swt61 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 Just an entry level RX-V365. If I get interested in home theater again I plan to upgrade to Emotiva's Pre/Pro, 7.1 Amp and speakers. The little Emotiva ERM-1 speakers I bought for my desk arrived yesterday, and I'm very impressed. Fit, finish and SQ are unbelievable for a speaker costing $149.00 ea. (sale). But as you can see from the pics below, I really don't have room currently to have speakers on stands. Yes, this setup is in my bedroom. That's where I like to watch movies. The Plasma will mount on the wall directly above the Red speaker box, and be tilted downward. I'll be moving one of my powered subs over to this system too.
blessingx Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 Good to hear about the ERM1s swt61. Which sub will you be using with them? Picked up one of the last RPA2s a few months back (and wish I had bought the RSP2 when I had the chance) and been curious about Emotivas speakers since.
swt61 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I have two AV123 UFW-10 500 Watt active subs. I'll use one of them in the 5.1 system. The other will be used with the ERM-1s. If I end up upgrading to the Emotiva setup, I'd most likely buy a 15" sub.
luvdunhill Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I have two AV123 UFW-10 500 Watt active subs. I'll use one of them in the 5.1 system. The other will be used with the ERM-1s. If I end up upgrading to the Emotiva setup, I'd most likely buy a 15" sub. Hey Steve, I just remembered I have a sub I could work you a deal on. I'll never use it, and it's way to heavy to ship. It's a 15" (I think) Citation THX sub (Harmon Kardon's upper end line, I believe). Really nice. It's been moved around a bit, but it doesn't show too much. I suppose we never had a formal agreement for the ribbon speakers, I'd be willing to trade it straight-up for that labor in a heart beat
freckling Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Let me know how the Yamaha turns out. I'm interested in that line by Yamaha as well as Onkyo's receivers.
swt61 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Hey Steve, I just remembered I have a sub I could work you a deal on. I'll never use it, and it's way to heavy to ship. It's a 15" (I think) Citation THX sub (Harmon Kardon's upper end line, I believe). Really nice. It's been moved around a bit, but it doesn't show too much. I suppose we never had a formal agreement for the ribbon speakers, I'd be willing to trade it straight-up for that labor in a heart beat Sounds promising. I'm in no hurry yet though. I still need to decide if I want to build a real surround system again. Last I played around with them was late '80s - early '90s, and video was the weak link then. That's certainly not the case now. Let me know how the Yamaha turns out. I'm interested in that line by Yamaha as well as Onkyo's receivers. Will do. I keep hoping to see a delivery driver pull up. The TV shipping was free, but no tracking.
hirsch Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 Just got an email from Oppo. The BDP-83 has now been released to the public at the same price as the preorders. There's also some beta firmware on their site, but I may wait for the release version.
postjack Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 I would truly love to hear how this unit performs with SACDs, if any casers care to comment.
HeadphoneAddict Posted July 1, 2009 Report Posted July 1, 2009 I just got my email today from OPPO notifying me of the release.
swt61 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Posted July 1, 2009 The Plasma TV arrived yesterday. By the time I got a friend over to help me set it up on the wall mount it was pretty late. I did watch part of a Blu-ray movie however, and even without any setup on the TV or Blu-ray player, it was pretty awesome. Today will be spent setting up and dialing in the TV, Oppo and receiver. There's a lot to read first.
Hopstretch Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Posted July 1, 2009 Looking good! Any particular reason you decided to mount it up so high, Steve?
swt61 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Posted July 1, 2009 Looking good! Any particular reason you decided to mount it up so high, Steve? Yeah, I'm laying in my bed when I'm watching, and I don't really like to sit up. This worked out great with the little CRT TV I had before, and last nights quick viewing proved to be quite comfy as well. It's tilted down as far as the mount will allow (I'd estimate about 5 degrees), and that really seems just about perfect.
ronnielee54 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Posted July 1, 2009 I thought I had a setup in my bedroom. That is just fucking wild. My wife would shoot me if I tried to pull something like that off. Good job.
hirsch Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 Just redid the HT system with Oppo BDP-83. I initially started with a digital output going to Outlaw 990, and used it that way for a couple of days. However, I got a shock when switching to the analog multi-channel outputs of the BDP-83. The Oppo is clearly a better audio processor than the Outlaw on just about any video sound format I tried, down to Dolby 2.0. The hi-rez lossless formats are something else again. I was considering upgrading the Outlaw when their new hi-end processor come out, but am not so sure anymore. 7.1 analog passthrough may well be good enough with this player, in which case the 990 is fine.
