Blew my 2 front home theater speakers but now I have 3 new ones. :)

[Jedi3]

Blew my 2 front home theater speakers recently and been saving up to get some new ones. They were like 8 or 10 years old but were really high end ones and sounded great right up till the end. So I have been shopping for something to replace them. I had for my fronts to large bookshelf JBL 800 gold series. but I just picked up two PolkAudio med/small bookshelf speakers and a 10" Sony powered sub. These thing friggen rock for the money the two PolkAudio were 219.99 for the pair and the sony sub was only 95.10 so I think I got a great deal. So I went from 7.0 surround to 7.1 the speakers are super clear and the sub is crazy loud! I also have 4 Cambrige Soundworks surround (left side back, right side back and two stereo rears) and a Cerwin Vega large center speaker. I played with them for a few hours today on my day off after I got done hooking them up and re tuning the system. After my old apartment got robbed a year or so ago I replaced my receiver and dvd player. I love Sony receivers I got the 2nd from the top of the line one and this thing does so many things and has so many controls and so much power. The DVD is just a run of the mill Sony hi def/blueray player with internet connection a feature I have never used lol

On to the picks......

I need to get new speaker stands now there too big for the new speakers.

new fronts 100w a side

sub 100w

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the other stuff I have

center 150w ( its an older center speaker but still works great. You get what you pay for )

Cambrige Soundworks surround (x4) 100w or more I forget

my rack system

32' Sony hi def TV (I so want a 40" or bigger but I dont have the room for it.)

I would love to see what everyone else has cuz Im sure im not the only one that loves this stuff.

[Ringo64]

Nice system! That's a big sub!

I actually use a 5.1 Creative computer system that is designed for computer gaming but it actually does a great job for entertainment (music, movies and TV). I'll get a pic of it here this weekend. It's a small system but packs a punch that's just as big as the bigger guys. Best $50 I've ever spent lol.

[havoc1482]

Yeah, gaming sound systems really have good quaility because many games these days not only have great graphics, but amazing sound as well. Example = Battlefield 3, holy amazing directional surround sound

[Jedi3]

That's a big sub!

It is and it isn't....

For the most part to buy just a sub there all big I could of gone way bigger but that would be silly. Also the two front are a 100w each and the sub is a 100w so it really matches up nicely. I would of liked to of gotten a slimmer sub but everything I saw I just dident like. Also the smaller subs all came with other speakers included and I just dident need or want that. I like making my own stuff up cuz I know what I like better than the people that make up the package deals ect.

[Ringo64]

Yeah, gaming sound systems really have good quaility because many games these days not only have great graphics, but amazing sound as well. Example = Battlefield 3, holy amazing directional surround sound

Yeah why i got it originally to play COD and hear people around me I play completely by sound now it's creepy

It is and it isn't....

For the most part to buy just a sub there all big I could of gone way bigger but that would be silly. Also the two front are a 100w each and the sub is a 100w so it really matches up nicely. I would of liked to of gotten a slimmer sub but everything I saw I just dident like. Also the smaller subs all came with other speakers included and I just dident need or want that. I like making my own stuff up cuz I know what I like better than the people that make up the package deals ect.

Yeah, my next system I will probably customize it by buying each piece because I know what I want now.

[Jedi3]

I have the wire hook up for my iphone for my system and Pandora radio and my game sound amazing. I want to get the video cable for the iphone so I can see my games I have an awesome racing game that's sapose to be great on the tv.

I have never been a small system guy I like having the big systems and all the separate components / rack systems.

[Ghost]

cool dude. but you guys will laugh at my audio set up but not at the tv.

[notallthere]

I have an older Sony 5.1 system in the rec room with a 47" LG LCD TV. Bose system in the bedroom and a Bose in the living room. My best sounding system is an old Pioneer in the garage from 1977 and some old Realistic speakers from Radio Shack.

[havoc1482]

Basically my ghetto ass setup:

Computer splits to a stereo system that has the bass cranked to shake my feet and a speaker in front of me to provide additional sound. When I watch a movie and there is an explosion, it feels like I'm there haha

I need a monitor with an HDMI input because my GPU has a micro-HDMI port and I have the adapter. HDMI sound is much better than regular old 3.5mm

[Ghost]

my 55" Vizio and my old desktop computer speakers and sub.

[Jedi3]

Nice tv

[Ringo64]

Nice TV. Is it LCD?

[Ghost]

yup, LCD. Jedi, if you upgrade, i recommend this one.

[Jedi3]

So I couldn't find any spk stands I liked or would spend the outrageous money they wanted for them. So yesterday I decided to take apart the ones I had and cut them down and re paint them. I think I t came out great and You cant even tell I cut them down and re did them. I would of liked to make them a bit smaller but the speakers are a bit heavy and I dident want to cut up the uprights and weaken the stands at all. I just cut some off the top&bottom and the back. but I think it will work out fine.

Look at the first pic in the thread for the before pic.

let me know what you think......

[Ringo64]

Looks perfect!! There is a little bit of over-hang on each side but I think that's fine because some production stands I've seen have it.

[Coupe_GXP]

I have a 5.1 setup in my room. I have 2 Polk RTi6 speakers for the front, CSi6 for the center, RTi4's for the surrounds and a veldodyne sub. I have a 32" Samsung LCD for my tv, out in our living room we just got a 55" VIZIO LED LCD.

[Ghost]

would that be the 240?

[Jedi3]

Looks perfect!! There is a little bit of over-hang on each side but I think that's fine because some production stands I've seen have it.

thanks

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I have a 5.1 setup in my room. I have 2 Polk RTi6 speakers for the front, CSi6 for the center, RTi4's for the surrounds and a veldodyne sub. I have a 32" Samsung LCD for my tv, out in our living room we just got a 55" VIZIO LED LCD.

that's a nice setup

[Coupe_GXP]

Your setup is pretty nice also

[Jedi3]

Your setup is pretty nice also

thanks Im really happy with how it sounds and the volume I can get out of it. Im thinking of getting a new rack / tv stand. I really hate the one I have now. The tv is too high and I hate having the doors open to use it. I really want something with glass doors. Its kinda a pain having the doors in the way when im using the stuff.

[Coupe_GXP]

I can shake the whole house pretty much lol.

[Jedi3]

I can shake the whole house pretty much lol.

I love doing that

[Ghost]

especially if you have annoying neighbors.

[Jedi3]

So I was talking to a buddy that I havent talked to in like 4 or 5 years. (he moved to FL 3 years before I moved to SC) He was really into car and home audio stuff too. we at one point started talking about what we have now and I was telling him about my system. So I emailed him the pics from this thread and got a text back later I hate you, im jelly.

He said he dident really have much of a system at the moment.........

[Jedi3]

Did some updating to my system this last couple of weeks. New TV stand, new hi DEF 3-D smart 40" TV, 3-D hi DEF DVD player, Wall mount & and a new high end surge protector.

Sorry the pics suck

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