Following Christmas, my equipment list has grown:

Family room:
-- Sony KP-53HS10 53" Rear Projection HD/TV
-- Sony DVP-S330 DVD
-- Sony STR-DE835 AV Receiver
-- 2 Tannoy tower speakers
-- Celestion center speaker
-- 2 Celestion surround speakers
-- *Nintendo Wii*

HT:
-- Hitachi PJTX100 Ultravision Front Projector (16:9/1280 x 720 native)
-- 110" DIY screen, blackout fabric coated with Goo Systems Digital Grey Lite
-- Pioneer VSX-1015TX AV Receiver, 7.1 THX Select 2 certified
-- 2 Merak tower speakers
-- Celestion center speaker
-- Celestion 12" downfiring subwoofer
-- 4 KLH surround speakers
-- ButtKicker BKA1000-4A Amplifier
-- 2 ButtKicker LFE
-- Rogers branded SA Explorer HD3250
-- Microsoft XBOX 360 with *HD DVD drive* addon
-- *Sony Playstation 3* (Blue-Ray) with Bluetooth remote.
-- Harmony 880 remote
-- DIY Home Theater PC with:
* Thermaltake Tenor HTPC case
* Antec 450W dual 120mm fan PS
* Asus P5GD2 Motherboard 800Mhz FSB, SATA/RAID, 1Gb LAN, 5.1 audio
* 1GB of DDR2 600MHz memory
* Pentium 4, 775 socket 2.8GHz
* ATI Radeon X800 XL PCIe video card with 256MB
* Haupauge PVR-250 MPEG2 capture and NTSC tuner card
* *Haupauge PVR-150 MPEG2 capture and NTSC tuner card*
* Divco Fusion Gold HDTV/ATSC tuner card
* 2 Maxtor 250GB SATA hard drives
* Sony dual-layer DVD burner
* UIRT IR receiver/blaster w/ Girder
* Windows XP Professional
* DivX, XVid, and Ogg/MKV Codecs
* SnapStream Beyond TV Personal Video Recorder
* SnapStream Beyond Media
* *Haupauge 45-button silver IR remote*
* Beyond TV/Media plugins for DVD Library and custom skin
-- DIY multi-media network
* 100Mbs LAN, Rogers Business Internet Faster w/ 6Mbs down/1Mbs up
* Linksys WRT54GS running HyperWRT Thibor firmware
* Vonage branded Linksys WRT54GP2 (router/access point turned off)
* Linksys NSLU2 network attached storage w/ 2 Maxtor HD @ 1TB
* Compaq Presario laptop 802.11g wireless w/ Beyond TV Link
-- Dedicated room
* 7 Coaster Showtime theater seating
* Finished framing, moving onto electrical & drywall.

That's it for now....
Kaoru

Well, if you click on the link in my signature, you'll see how my setup looks. I have only listed the main components, I don't have the patience to get into wiring and the exact brands of powerbars and things of that nature.

Cheers,

ok I am just starting out at this, I am 19 and in 2nd year university so this is nothing to great but I am very satisfied with what i have so far.

-Samsung LNS2641D- very happy with
-Toshiba DR5
-XBOX 360
-360 HD-DVD
-Sony Ht-DDW900- new i haven't tested completely.
-Quest center speaker QC500NX- Decided that i needed a better center speaker.
-Sony SCDCE595 5 disc cd player
-Harmony 550 remote

Future plans:
-HTPC
-PS3 Just to use as a "budget" blueray player.

This has been a "work in progress". Really the only thing i'm looking to upgrade now is the center channel. I may replace the fronts with a set of Polk rti 8's and the center with a Polk csi 5. I kinda have a loyalty to Polk. I use to be into car stereos back in the day and had them as a co-sponser.

