KxDx
Senior Member
Hot off the heels of improving my maelstrom of a mancave with a MiniDSP DDRC-22D, I obtained its analog I/O cousin the DDRC-22A and implemented it into my 2.0 living room system.
The heart of the system is the Marantz NR1200 AVR. It makes going 2 channel easy, and it has stereo preamp outputs, which allows me to insert the 22A into the chain. Amplifier is a Niles SI-2150, same as I use upstairs.
Speakers: McIntosh LS360's. Dual 10's like I like it, and an interesting 8" large midrange and 5-dome tweeter array. These speakers have a GREAT midrange presence. I wish I could swap then with my T&A's upstairs but nobody wants to help me move them! I'm so glad they're front ported so the grills prevent Legos and Barbie dolls from winding up in the ports. They are specced for -2dB at 29Hz which should prove more than adequate for almost anything we watch. I didn't want to take the straps (grandkid-proofing) off to remove the grills so here's a stock picture stolen off the internet (actually it’s my pair of speakers in the previous owner’s house).
The speakers flank a custom-built AV shelf / dog crate. Smile Hazel, you're famous!
This is a large, open, acoustically difficult space. Unlike my room upstairs, the living room is anything but cuboid. Behind the sofa is the stairway.
To the right of the couch opens up the hallway, and the pantry /kitchen area.
To its left is the wall for the front of the house.
The ceiling slopes around 20? degrees and is at least 15 feet high at its peak (as a side note, this is why it stays so damn cold in there during the winter).
The heart of the system is the Marantz NR1200 AVR. It makes going 2 channel easy, and it has stereo preamp outputs, which allows me to insert the 22A into the chain. Amplifier is a Niles SI-2150, same as I use upstairs.
Speakers: McIntosh LS360's. Dual 10's like I like it, and an interesting 8" large midrange and 5-dome tweeter array. These speakers have a GREAT midrange presence. I wish I could swap then with my T&A's upstairs but nobody wants to help me move them! I'm so glad they're front ported so the grills prevent Legos and Barbie dolls from winding up in the ports. They are specced for -2dB at 29Hz which should prove more than adequate for almost anything we watch. I didn't want to take the straps (grandkid-proofing) off to remove the grills so here's a stock picture stolen off the internet (actually it’s my pair of speakers in the previous owner’s house).
The speakers flank a custom-built AV shelf / dog crate. Smile Hazel, you're famous!
This is a large, open, acoustically difficult space. Unlike my room upstairs, the living room is anything but cuboid. Behind the sofa is the stairway.
To the right of the couch opens up the hallway, and the pantry /kitchen area.
To its left is the wall for the front of the house.
The ceiling slopes around 20? degrees and is at least 15 feet high at its peak (as a side note, this is why it stays so damn cold in there during the winter).
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