Hopstretch Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Posted July 7, 2009 The main benefit of an upgrade to the new Outlaw would be to get Trinnov room correction -- which is reportedly absolutely outstanding, though how well it will be implemented in these new processors remains to be seen. The first new Sherwood-Newcastle receivers (which Outlaw's model is based off) are just trickling in to dealers now, so there should be some reliable reports soon.
morphsci Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 The main benefit of an upgrade to the new Outlaw would be to get Trinnov room correction -- which is reportedly absolutely outstanding, though how well it will be implemented in these new processors remains to be seen. The first new Sherwood-Newcastle receivers (which Outlaw's model is based off) are just trickling in to dealers now, so there should be some reliable reports soon. I am waiting to see how they are reviewed. I think it is time to retire the Rotel 1068. Right now it looks like I will either get the Outlaw 997 or the Integra DHC-9.9. I haven't been a huge fan of the Outlaw Pre-Pro's in the past as they always seemed one step behind the curve. No HDMI on the 990 was just stupid and pig-headed.
Hopstretch Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Posted July 9, 2009 Very good write up of the OPPO in Home Theater mag this week by Kris Deering, who is one of the handful of reviewers worth listening to on the video side. Home Theater: OPPO BDP-83 Universal Blu-ray Player
blessingx Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Yeah, thanks. Good read. Side note: this phrase though caught my attention: I dusted off the few DVDs I have left in my collection... Have we really moved that far already? I mean considering how many titles aren't available on Blu-ray (not to mention old titles that likely would benefit little)? Man, I've bought over 60 titles in DVD box sets recently (many new to DVD and far from, if ever, on Blu-ray). That phrase, from someone who obviously loves film, is a little scary.
Hopstretch Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Posted July 9, 2009 Have we really moved that far already? I mean considering how many titles aren't available on Blu-ray (not to mention old titles that likely would benefit little)? Well, Kris's forum sig is "If it's not in HD, I'm not buying it." So he's probably something of an outlier.
mirumu Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 In terms of mainstream live action movies/TV series I'm only buying Blu-ray at this point. No DVDs. If something new I want is DVD-only then I'll skip it and wait for the inevitable BD release. For the more film festival-type titles I may make an exception and buy a DVD simply because BD versions may be years away, but in most cases I'll wait for a BD release. For anime about half the Japanese discs I'm buying new are Blu-ray and the only reason I'm buying some on DVD is because they're shows that are unlikely to ever become available on BD. In terms of my collection in it's entirety though it'd still be over 90% DVD even today so Kris's Blu-ray adoption must exceed mine quite substantially.
grawk Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 I've quit buying movies for the time being, and am a good percentage of the way through the process of ripping them all to my itunes library. I'll wait for HD until there's a decent at-home on-a-mac solution to hd ripping.
Hopstretch Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Posted July 9, 2009 I've quit buying movies for the time being, and am a good percentage of the way through the process of ripping them all to my itunes library. I'll wait for HD until there's a decent at-home on-a-mac solution to hd ripping. It's funny. I am PC Audio all the way on the sound side. But I still like my physical media for video. HTPCs are still way, way too fiddly for me and -- as a finicky viewer -- downloads involve too many resolution/compression compromises at this point and probably will for a while yet. An it-just-works Mac solution might see me drifting to the dark side, though.
grawk Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 My setup is pretty close to it just works at this point, tho there are still some quirks to how the output files turn out. I use handbrake universal setting, and I've been pretty happy. The kids are able to use the apple tv to watch their movies upstairs, which I can control with my iphone from anywhere in the house, and we can watch a LOT of variety of things using plex on the mac mini on the main tv.
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