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JamesXP · 02-19-09, 07:00 PM

Not much quality gear here, saving up for something a little better,

That's a 120MM fan.

heh. Yes thats a 250W Car amp being powered by a 200W FSP PSU, you can see the two speakers in the background.

Sir Barton · 02-19-09, 07:10 PM

James, it dont matter what you have as long as the smile on your face gets bigger the higher the volume goes

. What kind of amp is that?

freeagent · 02-19-09, 07:26 PM

my attempt at controlled chaos

i try not to be a slob, at least the top is clean.. ill get to the rest later

and my trusty dusty h/k

JamesXP · 02-19-09, 07:35 PM

Its an Earthquake TX, an american amp I think.. got it for free with an old JBL sub.

Maxvla · 02-19-09, 09:24 PM

freeagent the placement of your speakers makes me cry

I'm guessing you are in tight quarters and it can't be helped, but seriously 1/2 the quality is gone before the speaker even 'speaks'.

How are you running that anyways? I see 2 sets of front mains and a sub? 2.2.1?

freeagent · 02-19-09, 09:47 PM

yessir, shes pretty tight in this area

they do good about 11 inches from the wall, and 7 feet apart. the smaller missions i only turn on for movies heheh

if i kick my chair back about 5 feet or so they sound decent, but not like before. i used em on my old adcom system that i had setup downstairs. the only reason i have this the way it is, is because my dog will not go down to the basement, i am a celler dweller

when she was a pup, she slid off of the top of the stairs and took the express route down, and pretty hard too.. since then she avoids those stairs like the plague. she is a great dane, so i guess now that shes taller, it seems higher, or something.. thats something only caeser can answer

and yes, it is a 2.1 setup

i found this hk3400 at a pawn shop for 100 bux! i have its older brother in the basement, its an h/k 550vxi, both are the high current, high voltage model, but the 3400 has a sub output

Maxvla · 02-19-09, 11:22 PM

Here's the current total package. Speakers aren't connected to anything atm. I used to have a harman kardon AVR controlling and powering my 2.1 HK/Velodyne setup, but when I got this new headphone gear it totally destroyed the HK stuff in quality so I don't even use it anymore and moved it out.

I'll be moving from my apt to a house in a month or so, so my place will change quite a bit

trueplaya4ever8 · 02-22-09, 04:39 PM

Wow, thats pretty intense everyone... I was just about to start looking for some smaller headphone amps. I'm thinking about grabbing some HD 650s. Or Berdynamic 770s.

Might have to go troll some on head-fi.

Mr. Roboto · 02-22-09, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxvla

freeagent the placement of your speakers makes me cry

I'm guessing you are in tight quarters and it can't be helped, but seriously 1/2 the quality is gone before the speaker even 'speaks'.

How are you running that anyways? I see 2 sets of front mains and a sub? 2.2.1?

At least he has more separation than I do. My setup is incredibly cramped right now.

Oh well, someday when I get a larger place, I will be all set.

I will try to snap a pic tonight.

Sir Barton · 02-22-09, 07:42 PM

My speakers are about 9ft apart....separation is very good.

BobbyBubblehead · 02-27-09, 11:25 PM

Been Busy and when I get back its turned into an enthusiast thread... like it.
Good enthusiasm peops LOL
Been installing another rad to reduce fan use in the goal of a totally silent PC.
Will produce a pic fest of my audio/visual shrine real soon (its an education in what happens when you dont stop yourself from upgradeaholism <-- new word maybe?)
#But my real mission was to bump this thead.... HA HA HARrrrr#
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Mr. Roboto · 03-01-09, 03:06 PM

Finally took a picture of mine. My room is incredibly small, so here's my cramped setup:

Freezer7Pro · 03-02-09, 12:39 PM

I don't really have any super system, but I have a quite nice amplifier, A Luxman A120 MK2, which I use to drive a 150W Pioneer sub:

Those are some heatpipes:

Specs:
2x120W or 1x300W bridged
>110dB SNR
15Hz-100kHz (Yes, 100 000Hz. Pointless, but a great penis extender

)

Unfortunately, I managed to bust a cap in it a little while ago, so I'm awaiting a bunch of new ones. I run my sub off of a totally awesome 2x30W AKAI reciever with one broken channel until it's fixed.

