ken kaz Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 yet another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Speedball Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Speed, What happened to your RF 7's ? Hey bill, I had taken the drivers out to get to the electronics inside to have them reworked by another member Dean G. He can make them sound different by modifying the networks. Ken, That Rotel gear looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathometheatre Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Why wouldn't you qualify this as a home theater? This is one of the best systems I've seen on this site! I know it's not in a dedicated home theater room maybe, but my gosh!! B&W's top of the line? Hello..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Why wouldn't you qualify this as a home theater? This is one of the best systems I've seen on this site! I know it's not in a dedicated home theater room maybe, but my gosh!! B&W's top of the line? Hello..... What?[:^)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddvj Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Maybe he was posting on another forum at the same time and accidently posted to this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathometheatre Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Sorry guys! I was replying to an older post on this forum, and didn't know it would put it at the very end. Newbie mistake! On a different note, I just ordered the RB-75's (mains), RC-7 center, RS-7's surrounds & RSW-12 for my new system. My room is 17X17 and I have cables already ran for a 7.1 set up. After talking with the company I bought my system from, he said to wait and see how the RS-7's sound before I decide to go with 7.1. If I do decide to go to 7.1, I have limited space (as my surrounds are at about 7' high), so really the only options I can think of are either the RB-15's or RB-25's if Im going to mount them at 7' using omnimounts to match my RS-7's. Any suggestions? Would you add another pair of RS-7's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Donalson Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I personally like more direct radiating speaker in the rear for 7.1. I do enjoy the RS-7's on the sides, but not in the back. I have a very similar set up as you. The only difference is I have RF-7s in front and RSW-15 sub. I'm using RB-25's for the rear surround duties. They work very well in conjuction with RS-7 sides and the 7 series in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathometheatre Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Thats pretty much what Im hearing. Im going to go check them out tomorrow. Steve, how do you have them mounted? Since they are front ported, I was thinking about hanging them on the back wall. Some say using omnimounts sound better. Thoughts? Thx, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Here ya go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyabusha Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Here's an updated pic..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Here ya go. Tom... either your speakers are huge... or that's a pretty small screen for a HT ... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Formica---That rig is mainly for music, the little LCD TV is for finding my way when listening to DVDs of movies, I often listen to movies for the music. Like Ben-Hur which was playing when I took the photo. The speakers are Altec 605As, circa 1960. The amp is a DIY gain-clone, a HK Citation 17 preamp and some rooty-kazooty Sony DVD player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Donalson Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Natho, That is exactly what I did: mount them on the back wall using the keyholes. Would Omnimounts sound better? Perhaps. I bet you would have to listen mighty hard to hear the difference since all I'm using them for is rear surround duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xradman Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 As promised, here are the screen shots. After much research into various screen options, I finally decided on an old formula by Tom Bombadil called Light Bombadil Gray. For Quart of Light Bombadil Gray Base of Behr UPW Flat Enemal 0 3 0 Lamp Black 0 1 0 Raw Umber The reason for this was several fold, but mainly came down to screen size (12ft wide) and poor contrast ratio and black level on my D-ILA projector (Dukane 9000D same as JVC G10). I painted the front wall of my HT room (12ft wide by 9ft high) after filling in the cracks and screw holes and lightly sanding it down. The wall isn't glass smooth but given that the picture is 12 ft wide, I can't perceive any imperfection from my seating area ~16ft back. Because of the size of the screen, I have to slightly adjust the zoom for 4:3, 16:9 and 2.35:1 images to maximize my screen size. The picture is super sharp and color is just about perfect. I am very happy with how everything turned out. The only thing left is to better integrate my front speakers to the front wall and to put up some theater framing or masking. Here are the pictures: The first picture is my painted front wall with 3 front speakers (Klipsch RC-25). The speakers are on the floor to maximize screen space as my projector does not have any lens shift, and top of the screen remains fixed from my ceiling mounted projector. Now the screen pics. The color on the picture is slightly off due to auto white balance on my digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 8800). I will have to manually white balance prior to taking the picture next time. Here is a 2.35:1 HD screenshot from HD DVD. The image size at 2.35:1 is stretched fully out to 12 ft wide (156 inch diagonal). __________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathometheatre Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Many thanks Steve! I think thats exactly what Im going to do! In response to Hyabusha , looks like a small monster cable wharehouse! Pretty cool though[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Hey Tom, That screen is truly overwhelming! The screen I use for DVD audio is only 7 inches! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 All I can sat is OMG wow!!! Huge picture.... Looks incredible too. I can only imagine say a movie like 2001 or any space movie...looks like on that thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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