-Sony sxrd kds 50a2000
-Directv HD reciever
-Pioneer vsx 1015tx
-Samsung dvd r145
-Sony dvd ns70h
-JVC hra5914 hi-fi vcr(old school)
-Polk csi30 center
rti28 front
fxi3 surrounds
-Klipsch sub10

Heres mine Panasonic 58PX60U
Yamaha RXV 2095 Reciever
Denon 1920 DVD Player
Toshiba SD 3107 DVD Player
Toshiba DVD Recorder DR4SU
Bell 9200 Satellite
Optimus Home Theatre Power Center
PSB Stratus Golds main speakers
PSB Stratus C5 Centre speaker
PSB 300i Rears
PSB Subsonic 2i subwoofer
Future Plans HD DVD or Blue Ray

Here is mine

Fam room

Toshiba 40H80
Rogers 3250hd stb
Marantz sr4300 receiver
Marantz dv4300 dvd
Paradigm cc170 centre
Paradigm Titan mains
Paradigm cinema 70 rears
Paradigm ps1000 sub
Playstation2
Sony 400cd cd player


HT

Sanyo z5 projector
90" goo digital grey screen
rogers 3250hd stb
Marantz sr8000 receiver
oppo 981hd dvd
Paradigm cc190 centre
Paradigm Legend mains
Paradigm cinema 90 rears
Paradigm ps1000 sub

It has been on ongoing project for about 7 years. Just finished the theater downstairs, hopefully that is it for awhile, even though I know better. Wish I knew how to post pictures, I would show you the theater.

Hi there, Visiter555

you have a lot of satelite boxes.

How many dishes do you have hooked up ?

I'm assuming you need more than 1 dish to accomplish this.

And, is Bell Xpress Vu charging you for *2* subscriptions each month because you have more 2 dishes ?

I have three dishes up 1 x Bell with a DishPro twin LNB (82 & 91), 1 x Dish with a DishPro twin LNB (110 & 119) and 1 x 36" with a DishPro dual LNB (129 for Dish HD).

All run two RG6 to DishPro 34 switches (daisy chained for 8 IRD outs from each dish).

ExpressVu charges me one sub (six IRDs 1 x 3100, 3 x 4100 & 2 x 6100). All are attached to phone lines.

Dish charges me for one sub (2 x 311 & 3 x ViP211). All are attached to phone lines.

I have a dedicated room that is 16x12x8 in the basement for my HT.

Running a 5.1 setup.

Here's the stuff:

Equipment

Pioneer VSX-515-K 6.1 Receiver
Dell 2300MP Projector
LG DV7832VXC UpConverting DVD Player
Motorola DCT-6208 HDTV PVR Receiver
XBOX 360
Toshiba 27" CRT
96" DIY 16:9 Screen

Main Speakers

JVC SP-45BK Floorstanders 140w 12" Woofer, 4" MidRange, 1" Tweeter

Center

Kenwood CRS-15 100w Dual 4" Woofers

Rear Surrounds

Advent AHT850 Surrounds

Subwoofer

SVS 25-31 PCi Subwoofer (tuned to 22hz)

pcouture , that is an amazing stand. Just beautiful.

What make and where did u get it from. I currently have a sanus lowboy and it's getting long in the tooth.

Thanks!

I've had this for more than 2 and a half years. Back then, it was very hard to find something that looked like this because there were so few flat screen panels being sold. Most entertainement centres were still bulky and deep.

My wife and I chose it at IKEA. It's actually a dining room sideboard! I won't even tell you how mych I paid for it because it's ridiculous.

It looks a lot better in person and everybody who comes to our house comments on it.

Thanks!

I've had this for more than 2 and a half years. Back then, it was very hard to find something that looked like this because there were so few flat screen panels being sold. Most entertainement centres were still bulky and deep.

My wife and I chose it at IKEA. It's actually a dining room sideboard! I won't even tell you how mych I paid for it because it's ridiculous.

It looks a lot better in person and everybody who comes to our house comments on it.
Did you need a allen key to assemble it....LOL

Howdy all!

