Joe1515 HT and 2 Channel Set Up

[joe1515]

Hello Everyone,

Please check out my HT and 2 Channel Set Up Gallery

My Equipment

Main Room
TV- Pioneer Elite 50" Pro-110FD
Receiver- Arcam AVR 600
Blu-Ray- Oppo BDP-83
Fronts- B&W CM9
Center- B&W CMC2
Rears- Def Tech UIW BPZ/A
Subwoofer- REL B2
Turntable- VPI Classic
VPI SDS/ Periphery Ring Clamp and Center Weight
Phono Preamp- Audio Reseach PH5
Cartridge- Benz Micro Glider S M
Power Supply- Panamax M5300-PM
Tivo Series 3
Cables- Nordost- Blue Heaven speaker cables / Dreamcaster Analog Interconnect /
Vishnu power cord / Bass-Line Interconnect / Shaman Digital Interconnect / VPI tone arm cable

Bedroom
TV- Panasonic 50" TH-50PF11UK
Frame- Vutec Art Screen
Receiver- SONY STR-DG820
Blu-ray Player- Panasonic DMP-BD30
In Wall Speakers- B&W CWM650
Tivo HD

[rded]

Rated it and lovin' it my friend!

[joe1515]

Thanks Rhett.

Joe

[Johk]

Love your setup!

Nice gear and nice decor

[SeanMF]

Originally Posted by rded

Rated it and lovin' it my friend!

+1 I agree with Rhett. Excellent choice in gear..room in general.

[vega2K]

Very nice space and gear. My favorite:



Oh and nice shoes too.

[rded]

Joe,

I now know why you went for the VPI classic TT...Not only is is a solid and great sounding piece, it's also a perfect match to all your furniture

[Hammie]

I think that is one of the first pairs of non-black CM's I have seen in a gallery. Very nice!

One suggestion I would make is to pull the speakers to the front of the cabinet. This will help reduce the reflections off the top and you may hare you dialog better.

Very clean and well hidden/integrated into the living space.

[ldgibson76]

Originally Posted by louhamilton

I think that is one of the first pairs of non-black CM's I have seen in a gallery. Very nice!

One suggestion I would make is to pull the speakers to the front of the cabinet. This will help reduce the reflections off the top and you may hare you dialog better.

Very clean and well hidden/integrated into the living space.

Lou, check out btf1980. He has them along with an impressive setup
https://www.blu-ray.com/community/ga...0&folderid=338

They are good looking, no doubt!

[ldgibson76]

Hello Joe!

As I said in the gallery, elegant and tastefully done.
How do you like the Arcam AVR600? What made you select it over the competitors?

[Johnny Vinyl]

Just got home Joe and noticed your HT thread! Wonderful! Very impressive!

John

[joe1515]

Originally Posted by John72953

Just got home Joe and noticed your HT thread! Wonderful! Very impressive!

John

Thanks John.

[joe1515]

Originally Posted by ldgibson76

Hello Joe!

As I said in the gallery, elegant and tastefully done.
How do you like the Arcam AVR600? What made you select it over the competitors?

The Arcam sonically is amazing, but does have some annoying bugs that Arcam is still working out. The sound definitely outweighs the negative.

I ultimately decided on the AVR 600 because of the superior sound quality for 2 channel music.

Joe

[richteer]

It's always nice to see analogue and Nordost cables, especially in the same system! :-)

[ldgibson76]

Originally Posted by joe1515

The Arcam sonically is amazing, but does have some annoying bugs that Arcam is still working out. The sound definitely outweighs the negative.

I ultimately decided on the AVR 600 because of the superior sound quality for 2 channel music.

Joe

Hello again Joe.

Please forgive my curiosity. I'm always interested in system configuration, concepts and functionality. When you say "some annoying bugs", what do you mean exactly? Have you had handshake issues with the HDMI (Oppo BDP-83) connectivity? How does it handle bass management with multi-channel audio?

[joe1515]

Originally Posted by ldgibson76

Hello again Joe.

Please forgive my curiosity. I'm always interested in system configuration, concepts and functionality. When you say "some annoying bugs", what do you mean exactly? Have you had handshake issues with the HDMI (Oppo BDP-83) connectivity? How does it handle bass management with multi-channel audio?

Sure no problem. The bugs that many of owners of the AVR 600 experience are;

Lockups, HDMI handshake issues, etc. If you are interested in AVR 600 i would recommend visiting the following thread on AVS Fourm http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1062971.

I have not had many issues with the Oppo it works quite well.

Joe

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by ldgibson76

Lou, check out btf1980. He has them along with an impressive setup
https://www.blu-ray.com/community/ga...0&folderid=338

They are good looking, no doubt!

I've seen his and it is a very nice system, as well.

Thanks again for sharing yours!

[JasonR]

Just awesome Joe! Really, really nice!!!

[rded]

Joe,

I've been meaning to tell you...Did you know that REL is replacing the Britania Series with the Gibraltar series. I was this close to pulling the trigger on the B1 a few months back and I am just ecstatic that I got the Nordost Thor instead Here's the article on the Gibraltar http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.c...-supersub.html

[joe1515]

Originally Posted by rded

Joe,

I've been meaning to tell you...Did you know that REL is replacing the Britania Series with the Gibraltar series. I was this close to pulling the trigger on the B1 a few months back and I am just ecstatic that I got the Nordost Thor instead Here's the article on the Gibraltar http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.c...-supersub.html

Hi Rhett,

I remember reading something about it a while back, thanks for the article. My dealer was going to give me a sweet deal on the B1 but once my wife saw how big it was.... Well that's why I have the B2.

Joe