Post Your Home Cine & HiFi Kit...

Psycho Sonny · 22 Apr 2013 at 01:09

Mister Wolf said:
yh they are from IKEA i think they're perfect height as well.
its part of the BESTA range but i got the wall cabinets rather than the actual tv unit in the range as the measurements suited my needs more

i did try putting the dvds in the other way but the bookcase is that deep it wastes to much space.

how low is your couch? or do you sit on the floor? because one of those cabinets is far too small. do you use the metal clips at the back? i had them set up but they just became a pain when adding or removing things from the setup so i just got rid of them in the end.

neodude · 23 Apr 2013 at 09:57

Have finally finished decorating so here's the finished setup with a slightly different TV....

BDI Casata unit
PS64E8000
Onkyo TX-NR414
SKY HD
Samsung 3d Blu-Ray
Harmony One Remote

Mister Wolf · 26 Apr 2013 at 20:23

Psycho Sonny said:
how low is your couch? or do you sit on the floor? because one of those cabinets is far too small. do you use the metal clips at the back? i had them set up but they just became a pain when adding or removing things from the setup so i just got rid of them in the end.

quite low

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http://www.csl-sofas.co.uk/fabric-sofas/stellor

joelk2 · 29 Apr 2013 at 12:59

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my setup and reason there is no handle on the cupboard to the av equipment.

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LG-42LN575V
Sky+ HD
ATV2 (jailbroken)
Xbox 360
WD Mybook Live

zoomee · 29 Apr 2013 at 15:47

joelk2 said:
my setup and reason there is no handle on the cupboard to the av equipment.

u shud see what my two liccle monkeys do! I'd be happy if it was just the cupboard handle they broke

joelk2 · 30 Apr 2013 at 09:29

zoomee said:
u shud see what my two liccle monkeys do! I'd be happy if it was just the cupboard handle they broke

she hasnt broke the handle luckily, i took it off to disable her access. although she has now realised she can poke a hardback book in the gap and lever it open so i might aswell put it back on.

those little creatures are so clever.

DiCe! · 30 Apr 2013 at 11:16

joelk2 said:
she hasnt broke the handle luckily, i took it off to disable her access. although she has now realised she can poke a hardback book in the gap and lever it open so i might aswell put it back on.

those little creatures are so clever.

A tactfully angled screw will solve your issue!

Shadowness · 30 Apr 2013 at 17:16

Neodude - How do you find the BDI unit?

That's the one I'm eyeing up at the moment, but I keep asking myself 'it is worth £1500?!'

I can't find any cheaper ones in the same style.

V F · 30 Apr 2013 at 18:14

neodude said:
Have finally finished decorating so here's the finished setup with a slightly different TV....

BDI Casata unit
PS64E8000
Onkyo TX-NR414
SKY HD
Samsung 3d Blu-Ray
Harmony One Remote

Damn! 64" what a monster!

What's the Samsung 3D Blu-Ray player like, I have been looking at some of them but haven't decided what to go for yet. Due to the fact I'm after DNLA and the best picture quality possible for regular DVD upscaling to fall back on.

johny dolan · 1 May 2013 at 12:42

Made a few upgrades lately to the system.

Replaced the SBT with a Cyrus StreamX changed my Glasshouse passive preamp to a AS Passion passive and just got a linear psu for the M-dac all sounding very nice atm.

michell gyrodec with orbe platter - phono x + psxr - synology nas - streamX - cdxtse + psxr - audiolab m-dac with Mcru psu - AS Passion passive - sony bdp s780 bluray also into the dac - - pmc tb2+speakers - biamped with 2 Xpowers both with psxr with rel sub - dab 8 - fm 7.5

Psycho Sonny · 1 May 2013 at 14:22

Shadowness said:
Neodude - How do you find the BDI unit?

That's the one I'm eyeing up at the moment, but I keep asking myself 'it is worth £1500?!'

I can't find any cheaper ones in the same style.

ikea?

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/living_room/14885/

you can get something sort of similar for less than 20% of that tbh, £1500 for a tv unit is madness imo, i bought 2 besta benches and stacked them for £120 iirc, i also modified the spaces so I have a PS3 + Blu Rays and games in one shelf, a laser printer in another so you can get rid of them or make them bigger / smaller to fit your needs.

i didnt even spend £1500 on my tv, which is a 50" GT50B (£799 with free 5 year warranty and 2 sets of 3D glasses).

although it probably functions better you have to weigh up is the extra £1400 worth the functionality? imo no it isn't.

Shadowness · 1 May 2013 at 18:53

I've seen people buy the Lack TV stand, and a side table, then use the legs from the side table to increase the height of the gap in the TV stand. As it's only 15cm I think, so not enough for AVRs and centre speakers etc.

I've since found this one which ticks all the boxes as well: http://www.furniturehausdirect.com/...dia-sideboard-2-door-floor-standing-2896.html

Psycho Sonny · 1 May 2013 at 22:32

the BESTA range is decent and costs next to nothing compared to the stuff your looking at, like i said you can remove the shelve to make them bigger or position them differently.

neodude · 2 May 2013 at 09:34

Shadowness said:
Neodude - How do you find the BDI unit?

That's the one I'm eyeing up at the moment, but I keep asking myself 'it is worth £1500?!'

I can't find any cheaper ones in the same style.

The unit is amazing. Huge amounts of space at the back of the equipment. Comes with straps for cable management. It just reeks quality. Not sure if it's worth 1700 (Price including the TV mount) but I'm glad I got it.

V F said:
What's the Samsung 3D Blu-Ray player like, I have been looking at some of them but haven't decided what to go for yet. Due to the fact I'm after DNLA and the best picture quality possible for regular DVD upscaling to fall back on.

Not an expert on Blu-Ray players by any means, but it works fine for me. It's the BD-E5500, was 74 quid from Amazon. It does have DLNA but it's not something I use as the TV has it.

peterattheboro · 11 May 2013 at 17:19

Moved back to my Dad's for a couple of months before I get my own place.

This'll do till then

(Sorry about the bad phone pic)

Sony 40" LED (also works as second monitor)
Pioneer VSX-421K reciever and basic 5.1 setup
PC running an i5 2500k, 8GB RAM, 570 GTX
Sky HD
And the headphones in the corner are Beyerdynamic DT770 Pros

TV looks like it's at a funny angle, well it is but when I'm sat on the bed watching movies it's dead centre

Dolly · 11 May 2013 at 18:33

All my husband's handy work:

V F · 12 May 2013 at 12:54

Dolly said:
All my husband's handy work:

Very nice indeed! Including the cables in the wall for the TV? or is this what the cables at the bottom is from?

Also, what size is the tv? seems to look a lot bigger than 50.

Sal0hcine · 12 May 2013 at 16:23

Dolly said:
All my husband's handy work:

Now this is a really nice touch. I might just have to do such a thing when we get our own place.

Currently renting so we cannot really pull apart the walls.

DiCe! · 12 May 2013 at 20:57

Sal0hcine said:
Now this is a really nice touch. I might just have to do such a thing when we get our own place.

Currently renting so we cannot really pull apart the walls.

Shouldn't*

Dolly · 13 May 2013 at 09:43

V F said:
Very nice indeed! Including the cables in the wall for the TV? or is this what the cables at the bottom is from?

Also, what size is the tv? seems to look a lot bigger than 50.

Thanks. Yes, the cables are in the wall for the TV. The TV is 52" but he's trying to convince me that we need 60"