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Unomelodica · 16 Nov 2019 at 17:17

looks lovely howard - love the kef reference's fond memories of those.

G

dessimpson · 21 Nov 2019 at 19:26

Replaced my CD8se with a CD XT SE+ dedicated CD transport. Also changed the PSXr so it's now powering the Pre amp instead of the CD.
Sounds awesome.

ChrisD. · 22 Nov 2019 at 17:31

And I've borrowed @dessimpson's old CD player to test my setup out and there's an improvement compared to using the Sonos. Now I'm tempted to buy a Roksan K3 CD player.

divuk83 · 27 Nov 2019 at 20:59

My new Mu-so QB2. Something that small shouldn't sound as good as this does.

Dave

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ChrisD. · 29 Nov 2019 at 13:36

New to me but ex demo CD player.

nlyh · 29 Nov 2019 at 20:18

dessimpson said:
Replaced my CD8se with a CD XT SE+ dedicated CD transport. Also changed the PSXr so it's now powering the Pre amp instead of the CD.
Sounds awesome.

Are you using Mono X there or APAs?

nlyh · 29 Nov 2019 at 20:26

Ah, they will be smarties of course. Nice looking system, even for the silver variants.

NorthstaNder · 30 Nov 2019 at 15:58

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone has any experience with Samsung soundbars and harmony remotes?

I have just picked up the HW-Q70R and it's not playing nice with my harmony ultimate.

It's supposed to change to d.in/TV arc for TV, PS4 and Switch. And HDMI for blu ray. But it just goes all over the place when I change from one activity to another (if it has to change the actual input). Even using Help doesn't fix it!

If anyone has a work around I would appreciate it!

Thanks for reading
Jonathan

NorthstaNder · 30 Nov 2019 at 23:47

Sorry, realised I should have created a separate thread for this. Anyway, think I've cracked it. Looks like the soundbar auto switches input as long as CEC is enabled on my devices so I've disabled the input switching via the harmony.

dessimpson · 1 Dec 2019 at 00:02

nlyh said:
Ah, they will be smarties of course. Nice looking system, even for the silver variants.

Yes. You're correct. I've been building it up for a few years now. Replacing bits when I find something better.
Silver seems to be a lot harder to find stuff for than the black.

Started off with an integrated amp, cd player and psx-r. Got the two smartpower amps and used the integrated as a pre-amp.
Then got a dedicated pre-amp.
Finally replaced the cd-8 with the cd-xt transport.

Next step is to buy a bigger tri-arbour (If I can find one for sale) and get more psx-r's.

nlyh · 1 Dec 2019 at 02:46

PSX-Rs still go for around £250 - £300, though if you can find any APA 7.5 or Mono X they can sometimes go for £300 each or so. Those mono amps would be a big step up from the smartpowers (even with PSX-Rs added).

danza · 7 Dec 2019 at 00:22

Here's my setup as it stands, can't go wrong with these old Kefs on the end of 300 WPC:

Biffa · 9 Dec 2019 at 18:50

That they eat into the screen would kill me

the shadow · 9 Dec 2019 at 19:36

Shadows much ?

Biffa · 10 Dec 2019 at 09:09

Howard said:
It looks smaller because of the wide angle lens. Can’t get any bigger with the room size really!

Is that because of the throw of the projector vs the length of the room? Because you could get a bigger screen in that space, @ 16:9 it could fill that wall.

Howard · 10 Dec 2019 at 10:03

Biffa said:
Is that because of the throw of the projector vs the length of the room? Because you could get a bigger screen in that space, @ 16:9 it could fill that wall.

Pretty much, and the fact that any bigger would be fouled by the speakers.

It's not a big room. I had to work within the constraints

Steedie · 21 Dec 2019 at 15:25

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
Upgraded seating ...

Will be making some bass traps and acoustic panels soon. Will also be doing something about the dangly wire from the TV.

Apologies for bumping an old post, but love that AV unit. Been looking for one like that for ages but in black, can I ask where you got it please?

morkfromork · 22 Dec 2019 at 08:56

Just finished our front room and tv insert. Happy with the results.

Tv is a 55" lg tv
Denon DHT-S316 sounder and wireless Subwoofer
Apple TV behind the tv
sky q by the side waiting for bookcase to put it on.

Before install

After install:

ThereIs0nly0ne · 22 Dec 2019 at 17:37

Steedie said:
Apologies for bumping an old post, but love that AV unit. Been looking for one like that for ages but in black, can I ask where you got it please?

They are Ikea Besta cabinets with the backs removed. It has the glass tops fitted. Had some of these in a different colour in my old house and they worked a treat.

Steedie · 22 Dec 2019 at 17:58

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
They are Ikea Besta cabinets with the backs removed. It has the glass tops fitted. Had some of these in a different colour in my old house and they worked a treat.

Ah thank you! I was looking at the Besta but for some reason didn't click that they were the same. How are you finding it in terms of fitting AV equipment in? I've found some lovely cabinets but they are all far too small for a decent sized amp/receiver.