Doctorsteve's crappy HT pix. - Blu-ray Forum

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 06:25 PM

It ain't pretty, but it's mine...

Well, ok... the room's a mess, but I love my HT stuff. Still can't bring myself to pull the trigger on the sub yet... (cringes as people throw shoes at him). Oh, and the pix and the room are the crappy part... not the equipment...

See my gallery link for pics...

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Beta Man · 02-03-2009, 06:31 PM

As far as "Design Elements" I'd say the subwoofer is my favorite part of the room

On a serious note..... you're not lacking in available seating, so it's great for entertaining.

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

As far as "Design Elements" I'd say the subwoofer is my favorite part of the room

*Sigh* (muttering under breath - "good Lord...")

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On a serious note..... you're not lacking in available seating, so it's great for entertaining.

You are correct sir. And it's all very rearrangeable to give everyone a view. I've got three seats from the Memorial Auditorium here in Buffalo (former home of the Sabres) that fit nicely in front of the couch to give an 'at the game' feel.

For the sub - I was so frikken close to ordering (can't tell you how many times I've been to the eD site), then a credit card company decided to get greedy and jacked up my interest rate ("because of the economy"). So, I'm pouring every cent into paying off the card so the greedy bastards don't get any more of my money.

Jerks.

gearyt · 02-03-2009, 06:53 PM

Do "we" have cable management issues ??

Nice set-up !!

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by gearyt

Do "we" have cable management issues ??

Nice set-up !!

Most definitely... on my list of 'to do'... Probably won't re-coil the speaker cables until I get some bananas.

...and thanks. I love the crap out of it. This set-up is my first 'toy' after graduating and rejoining the working world.

sheedoe · 02-03-2009, 07:05 PM

The setup is good and with a little clean up it definitely has the potential to be great. I'll reserve my rating till you tidy things up

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Beta Man · 02-03-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorsteve

For the sub - I was so frikken close to ordering (can't tell you how many times I've been to the eD site), then a credit card company decided to get greedy and jacked up my interest rate ("because of the economy"). So, I'm pouring every cent into paying off the card so the greedy bastards don't get any more of my money.

Jerks.

Get on the phone..... transfer your balance to another CC company that will give you a 0% rate for the first year etc..... and order that sub....

PROBLEM SOLVED

Santeria · 02-03-2009, 07:10 PM

nice equipment and space, but with some wire managing and clean up yours will look very very nice imo.

donno why u are so down on urself saying all these negative things, everyone here is very friendly. this isnt gamefaqs with 11 year olds posting dumb things!

u have great equipment, probably even better then 70% on here so theres nothing to be down on urself about.

gearyt · 02-03-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorsteve

This set-up is my first 'toy' after graduating and rejoining the working world.

soooo. now that you are a "DR", are you going for the Brain Surgeon set-up ??

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

Get on the phone..... transfer your balance to another CC company that will give you a 0% rate for the first year etc..... and order that sub....

PROBLEM SOLVED

Already called back, they dropped me back to my previous rate but enough's enough. They got greedy, now they must die! I HAD been comfortably been slashing my debt (after buying my setup). The next target was my car, but once Citi pulled THIS crap, they slapped a bull's-eye on their own forehead.

With transfer fees, etc. I'm better off just sitting tight and kicking them to the curb. (and yet, a part of me is itching to give myself a reason to still pull the trigger. Is eight and a half months too early to give yourself a birthday present???)

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by gearyt

soooo. now that you are a "DR", are you going for the Brain Surgeon set-up ??

I'd have to mortgage my house to pay for his set up... oh wait, I don't own a house yet

gearyt · 02-03-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorsteve

. Is eight and a half months too early to give yourself a birthday present???)

It's somebody's birthday.. Let's celebrate

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Santeria

nice equipment and space, but with some wire managing and clean up yours will look very very nice imo.

Thanks!

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donno why u are so down on urself saying all these negative things, everyone here is very friendly. this isnt gamefaqs with 11 year olds posting dumb things!

It's all tongue-in-cheek... I've been here a good while like yourself - for the most part I just meant the room was messy, so it looked crappy... and I don't have wall treatments and bass traps and such...

But I do expect some deserved jabs for certain AWOL equipment... it's all in good fun though. Everybody here has always been very helpful as I selected my TV, receiver, and speakers... if only I could decide on a sub...

SDon1969 · 02-03-2009, 07:26 PM

Lookin' good, Doctor! Decent blu collection, big bad TV, it's coming together very nicely!

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SDon1969

Lookin' good, Doctor! Decent blu collection, big bad TV, it's coming together very nicely!

Thanks

It might sound weird, but I love the fact that there's a central theme of Black, Cherry, and Silver that runs through everything...

Driver_King · 02-03-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorsteve

It's all tongue-in-cheek... I've been here a good while like yourself - for the most part I just meant the room was messy, so it looked crappy... and I don't have wall treatments and bass traps and such...

