MTV Cribs - AA Style!

[Chitown2477]

I saw a similar thread at another site and thought I would start one here with pictures of my home theater setup in my living room. Right now, I don't have a dedicated HT room. The living room opens in the back to the dining room. I put a curtain to separate the rooms and give the living room more sense of closure while watching movies. I actually think the open back help reduce audio echoes though I would much rather have an enclosed room.

As you can see I have a 5.1 with the rear surrounds to the left and right of the sofa about 6 feet high. The room is about 12’ wide and 16’ long. I have some acoustic panels on the walls which likely are not where they should be (ongoing debate with the wifey).

Post your pictures and/or let me know of an advice for a better setup.

Drell

 

[Adam]

Drell,

Looks good! I think that most of us here don't have dedicated HT rooms, but rather have our gear in the living room or such. I like the idea of putting up the curtain between the rooms in your place. Nice touch.

What gear do you have? I think that I can make out some of it, but a list would be nice. Thanks!

Adam

 

[Chitown2477]

Thanks. I just found this section of the forum. My link went to the HT Hardware Hangout only for some reason. It’s interesting seeing the other system setups. I can’t wait until we buy a house!

Klipsch RC-52 Center
Klipsch RF-52 Front L/R
Klipsch RS-42 Surrounds
Def Tech ProSub 800
Sony Bravia 50" LCD (1080p)
Yamaha RX-V1600
Playstation 3 (Video via HDMI to TV & audio via optical to AVR which does not pass 1080p)
Xbox 360 (with HD-DVD) (Video via HDMI to TV & audio via optical to AVR which does not pass 1080p)
DirecTv HD Receiver (To TV via HDMI to audio to AVR via optical)
Panamax Power Conditioner
HDMI 2-1 Switcher (since TV only has two HDMI's)

I am looking to upgrade my sub soon and also go to 7.1 from 5.1. Any thoughts on a good sub or rear surrounds to match?

Drell

 

[cbraver]

Great setup!! Do you ever leave it?!

I'd get matching Klipsch to add the channels if you have been happy with that brand.

For a subwoofer, there are a lot of options. Take some time to browse the subwoofers forum and see if something catches your eye, and then make a post in that forum with any questions you have and we can recommend. I personally like Dynaudio (www.dynaudio.com) and Bag End (www.bagend.com), but there are many options depending on your budget. Lots of people recommend SVS here (www.svsound.com). Take a look at what some other people decided on, it makes for some interesting reading.

You said "you can't wait to buy a house" ... is that an apartment? If so, you might want to be careful with buying some of the subwoofers we recommend because they will piss off your neighbors.

Cheers!

 

[Chitown2477]

I more than likely will stay with the Klipsch for the rear surrounds. I do live in a two flat. The folks upstairs don't care and the folks downstairs turnover so much I don't care.

Hopefully I will be out of here in a year anyway. I will look into the brands recommended.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Here is a picyure of my living room HT. I hope to get a dedicated room within a year or so.

Yours is looking good!

 

[croseiv]

Nice set up. Are you saying your Crib was featured on MTV?

 

[Chitown2477]

I wish! Just a play on words.

 

[PSWii60]

Nice, clean setup..but its not Cribs style until you got the Scarface poster.,and you have to end your thread with "glad yall could see my crib, now GET OUT!"

 

[engtaz]

Nice setup. Where did you get the stand?

engtaz

 

[Chitown2477]

It is actually three pieces (a TV stand and two audio piers closely arranged together that I got from Target. It is their Uptown series in espresso color per the links below. Total cost is was about $420.00 plus taxes. Not a bad deal. To hold the center channel speaker, I made a stand with a shelf for that allows it to rest just above TV iwhtou leaning on the TV. It is fairly well hidden from view unless you really look at it – you can see the bottom of it under the TV if you look closely.

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=sc_qi_detaillink/601-1274903-5345705?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000LBF7FG
http://www.target.com/Uptown-Audio-Pier-Espresso/dp/B000LBDA64/qid=1221865380/ref=br_1_8/601-1274903-5345705?ie=UTF8&node=12714551&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1

Drell