[Initial impressions of Synergy/Harman Kardon HT system:]

I've been considering the AVR-635. I'm glad to hear your happy with it. Do you mind my asking how much you paid for it? Good luck in the future,

Jeremy

[Any other drag race fans on here?]

I'm a big fan. My dad drag raced years ago, I practically grew up at Byron Dragway in the late 70's, early 80's. My mom worked in PR for NHRA when she lived in Indy. I used to sit in the tower with her at the U.S. Nationals, when I was a kid.

We used to hang out with Shirley Muldowney, and other drivers wifes and girlfriends. Like Austin Coil's wife (girlfriend at the time), Kenny Bernstein's wife and I played in their trailer with their son. What was his name......, oh yeah, Brandon Bernstein I used to go to Indy for the Big Go every year up until a few years ago when we started having kids. Oh well, such is life. At least Joliet isn't that far away. Looking forward to watching the races in HD.

Jeremy

[Newbie building new home theater (LONG)]

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On 4/19/2005 2:57:12 PM colterphoto1 wrote:

warning: don't get too confused and sucked into the black hole of oblivion that is the Heritage lineup. I've done this, and love it, but you will spend lots of time and resources seeking the various components.

If HT is your main reason for this room, my personal recommendation is to continue on the present course. The speakers will all match perfectly, are full range, and you won't have to drive all over the country and spend 1-2 years to get the perfect combination.

Michael

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Thanx for all the valid points. I love the Heritage speakers, and am hoping to someday aquire the Cornwalls from my uncle. I would also love to own La Scalas. If that happens it will be for the 2-channel set-up in my main living room. I think i'm pretty well sold on the Reference series, just looking for input on the combo listed above. The only ones that I already have are the R-5800-W for the ceiling surround. I'll probably get the RB-75's next, so I can get the rough mounting done before drywall. I'm currently in the pre-wiring stage. Just finished my electrical for the whole basement (bedroom, bathroom, bar, etc.) so now i'm moving on to prewiring for the HT. I'm a do-it-yourselfer, so it's nights and weekends. It will be an all summer project, at the least.

Please keep the input coming. Thanx for your time,

Jeremy

[Newbie building new home theater (LONG)]

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On 4/19/2005 10:06:07 AM colterphoto1 wrote:

I might say to exersize caution in enclosing your speaker boxes. Note that the RC7 has ports in the rear so it must breathe. Almost all speakers will sound funky if you enclose them in another box. So my suggestion would be place them behind your 'facia' front-of-theatre wall if you must, but leave them open to the storage room behind. Resist the temptation to enclose them in plywood 'bookshelf' boxes- it WILL sound terrible.

This is the kind of info i'm looking for, thanx. I can easily leave them open to the room behind the wall unit. I just wasn't sure if ,id lose the porting effect by doing so. I guess the sub will make up for any bottom end loss on the fronts.

Thanx for the help,

Jeremy

[Newbie building new home theater (LONG)]

Hi all. New guy here. I've been trolling for a while and finally register for the forum. I wanted to educate myself before I started asking stupid questions.

I've been a Klipsch fan since I was a kid in the late 70's and my uncle bought a set of Cornwall's, I believe. I'm still trying to sell them to me to this day! Anyway, My wife and built a new house last year and now i'm finishing the basement, so I have a clean slate for the home theater. I've been saving for years to build my dream system, or at least one i'll be very happy with. Over the years i've had a few home theater set ups with crappy equipment and comprimised speaker placement. This time i'm ready to do it right. I'll layout my plans and the equipment I plan to buy, and i'd like you all to tell me what you think, and provide constuctive criticism.

I have a room about 20' wide and 18' deep with 8' ceiling. At the front where the viewing area will be I have a pocket in the wall that is 12' wide and 3 1/2' deep I want to build a wall unit to make everything flush to the front wall. I will make pockets in the unit for the front speakers and sub, so they won't protrude past the front of the cabinet. I will determine the size of the speaker pockets with some help from here (hopefully). Behind my rear wall is a storage area, so I would like to flush mount my rear in the wall. Also I have installed a pvc tube in the floor joists, that runs between the storage area at the back, and the pocket in the front wall. This will aid in running of future wiring for the theater, and the whole house. The following is some of the equipment I plan to buy:

Front: (2) RF-7's

Center: (1) RC-7

Sub: (1) RSW-12

Surround

ceiling: (2) R-5800-W's

Surround

rear: (2) RB-75's

TV: I'm torn between 62" Mitsubishi DLP and 73" Mitsubishi CRT

Reciever: not sure yet, i'm leaning toward Yamaha 7.1 of some sort.

DVD: don't know yet, open to suggestions. Maybe a changer?

I'm open to any suggestions, recommendations, and constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.

Thanx for your time, Jeremy