For my mid/treb speakers (stereo) I run an old half-mediocre Pioneer SA-330. It's decent enough, but not exactly super.

I'll post pics of my speakers tomorrow.

Douken · 03-02-09, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freezer7Pro

I don't really have any super system, but I have a quite nice amplifier, A Luxman A120 MK2, which I use to drive a 150W Pioneer sub:

Specs:
2x120W or 1x300W bridged
>110dB SNR
15Hz-100kHz (Yes, 100 000Hz. Pointless, but a great penis extender

)

Have you tried scaring dogs away?

this is recommended: "Ultrasonic sound: 80 to 115dB; Frequency sweep: 18 kHz to 24 kHz."

DarkFury · 03-02-09, 01:27 PM

heres my set up, its VERY OLD. back in like 2001- 2002 lol

havnt really upgraded except for the big screen upstairs.

Yamaha HTR 5460 still getting great sound =]

dust is authentic =p this doesnt stay as clean as my pcs

Freezer7Pro · 03-02-09, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douken

Have you tried scaring dogs away?

this is recommended: "Ultrasonic sound: 80 to 115dB; Frequency sweep: 18 kHz to 24 kHz."

I should really try once I get it back up and running. I'm not sure my speakers will do that high tones, though

EDIT: Speaker pics:

My 30W Tandberg mids, 6". They do have tweeters, but I don't use them, as the high-pass filters are broken

In a way it's good, as they aren't optimally placed for high tones.

These are my tweeters. The boxes come from an old TV, and are actually really good. The whole side is covered by a filter board. The ~2.5" speakers are ripped from some bigger floor-standing ones with busted boxes and woofers. About 20W nom.

This is my sub. It was in a car accident. Aside from two cracks in the cone (thus the duct tape), it has no issues. Not a bad speaker for being free. 150W RMS.

And these are my current amplifiers. The temporary """""bass""""" amp on top. It's got ok-ish sound, but, well, with 30W it isn't gonna drive a 150W speaker very good. SNR on the Pioneer isn't exactly great, though.

As you can see, this system isn't exactly state-of-the-art, but I haven't paid even one cent for it, and with the right EQ settings, it can achieve some pretty impressive sound.

And the busted cap in my Luxman

:

Jizzzared · 03-05-09, 09:31 PM

This is my bedroom setup. It's a bit cramped and a small room, but I managed to make everything fit and sound amazing. The speakers are Ellis 1801 sealed speakers finished in Pau Ferro wood by Jim Salk (of salksound.com.) The sub in the corner (barely seen) is a Rhythmik F15, a 15" servo sub. I am using a Crown XLS 402 (400w at 4ohms) pro amp to power the speakers and my old Yamaha rx-v2400 receiver as a pre/pro. I am using the optical out from my chaintech av-710 to my receiver. And late at night I use my trusty Grado SR-225's hooked up to my receiver's headphone out.

pinky33 · 03-05-09, 11:51 PM

Jizzzared, good description there. I bet that 15" thumps like a beast.

My newest project

will add pictures as it comes together and more parts arrive.

Sir Barton · 03-06-09, 06:38 AM

Those Daytons are going to be sweet! Have you bought your amp yet?

pinky33 · 03-06-09, 09:09 AM

yup. purchased this model.

