The room even the wife loves :-)

OzSteve · August 26, 2014

Hi all,

I've been swapping and changing hardware over the past 4 months in the new house. Wanted something small, but turned out something bigger :thumb:

Stated with a Denon DRA-N5 and some Klipsch speakers (seen below)

Then bought a Marantz CR-610 (AWESOME) and adding a Parasound Halo A-21 (shortly) and have some great JBL SVA-2100 speakers

Denon 3930 SACD player and just ordered some SVS PB-2000 subs (had various Velodyne ones over the past few months)
A Synology NAS keeps all the music playing around the house too

Anyway, here is how it looks TODAY, more pics when the subs arrive

So, this is how the setup currently looks:

How it looks at night with the lighting:

The AWESOME JBL SVA-2100 speakers:

The sub on the left, I bought off ebay and didn't work when I got it home

Took it back to the lady for a refund, and she relisted it DOH!

The Marantz CR610 (love it)
Denon SACD
Samsung blu-ray player (BD audio discs)

The original setup with the Denon DRA-N5, Klipsch speakers and Velodyne subs (CHT-8 on the right and Impact 10 on the left)

The place where all the music sits, Synology DS2413+ with 30TB of storage (36TB in total but two 3TB drives as hot spares)

Some vinyl on the wall

The Denon 3930 SACD

Edited August 27, 2014 by OzSteve

Luc · August 26, 2014

Fantastic, WD!

Telecine · August 26, 2014

Looks great and I love the sub ; )

frankn · August 26, 2014

Quite a change around. Will watch with interest as the equipment evolves and you might also want to invest in some basic room treatments to get the best sound. A rug and possibly bass traps and diffusers would assist

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elcamry · August 26, 2014

Nice setup , like the mood lighting . :thumb:

Onbagz · August 26, 2014

Fantastic system layout.

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wolster · August 26, 2014

Congratulations on your system so far. Those JBL speakers look awseome.

Saxon Hall · August 26, 2014

Well done, looks like a comfortable set up.

A big fan of Jean Michel Jarre I see

OzSteve · August 26, 2014

Thanks everyone. I need to fixup the layout of the pics and add some comments to them.

It's been a fun few months, 6 different Velodyne subs. Klipsch to the JBL's (that sound AWESOME) I love horn loaded speakers.

Once I get my rack of silence, Parasound amp and the subs arrive I'll be happy. Then just a pre amp and turntable to go.

The lighting is cool (cheap too)

Cheers

Onbagz · August 27, 2014

Wait till the pb2000s are in [emoji16]

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OzSteve · August 28, 2014

Wait till the pb2000s are in [emoji16]

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I know can't WAIT

MKSOUND_HT · August 28, 2014

Wow that looks remarkable. I saw your title and thought "no way a wife could 100% approve a room" hahaha

I am really interested how you did your lighting in the room. Was it difficult to do?

illusion · August 28, 2014

Really cool setup Steve. :thumb:

OzSteve · August 28, 2014

Wow that looks remarkable. I saw your title and thought "no way a wife could 100% approve a room" hahaha

I am really interested how you did your lighting in the room. Was it difficult to do?

They're just halogen lights. Beacon lighting have them for like $9 a globe. I asked for 'blue halogen' They look a LOT better in the flesh than any photo I can take of them (only two globes for all this)

Bunnings sell them too I think.

I liked them so much I put them in the garden too

Edited August 28, 2014 by OzSteve

Steve M · August 28, 2014

Nice thoughtful set-up Steve, impressed ...but vinyl is for listening to, not hanging on a wall!

OzSteve · August 28, 2014

Nice thoughtful set-up Steve, impressed ...but vinyl is for listening to, not hanging on a wall!

That's why the vinyl is in frames so no damage for when I get a nice turntable

ZEN MISTER · August 28, 2014

Looks fantastic Steve. Humour me , ( trainspotter tendencies here) what is the right end, centre row album?

ZM.

OzSteve · August 28, 2014

Looks fantastic Steve. Humour me , ( trainspotter tendencies here) what is the right end, centre row album?

ZM.

Bleach - Nirvana. That one ?

OzSteve · August 30, 2014

I am now subwoofer-less today, but Monday I receive the two SVS PB-2000 subs :thumb: Can't wait

Darren69 · August 30, 2014

Beautiful stuff Steve, did you get the Parasound gear? There's some nice kit for sale in the classifieds.

Love the '1982 with a bullet' LP, that was the first full length tape I ever owned, bought it from Chandlers in Grafton.

Prior to that, I had some vinyl singles but that was that.

ELYAS · September 1, 2014

Looks fantastic mate. Would love to hammer out some driving progressive trance through those speakers.

OzSteve · September 1, 2014

I ordered two SVS PB-2000's subs and they've arrived. Going to pick them up soon. Picks to come later tonight :thumb:

I'm expecting big performance from them

MKSOUND_HT · September 1, 2014

I ordered two SVS PB-2000's subs and they've arrived. Going to pick them up soon. Picks to come later tonight

I'm expecting big performance from them

And big performance is what you will get hahaha. They are remarkable subwoofers. Me and my mate are very happy with them (he has 2, I have one for now hehe)

They are very low hitting and very smooth frequency response from 17hz +-3db.

tubularbells · September 1, 2014

Loving the lighting effect! Looks like a room you can really chill too...

OzSteve · September 1, 2014

Okay, here they are :love Had to put the kids into after school care as they took up all the boot/back seat space :thumb:

Now I've connected them to the sub out via a splitter and had them in the LFE and L/R. While I'm yet to crank them all up. DJ Ice Man J played LOW. Other tracks sound nice too. But I have the volume level to almost max :confused: