SilentBob's Home Theater Set-Up Ver 2.0

[SilentBob]

Well i finally got some pictures taken of my slightly newer setup. Still wish the pictures would look a bit better but room lighting sucks and i keep forgetting to do this in the day with my shades open. Anyways here is my 2.0 room setup


TV: Hitachi 50V525 Projection LCD HDTV
Receiver: Onkyo 605
DVD Player: Toshiba HD-A1, PS3 (Blu-ray)
HDTV/PVR Cable Box: Motorola DCT6412 (free for the year with TV purchase)
Subwoofer: Velodyne CHT-8 and Velodyne DSP-12
Speakers: Mission M70i (RearBack L&R) JBL N28ii (Rear L&R) Cerwin-Vega CLS-6C (Center Channel) Energy C-300 ( Front L&R)
Video Game Systems: Nintendo Wii, XBox360, PS3 (not seen) PS2, Dreamcast, N64, GameCube, PSP, DS Lite

Here's a link to my Original 1.0 room setup To see some of the older stuff i had going and what i have going on today

Super Bowl HDTV 720p


Sin City Screen Grab with HDTV/DVR Box very dark though and will try to take a better picture of the setup soon


Receiver, XBox 360 and Corpse's Bride with Lenticular Cover from Future Shop


Dolby Digital Banner I got from work

[Pirate]

Nice, Bob! I love that DD banner and the ZIM toy!

-PH

[MARVEL]

Ahhh the spoils of working at a theater......I miss all of those things!

[SilentBob]

Just a slight update. Finally upgraded my old RCA HTiB center channel today to a nice new Cerwin-Vega CLS-6C Will try to get soem new pics up soon with the new speaker. All i will say is that this update was a long time coming and the change is great

[Iguana Man]

Originally Posted by SilentBob

Just a slight update. Finally upgraded my old RCA HTiB center channel today to a nice new Cerwin-Vega CLS-6C Will try to get soem new pics up soon with the new speaker. All i will say is that this update was a long time coming and the change is great

Do you live with PH?

Edited: The above was obviously some bad humor courtesy of Bud' on a Friday night.

That HD shot of Football looks really nice by the way (now that I re-read the entire thread).

[SilentBob]

Well yet another small update for my equipment. I finally replaced my dvd player with a brand new Toshiba HD-A1 player today. Will tryt o have pics up soon of my new baby in action

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by SilentBob

Well yet another small update for my equipment. I finally replaced my dvd player with a brand new Toshiba HD-A1 player today. Will tryt o have pics up soon of my new baby in action

Welcome the soon to be a niche format club.

HD-DVD is going to look gorgeous on that Hitachi!

[SilentBob]

Just another slight update for my setup. As i have now added a PS3 for my Blu-ray movie setup. Nothing still pictured in HD action (will try soon i swear) But new pics of setup and HD collection (again please ignore 1993 JP era paint job that i am too lazy move shit around for giving room a new look)

[SilentBob]

Well its been a while but i have an update to report on my system. After about 5 years of use i replaced my Marantz SR-4300 receiver. With all them Blu-ray and D-DVDs and their fancy sound formats i took the plunge and upgraded my receiver to the new ONKYO 605 Plus with this thing i could clean up some of them nasty cables/wires. . . remember just some.

[sub780lime]

Its nice you have it out in the open, because mine gets hot as hell. I am in the habit of just leaving the door of my entertainment center open.

[Sehnzeleid]

Nice! Though that pic screwed me up, at first glance it looks like Onkyo is on the top shelf, and your game consoles are on the shelve below it.

Basically, I didn't realize it's the "same" pic at different angles.

[sub780lime]

Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid

Nice! Though that pic screwed me up, at first glance it looks like Onkyo is on the top shelf, and your game consoles are on the shelve below it.

Basically, I didn't realize it's the "same" pic at different angles.

I did the same thing.

[zepherman]

SilentBob,

Congrats on the new receiver!

[kerryland]

[quote=SilentBob;851579]Well its been a while but i have an update to report on my system. After about 5 years of use i replaced my Marantz SR-4300 receiver. With all them Blu-ray and D-DVDs and their fancy sound formats i took the plunge and upgraded my receiver to the new ONKYO 605

... I've also got a Marantz SR-4300 and am thinking about moving to an Onkyo 605 or 705, so I'm just wondering what you thought about how your Onkyo sounds vs. the Marantz?

Thanks
Kerry

[EM3]

So what's your thoughts on the Onkyo 605.

[SilentBob]

I like the Onkyo 605 a lot. I always thought having PLII for my shows were good but the PLIIx with the player is awesome. I find the seperation for the channels a little better too, but that could be the extra speaker and High Def movie tracks helping. The thing is pretty much a breeze to setup with the auto setup mic for the speakers (although i like the centre channel a bit louder then what it sets it at) Now the sound volume is still something i'm getting use too. The Marantz was from -74 to +25. Feels weird only having the sound volume start at 0 and go upwards to i think 90 max. Still nothing to worry about and still works great with my small bedroom setup. I guess the only thing i wish i could of done (had money not been an issue) were to get the 705 to allow my PCM tracks to matrix into the the surround back channels (which the 605 can't do) Still the best of tracks won't really leave you upset when they are done right (Cars Blu-ray perfect example) Also my old Marantz receiver could really warm up my small bedroom setup pretty fast, and was worried about the reports i was reading about the Onkyo systems getting really hot. Well from the few months i have had it I find that it actully runs cooler then the old receiver (which is great for family movie viewings)



Oh and an update to my Setup. In January i upgraded my Front L&R to some new ENERGY C-300 tower speakers (which are awesome sound wise) and added a Velodyne DSP-12 subwoofer. Will try to get pics for them up soon.