Hi everyone. I live in Ecuador where it is hard to come across equipment and prices are extremely elevated due to import taxes. As you can see, I m new to this page. So, this is a 110 inch custom made screen with a black velvet frame, with an Optoma HD20 1080/24p projector. With an Onkyo reciever powering KEF Q series speakers. Looks and sounds great for the price. Will definitely be getting the next Optoma projector that is Full HD with HDMI 1.4/120Hz compatibility as soon as it comes out, and I will possibly upgrade to a more powerful reciever soon with 1.4HDMI compatibilty, and I would love to eventually get the OPPO BDP-83SE. I´m open to suggestions or recommendations, so please leave your comments, tell me what you think!
Used as a Blu Ray/DVD player and occasionally for high definition video games. Connected with an HDMI 1.3b cable. NINTENDO Wii also shown.
SONY DVP-NC85H
5 disc DVD changer used as a CD Player for listening to music. Connected with an optical cable.
Kef Q-30
2-way bookshelf speaker with a 6.5 inch woofer and uni-Q tangerine waveguide. Used as surround speakers in this setup, at full range.
Kef Q-90
3-way floorstanding speaker with two 6.5 inch woofers and a 6.5 inch mid-range with Uni-Q tangerine waveguide, set to full range, bi-amped with 90+90 (180)watts. Used as front left and right for home theater as well as stereo music.
Kef KUBE 2
10 inch 200 watt enclosed side firing subwoofer with a 10 inch passive radiator. Set to 70Hz. Used for movies and occasional music.
Onkyo TX-SR607
7.2 channel Home Theater Reciever. 90 watts x 7. Used for a 5.1 setup and stereo music, with the front speakers bi-amped.
Kef Q 60c
3-way Center Channel speaker with two 5.25 inch woofers and one 5.25 inch midrange with Uni-Q tangerine waveguide. Set to full range.
Great to see that you´re really into all types of music, ,most audiophiles are very restricted on their likes when it comes to music. I too, listen to a wide variety of music. Well, there will be some new upgrades coming soon, I bought a new projector, new reciever, a new subwoofer and a power console.... none of which I have yet, but everything has been ordered. As soon as I get everything I will get som new pics up! And don´t worry, the new reciever has a completely pass through system so the sound is direct (preparing for the oppo one day!)..... If you give me your email I could explain a little better about my selection process!
Thank you Bryan...I normally listen to the a large variety of music (small ensemble classical works, piano, violin and cello works, heavy symphonic classical works, some opera, pipe organ, Japanese, Chinese and Korean Taiko drumming, percussion, brass and wind ensembles, tons of different types of jazz, fusion, R&B, jazz vocals recordings, solo guitar work (Satriani, Stevie Ray Vaughan, etc...) rock, hard rock, prog-rock, new age, electronica and many other types), in short just about everything!
For stereo listening I agree you should definitely try coming out of the player's analog outputs as the DACs are supposed to be quite good in that unit. The one thing you'll want to make of is that whatever receiver you are going into allows for a 'stereo bypass' so that you are not taking analog inputs and then having the receiver digitize them again just put it through its signal path. If that capability does not exist for you or you want to be able to have the receiver post process the input into multi-channel (DTS 6.1 was one of my favorites for playing 2-ch through all my speakers when I had a large HT) then try to find the best sounding receiver with respect to how it handles both HT decoding and post-processing as well as how it handles 2-channel analog input that has to be digitized and then taken back to analog due to the nature of the receiver in question. Let me know what other questions you have and what receivers you are evaluating...have fun!
Thanks for your opinion!! Question on that, What if I came out through the analog outputs for stereo listening? I understand that it would be a big improvement. Obviously I would still use the HDMI for video.. And have some news on my upgrades, it seems that I will be getting a much better projector soon, as well as an upgraded reciever (a little more powerful)... Will let you know when that all happens.... and I do have to say that your system is truly amazing! Would love to hear it! Im curious to know, what type of music do you normally listen to?
Bryan: I think you'll see a big difference in the video quality. For audio, if you come out of the Oppo digitally, it will be about the same (IMO) as the downstream components have not changed however it is still a worthwhile upgrade for the future. Very nicely done system!
This is a clean and well conceived system. I've heard it and it has a great ambiance. Well done Bryan! As we both know there are always upgrades.... Nice pictures too!
Thanks for leaving a comment! I cam currently using simple 14 gauge oxygen free speaker wire, i will probably upgrade, at least the fronts, to something better. As for interconnects, I have an Insten HDMI 1.3b wire from the PS3 and an optical wire from the Sony DVD player. Right now I can´t really afford to spend anything on the system, just got the reciever in December and the five speakers and the sub last week. Need to pay eveything off before I do anything else. I was curious to know how much of a difference there would be in audio and video combining the oppo 83se with my simple components (the Onkyo tx-sr607 and the Optoma HD20). Some people say that the difference won´t be much because my components aren´t on the same level as the oppo. What do you think?
You've done very good job assembling and extremely nice HT setup...The Oppo SE will be a great upgrade in video quality. Nicely done! What do you utilize for speaker cables and interconnects?
