BigAl87's Home Theater - Blu-ray Forum

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 02:00 AM

Hi everyone, this my Home theater setup that I build piece by piece to come together quite nicely. I'm slowly upgrading, so far I changed my Receiver, my sub, my fronts, my surrounds and my center.
I have also changed my speaker cables to Totem Tress.

BTW John I really love those Totems

AV Components:
RECEIVER --> ARCAM AVR400
POWER AMP --> BRYSTON 6B-SST
DAC --> Bel Canto 3.5vb dac
BDP --> Oppo 83
Speakers:
FRONT SPEAKERS --> Totem Forests Signature
CENTER SPEAKER--> Totem Model One Signature Center
SURROUNDS --> Totem Mites
SUBWOOFER --> JL Audio Fathom f113

Here's a peak at it:

View my full gallery Here
Thanks to everyone in advance for all your great comments

Olivier

Scooby Blu · 08-26-2010, 02:08 AM

Lookin great big al !!!

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Scooby Blu

Lookin great big al !!!

Thanks Scooby, I love yours too not to shabby

qiong · 08-26-2010, 02:39 AM

Not bad at all. How do you like the H/K reiciever?

callas01 · 08-26-2010, 02:44 AM

Oliver....

Im glad you finally got a HT thread......

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by callas01

Oliver....

Im glad you finally got a HT thread......

Thaks Steve, I really appreciate, I've been thinkin about it for quite a while now and finally decided to take the plunge

Aerodude73 · 08-26-2010, 03:08 AM

Great set-up, looks beautiful & I'm sure it sounds the same as well.

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Aerodude73

Great set-up, looks beautiful & I'm sure it sounds the same as well.

Thanks to you Aerodude, greatly appreciated, you have something nice too

Blu Titan · 08-26-2010, 03:27 AM

Love it! Looks fantastic

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BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 03:31 AM

Thanks Blu, really appreciate the great comment.

Aerodude73 · 08-26-2010, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by BigAl87

Thanks to you Aerodude, greatly appreciated, you have something nice too

Thank you as well sir. We ALL do what we can, with whatever we can. Of course, it changes, & changes, & changes...

(& then we're all poor again)

Spurrier Sucks · 08-26-2010, 03:38 AM

What's the upgrade plan?

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

What's the upgrade plan?

Hehe, I gave a hint in my opening post when I said John I love those Totems.

The plan is to upgrade my speakers for something I feel absolutely fantastic, Right now I really love the sound of the Totem Sttaf and the Rainmakers, I'm leaning more towards the Rainmakers as I would have 4 identical speakers plus matching Rainmaker center for multichannel music and HT which is better than the Mite T Center the matching center to the Sttaf.

Although I like the Sttaf better strickly for music.

I plan on getting a 5 channel Anthem MCA50 to drive the whole thing and run the back surrounds off the receiver.

I will certainly get some Totem Lynks Bipole/Dipole down the road to complete the upgrade.

I still want to audition to Dynaudio Excites though and some Focal Chorus.

ManUtd · 08-26-2010, 03:48 AM

Your setup is looking good. With your planned upgrades it will even be better.

aces high · 08-26-2010, 04:10 AM

You should check out the Anthem A5 for sale on Canuck Audio Mart, $1500 in Ottawa. That's a very good price for that amp, if I didn't have an amp already I would buy it. The same guy also has an A2 for sale.

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by aces high

You should check out the Anthem A5 for sale on Canuck Audio Mart, $1500 in Ottawa. That's a very good price for that amp, if I didn't have an amp already I would buy it. The same guy also has an A2 for sale.

Thanks Ace for the head's up but I'm not ready yet I don't have enough funds to buy it right now and man does the A5 look good on paper and sure does sound amazing and got to love their really high damping.

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ManUtd

Your setup is looking good. With your planned upgrades it will even be better.

Thanks ManUtd you sure have an amzing setup love those B&W of yours looks awesome.

aces high · 08-26-2010, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BigAl87

Thanks Ace for the head's up but I'm not ready yet I don't have enough funds to buy it right now and man does the A5 look good on paper and sure does sound amazing and got to love their really high damping.

