Demoing/ordering 7.1 home cinema next week
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It's all about the 600M...... you know you wannnnnnnnnt toooooooooooo!lol
Shut up shut up
its to much for my purse the PDP-LX6090 will suffice.You could always save a few quid by getting BDP S350 
and some sensible rear speakers ...... pays for the Kuro then
BTW Rear dipole are for creating a bigger sound field, so would be ideal in a 5.1... but don't take my word, for it's what B&W recommend in their 600 series HT Kit... not that they know anything about speakers.
and some sensible rear speakers ...... pays for the Kuro then BTW Rear dipole are for creating a bigger sound field, so would be ideal in a 5.1... but don't take my word, for it's what B&W recommend in their 600 series HT Kit... not that they know anything about speakers.
There's nothing new or odd about rear floor standers.
Looks like a good buy, especially if you really want an extra 5 inches..............oooh er missus!
I've never seen a home set up to this day which uses rear floor standers. They are all bookshelf.
Indeed, all 5.1/7.1 systems on the market from the midrange to the high end likes of the Kef Reference range use bookshelf rears.
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Nothing unusual about using floorstanders as rears, if you have the room that is. In fact having all the speakers the same eg floorstander instead of a center speaker would be best tonally, just looks a little odd thats all.
If in doubt check out abbey road studio. http://abbeyroad.co.uk/studios/penthouse/
If in doubt check out abbey road studio. http://abbeyroad.co.uk/studios/penthouse/
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Studio's don't use stereo or AV speakers though, they use studio monitors.
They don't have to be floor standers to have the same tonal quality and voicing !
There is not a great deal of info from the rears, unless your using some SACD mixes for music. Just is over kill, and miss placed budget. Better to get better fronts and amp, and save on the rears.
But that is just me, I max out the front left and right, plus amps for best music performance.
No answer on the Blue ray player then... over HDMI they will all be the same
There is not a great deal of info from the rears, unless your using some SACD mixes for music. Just is over kill, and miss placed budget. Better to get better fronts and amp, and save on the rears.
But that is just me, I max out the front left and right, plus amps for best music performance.
No answer on the Blue ray player then... over HDMI they will all be the same
You complete turd -Ad-you've given me itchy feet back to the Pioneer PDP-LX6090 I go
. I'll get on the blower tomorrow the money hasn't transfered yet for the Panasonic so it shouldn't be to much ****ing around.
I love doing this, just hope you could cancel it, the pz800 really isn't anything special over the pz80, except for the extra notes needed to get one. And panasonics best consumer panel from last year (pf10) was easily better than the pz series, but then looked frankly poor next to the 8G and especially 9G when I compared all 3 sets in Elstree and borehamwood store with all being ISFd.
Also joking aside about the eyetests
If you haven't had one in a few years, are getting on a bit, etc etc then I would recommend one. But I don't know your circumstances and current prescription. Made a massive difference to me as my contacts were rescribed wrong for a year then specsavers sorted me out and gave me 6/4 vision with my new lenses, which made HD as I had viewed it with my old lenses look like SD dvd
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I love doing this, just hope you could cancel it.
Canceled the Panasonic earlier and ordered the PIONEER PDPLX6090 with side speakers
and believe it or not lol picking up a new pair of glasses next Tuesday from boots.Dont tell me tell abbyroad, but i think they know what their doing.
Take a look at http://www.airstudios.com/
This is where they mix movies, albums and games. You wount see a single stereo or AV speaker in sight! As with most professional studio's they use Dynaudio Monitors.
Heres a handful of movies that have been mixed there: http://www.airstudios.com/services/filmclients.shtml
And Music that has been produced there: http://www.airstudios.com/services/musicclients.shtml
I've saved you the hassle and have listed ALL the speakers they use:
Acoustic Research AR18
ATC SCM 20
Auratone C4
B&W 801
Dynaudio 5.1 System B15A with BX30 Sub
Dynaudio M1
Genelec S30
HHB Circle 5
KRK 9000B
Mackie HR 824
ProAc 100
Yamaha NS10M HiFi
Yamaha NS10M Studio
...and i have to say, they dont use many floor-standing speakers, fronts or back for that matter.
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Yes that's right. if you wanted, use any speaker of any type you want for rears, hell I can use 2 centre speakers for rears if i wanted, but most set ups wount use rear floor-standers as its overkill and a waste of money as rears do not work as hard the the L/R/C! That money would be better spent on better front L/R/C speakers, better sub or a better amp which is brilliant for movies aswell as music (you wount see any AV amps under £1500 which can reproduce the same amount of detail in music as a £200 NAD stereo amp can!).
I have yet to see a AV set-up on this forum or over at AVForums which uses floor-standers as rears and i haven't come across any home cinemas which are using rear floor-standers. I can understand professional studio's using them for mixing but not in a domestic environment.
If you really wanted to get the detail from rear floor-standers then you need an amp which is brilliant not only in a movie environment but also for music and I don't think the The Onkyo TX-NR906 (which the OP states he's getting) manages that.
That amp will hardly stress bookshelf rear speakers so I cant see how it will ever use any rear floor-standers to their potential which begs the question why?
My advice would be to go for bookshelf rears and spend the money on a better amp which is not only great for movies but equally good for music.
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Canceled the Panasonic earlier and ordered the PIONEER PDPLX6090 with side speakers
My work here is done, well until you need help in getting it setup properly
You will be a happy man, this set really is the dogs dangllies, and it gets better as it beds in 
I need floor standers to the rear as I don't want wall mounts or stands also floor standers are less likely to get knocked over so easily also the DS3 dipole's are **** at the rear ok for a 7.1 at the sides but not in a 5.1 set up. I also have two mental Bengals who leap and bounce on everything!
You could always save a few quid by getting BDP S350
BTW Rear dipole are for creating a bigger sound field, so would be ideal in a 5.1... but don't take my word, for it's what B&W recommend in their 600 series HT Kit... not that they know anything about speakers.
The shop that I'm getting most of my stuff from is a Bowers & Wilkins shop and they say the DS3's are **** for rears but are ideal for a 7.1 set up for the sides not a 5.1!