What's that? No bass traps?!? Then what the hell is that huge bag thing in the corner of your room?

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Driver_King

What's that? No bass traps?!? Then what the hell is that huge bag thing in the corner of your room?

Uh, yeah, but I guess the bigger thing is that there's no excessive bass to have to trap

Hence, no bass traps - also hence, I'm not as cool as folk that have 'em

I Keeeed! I Keeeed!

doctorsteve · 02-03-2009, 09:07 PM

As far as cable management goes, yes - it's a mess. I set stuff up - then changed my mind (several times). What I'm left with is the big task of undoing most of it and rerunning it.

I actually LIKE the cd's and Blus where they are (for now) - if they were across the room on another wall I'm positive I'd end up with a pile of recently listened to/watched discs under the PS3. Where they are, I'm very inclined to put them back. Besides, because of the chair and beanbag chair I don't have many other easily accessible spaces to put the shelving. The mess is much less noticable with the lights off

Someday though the HT room in my HOUSE will be frikken sweet.

For now, I'm quite happy...

And for the record, I've been trying to clean off the coffee table for months now... just never seems to get completely down to bare wood.

gearyt · 02-03-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorsteve

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And for the record, I've been trying to clean off the coffee table for months now... just never seems to get completely down to bare wood.

ahhhh.... tis a "manly problem"...

doctorsteve · 03-03-2009, 01:29 AM

A couple updated pictures...

I got some closed-style banana plugs and re-did all the speaker wires for my 5.0 system... also got a sub cable in anticipation of my a2-300 on order...

At the same time, I figured it would be a good time to tackle my much-heckled cable/wire/cord fiasco behind the TV stand.

I still have some loose ends to tie up (literally) and need to tidy-up some cables/cords to make them less visible as they run to the floor.

There's more work to do, but hope you see an improvement...

02-03-2009, 06:25 PM	#1
doctorsteve Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Tonawanda, NY Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:188 Blu-ray reviews:16	Doctorsteve's crappy HT pix. It ain't pretty, but it's mine... Well, ok... the room's a mess, but I love my HT stuff. Still can't bring myself to pull the trigger on the sub yet... (cringes as people throw shoes at him). Oh, and the pix and the room are the crappy part... not the equipment... See my gallery link for pics... <--------- Last edited by doctorsteve; 02-03-2009 at 06:27 PM.

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02-03-2009, 06:31 PM	#2
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	As far as "Design Elements" I'd say the subwoofer is my favorite part of the room On a serious note..... you're not lacking in available seating, so it's great for entertaining.

02-03-2009, 06:53 PM	#4
gearyt Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Henderson, NV Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:33	Do "we" have cable management issues ?? Nice set-up !!

02-03-2009, 07:05 PM	#6
sheedoe Senior Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Brooklyn, New York Home Theater Gallery:28 Blu-ray collection:133 Blu-ray reviews:4	The setup is good and with a little clean up it definitely has the potential to be great. I'll reserve my rating till you tidy things up .

02-03-2009, 07:10 PM	#8
Santeria Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:San Diego Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:20 Trading Score:4	nice equipment and space, but with some wire managing and clean up yours will look very very nice imo. donno why u are so down on urself saying all these negative things, everyone here is very friendly. this isnt gamefaqs with 11 year olds posting dumb things! u have great equipment, probably even better then 70% on here so theres nothing to be down on urself about.

02-03-2009, 07:26 PM	#14
SDon1969 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Massachusetts Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:745 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Lookin' good, Doctor! Decent blu collection, big bad TV, it's coming together very nicely!

02-03-2009, 09:07 PM	#18
doctorsteve Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Tonawanda, NY Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:188 Blu-ray reviews:16	As far as cable management goes, yes - it's a mess. I set stuff up - then changed my mind (several times). What I'm left with is the big task of undoing most of it and rerunning it. I actually LIKE the cd's and Blus where they are (for now) - if they were across the room on another wall I'm positive I'd end up with a pile of recently listened to/watched discs under the PS3. Where they are, I'm very inclined to put them back. Besides, because of the chair and beanbag chair I don't have many other easily accessible spaces to put the shelving. The mess is much less noticable with the lights off Someday though the HT room in my HOUSE will be frikken sweet. For now, I'm quite happy... And for the record, I've been trying to clean off the coffee table for months now... just never seems to get completely down to bare wood.

03-03-2009, 01:29 AM	#20
doctorsteve Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Tonawanda, NY Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:188 Blu-ray reviews:16	A couple updated pictures... I got some closed-style banana plugs and re-did all the speaker wires for my 5.0 system... also got a sub cable in anticipation of my a2-300 on order... At the same time, I figured it would be a good time to tackle my much-heckled cable/wire/cord fiasco behind the TV stand. I still have some loose ends to tie up (literally) and need to tidy-up some cables/cords to make them less visible as they run to the floor. There's more work to do, but hope you see an improvement...

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