD Changer
Elite PD-19RW CD-RW recorder
Transparent Superlink Interconnects
Qudos 4x4 Silver speaker cables
Castle Acoustics Howards Mk2 floorstanders ($4500pr)

Ty, I disagree with your comments on speakers. For starters, studio monitors usually perform like crap in a home environment. They are often too bright. They are designed for a studio environment, which is not what most people's rooms are like. I'd put my speakers head to head against those Yamaha's in the average lounge room anyday. If you'd like to stop by and hear bliss, let me know. And it has nothing to do with volume.

But I do agree with you Ty, that MP3's suck ass on a good system.

[Mommers]

Matt that thing is like from the 60's.. or "back in the old days".. if we're talking stereos as well, ive got 3 hell big stereo systems that i cbfed describing. I need the headphones for cs cause a) i live for cs, b) they are just.. cool, c) cant exactly hear footsteps and shite clearly with 20 buck headphones, it could be the difference between life and death :| lol...

what!.....its not old. Maybe 2years at the most.

[Ty]

Elite VSX-49TX DTS/DD Receiver
Elite PDF-19 300+1 Disc CD Changer
Elite PD-19RW CD-RW recorder
Transparent Superlink Interconnects
Qudos 4x4 Silver speaker cables
Castle Acoustics Howards Mk2 floorstanders ($4500pr)

Ty, I disagree with your comments on speakers. For starters, studio monitors usually perform like crap in a home environment. They are often too bright. They are designed for a studio environment, which is not what most people's rooms are like. I'd put my speakers head to head against those Yamaha's in the average lounge room anyday. If you'd like to stop by and hear bliss, let me know. And it has nothing to do with volume.

But I do agree with you Ty, that MP3's suck ass on a good system.

Kram you should note a few things, i said "bedroom/study/computer room" and "once you move out of the near field position and your pushing more than 115 dB then it's a different story." it just seems like most of the people here were refering to the system the use at their computer, which would place them in a close nearfield style listening enviroment which nearfield studio monitors are designed for. the new powered ns-10s (nsp-10) have a built 3 band parametric eq to try and deal with any problems with minor room acoustic problems such as brightness caused by highly reflective surfaces (of course your not going to be able to remove a standing wave etc with a EQ)

i guess it just comes down to what your used to, my personal perference for speakers is dyna audio AiRs for close enviroments or EAW or Martin Audio on crown amps for bigger venues but like anything it's purely subjective.

[Kram]

Yeah, sorry Ty. I didn't quite catch your drift the first time. I thought you were referring to any internal room of a home and that by out of near field you meant in entertainment venues and outdoors.

So I actually agree with you after all.

[Ty]

it's all good, for lounge sized home hi-fi i don't know shit, (i should really learn about it though)

heres a interesting little article that apeared in sound on sound* a while back on home speakers vs monitors

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun02/articles/monitors.asp?session=b583c357f61c194e8b0944baa24d8 3fc

(sound on sound is pretty much a bible for pro audio gear because it has no advertisers so they remain totaly unbias, wouldn't it be cool if mountain biking had a service like that)

[juzza]

allright this is truning into an argument........

[Simo]

my drum kit USED to be just a Mapex Venus series with Zildjian ZBT cymbals (shudder)
now i got the venus series toms,
pearl export snare
2 crash's (ZBT and Sabian extra thin)
2 rides (ZBT and Zildjian A series ping ride)
same old shitty hi-hat
Zildjian something or rather double kick
Zijdjian A series splash cymbal

[Emmett]

2X Technics 1210 mk2 turntables
2x Ortofon niteclub E headshells and stylus
Technics SH-DJ1200 mixer
Technics DJ1200 headphones
2x Dali AXS 3000 speakers
Rotel Amp

[curtisrider]

Now mw have over 100gb of music on a pc..hahahahahahaha.

i got normal speakers - HARDCORE!

does anyone miss jayboy? :P

[curtisrider]

he is on holiday i think

he got banned

[curtisrider]

are you serious?

UH HUH

[LordNikon]

My setup is kind of a hybrid home theatre/music system.

Sherwood 300w (RMS) Reference Speakers
Jensen Millenium Edition surrounds (centre, surround, rear lef/right)
Onkyo SR-900 amp

Nothing else that's in any way impressive.

Although I'm looking into a reference turntable in the very near future.

[curtisrider]

UH HUH

what for

bad mouthing the september 11th and overall being really annoying

[curtisrider]

oh i remember now.

[monkeymagic]

last itime i chjecked about 17.5 gig of music anc it is hooked up to a cpl of pioneers.

[bazza]

grr me too poor :( stupid bike!! i wanna do that next, sound before performance for this computer. go the pentium II's, yerrrrr watch the chunky graphics. got pretty sweet speakers at the moment but wanna hook up bigggg stero speakers to it, who do i see for an amp? computer shop or car audio place or what?

[LordNikon]

Neither dude... just output from your PC sound card to a stereo amplifier.

You need a Hi Fi store.

[belly_up]

Hrm, SB Live! 5.1 (not the value one, but then that doesn't make much difference anyway), feeding coax digital into my Harmon Kardon AVR3000 receiver, which then feeds into, wait for it, 4 * 6.5inch car audio drivers, and cheap shitty one's at that (as in about $20 total value for all 4). I want to get some Aaron's or maybe some Klipsche when i finish paying for all my other expensive hobbies....
and 30gb of MP3's.