This has been a dramtic change from my old 2 channel system consisting of Totem Mani-2s and Pass Labs. It's a sad change of equipment but necessary. I am currently building a house and wanted a home theater. Purchasing a couple of Aleph 3's a pair of Totem Model 1's and a Model 1 Signature Center was strictly out of the question financially. I opted to go with a system that would give me all I wanted from a home theater and sacrifice the audio side of things knowing that when I graduate from college I can develope a dedicated 2 channel system.
Near future Plans:
1. Purchase a 34" Widescreen Directview HDTV (not sure what model) and give my 27" to my girlfriend.
2. Purchase a Marantz DV6400 (or something similar DV8400?) universal disc player with better audio and video than my junk Toshiba.
5.1 Pre/Pro with Component video switching, 5.1 in for DVD-Audio, but only one Bass Management setting @ 125Hz, so my whole system is running full range.
Samsung 27
This set looks great for DVDs and is just big enough to fill my small room.
Rotel RB-993
200x3 RMS @ 8 ohms. Balanced and Single ended inputs. No remote turn on input! This amp runs my front 3 speakers.
Parasound HCA-1000
125x2RMS driving my surrounds.
Toshiba SD-4700
DVD-Audio Progressive scan DVD player.
Paradigm Studio 20 v.3
It has a 1
Paradigm Studio CC-570 v.3
One of the bigger centers on the market with an over-under 1
Paradigm Studio ADP v.2
These are a dipolar consisting of essentially 2 Studio 20s back to back.
Earthquake Supernova MKV-15P
Polyurethane hard shell finish. 15
Audioquest Jaguar
All analog connections up front use these excellent DBS cables from Audoiquest, they were left from my audiophile days and are great.
Audioquest Copperhead
I use a 50' run to my surround amplifier. I recently purchased this cable on clearance from Audioadvisor.
Monster Cable Reference 2
2m run to subwoofer using a Monster THX splitter.
Audioquest Granite
6ft pr running tweeters of Studio 20s.
Audioquest CV-6 DBS
6ft pr running mid/woofers of Studio 20s.
Audioquest CV-4
More PSC (Perfect Surface Copper) Cables from Audioquest. I have a 6ft pr externally biwired on the CC-570
Monster Cable HTS 800
Small "Stage One" Monster Power filtration/glorified power strip.
just wanted to put in my two cents regarding the sony kvxbr800, which is what i use in my home theater. the quality of the picture is magical, and looks great with my HD cable tv or my denon 2900 dvd player. granted, this tv is not as cool as a plasma or lcd, but i bought it brand new for $1799! can't argue with the price, and the quality of the picture is top notch. i think this model has been replaced by a newer one, but the differences between the two are not that substantial.
