My Upgraditis

[blurayas11]

Long awaited upgrade to my rack finally got done this week end. Upgraded to the Middle Atlantic Rack. Lots of parts but the assembly was not that bad. Time consuming though. Finally when done I really like the look of it specially now that they came out with the wood side and top panels which gives it a furniture like look.
I had to upgrade the rack to accomodate additional components. Added the Emotiva amplifier to keep the Pioneer SC07 happy . Now that it can handle the 4 ohm PSB speakers. I did notice the improvement in sonics as the Emotiva now handles the speakers. The speakers seemed to have opened up and the dialogues and sound is very clear. Also added the Panamax after hearing all the raves from fellow members. It does look classy in the rack. Looks like a robot with two big BLUE eyes looking around. Did wire management in the rack and also added the HDMI and speaker wire wall plates. It certainly looks very clean getting rid of the wire mess.
I needed the HDMI wall plate as disaster struck when I moved the old rack and forgot the HDMI cord had no slack. The end connected to the SC07 broke off. Lucky it did not damage the HDMI input to the receiver. But what a hassle to resnake the HDMI cable through the wall but glad I was able to do it. Now at least with the wall plate I just plug the HDMI cord and prevent future mishaps. I did leave lot of slack
Check the new pictures added to my HT any suggestion, comments are welcome. Thanks to all who guided and helped me in selecting the rack and other components.

[erict]

Originally Posted by blurayas11

Long awaited upgrade to my rack finally got done this week end. Upgraded to the Middle Atlantic Rack. Lots of parts but the assembly was not that bad. Time consuming though. Finally when done I really like the look of it specially now that they came out with the wood side and top panels which gives it a furniture like look.
I had to upgrade the rack to accomodate additional components. Added the Emotiva amplifier to keep the Pioneer SC07 happy . Now that it can handle the 4 ohm PSB speakers. I did notice the improvement in sonics as the Emotiva now handles the speakers. The speakers seemed to have opened up and the dialogues and sound is very clear. Also added the Panamax after hearing all the raves from fellow members. It does look classy in the rack. Looks like a robot with two big BLUE eyes looking around. Did wire management in the rack and also added the HDMI and speaker wire wall plates. It certainly looks very clean getting rid of the wire mess.
I needed the HDMI wall plate as disaster struck when I moved the old rack and forgot the HDMI cord had no slack. The end connected to the SC07 broke off. Lucky it did not damage the HDMI input to the receiver. But what a hassle to resnake the HDMI cable through the wall but glad I was able to do it. Now at least with the wall plate I just plug the HDMI cord and prevent future mishaps. I did leave lot of slack
Check the new pictures added to my HT any suggestion, comments are welcome. Thanks to all who guided and helped me in selecting the rack and other components.

Very, very nice HT. One thing I have to ask is, how is it having your center speaker that high above you're ears?

[Blu-Raider]

Absolutely beautiful, imo.

[blurayas11]

Originally Posted by erict

Very, very nice HT. One thing I have to ask is, how is it having your center speaker that high above you're ears?

I have had no problem. The PSB synchrony comes with a multi adjusting rubber foot which can be placed such that it gives a varietry of angles. If it is above the viewing screen the foot is placed at the rear and one can adjust it by giving it a downwards tilt.

[mtbkr]

looks very comfortable, like a good place to just kick back and escape. love the gear! i also just picked up a harmony 1100... pain in the ass the set it up perfectly but its awesome once you do.