Home Theater / Audio Setup Recommendations
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No Dominator MX. Just some vintage ADS L-810s from circa 1980. They can blast the AC DC and LZ records at very high volume with zero distortion and great detail.
Alas, I'm a terrrible resource on home theater. My interest is more 2 channel hi fi which is a different animal. I do know this gear pretty well.
My amplification is McIntosh MAC 4100 receiver which was the most bad ass receiver of the late 70s or early 80s. I'm pour so I tend to buy used. A new comparable McIntosh receiver or integrated is about $6500. Turntable is a Rega P3 which is the best in the market at its price point.
God I used to love a Face Book pool party album.
Whatever you decide make sure to buy it through Amazon
@oregonblitzkrieg
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Pitchfork51
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I was gonna comment, but I'm about to throw up.
No McIntosh on Amazon. Oh wait some asshole retailer does have some Mac gear through them.
Rapeculturedawg
New Fish
-65” Samsung KS9000 4k tv
-Denon x4300h AVR
-Klipsch RF-62's, RC-52, RB-62's, 4 Onkyo surround speakers for height, and a Definitive subwoofer @DoogieMcDoogerson gave me.
-Xbox One X
Looking to upgrade my sub in the near future.
reddit r/hometheater is a pretty good resource.
-Denon x4300h AVR
-Klipsch RF-62's, RC-52, RB-62's, 4 Onkyo surround speakers for height, and a Definitive subwoofer @DoogieMcDoogerson gave me.
-Xbox One X
Looking to upgrade my sub in the near future.
reddit r/hometheater is a pretty good resource.
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Fenderbender123
New Fish
I bought a 65" Sony X900e and some Klipsche Reference Premier speakers (5.1 setup) about a year ago and have been very happen with them.
The TV is beautiful. The colors are amazing. No hyperbole there at all. The blacks are literally as close as you can get to OLED quality but without all the other drawbacks of having an actual OLED TV. People don't believe me when I tell them how blown away they will be when they see it. Then they watch it, and they're like "holy shit this is beautiful". And since it's a 2017 model, you can find them a lot cheaper now. Haven't researched Sony's 2018 models, though, so don't know much about them.
The speakers sound good too. Especially the center channel. That's where all the dialogue and good stuff comes from on movies and TV shows. I can hear every little detail in the way people speak. And the bass is good enough without a sub. If you like to actually rumble in your seat, get a sub. I don't really give a shit about that. I just like to hear the bass and for it be smooth and loud, not overpowering. The smallest set of fronts on Klipsche's premier line give me more than enough bass, as I actually have to turn it down about 50% on my receiver so that I don't piss off my neighbors (I live in a condo), and even then it's still very loud.
The TV is beautiful. The colors are amazing. No hyperbole there at all. The blacks are literally as close as you can get to OLED quality but without all the other drawbacks of having an actual OLED TV. People don't believe me when I tell them how blown away they will be when they see it. Then they watch it, and they're like "holy shit this is beautiful". And since it's a 2017 model, you can find them a lot cheaper now. Haven't researched Sony's 2018 models, though, so don't know much about them.
The speakers sound good too. Especially the center channel. That's where all the dialogue and good stuff comes from on movies and TV shows. I can hear every little detail in the way people speak. And the bass is good enough without a sub. If you like to actually rumble in your seat, get a sub. I don't really give a shit about that. I just like to hear the bass and for it be smooth and loud, not overpowering. The smallest set of fronts on Klipsche's premier line give me more than enough bass, as I actually have to turn it down about 50% on my receiver so that I don't piss off my neighbors (I live in a condo), and even then it's still very loud.
BearsWiin
New Fish
Samsung 55" 4K tv
Denon avrx1000 receiver from a few years ago
Paradigm Studio 60 towers with a cc-350 center channel
a/d/s CM7 rear channel speakers
Had a pair of Klipsch kg4s back in the day, too horny so I traded them in for the less efficient but truer ads cm7s. Had a Luxman lv105u integrated amp for many years, hard to find vacuum tube replacements for it. So I said fuck it and went with some midrange Denon crap
Denon avrx1000 receiver from a few years ago
Paradigm Studio 60 towers with a cc-350 center channel
a/d/s CM7 rear channel speakers
Had a pair of Klipsch kg4s back in the day, too horny so I traded them in for the less efficient but truer ads cm7s. Had a Luxman lv105u integrated amp for many years, hard to find vacuum tube replacements for it. So I said fuck it and went with some midrange Denon crap
a/d/s speakers are classics. Some of the best American made chit you could get back in the late 70s and early 80s. My hand me down ones have served me very well.
BearsWiin
New Fish
I had a friend in college who had worked at a high-end shop in Providence RI who turned me on to a/d/s speakers. Bought the KG4s with a NAD 7240 receiver that was perfect for dorm room blast contests, but then after a year decided to get the Luxman amp and the CM7s. That was in 1988; they were my go-to speakers until about ten years ago when I got the Paradigm Studio 60s and the CM7s became the rear-channel speakers. Not very efficient but wonderful to listen to.
WilburHooksHands
New Fish
I had a friend in college too. Nothing special.