Allen Poe
All Star
imma clean up my office a bit (and do a little cable management) and post my humble little setup soon. I got cool shyt, but the limited space in my office prevents me from setting it up how I really want.
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imma clean up my office a bit (and do a little cable management) and post my humble little setup soon. I got cool shyt, but the limited space in my office prevents me from setting it up how I really want.
O³ (O cubed)
No more PAWGs, PLEASE??!!!??
I'm too embarrassed.
Man, if you ever looked at some of the bullshyt them dudes be proudly posting on Reddit, you probably don’t have anything to worry about. You post and if you need suggestions, some of the experienced folks on here can offer suggestions. You’d be surprised how cheap good equipment is on FBM, Craigslist, EBay that most don’t know about…
Ain't no need to be embarrassed, we all a/v heads in this thread.
Allen Poe
All Star
So I said fukk it and decided to skip doing the cable management (and dusting). Not quite happy with the setup as the space is pretty restrictive, and since we're renting I can't really do what I want to do with the room, but I tried to make the best of it.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Nothing crazy 
So I said fukk it and decided to skip doing the cable management (and dusting). Not quite happy with the setup as the space is pretty restrictive, and since we're renting I can't really do what I want to do with the room, but I tried to make the best of it.
Clean setup!! Nicely organized.
MajesticLion
Veteran
Okay, time for you fellas to 'fess up...because I know from these bloopers that somebody involved is a Coli member, guaranteed 
The setups were whatever but I was thoroughly entertained
The setups were whatever but I was thoroughly entertained
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Small update, my Onkyo 11.2ch AVR is on it's way out, HDMI board problems and internal amp issues. Need a replacement so I am making the move to Marantz AV separates, 1st up is the 5CH MM7055, still gotta get the AV7706 Pre-Pro and MM8077 7CH amp to complete the setup. Dual SVS PB17 Ultra's on hold till I get the rest of the Marantz components.
Old school/New school setup is almost complete, picked up a Sony STR-DA5300ES, was top of the line back in '08, has 5 optical inputs, a MD Recorder optical out, HDMI, component/composite RCA, and most importantly a tape deck in/out. Sony 5 disc changer. Sony 3-head cassette deck with Dolby S and HX Pro, Sony MD deck, and my newer Denon network music player. Just gotta get a DAT and the rack will be complete.
Old school/New school setup is almost complete, picked up a Sony STR-DA5300ES, was top of the line back in '08, has 5 optical inputs, a MD Recorder optical out, HDMI, component/composite RCA, and most importantly a tape deck in/out. Sony 5 disc changer. Sony 3-head cassette deck with Dolby S and HX Pro, Sony MD deck, and my newer Denon network music player. Just gotta get a DAT and the rack will be complete.
Picked up a new Marantz AV7706 pre-pro at a crazy discount, along with a 2ch Marantz MM7025 amp. 1st pre-pro and I wasn't initially crazy about Marantz port-hole design, it has grown on me, very clean look. Glad they included a larger display behind the drop down panel as the port hole doesn't show much info other than source and volume.
My only gripe is for a $3,200 pre-pro the learning remote can't operate a current Sony 4K Blu-ray player or Nvidia Shield! WTF! Been out of the universal remote game awhile, landed on a Sofabaton U2. Game changer so far. Connects to your phone for setup using their app, has codes for over 50K devices. Mini OLED screen at the top of the remote with scroll wheel. Basically go in the app, tell it how your device is controlled, IR or BT, select brand and model, test with buttons on the app, pick an icon, add it to your device list, it shows up on the remote screen. You can remap buttons and learn commands from other device remotes. Remote is backlit and detects movement, will light up when you pick it up.
I still need the 7ch Marantz MM8077 amp to complete this setup, was a little more than what I wanted to spend right now. So to get back to a 7.2.4 setup, I bought a 2ch 7025 for rear surrounds, used the 5ch 7055 for front stage and side surrounds, and 2 Fosi 2ch amps for front and rear top heights. All XLR cables out back for the main 7 speakers and 2 subs, RCA out to the 2 Fosi amps. XLR has quite a bit more db's than rca cables I found out, had to turn the subs down quite a bit during room correction.
Sound quality compared to my Onkyo 3030 is huge improvement, and now don't have to worry about the amp heat killing the HDMI board.
My only gripe is for a $3,200 pre-pro the learning remote can't operate a current Sony 4K Blu-ray player or Nvidia Shield! WTF! Been out of the universal remote game awhile, landed on a Sofabaton U2. Game changer so far. Connects to your phone for setup using their app, has codes for over 50K devices. Mini OLED screen at the top of the remote with scroll wheel. Basically go in the app, tell it how your device is controlled, IR or BT, select brand and model, test with buttons on the app, pick an icon, add it to your device list, it shows up on the remote screen. You can remap buttons and learn commands from other device remotes. Remote is backlit and detects movement, will light up when you pick it up.
I still need the 7ch Marantz MM8077 amp to complete this setup, was a little more than what I wanted to spend right now. So to get back to a 7.2.4 setup, I bought a 2ch 7025 for rear surrounds, used the 5ch 7055 for front stage and side surrounds, and 2 Fosi 2ch amps for front and rear top heights. All XLR cables out back for the main 7 speakers and 2 subs, RCA out to the 2 Fosi amps. XLR has quite a bit more db's than rca cables I found out, had to turn the subs down quite a bit during room correction.
Sound quality compared to my Onkyo 3030 is huge improvement, and now don't have to worry about the amp heat killing the HDMI board.
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Retired the Pangea shelving for the tv stand, shelving with sliding doors hides the Apple TV, Shield, Denon network player, and Sony 4K Player. Ups/battery backup and 20 something wires connecting everything are tucked away behind it.
