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The kit we bought, our current setups

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I actually have three systems in my house. The basement home theater attracts the most visitors:
Great HT setup. So wish I had room for a large projector screen like that.
Enjoy your gear and time at ASR
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This is my budget bedroom setup, I got the Bluesound N150 used for £100 and Def Tech D9 speakers for £300 on Amazon Italy. I know the placement is not ideal but working with what I have. The powermac does get used as well but only to scan film :)


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I'm fairly new here (been lurking for a couple years maybe). Not new to this hobby though...

Media Room System:

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- JBL HDI-3800 (Main L/R), HDI-4500 (Center Channel), HDI-1600 (Surround L/R), KEF Q50a (temporary Atmos modules until I install 4x JBL overhead in-ceiling channels), Rythmik L-12 (Subwoofer)
- Denon AVR-X3700H AVR (will be adding ATI Hypex NCore amps)
- Zappiti 4K NAS & mini 4K HDR Media Player
- XBOX One S
- OPPO BDP
- 85" Samsung QLED 4K HDR Display
- Various GIK Acoustics panels & bass traps
- BDI Media Cabinet

Desktop System:

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- Dynaudio BM6a mkII Active Studio Monitors (crossed @ 80Hz via built-in amp circuitry), Paradigm SUB-10 Subwoofer w/PBK room correction
- Cambridge DACMagic Plus DAC (playing via Roon Core)
- GIK Acoustics Panels & Bass Trap
- Vicoustic VicWallpaper (on front wall)
- Samsung "The Frame" 4K HDR display

This is my Wife's work from home space as well as my Desktop listening space so I made it feel a bit "warmer" and more feminine with the VicWallpaper on the front wall and the real wood frame for the display (and it's ability to display art)

Bedroom System:

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- BG Radia Audiophile series Planar Hybrid in-wall / in-ceiling speakers 5.1.2 (Still need to install some Triad in-wall Slim Subs and get rid of that ML Dynamo on the floor)
- NAD T758v3 AVR (hoping to replace it with the T778 if it measures reasonably well)
- Zappiti mini 4K HDR Media Player
- Sony 4K Blu-Ray Player
- Vizio M55 4K HDR/DV Display (will eventually replace with 65" LG Gallery Series)

Outdoor System:

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- Definitive Technology AW6500 Outdoor Speakers powered by NAD CI720 (Roon mostly)
 

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@Sal1950 are these the ones you have now ?
No, mine are one size down, HDI-3600 in all four corners but I do have the same 4500 center channel. The 3800s still weren't available when I ordered mine or I might have gone that way. 3800=3x8": woofers, 3600=3x6" woofers.
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@Sal1950 What happened over there? Lights go out in the middle of taking the picture? >_>
 

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Can't see the gear :( too dark
Everything is a bit cramped here plus I suck as a photog.
The left stack is the Marantz 7703 pre/pro and 2 Adcom 545-II and 1 5400 doing l, c, r, & rear l, r, surround duty, bottom gear is 2 Adcom 535 II doing Atmos duty for 4 overhead speakers. The old Pioneer AVR on the middle far right is just laying around for backup duty if it should ever become needed.
This photo is a little lighter but the gear stack is still hidden behind the L 3600 speaker
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The left speaker looks to be placed about 1-2 feet nearer to the listening position than the right speaker in that photo.
 

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The left speaker looks to be placed about 1-2 feet nearer to the listening position than the right speaker in that photo.
Nope, optical illusion do to the angle taken.
 
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A Picture says more than thousand words...
Not so sure about that. ;)
Are the inner horn loaded ribbons DIY or factory?
A bit more info on the gear would be awesome.
Super looking system in any case, congrats!!!
 
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The inner pair (usually they reside in my (small) bedroom, i just moved them to the living room to hear how they sound in an appropriate sized room) are DIY speakers, the tweeter is the mighty Stage Accompany 8535. They go as loud as a compression driver, but with even lower distortion.

The other Speakers are JBL K2 S9500.
 

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I'm quite happy with my new Audiophonics LPA-S400ETs, this crappy video doesn't do them justice but hopefully you'll get a feel of the fun :

 

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