You have to copy past the link

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AudioSource-Amp100-AMP-100-Stereo-Power-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ380106825503QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ LH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item380106825503&_trksid=p 3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39% 3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

02-19-09, 07:00 PM	#21
JamesXP Epic Fail Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England	Not much quality gear here, saving up for something a little better, That's a 120MM fan. heh. Yes thats a 250W Car amp being powered by a 200W FSP PSU, you can see the two speakers in the background. __________________ Intel i5 3570k @ 4.2GHz 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR 1600Mhz nVidia 8600GT ASRock Z77 Pro4 128GB Samsung 830 SSD Corsair VX450 My Saitek Eclipse III Review Last edited by JamesXP; 02-19-09 at 07:08 PM.
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02-19-09, 07:10 PM	#22
Sir Barton Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit	James, it dont matter what you have as long as the smile on your face gets bigger the higher the volume goes . What kind of amp is that? __________________ main system: Antec P180 \| Asus P8Z68V-Pro \| i5 2500k (stock) \| 8GB HyperX 1600 \| Sparkle 560Ti \| 120GB HyperX (Wintendo) \| 60GB Vertex (Debian) laptop: Dell Inspiron 11z \| Pentium SU4100 \| 4GB Crucial 667 \| 30GB Vertex 2nd system: Antec P180 \| Gigabyte P35-DS3L \| E5200 (stock) \| 4GB G. Skill 800 \| eVGA 9500GT \| 60GB Vertex (Mint Debian) server: Chenbro SR10769 \| Supermicro X7DWE \| 2x Xeon L5420 \| 8GB Kingston FB 667 \| 4x 500GB WD Black RAID 10 \| 4x Hitachi 7K300.C \| Debian 6 media clients: 4x Apple TV 2 \| 2x XIOS DS \| 3x Squeezebox Duet
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02-19-09, 07:26 PM	#23
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02-19-09, 07:35 PM	#24
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02-19-09, 09:24 PM	Thread Starter #25
Maxvla Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OKC	freeagent the placement of your speakers makes me cry I'm guessing you are in tight quarters and it can't be helped, but seriously 1/2 the quality is gone before the speaker even 'speaks'. How are you running that anyways? I see 2 sets of front mains and a sub? 2.2.1? __________________ The Black Hole Intel i7 860 2.8ghz Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Mushkin 2x2GB DDR3 1600 EVGA GTX460 1GB Intel X-25M 80GB SSD Magnetics - 2x2TB 4x1TB Corsair HX850W PSU NEC DVD-RW
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02-19-09, 09:47 PM	#26
freeagent Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Winnipeg!	yessir, shes pretty tight in this area they do good about 11 inches from the wall, and 7 feet apart. the smaller missions i only turn on for movies heheh if i kick my chair back about 5 feet or so they sound decent, but not like before. i used em on my old adcom system that i had setup downstairs. the only reason i have this the way it is, is because my dog will not go down to the basement, i am a celler dweller when she was a pup, she slid off of the top of the stairs and took the express route down, and pretty hard too.. since then she avoids those stairs like the plague. she is a great dane, so i guess now that shes taller, it seems higher, or something.. thats something only caeser can answer and yes, it is a 2.1 setup i found this hk3400 at a pawn shop for 100 bux! i have its older brother in the basement, its an h/k 550vxi, both are the high current, high voltage model, but the 3400 has a sub output __________________ Xeon X5690 E.S. @ 4209Mhz 1.32v Corsair H100, 4x 38x120 Panaflo Asus Rampage III Formula @ 200/3608/3608 3x2GB SuperTalent Chrome @ 1604Mhz 6-6-6-20 1T, 1.65v Asus GTX580 Matrix Platinum @ 940/4400\|LG 42" Auzentech Prelude\| NAD, Mirage, Mission, Monitor Audio OCZ RevoDrive 120GB, Intel 520 120GB WD 1TB Black, Hitachi 300GB, RaptorX TT M850\|CM Stacker STC-01
