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Thats got to be some of the worst speaker positioning i've ever seen!! Where abouts have you moved to now? Love the sofa
Cheers for the birthday message yesterday by the way, not really got round to replying to any yet!
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Thats got to be some of the worst speaker positioning i've ever seen!! Where abouts have you moved to now? Love the sofa
Cheers for the birthday message yesterday by the way, not really got round to replying to any yet!
Nope, they're Atacama Nexus 6.
haha, tell me about it. Not very happy with it. I definitely need to do something about it but I've been busy with other things so not had the time to plan it properly.
Split up with my gf so got myself a really smart 2 bedroom flat in Westhoughton. Much closer to work, much cheaper
The guy who was here previously left the sofa for me (as in mine to take when I move). It's got a fully fitted kitchen as well so I ended up having to sell most of my furniture from the house.
Ha, no problems
Definitely have to meet up for a belated birthday drink soon, it's been ages!
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Cheers, thanks for the reply.
Soldato
That's crying out to me to just go two channel.
Soldato
You could get some smaller rear speakers that go on the wall. Monitor Audio BR-FX are great.
Decided to rearrange the room last night. Downside is that it's made the room look a little smaller but the positioning is much better. The sofa is now central with the TV unit and the rear speakers are an equal distance from my usual seating position.
I thought I'd be able to live with it but you guys pointing out just how bad it actually was, made me realise that I had to do something about it. I'll take a couple of new pictures later.
I thought I'd be able to live with it but you guys pointing out just how bad it actually was, made me realise that I had to do something about it. I'll take a couple of new pictures later.
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Never noticed we have a HiFi section, its one of my more serious hobbies...
Amplifier Cyrus 8 XPD
Power Supplies Cyrus PSX - R x2
Mains Filtration Takima Mains & RF Filter
Loudspeakers Monitor Audio Silver RX-8
Loudspeaker Cable Chord Company Rumour 2.
Interconnect Chord Company Chorus 2.
Terminations IXOS banana Plugs
Satellite Sky+ HD 1TB
AV Amplifier Pioneer 919AH
Mains Filtration Takima Mains & RF Filter
Loudspeakers KEF 3005 SE 5.1 with 250w active 10" subwoofer.
Loudspeaker Cable IXOS 223 cable
Interconnect HDMI & Optical
Television Panasonic TX-P42 Full HD
All controlled by a harmony 1.
Nowadays its rare I even load a CD, all my stuff is converted to 16 or 24bit lossless flac and streamed from PC through a 1gigabit wired network and controleld via my iPhone.
Finally, when eating or just sat with mates, the amazing Zeppelin provides the entertainment here. Its simply NOT HiFi, but for an MP3 station it really does sound pretty damned amazing!
- My current 2 channel audio system consists of:
Amplifier Cyrus 8 XPD
Power Supplies Cyrus PSX - R x2
Mains Filtration Takima Mains & RF Filter
Loudspeakers Monitor Audio Silver RX-8
Loudspeaker Cable Chord Company Rumour 2.
Interconnect Chord Company Chorus 2.
Terminations IXOS banana Plugs
- My current 5.1 channel AV system consists of:
Satellite Sky+ HD 1TB
AV Amplifier Pioneer 919AH
Mains Filtration Takima Mains & RF Filter
Loudspeakers KEF 3005 SE 5.1 with 250w active 10" subwoofer.
Loudspeaker Cable IXOS 223 cable
Interconnect HDMI & Optical
Television Panasonic TX-P42 Full HD
All controlled by a harmony 1.
Nowadays its rare I even load a CD, all my stuff is converted to 16 or 24bit lossless flac and streamed from PC through a 1gigabit wired network and controleld via my iPhone.
Finally, when eating or just sat with mates, the amazing Zeppelin provides the entertainment here. Its simply NOT HiFi, but for an MP3 station it really does sound pretty damned amazing!
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Please ignore the mess but you get the gist..
Sky HD+, PS3, Technics Amp and some other tech all hidden from view.
And we're still in the stages of redecorating so a lot of it is going to be changed.. But not the set up.. Speakers may go though.
Hi, I'm posting to see if I can have a few design tips and improvements to my room.
I currently rent a room in a flat. I have just got a full time job so I have not been able to modify it and get paid at the end of June.
Here are some pictures of the room and the layout:
This photo shows that the sofa is directly underneath the bed.
This is the view from the sofa looking at the PC.
This is just to the right of the PC showing a built in wardrobe which I can't do much about.
This is the floor plan.
I know it is really small but I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas with what to do with it or whether I should moves things around. I will mostly use it for watching Blu-Rays, TV and games on the PC (I have 2 Xbox controllers).
Is there any equipment that would be more suited for a room like this other than what I have such as better desks?
Thanks.
I currently rent a room in a flat. I have just got a full time job so I have not been able to modify it and get paid at the end of June.
Here are some pictures of the room and the layout:
This photo shows that the sofa is directly underneath the bed.
This is the view from the sofa looking at the PC.
This is just to the right of the PC showing a built in wardrobe which I can't do much about.
This is the floor plan.
I know it is really small but I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas with what to do with it or whether I should moves things around. I will mostly use it for watching Blu-Rays, TV and games on the PC (I have 2 Xbox controllers).
Is there any equipment that would be more suited for a room like this other than what I have such as better desks?
Thanks.
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True. I didn't think "proper" LED TV's were available as such. I remember the Sony OLED but that was tiny.
We only bought it because of the power savings compared to a plasma.
Oh and because it looks sexual.
Soldato
Finally got around to sorting out my crossover capacitors in my speakers. Put in some clarity cap ESA's to replace the mid 70's bipolar electrolytics.
Also finished the remainder of the work on the Luxman's tone control.
The rest of the amp recieved a complete overhaul earlier in the year, replacing all the capacitors (the film caps were changed from mylar to PP or styrol)
Started work on my dad's amp and speakers now as his system is sounding rather lacklustre. (very little HF) The amp and speakers (a Leak 2200 and celestion ditton 25's) are completely untouched from 1975, I've replaced some caps in the amp already which made quite an improvement. (the old ones were way out of spec, heaven knows what the ESR was)
Also finished the remainder of the work on the Luxman's tone control.
The rest of the amp recieved a complete overhaul earlier in the year, replacing all the capacitors (the film caps were changed from mylar to PP or styrol)
Started work on my dad's amp and speakers now as his system is sounding rather lacklustre. (very little HF) The amp and speakers (a Leak 2200 and celestion ditton 25's) are completely untouched from 1975, I've replaced some caps in the amp already which made quite an improvement. (the old ones were way out of spec, heaven knows what the ESR was)
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Completed most of the restoration work on the Leak 2200 this evening. Fitted new main filter caps (BHC, 10,000uF 63V) and the rest of the parts replaced with panasonic FM/FC. There is a single cap left to replace (behind the volume pot) which should be arriving tomorrow. All of the old caps were measuring a lot higher than their ratings and there has been a fair improvement in sound since changing them. I checked the speaker switch and the wiring and cannot find anything suspect. Gave it a good clean but still no dice. (spkr1 right channel is outputting when the speakers are supposed to be off for headphone use)
Back together.
Have started to work on my cd players now. (i've gotten hooked)
Marantz CD-56 (old school 16 bit player)
Philips CD930 bitstream player
Back together.
Have started to work on my cd players now. (i've gotten hooked)
Marantz CD-56 (old school 16 bit player)
Philips CD930 bitstream player
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