Just joined after lurking for a long time, but since it's all about being Canadian, how could I not join :)

Here are the specs for my custom home theatre that I spent a year building:

The Stoakley Home Theatre

18' x 10' room - in basement, controlled lighting environment
Two tiered stadium seating - seats 6 comfortably on two leafter sofas
Denon AVR-3300 receiver
Denon LA-3500 laser disc player (love the old school!)
Denon DVD-1600 DVD player
Panamax 500 surge supressor
Sony KP-57WV600 57" 16:9 HDTV RPTV - I still love this TV!
Energy Pro 2.5's L / R
Energy AC-200 centre
Energy RVSS surround speakers
Energy ES-8 8" 100 powered subwoofer - awesome bass for such a small box
Sony Playstation 2 - just 'cause, although I can use my computer down there too
Home Theatre Master RX-800 remote (both IR and RF)
Most of my cables were custom built by an audio engineer I used to work with ( I'm a TV sound guy).

What I did:

- subfloor is DriCore
- riser is standard wall configuration. Filled with two layers of Roxul's Safe 'N Sound. Two layers of 3/4" construction grade ply, glued and screwed to studs.
- knocked a hole in one wall and built a custom rack to house all my gear and media.
- added two lights attached to Lutron IR dimmer
- carpet is 65oz. plush with 10mm underpad

I did all the work myself except for adding three new circuts to my electrical panel - I brought a pro in for that one!

Anyway, I've added the link at the bottom for those who would like to see what it looks like. It's in another forum which I've been a member there for a long time so I hope that doesn't upset anyone.

Looking forward to adding my 2 cents to this forum as well.

Cheers,

Andrew

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/gallery1/main.php?g2_itemId=2486

Nice Stoakley.

I hope to finish my basement this spring and hopefully a decent home theatre. Do you mind giving us an idea as to how much you spent excluding the equipment?

Nice Stoakley.

I hope to finish my basement this spring and hopefully a decent home theatre. Do you mind giving us an idea as to how much you spent excluding the equipment?

Hi Sam,

Thanks for the compliment... it was a great project to work on and family and friends really enjoy hanging out down there, especially during the lovely Canadian winters :)

As for price, it was relatively cheap, mostly because I did all the work myself. As I said in my origianl post I brought in a professional for the electrical work which was insisted upon by my insurance broker.

I'll break it down for you into the different categories as much as I can remember:

Sub-floor - $ 400
Carpet - $1500 w/ installation
2 couches - $3000 (got them at The Chesterfield Shop with no GST)
2 lights - $ 100
Lutron dimmer - $ 50
Riser - $ 300 (includes the wood, Roxul, screws and glue)
Trim & stain - $ 200
Custom rack - $120

I think that's about it. If you have anymore questions about specifics, please give me a shout.

Cheers,

Andrew

Hey guys, been lurking for a bit, thought I'd come out of the cave for a post or 2 ;)

I have been peicing this together since it was a 19" tube and an early 80's quadrophonic amp...

As it is right now:

dedicated media/VG room, 9x13 and layout forces me to have the tv on the long wall, so not ideal.

-Panasonic TH42px600u (love it)
-JVC 7042s 6.1 120w x5 (never see anyone else with this amp, but I like it)
-Athena F2.2 mains
-Athena C.5 center (needs to be upgraded)
-Athena s.5 surrounds (want r.1's but cant find them for cheap)
-Athena R-1 surround back (anyone selling 2?)
-Athena ps-300 8" sub (was great with the point 5 system, since upgrading to f2's it gets lost sometimes, soon to be a mirage omni s10)

I like the setup, cant seem to get it tuned right yet (need an spl meter), center seems too quiet during movies, but if I turn it up (to +4-6!!) to sound right on DVD's, when I play ps2 games it is waaaay too loud, weird.