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02-19-09, 11:22 PM	Thread Starter #27
Maxvla Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OKC	Here's the current total package. Speakers aren't connected to anything atm. I used to have a harman kardon AVR controlling and powering my 2.1 HK/Velodyne setup, but when I got this new headphone gear it totally destroyed the HK stuff in quality so I don't even use it anymore and moved it out. I'll be moving from my apt to a house in a month or so, so my place will change quite a bit __________________ The Black Hole Intel i7 860 2.8ghz Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Mushkin 2x2GB DDR3 1600 EVGA GTX460 1GB Intel X-25M 80GB SSD Magnetics - 2x2TB 4x1TB Corsair HX850W PSU NEC DVD-RW Last edited by Maxvla; 02-22-09 at 05:15 PM.
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02-22-09, 04:39 PM	#28
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Wow, thats pretty intense everyone... I was just about to start looking for some smaller headphone amps. I'm thinking about grabbing some HD 650s. Or Berdynamic 770s. Might have to go troll some on head-fi. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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02-22-09, 07:42 PM	#30
Sir Barton Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit	My speakers are about 9ft apart....separation is very good. __________________ main system: Antec P180 \| Asus P8Z68V-Pro \| i5 2500k (stock) \| 8GB HyperX 1600 \| Sparkle 560Ti \| 120GB HyperX (Wintendo) \| 60GB Vertex (Debian) laptop: Dell Inspiron 11z \| Pentium SU4100 \| 4GB Crucial 667 \| 30GB Vertex 2nd system: Antec P180 \| Gigabyte P35-DS3L \| E5200 (stock) \| 4GB G. Skill 800 \| eVGA 9500GT \| 60GB Vertex (Mint Debian) server: Chenbro SR10769 \| Supermicro X7DWE \| 2x Xeon L5420 \| 8GB Kingston FB 667 \| 4x 500GB WD Black RAID 10 \| 4x Hitachi 7K300.C \| Debian 6 media clients: 4x Apple TV 2 \| 2x XIOS DS \| 3x Squeezebox Duet
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02-27-09, 11:25 PM	#31
BobbyBubblehead Member Join Date: Jan 2009	Been Busy and when I get back its turned into an enthusiast thread... like it. Good enthusiasm peops LOL Been installing another rad to reduce fan use in the goal of a totally silent PC. Will produce a pic fest of my audio/visual shrine real soon (its an education in what happens when you dont stop yourself from upgradeaholism <-- new word maybe?) #But my real mission was to bump this thead.... HA HA HARrrrr# #chuckles# Last edited by BobbyBubblehead; 05-16-09 at 09:37 PM. Reason: attitude `n suggested language polishing... sticky now, sorry mods nasty possibly drunk brain wrong
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03-01-09, 03:06 PM	#32
Mr. Roboto Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Boston, MA	Finally took a picture of mine. My room is incredibly small, so here's my cramped setup: __________________ Main Rig: e8400 l ASUS P5K Deluxe l G.Skill 4GB HZ's l GTX 280 l 2x320gb 7200.10 Raid 0 l X-FI Platinum l CM Stacker 830 l OCZ 700W GameXtreme l Logitech z-5500's l G5 l Saitek Eclipse II l 2 x 2407 WFP HTPC:P4 2.8 l 1.5GB ram l 7600GS l HVR-1600 l 400gb raid 0 l Audigy 1 l Coolermaster 280 l 37" Olevia Heat
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03-02-09, 12:39 PM	#33
Freezer7Pro Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: FINLAND. EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE HERE.	I don't really have any super system, but I have a quite nice amplifier, A Luxman A120 MK2, which I use to drive a 150W Pioneer sub: Those are some heatpipes: Specs: 2x120W or 1x300W bridged >110dB SNR 15Hz-100kHz (Yes, 100 000Hz. Pointless, but a great penis extender ) Unfortunately, I managed to bust a cap in it a little while ago, so I'm awaiting a bunch of new ones. I run my sub off of a totally awesome 2x30W AKAI reciever with one broken channel until it's fixed. For my mid/treb speakers (stereo) I run an old half-mediocre Pioneer SA-330. It's decent enough, but not exactly super. I'll post pics of my speakers tomorrow. __________________ E7400 4GHz 1.4V GTX260 c216 730 Core 1458 Shader 2430 RAM 4GB 800MHz XMS2 4-4-4-12 ASUS P5Q Pro Xigmatek HDT1283 Xonar DX Samsung Spinpoint F1 320GB I fold in honor of those who fight the same deadly battles as my uncle Peter Flinck once did. May he rest in peace.