That's too bad because you don't often see them for that kind of price and yes the Anthem amps are dead quiet. Hopefully something like that will pop up again when your ready. The Anthem amps have two transformers, one runs the L/R and the other runs the center and surrounds. I have mine hooked up so the L and R and on different transformers, for two channel running my speakers full range the power supplies never get taxed. Great separation and I have yet to hear it distort. Another amp you should look into is the Nad M25, sometimes you can find factory refurb's for about $500 less than the MCA 50. It's supposed to be a fantastic amp, the dealer near me doesn't stock them so I've never heard one before.

BigAl87 · 08-26-2010, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by qiong

Not bad at all. How do you like the H/K reiciever?

Thanks alot qiong, as bad as it was before the firmware upgrade with all the sound dropouts and HDMI picture issues it has been great since and really HK receiver soound is noce warm and natural and they sound quite dynamic with their Hogh current design.

How do you like yours?

SeanMF · 08-26-2010, 05:35 AM

Awesome setup....looks good!

08-26-2010, 02:00 AM	#1
BigAl87 Contributor Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Corner Totem Rd. and Sugden Ave., Arcam Shire Home Theater Gallery:135 Blu-ray collection:359	BigAl87's Home Theater Going 4K Hi everyone, this my Home theater setup that I build piece by piece to come together quite nicely. I'm slowly upgrading, so far I changed my Receiver, my sub, my fronts, my surrounds and my center. I have also changed my speaker cables to Totem Tress. BTW John I really love those Totems AV Components: RECEIVER --> ARCAM AVR400 POWER AMP --> BRYSTON 6B-SST DAC --> Bel Canto 3.5vb dac BDP --> Oppo 83 Speakers: FRONT SPEAKERS --> Totem Forests Signature CENTER SPEAKER--> Totem Model One Signature Center SURROUNDS --> Totem Mites SUBWOOFER --> JL Audio Fathom f113 Here's a peak at it: View my full gallery Here Thanks to everyone in advance for all your great comments Olivier Last edited by BigAl87; 12-24-2016 at 04:29 AM.

08-26-2010, 02:08 AM	#2
Scooby Blu Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Apr 2008 Home Theater Gallery:7	Lookin great big al !!!

08-26-2010, 02:39 AM	#4
qiong Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Sandy, Utah Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:114	Not bad at all. How do you like the H/K reiciever?

08-26-2010, 02:44 AM	#5
callas01 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Riverside, CA Home Theater Gallery:42 Blu-ray collection:230 DVD collection:47	Oliver.... Im glad you finally got a HT thread......

08-26-2010, 03:08 AM	#7
Aerodude73 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Middletown, RI (MEMBER OF THE "ECPP")™ Home Theater Gallery:134 4K collection:423 Blu-ray collection:2493 DVD collection:7 Digital collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:31	Great set-up, looks beautiful & I'm sure it sounds the same as well.

08-26-2010, 03:27 AM	#9
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	Love it! Looks fantastic .

08-26-2010, 03:31 AM	#10
BigAl87 Contributor Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Corner Totem Rd. and Sugden Ave., Arcam Shire Home Theater Gallery:135 Blu-ray collection:359	Thanks Blu, really appreciate the great comment.

08-26-2010, 03:38 AM	#12
Spurrier Sucks Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Upstate SC Home Theater Gallery:100 Blu-ray collection:281 DVD collection:82 Trading Score:4	What's the upgrade plan?

08-26-2010, 03:48 AM	#14
ManUtd Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:In my HT Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:829 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:5	Your setup is looking good. With your planned upgrades it will even be better.

08-26-2010, 04:10 AM	#15
aces high Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:386	You should check out the Anthem A5 for sale on Canuck Audio Mart, $1500 in Ottawa. That's a very good price for that amp, if I didn't have an amp already I would buy it. The same guy also has an A2 for sale.

08-26-2010, 05:35 AM	#20
SeanMF Blu-ray Baron Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Iowa Home Theater Gallery:70 Blu-ray collection:1428 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:83	Awesome setup....looks good!

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