And it seems like there is too much of a sound "hole" between my fronts and the surrounds when doing the pink noise "ball" that circles around your head. But the speakers are where they have to be so...

sound>picture

Samsung 4051D LCD
Denon 4806CI
Paradigm Studio(v3) 40/570/470/servo-15
Toshiba A1 HD-DVD
Motorola DCT 6412
PS Audio P1000 Powerplant
PS Audio Duet
PS3(Blu-Ray)

Upstairs:

Panasonic 58PX600U
Pioneer Elite VSX84i
Pioneer Elite DVD46
Toshiba HDA2
Xbox 360
PS3
Motorola DCT 6416 (Cogeco)
Direct TV H10 SD
Paradigm Studio 40s (v3)
Paradigm Studio 20s (v3) Rear
Paradgim CC570 Center
PS1200 SUB
Sanus Lowboy Stand
All AudioQuest Cables


Downstairs (In progress)
Panasonic AX100U
NAD T773 (T775 COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
NAD T534 DVD
Motorola DCT6200 (Cogeco)
Home Made 106" DIYTheater.com Screen (Framed with MDF)
No speakers yet (Moving the paradigms downstairs and looking for a decent set to hang on wall upstairs)

We should start a thread - Takes pics of your setup??!!!!!

I love to see others setups.
Im gonna post my pics tomorrow

Wow, I have to admit I'm floored. I haven't visited this thread since 2004 and it's still going. Heck, I thought it had been buried by now.

In case anyone is wondering why I'm saying this, I'm the original poster of this thread.

Anyway, I suppose it's time for an update:

For my TV viewing, I'll be using these components:

TV: Toshiba TW40X81 (Calibrated by JohnnyG)
Receiver: Kenwood VR-2080 (DD-DTS)
Front speakers: PSB Centuries
Center speaker: PSB Alpha Center
Rear speakers: PSB Alpha Mites
Subwoofer: PSB Subzero (8")

New home theater:

Projector: Sony VPL-HS10 LCD front projector
Screen: Draper 106" 16:9 Cineperm Hi-Def Grey
Receiver: NAD Electronics T762 (DD-EX, DTS-ES)
Front Speakers: PSB Stratus Silver
Center Speaker: PSB Stratus C6
Rear speakers: PSB Image 10S bipoles
Rear Center: PSB Alpha C
Subwoofer: PSB Image Subsonic 6 (12")
HD-DVD player: Toshiba HD-A1--------------> NEW
Sattelite: ExpressVu 6000 HDTV
DVD recorder: Panasonic DMR-E30
LD player: Pioneer CLD-D504
Game system: Sony Playstation 3------------> NEW

Soon to come:

Panasonic PT-AE1000 1080P Projector to replace the aging Sony HS-10.
Toshiba 42" 1080P LCD to replace the aging Toshiba 40" CRT.
Toshiba 23" 720P LCD-DVD for the bedroom to replace... nothing.

Norm

I thought I would post my system here and join you all and post what I have put together.

TV: Sony KDL 40XBR2
DVD: Denon dvd5900
AVR: Rotel- RSP976
Tunner: Rotel- RT 940ax
Amp: Rotel RB-976MkII
Amp: Rotel RB-1070
Sub: Energy XL-S10
Center: Totem Mite "T"-C
Mains: Totem Sttaf
Rears: Totem Mite

Also: PS3, High Def cable box.

My theatre has Hitachi 50V525E-Yamaha RX-V1600-Bell 6100-Toshiba HD-A2 player-PS3 for my blu-ray-Nuance baby grand for fronts for now i will be adding Klipsch RF-83 in August. Centre channel is Klipsch RC-64 .surrounds are mini tower Nuances and surround backs are bookshelf Nuances.I know there is a lot of ups and downs about Nuance mine are gr8 never a problem sound is gr8 I've DJayed in the past have had a lot of speakers in my day and I'm happy with them they are 5 yrs old now and time to upgrade.