Post Your Home Cine & HiFi Kit...

ThereIs0nly0ne · 28 Jul 2019 at 16:44

In the process of putting mine together. Mainly KEF Reference and Meridian kit. Some cable management needs to be done and a new "U" shaped sofa hopefully arriving this week. Motorised blinds to follow:

75 inch Sony 4k TV
Meridian 596 transport
Meridian 562v Multimedia controller
Meridian 565 DSP
Meridian 505 monobloc amp - Centre
Meridian 556 amp - Surrounds
Meridian 557 amp - Mains
Kef Reference 3's
Kef 200c Centre
Kef Ci200RR THX In Ceiling Speakers
BK XXLS400 Sub

1pudding1 · 29 Jul 2019 at 13:48

When are you getting new and extra subs?

V F · 29 Jul 2019 at 14:39

Very elegant! @ThereIs0nly0ne

ThereIs0nly0ne · 29 Jul 2019 at 18:11

1pudding1 said:
When are you getting new and extra subs?

Don't be giving me any ideas!

V F said:
Very elegant! @ThereIs0nly0ne

Thank you!

Phate · 29 Jul 2019 at 21:30

mcalladine said:
@Phate - Awesome looking setup. Quick question about the Alteco c-1 do u have the switch set to Up like the manual states in this location or Down ? I have a similar setup and was curios ! Many thanks.

Hey mate, so so sorry I never replied to this. I completely missed it! I will check this and come back to you.

Secret_Window · 1 Aug 2019 at 23:42

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
In the process of putting mine together. Mainly KEF Reference and Meridian kit. Some cable management needs to be done and a new "U" shaped sofa hopefully arriving this week. Motorised blinds to follow:

75 inch Sony 4k TV
Meridian 596 transport
Meridian 562v Multimedia controller
Meridian 565 DSP
Meridian 505 monobloc amp - Centre
Meridian 556 amp - Surrounds
Meridian 557 amp - Mains
Kef Reference 3's
Kef 200c Centre
Kef Ci200RR THX In Ceiling Speakers
BK XXLS400 Sub

That is a dream set-up. Very nice. :cool:

ThereIs0nly0ne · 2 Aug 2019 at 11:06

Secret_Window said:
That is a dream set-up. Very nice.

Thanks. It’s certainly standing the test of time - my wife convinced me to invest in what I really wanted at the time rather than go through a continual upgrade cycle - turned out to be excellent advice!

Shawreyboy · 2 Aug 2019 at 15:28

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
Thanks. It’s certainly standing the test of time - my wife convinced me to invest in what I really wanted at the time rather than go through a continual upgrade cycle - turned out to be excellent advice!

Where can I get one of those wifies?

Mrs Shawrey hates all of my tech and would never allow such things let alone advise you to spend and go get it!

Shawrey

ThereIs0nly0ne · 2 Aug 2019 at 16:23

Shawreyboy said:
Where can I get one of those wifies?

Mrs Shawrey hates all of my tech and would never allow such things let alone advise you to spend and go get it!

Shawrey

Very luck to be with someone so forward looking and accommodating tbh!

Shawreyboy · 5 Aug 2019 at 08:30

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
Very luck to be with someone so forward looking and accommodating tbh!

Ahh she isn't all that bad. Once I show her how to use it all shes normally far more receptive :rolleyes:

Shawrey

Dave85 · 9 Aug 2019 at 15:22

My setup is not as impressive as most of these but it does us fine for the limited space we have.
Projector Xiaomi Mi Laser projector
100" fixed projection screen
Sony 7.1 Amp
Mission floor standing speakers,Mission centre and surround speakers.
Has my main PC connected, Along with a v6 Tivo and spare for Shield and PS4

Phate · 9 Aug 2019 at 21:55

mcalladine said:
@Phate - Awesome looking setup. Quick question about the Alteco c-1 do u have the switch set to Up like the manual states in this location or Down ? I have a similar setup and was curios ! Many thanks.

@mcalladine Sorry again for the delay. So I finally remembered to check this. I took a look, the they were configured to be set as just 2 x Dolby Surround (down) which I found odd and height speakers were set to none. Even weirder!

Assign mode was also set to 9.1 which is strange as I am running 5.2.2 - or the closest is 7.1 - So now I have this configured to 5 channel + 2 Front Height

Will let you know if I notice a difference

Howard · 13 Aug 2019 at 12:46

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
In the process of putting mine together. Mainly KEF Reference and Meridian kit. Some cable management needs to be done and a new "U" shaped sofa hopefully arriving this week. Motorised blinds to follow:

75 inch Sony 4k TV
Meridian 596 transport
Meridian 562v Multimedia controller
Meridian 565 DSP
Meridian 505 monobloc amp - Centre
Meridian 556 amp - Surrounds
Meridian 557 amp - Mains
Kef Reference 3's
Kef 200c Centre
Kef Ci200RR THX In Ceiling Speakers
BK XXLS400 Sub

Lovely. I have Ref3.2s as my main speakers too, also powered by a 557! Currently boxed up however, whilst I build the home cinema in my new house.

Have you compared the 200C centre with any of Kef's other offerings, out of interest? I currently use an R200C and whilst it's a great match, I can't help but wonder if something from the same generation as the 3.2s would integrate better. But then of course, the older one may well sound inferior...

8 Pack · 13 Aug 2019 at 13:04

^^^ some very solid M kit..... 557 legend!!!

DSPs are killing the KEFs though but this is still a very solid set up....

ThereIs0nly0ne · 13 Aug 2019 at 18:05

Howard said:
Lovely. I have Ref3.2s as my main speakers too, also powered by a 557! Currently boxed up however, whilst I build the home cinema in my new house.

Have you compared the 200C centre with any of Kef's other offerings, out of interest? I currently use an R200C and whilst it's a great match, I can't help but wonder if something from the same generation as the 3.2s would integrate better. But then of course, the older one may well sound inferior...

Thanks, still happy with it after all these years! I have not (and dare not) compare much of my system to anything newer right now

Too many other things to look at for the house atm.

8 Pack said:
^^^ some very solid M kit..... 557 legend!!!

DSPs are killing the KEFs though but this is still a very solid set up....

Yes, if there's one thing which may need looking at it's the DSP. Thanks btw

SydDanube · 21 Aug 2019 at 17:19

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Radox-0 · 31 Aug 2019 at 19:22

So many nice ideas in this thread I want to ~~steal~~ use. Want to still add to mine, but moving soon to bigger place anyways so will revise then, but happy mostly as it is though speakers need more room which they will get.

Samsung 65" Q9FN
Sony STR-DN1080
Tannoy XTF8
Tannoy XTC
Tannoy XT Mini (rear speakers)
Xbox 1x
Shift X mainly use for gaming (8700k / 1080Ti under custom loop)

obligatory shot with ambient light

V F · 1 Sep 2019 at 15:36

Fancy tower!

mid_gen · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:06

Very tidy, but that plug socket would drive me mad!

V F · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:12

mid_gen said:
Very tidy, but that plug socket would drive me mad!

Seems awfully high up? Mine are quite low close to the skirting boards.