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Nov 3, 2010 at 8:44 AM Post #2,686 of 10,951
@ Lunatique : Yes i know all of that but i was just saying that headphones have a lot qualities but you can't compare them with speakers as you can't compare a car and a bike.
 
Acoustics are very complicated but psychoacoustics are even more, i like headphones but from a realism point of view you know they can't compare with speakers for a lot of acoustics reasons but you are right from a tonal point of view they are very good.
 
Just saying it is very different and not the subject. Sorry for the unwanted troll
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Nov 3, 2010 at 8:57 AM Post #2,687 of 10,951
I've been thinking of building my own, just need to figure out where I can get the panels cut since I don't have a wood shop.
 
Where were you looking for your threaded rods? It looks like Home Depot sells 10ft of 1/2" threaded rod for $9.47 each
 
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@windyCity - where did you get that stereo rack? I was going to make one like it, but the threaded rods were hideously expensive.

 
Nov 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM Post #2,688 of 10,951
I bought 2 of these in walnut and screwed them together
 
http://www.amazon.com/Salamander-Designs-A3-B-Archetype/dp/B0006VPUHQ/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1288790499&sr=8-11
 
Nov 3, 2010 at 7:32 PM Post #2,694 of 10,951
More than 2 is over kill, IMO. Unless you're a hard core gamer. Then I could understand the triple monitor set-up. Other than flight simulators or racing games, I still don't see the real point. I'd rather go for one big one. Not bashing those with many monitors though. It does look neat.
 
Nov 3, 2010 at 7:48 PM Post #2,695 of 10,951
Triple monitor is slightly more useful than double. I can make do with two but three is where it's at
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After three you quickly reach diminishing returns unless you have a specialized application (remoting into multiple servers for instance). I'm currently running 1x U2711 and 2x 2005fpw's.
 
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM Post #2,696 of 10,951
if you guys remember my setup, ive got a dual monitor setup.  i have windows media center playing television on the right monitor while i surf the web on the other.  in windows media center i can record tv and watch it later.  its so much nicer than having a normal tv.  its like tivo, but free.
 
still wish i had three monitors thought because i have an ati card that supports eyefinity.
 
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:29 PM Post #2,697 of 10,951


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your 4 monitor solution is amazing.  how in the world do you have 6 weather gadgets lol.


man i wish i had your room.  even a projector home theater.  amazing setup, how much did it all cost?


I bought the 28" monitors last year when I was living in Taipei...I found a place that was selling them at like $300-350 USD each.  Individual monitor res is 1920 x 1200...so I use 3840 x 2400 wallpapers to span across all 4.  
Computer specs:
  1. Intel 2.83GHz Quad core (Q9550)
  2. 8 GB RAM
  3. 2x ATI Radeon HD5700 Graphics cards (each with 1GB of GDDR5 VRAM)
  4. 3TB of total HDD space (2x 1TB + 2x 500GB)
  5. emu 1212m sound card
  6. Windows Experience Index scores are all around 7.3 - 7.4 except for primary HDD which is at 5.9
  7. OS is Windows 7 Ultimate
I don't even want to think about the total cost...over $3K easy, but many of the individual elements were purchased over time...it wasn't a single, huge purchase.
 
I'm running some audio outputs from the 1212m all the way to the other receiver in the living room (to the right of the projector screen), so with 4 speakers and a sub near my PC plus the 7.1 in the living room, I can pump music out of 11 speakers & 2 subs...not the ideal audiophile experience or anything, but it really fills up the room.
 
Six weather gadgets is no mystery...just open as many gadgets as you want I guess.
 
~Graz
 
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:43 PM Post #2,699 of 10,951


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More than 2 is over kill, IMO. Unless you're a hard core gamer. Then I could understand the triple monitor set-up. Other than flight simulators or racing games, I still don't see the real point. I'd rather go for one big one. Not bashing those with many monitors though. It does look neat.



I like to watch 3 movies at the same time and have sex with three different girls at the same time. Life is short
 
Nov 3, 2010 at 8:47 PM Post #2,700 of 10,951

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