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For this poll, include all electronics gear which exists in your PRIMARY listening area. Include TVs/monitors, VCRs, receivers, speakers, power conditioning, interconnects and the like... Use the purchase price for all gear (unless you have a REALLY old, overpriced piece of equipment [think LCD projector], then estimate fair replacement value.)
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SONY KIRRARA BASSO 53" Rear Projection TV for $4800
Yamaha DSP-AZ1 for $2200
Yamaha NS-300 speaker for front main $750
Yamaha NS-C300 for center $300
Yamaha NS-100 pair for $350 NS-C 100 for $90
Yamaha YST-SW800 pair for $1600 plus Yamaha YST-SW320 for rear for $500
Yamaha MX-1 amp for $1200 and MX-1000U amp for $1200.
Yamaha NS-1000x speakers for $2500.
Accuphase DP70 CD player for $6500
Canton Ergo 120 speakers for $3800
Technics SL-DD33 Turntable for $120
Monster cables and interconects for a total of $250
Three constant voltage transformers for apprx. $500
Tripp Lite and APC surge protection for $300 apprx.
Account in balance in the bank.................$0.000
__________________ Yamaha NS-1000M, NS-1000x, Yamaha MX-1000 and MX-1 power amp, Yamaha CDX-1050 CDP, Accuphase DP70V CDP, Canton Ergo 120 speakers, Technics SL-1200 Mk-II TT. For HT, Yamaha Z9 with three Yamaha subs, two YST SW800 and one YST SW320 in rear, for mains, Yamaha NS-300 with 300C and for surrounds, NS-100 in rear, front effects handled by NS-90. For DVD duties, Yamaha DVD-S540 and for SACD Yamaha DVD-S2300 Mk-I. Also have Yamaha EQ-550 equalizer and Yamaha KX-932 deck.
Well here it goes for my system, its a bargain end system, but sounds quite nice.
Yamaha RX-v430 reciever
Yamaha CDC-585 5-disc CD changer
Dayton audio interlink (rca type)
monster xp/hp speaker wire
parts express/dayton audio BR-1 speakers
set of cheap speaker stands - 30" tall
Some kind of terk antenna for am/fm tuning
If you can solder well, and don't mind a 2-3 hour assembly time, these speakers cannot be beat on bang for the buck. I'd say they would be about on par with a set of Klipsch SB-3s just not as bright and with a bit better bass response. There is also a bit more warmth than the Klipsch, which to me is a good thing.
No tv vcr or anything, I havent watched TV at my place in years. But I do rent a bedrrom form an apartment so I have to fit so much stuff in a tiny space. Plus I'd rather be playing computer games
On an unrelated note, my computer system is:
Teac LS-MC90 speakers
monster xp/hp speaker cables.
pioneer sx-205 reciever (it was from my college days, was collecting dust so i decided to use it)
monster standard rca interconects (the purple ones, was left over form a car install)
rat shack 1/8" to rca adapter plug. They are about hte only place i know of to fine one too.
c-media sound card. Came as an onboard feature of ym motherboard, amazingly its about equal to a soundblaster live.
--edited due to forgetting things--
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Haha cool. My PC has a Yamaha RX-385 receiver, a pair of B&W 601s, and a Velodyne SPL-800 subwoofer (BOOM!) [plus an old Yamaha CDX-470 and a cassete deck...]
Unreal Tournament never sounded so good!
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hawke : Hehe, I forgot about adding video game consoles to the picture - a valid HT expenditure as far as I'm concerned.
Yamahaluver - I was wondering about your system. Nice. Do you have all those speakers in your main room? I lost count after 12...
Thanks for the compliment hawke. I built a recatangular room ( 22 feet by 14 feet ) and the HT system sits on one side and the NS1000x sits on the other side attached to the MX-1000U and Accuphase CDP. No pre-amp is used for this as the Accuphase CDP has very accurate and matched volume control.
__________________ Yamaha NS-1000M, NS-1000x, Yamaha MX-1000 and MX-1 power amp, Yamaha CDX-1050 CDP, Accuphase DP70V CDP, Canton Ergo 120 speakers, Technics SL-1200 Mk-II TT. For HT, Yamaha Z9 with three Yamaha subs, two YST SW800 and one YST SW320 in rear, for mains, Yamaha NS-300 with 300C and for surrounds, NS-100 in rear, front effects handled by NS-90. For DVD duties, Yamaha DVD-S540 and for SACD Yamaha DVD-S2300 Mk-I. Also have Yamaha EQ-550 equalizer and Yamaha KX-932 deck.
hawke : Our rooms are almost the same dimension... Mine's 20x14. I only have the one system, however!
I have little choice in this case as I have hogged enough real estate for my systems. The Accuphase CDP and NS-1000x are used occasionaly for real high end critical listening. The on board D/A on the AZ-1 does a very good job most of the times.
The NS-1000x have a small footprint in between a tower and a bookshelf so it doesnt occupy that much space.
20x14 hmm........looks like like minds think alike. I know you like Yamaha too.
__________________ Yamaha NS-1000M, NS-1000x, Yamaha MX-1000 and MX-1 power amp, Yamaha CDX-1050 CDP, Accuphase DP70V CDP, Canton Ergo 120 speakers, Technics SL-1200 Mk-II TT. For HT, Yamaha Z9 with three Yamaha subs, two YST SW800 and one YST SW320 in rear, for mains, Yamaha NS-300 with 300C and for surrounds, NS-100 in rear, front effects handled by NS-90. For DVD duties, Yamaha DVD-S540 and for SACD Yamaha DVD-S2300 Mk-I. Also have Yamaha EQ-550 equalizer and Yamaha KX-932 deck.
well, my computer system was about 90% recycled parts.
I used to have a set of cambridge soundworks on the thing until something went bad in the amp stage and fried, then went to a set of TDK tremors...was not until i got my main system (the refurbed teac shelf unit ate one of my beastie boys albums...3 disc try loaders are NOT a good thing).
Once i listened to the new system, i noticed how bad the TDKs really sounded, and decided to try to build something decent, but I was done broke from buying hte main system, so off to the leftovers from systems past. Only thing i bought for it new was the monster cable. Not too bad for a pc system, given the reciever is really messing up the sound. Next upgrade will probably be an older yamaha or sansui integrated amp for it.
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Yamaha NS-1000M, NS-1000x, Yamaha MX-1000 and MX-1 power amp, Yamaha CDX-1050 CDP, Accuphase DP70V CDP, Canton Ergo 120 speakers, Technics SL-1200 Mk-II TT. For HT, Yamaha Z9 with three Yamaha subs, two YST SW800 and one YST SW320 in rear, for mains, Yamaha NS-300 with 300C and for surrounds, NS-100 in rear, front effects handled by NS-90. For DVD duties, Yamaha DVD-S540 and for SACD Yamaha DVD-S2300 Mk-I. Also have Yamaha EQ-550 equalizer and Yamaha KX-932 deck.
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