Richard's HT family room - Blu-ray Forum

Zman2k2 · 01-21-2011, 11:56 PM

Hello and welcome to my thread.

I've been browsing and reading through others threads, and I felt it was time for me to start my own.

My living room, which is also the family room, is serving as the HT room for the house. Not the best setup, but we somehow make it work. It's been changing a lot since I started reading through Blu-ray.com, so you all are to blame for my wallet being thinner.

Currently, the equipment is as follows:

-Sharp Aquos 46" LC-46D82U Display- It's about 6 years old now, but it still does the job. I'm not a huge videophile, so it does what it's supposed to.
-PS3 Slim- This is the current player. Over the last two years, this has changed 6 times. Don't be surprised if it happens again.
-Emotiva UMC-1 Pre-Pro- Wonderful unit. The sound quality is something that I love. It just works, well.
-Emotiva XPA-5 Amplifier- Powers my setup well. Very glad I went with the XPA series.
-Focal Chorus 826v Mains with an CC800v center- in Mocha- The high point of my system. Such wonderful sounding speakers. The depth and clarity have changed my listening habits.

If you'll notice, one thing that's missing in the list is a subwoofer. I had an Elemental Designs A3-300 subwoofer. But it didn't blend well with my Focals. When playing movies, it did the job just fine, but when listening to music, it left a lot to be desired. So the search has begun anew. I'm still reading reviews, and getting opinions of people around me, but the short list is as follows.
- Rhythmik Subwoofers F15. As described, an audiophile subwoofer, great for music. This is good, as my music listening has increased 10-fold since I got my Focals.
- SVS Subwoofers SB12-NSD. A high-powered, sealed subwoofer, capable of going low, but maintaining it's ability to play with music and movies.
-Rel T5 subwoofer. Rel is widely known to make subwoofers that play well, and blend perfectly with music of all genre's and speakers of all types.

The pricing between them is what's the sticking point for me right now. As well as the aesthetics and power. My opinion changes daily as to which one would be better.

Anyways, that's a very basic intro to my system. Comments and queries are welcome. Come one, come all and have a seat and relax at my place.

01-21-2011, 11:56 PM	#1
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	Richard's HT family room Hello and welcome to my thread. I've been browsing and reading through others threads, and I felt it was time for me to start my own. My living room, which is also the family room, is serving as the HT room for the house. Not the best setup, but we somehow make it work. It's been changing a lot since I started reading through Blu-ray.com, so you all are to blame for my wallet being thinner. Currently, the equipment is as follows: -Sharp Aquos 46" LC-46D82U Display- It's about 6 years old now, but it still does the job. I'm not a huge videophile, so it does what it's supposed to. -PS3 Slim- This is the current player. Over the last two years, this has changed 6 times. Don't be surprised if it happens again. -Emotiva UMC-1 Pre-Pro- Wonderful unit. The sound quality is something that I love. It just works, well. -Emotiva XPA-5 Amplifier- Powers my setup well. Very glad I went with the XPA series. -Focal Chorus 826v Mains with an CC800v center- in Mocha- The high point of my system. Such wonderful sounding speakers. The depth and clarity have changed my listening habits. If you'll notice, one thing that's missing in the list is a subwoofer. I had an Elemental Designs A3-300 subwoofer. But it didn't blend well with my Focals. When playing movies, it did the job just fine, but when listening to music, it left a lot to be desired. So the search has begun anew. I'm still reading reviews, and getting opinions of people around me, but the short list is as follows. - Rhythmik Subwoofers F15. As described, an audiophile subwoofer, great for music. This is good, as my music listening has increased 10-fold since I got my Focals. - SVS Subwoofers SB12-NSD. A high-powered, sealed subwoofer, capable of going low, but maintaining it's ability to play with music and movies. -Rel T5 subwoofer. Rel is widely known to make subwoofers that play well, and blend perfectly with music of all genre's and speakers of all types. The pricing between them is what's the sticking point for me right now. As well as the aesthetics and power. My opinion changes daily as to which one would be better. Anyways, that's a very basic intro to my system. Comments and queries are welcome. Come one, come all and have a seat and relax at my place.

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