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03-02-09, 01:27 PM	#35
DarkFury Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucker, GA	heres my set up, its VERY OLD. back in like 2001- 2002 lol havnt really upgraded except for the big screen upstairs. Yamaha HTR 5460 still getting great sound =] dust is authentic =p this doesnt stay as clean as my pcs
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03-05-09, 09:31 PM	#37
Jizzzared Member Join Date: Aug 2004	This is my bedroom setup. It's a bit cramped and a small room, but I managed to make everything fit and sound amazing. The speakers are Ellis 1801 sealed speakers finished in Pau Ferro wood by Jim Salk (of salksound.com.) The sub in the corner (barely seen) is a Rhythmik F15, a 15" servo sub. I am using a Crown XLS 402 (400w at 4ohms) pro amp to power the speakers and my old Yamaha rx-v2400 receiver as a pre/pro. I am using the optical out from my chaintech av-710 to my receiver. And late at night I use my trusty Grado SR-225's hooked up to my receiver's headphone out. Attached Images __________________ Gigabyte P55a-UD3, i5 750@ 3.8ghz, 1.3 vcore BFG GTX 260 Core 216 4 gigs G.Skill Eco DDR3 1600- 6,8,6,24 Silverstone ST56ZF yamaha rx-v2400, crown xls-402 Salk/Ellis 1801's, Rythmik F15 15" servo sub Last edited by Jizzzared; 03-05-09 at 09:41 PM.
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03-05-09, 11:51 PM	#38
pinky33 Member Join Date: May 2008	Jizzzared, good description there. I bet that 15" thumps like a beast. My newest project will add pictures as it comes together and more parts arrive. __________________ Gigabyte EP45-UD3P q6600 under water (420x8)=3.360Ghz @ ~1.45v 7950 3GB GV-R795WF3 Stock for now 650W corsair PSU OCZ Reapers 4x2GB 1050 (5-5-5-15) lain li A77 cooling: apogee GT, MCW60 +custom heatsinks MCR220(top) MCR320(front), MCP350
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03-06-09, 06:38 AM	#39
Sir Barton Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit	Those Daytons are going to be sweet! Have you bought your amp yet? __________________ main system: Antec P180 \| Asus P8Z68V-Pro \| i5 2500k (stock) \| 8GB HyperX 1600 \| Sparkle 560Ti \| 120GB HyperX (Wintendo) \| 60GB Vertex (Debian) laptop: Dell Inspiron 11z \| Pentium SU4100 \| 4GB Crucial 667 \| 30GB Vertex 2nd system: Antec P180 \| Gigabyte P35-DS3L \| E5200 (stock) \| 4GB G. Skill 800 \| eVGA 9500GT \| 60GB Vertex (Mint Debian) server: Chenbro SR10769 \| Supermicro X7DWE \| 2x Xeon L5420 \| 8GB Kingston FB 667 \| 4x 500GB WD Black RAID 10 \| 4x Hitachi 7K300.C \| Debian 6 media clients: 4x Apple TV 2 \| 2x XIOS DS \| 3x Squeezebox Duet
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03-06-09, 09:09 AM	#40
pinky33 Member Join Date: May 2008	yup. purchased this model. You have to copy past the link http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AudioSource-Amp100-AMP-100-Stereo-Power-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ380106825503QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ LH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item380106825503&_trksid=p 3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205\|66%3A2\|65%3A12\|39% 3A1\|240%3A1318\|301%3A1\|293%3A1\|294%3A50 __________________ Gigabyte EP45-UD3P q6600 under water (420x8)=3.360Ghz @ ~1.45v 7950 3GB GV-R795WF3 Stock for now 650W corsair PSU OCZ Reapers 4x2GB 1050 (5-5-5-15) lain li A77 cooling: apogee GT, MCW60 +custom heatsinks MCR220(top) MCR320(front), MCP350
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