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Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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I finally finished putting together my Home Theater System tonight.

 

I've got a 50" Toshiba TV (the one with the extra projector).

 

I've added a Pioneer 5.1 (500 watt) reciever with adjustable crossovers and speaker volume controls.

 

I have a pair of Bose 701's as my front channel speakers

 

A Bose VCS-10 Center Channel (on top of my TV)

 

And I just mounted a pair of Bose 161's on the rear walls of my living room.

 

 

All I can say is this is a great set-up!!! Probably not the cheapest way to go from scratch, but since I already had the 701's I figured I'd make it a Bose System!!! Man does it sound sweet!!! I think I have about $600 in the center, rears and the reciever.

04-silver Enthusiast

04-silver

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I've not heard of the 701's (Canada)but doesn't mean much. I've heard the 901's excellent speaker.

 

I have a 47" Panny W/S

Yamaha Amp 260W-(with the wife and kids, I'd never use any more power, this shakes)

Energy 4.1E floors

Energy S10.2 powered sub

Sound Dynamics bookshelf 100w (also made by Energy)

A separte power/volume control for the little speakers when the tunes get cranked.

 

Surround is good but I wanted to go with what will work for both tunes and movies.

I have kind of big room to fill and what I do to get a somewhat surround sound I have the little speakers L on R and R on L, works well, mind you I don't get that bullet/broken glass sound through my head just around it..................lol

:thumbs:

John

bigdogs Senior Enthusiast

bigdogs

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We have our's in the basement which is fine since it is darker and I can crank it up a bit more. Our's consists of a Mits. 65" RPTV (the cabinet come apart so that was a big selling feature along with the picture quality). An Onkyo 7.1 100w/ch receiver) 2 Klipsch RF3-2's for the fronts, a Klipsch RC3-2 for the center, and 4 Klipsch RS3-2's for the side and rear surrounds, plus a Klipsch 800w KSW 15" sub.

 

We are down there most nights watching TV or movies along with all the dogs. One feature you wont see in most home theaters is 5 dog beds spread out across the floor. :thumbs:

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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I've not heard of the 701's (Canada)but doesn't mean much. I've heard the 901's excellent speaker.

I think Bose discontinued the 701's a year or so ago... They are a tower type direct/reflecting speaker. Each tower contains about 1/2 dozen speakers and it has dual ports (frt/rr).

 

The VCS-10 center channel has 4 speakers in it, and the 161's each have 2 speakers.

 

All together it makes a nice set-up that fills every corner of the room (15'x25') with sound.

04-silver Enthusiast

04-silver

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When I went to buy my sub, I heard the 901's and the the rest of the Bose setup they had at another retailer..........there was no dust on the brain cells after that.......lol

 

I ended up buying the Sub, which was my intention anyway, ended up being a health issue (wife)

 

Our room is 28' x 19'. got the boob tube, got the tunes, the PC's now to enhance the bar.

 

That was another health issue. Jeeze..... they change when they have kids.

 

Anyway very nice setup Shaners.

 

:thumbs:

John

 

should of proof read before I posted...........lol

Import Hater Enthusiast

Import Hater

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Don't want to burst your bubble, but since I used to be in the business, hell...I was a Bose certified sales associate...but those .01 series speakers weren't the best for home theater applications. I know the 901 was mentioned, which would be the worst choice. All those Bose floorstanders rely on reflected sound. Ever seen a 901 speaker? There's more speakers pointing backwards than there are foward.

 

The 701 is a great speaker. Very bass heavy. Personally, for standing next to a big projection tv, I liked the old 501s best. But if you have a lot of music going on, the 701 is the way to go. 901 requires way too much commitment as to the arrangement of the speakers for good sound.

 

bigdogs...we have very similar systems. :thumbs:

bigdogs Senior Enthusiast

bigdogs

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I went and listened to a few different speaker setups and liked the Klipsch the best. I can make the walls and floor shake so that is enough for me.

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melbertbloosfan

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yeah baby, home theater talk..

 

50" Toshie (good choice, shaners).

Pio 5.1 (VSX711 off ebay, factory refurb for $130 shipped).

Paradigm titans, cc270, atoms and ps1000 sub.

JVC prog scan DVD/CD player.

 

Now get a calibration disk for that toshie like sound and vision home theater tune-up. And get'er outta torch mode (100% contrast) as quickly as possible.

 

Have fun!!!

 

:thumbs::eek::eek::lol::D

Import Hater Enthusiast

Import Hater

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I went and listened to a few different speaker setups and liked the Klipsch the best. I can make the walls and floor shake so that is enough for me.

Gotta love them horns.

 

I have:

 

Mitsubishi WS-65905 rpTV

Mitsubishi SR-HD500 HD/DirecTV

Sony DVP-CX985V 400 disc DVD

Sony SLV-R1000 S-VHS

Denon AVR3300

Klipsch KLF 12 mains

Klipsch KLF C7 center

Klipsch KLF 10 rears

Klipsch KSW 15 sub

MonsterPower HTS3500

 

of course Monster cable on everything

and about 450 dvds

 

 

I used to work at good guys. I got this stuff at cost. I'm glad I did. You'd kill yourselves if you knew how much markup some of this stuff has.

 

Rob

bigdogs Senior Enthusiast

bigdogs

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I know there is a HUGE markup on the cable for sure :loser:

 

 

I do like the Klipsch stuff as it has a really good SPL as well. I almost went with a Denon but got a real good deal on this Onkyo instead. Also got both the TV and speakers on sale so was like half of list price (and I'm sure they still made a nice chunk of change on it).

 

I have a Panasonic RP82 DVD player hooked up to my RPTV as well as a JVC SVHS player (used rarely nowadays) and even the Xbox. We also have like 400 DVDs as well. You can view my collection at

 

My DVD Collection

Import Hater Enthusiast

Import Hater

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Speakers tend to have 50-60% markup. It obscene. What's more obscene is Monster Cable. If you're really, really connected, you can get it for Monster Cable employee cost which is about 75% off retail pricing. Video stuff is more like 20-30% markup.

 

Rob

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You think you're bad, eh? Well, I have a:

 

Yorx 4 in 1 receiver w/ dual cassette (35wX4)

 

2 pair of Pioneer 6X9's enclosed in homemade speaker cabinets constructed out of sheetrock and insulated with bubble wrap – I can make these for you if you like. Let me know.

 

A 10” Realistic sub powered by an Audiovox 200w / 80% THD amp with built in equalizer – I got this from my Bro’s IROC after he totaled it racing a Cellica

 

A HUGE 25" Zenith

 

A Sony Beta tape player

 

Don't flame me because I'm all money. Someday you too can have this system.

 

 

All kidding aside, congrats on the theatre! I live in mine (my real one)

 

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bigdogs Senior Enthusiast

bigdogs

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You think that markup is bad, you would really be surprised to see how much there is over the cost to make the cable. I used to work for a place that made medical cables and even with that the markup is HUGE by the time it gets to the people buying it for a the hospital.

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