[Illah]

The Audio Gear

(2) Infinity RS-5 Mains
(2) Infinity RS-3 Rears
(1) Infinity CC-3 Center
(1) Dayton "Tiny Mighty" 10', 100W Sub

Powered by:

Marantz SR-7200 6.1 105W/Channel Receiver w/ modded Volex 17604 Power Cord

The Video Gear

-Hitachi 43" Rear Projection HDTV
-Zenith DVB-318 Upscaling DVD Player (upscales DVD's to 1080i using the same chip in much higher end players)
-Dish Network DVR-510 w/ 120GB Hard Drive

Gaming Gear

-PlayStation 2 with Optical audio and Component Video hookup

Power and Cable Gear

-Monster Power HTS-1000 MKII Power Conditioner
-Acoustic Research Master Series Compnonet Video cable for DVD
-Blue Jean's Cable Belden 1694A Digital Coax for DVD
-Acoustic Research Master Series S-Video cable for Dish DVR
-Acoustic Research Master Series Optical interconnect for Dish DVR
-Mad Catz Component Video cable for PS2
-Acoustic Research ProII Series Optical interconnect for PS2
-4x14 awg Monster star-quad speaker wire (2x14 awg lines per channel)

--Illah

 

[GreatDane]

More pics

I haven't changed anything in years because it still satisfies.

The Def Tech sub is now in my bathroom and the HGS 10 remains for LFE for movies.

 

[wakeride74]

Nice set-up GreatDane!

 

[laxx]

Why do you have a sub in the bathroom?

 

[SoundGoon]

Why for the brown note, of course

 

[terrymx]

 

[wafflesomd]

So how do planar speakers work?

 

[uofmtiger]

Pictured:

Samsung 61 inch 720P DLP

Under TV:

Monoprice HDMI switcher, Xbox, NHT SC1, Playstation2, Directv HD Box (for mpeg4), JVC HD VCR, Sony PS3, Scientific Atlanta HD DVR, Nintendo Gamecube, , and copper box component video switch.
In the jumble of wires behind the copperbox is an ethernet router for various stuff above.

Behind the TV is a CinemaQuest Ideal-Lume.

Rack:

Custom made headphone stand, Senn HD580s, Project Speedbox, Project Debut III, Super T-amp, Acoustic Research TDS 202 and Russound AB-2 Table Top Dual Amp/Speaker selector (behind TT), wood block, Denon AVR3300, Radioshack Remote Control A-B Switch, Bellari - VP129 Tube Phono Preamp, Outlaw ICBM (bass manager), Behringer SRC2496 DAC, Bravo D1 DVD Player , Yamaha DVD-C750 Universal DVD Changer, Sony VAIO VGX-XL1 Digital System (200 DVD changer in separate room attached with firewire), M-Audio CO2 Coaxial - Optical Bidirectional Converter, Vbox Catseye ( USB HDTV Tuner), Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Roadie, Maxtor 250GB external hard drive, Monster Reference PowerCenter HTS 3500 MKII.

NHT SB2 mounted on parts express high mass speaker stand. Not seen: Outlaw LM-1sub and 3 more NHT SB2s (for surround sound).

I should also mention that I run RCAs out to my home office so I can listen to my Yamaha Universal player and vinyl with my X-can V3..

 

[justhavingfun]

Since many of the Hawaii's homes are very small in size, I was lucky to find the house with big enough living room for me to install my home theater setup. It is not ideal but it will have to do until I can relocate back to Texas or other mainland states. It is comprised with Outlaw 990 pre with Outlaw/Adcom power amps. The picture is not very good quality. I hope to get better digital camera in the near future.

Sorry about the big picture size.

 

[GreatDane]

Quote:

Originally Posted by laxx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why do you have a sub in the bathroom?

Because I can

Listening to music in the shower just wouldn't be right without BASS!

 

[virometal]

Hey, justhavingfun

Nice Outlaw 990. Mind giving us some impressions of it?

I've always been interested in the Outlaw Pre's.

 

[justhavingfun]

Quote:

Originally Posted by virometal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey, justhavingfun Nice Outlaw 990. Mind giving us some impressions of it? I've always been interested in the Outlaw Pre's.

Well, if you are going to purchase the Outlaw 990, the first thing you got to do is make sure this beast of pre/pro can fit into your entertainment center. Because this thing is huge compare to many other pre/pros out there. I upgraded from Outlaw 950, its previous model and I had to cut out the back panel for me to fit the 990 and my shelf barely made it. It has just about every movie sound processing engine on board with enough of hook ups to satisfy most of the home theater setups. However, it does not have HDMI switching capability, only DVI. This didn't bother me but many people thought HDMI switch was important feature to have. One nice thing about 990 is that it has USB input for firmware upgrade path which the Outlaw already released one upgrade firmware.

What about the sound you said? Well this thing really does excellent job doing DVD movies justice for home theater but biggest surprise for me is its two channel stereo sound capabilities. My previous Outlaw 950 didn't get much two channel music listening from me due to my other two channel only stereo setups was much more enjoyable. However, Outlaw improved its two channel stereo sound of 990 very respectively. Now I am happy to listen to 990 for its two channel stereo setup. And it has phono/MM preamp input if you so desire to hookup your turntable and it does fairly decent job as well. I have two other analog/tt setups so I didn't hook my turntable to 990 but mainly due to lack of space. Since this is head-fi forum, I have to mention about its headphone out amp section. It has dolby headphone sound processor and it does drive quite well all my headphones. I still prefer my dedicated headphone amps but I can live with 990's headphone section if I have to. 990's D/A section is on par with many of the stand alone D/A converters (around $1000 price tag) out there on stereo sound reproduction. When I was looking for upgrade for my pre/pro from Outlaw 950, I was looking into lot more than just Outlaw 990, likes of Adcom, Rotel, Anthem, Denon, Yamaha, Sunfire...etc. But at the end Outlaw 990's features along with very wallet friendly price tag compare to the competitors, it win me over and I am very satisfied with my purchase. Unless there is significantly improved new movie sound processing technology on the market that 990 can't handle, Outlaw 990 will be my center piece of my home theater for a long time to come.

 

[virometal]

Thanks for the thorough reply. Congratulations on what sounds like a fine Pre.

FYI, last fall I toted my Denon 4306 over to my friends to do a comparo wtih his newly acquired 970. We used a Parasound amp (my denon was used a s a pre) through Paradigm reference speakers.

I'm afraid to admit, but my receiver was bested by the more humble 970. Suffice to say, the 990 has been in the corner of my eye ever since! I also see they dropped the price to $999 - very tempting...

 

[sejarzo]

 

[Homeless]

Very nice basement Sejarzo!