Wondering what kind of sound systems you all have.

Mine'30 couple years old, works great, I enjoy listening to HD radio. <== (and there is no monthly fee)


Equipment: Kenwood receiver KR-V6020, Kenwood CD player DP-1520, Kenwood Cassette Deck KX-2520, Panasonic DVD/CD player DVD-RV32, AUVIO HD Radio Receiver, Presidian 4 head VCR/DVD combo

Speakers: Electro-voice 10" 2 way, Marantz Imperial 6 12" 2 way ported, All collected over the years, these are large cabinet speakers. I guess you would call them "Old School Vintage speakers" You may notice some old names, The Electro-Voice & Marantz are at-least 40+ years old, they all work great together.

TV equipment:
Samsung 65 inch, Hooked up to RCA Receiver STAV-3970, SONY 5 disk changer, HDMI receiver for security camera access, Fisher 15' 4 way speakers



Let's see what you all have.

[This message has been edited by CoolBlue87GT (edited 10-20-2024).]

Pre/Pro: Outlaw Audio 970

I'm likely going to upgrade to the 975 since it adds HDMI. I got this before HDMI was supported. It hasn't been a big deal since my BD audio uses digital optical inputs, but HDMI will make switching multiple sources easier.

Amp: Outlaw Audio 7500

Just a big honkin' 80lb monolith. 5 channels w/ balanced inputs and 200 Watts per channel.

Plenty of headroom - more power than I need.

Speakers:
Front Left & Right: Klipsch RF-7


Center: Klipsch RC-7 (timber matched to the RF-7)


Surround: Klipsch RS-62

Unfortunately these aren't timber matched to my front. The RS-7 would have been the matching speaker. These are the next generation that replaced the RS-7.

BD Player: Sony Blu-Ray. Nothing fancy. Just a mid-range player I got at Best Buy. I'm considering upgrading to an Oppo when the Sony dies.

Oh, and everything gets power through an APC H15 Power Conditioner. This one needs to be replaced with one with a battery backup, though.

Technically this doesn't have the capacity to power my amp, but I've never driven the amp hard enough to task the APC, so I'm not too concerned. I will get a larger unit when I upgrade to one with battery backup, though.

No sub - yet.
The matching sub, Klipsch RSW-15, has been discontinued for several years and is hard to find and very expensive when you do find one used.
My other choice was the Epik Conquest. Also discontinued. This isn't my setup, but this is what it would look like compared to my front and center speakers:

Needless to say, I need to move way out in the country before I can enjoy a sub like that.

Kind of like cars - the setup is never really "finished" is it?
One day I'd like to get a 2-channel setup with some Klipsch Heritage speakers, either Klipschorns or Belle Klipsch most likely. I'll want a larger house with a dedicated listening room for that. Nowhere to put it in my current house.

Side note: Outlaw Audio is an online-only retailer. US based, but the farm out their manufacturing.
My Front and Center speakers were made in Hope, AK, but the surrounds were made in China, unfortunately. They were the closest I could find to match my front speakers.

[This message has been edited by Formula88 (edited 07-20-2014).]

Old school.

Ancient Kenwood KR-V85R, audio video stereo receiver.
A pair of towers that consist of dual Dayton 10"s, a 5" Pioneer mid and a 3" Dynaco tweeter.
I have some Peerless "chambered" mids that had the surrounds replaced, that are going back in when I have the time.

These things started out as Olson Electronics towers about 30 years ago. After I scattered all the cheesy Olson components (in very short order, I might add) I stuffed the cabinets with components that were recommended by an audiophile friend of mine (The Peerless mids and Dynaco tweeters.)
The original woofers came from Optimus T200 towers. After the surrounds deteriorated, I ordered some replacements from Audio Lab. The most recent replacements (since our dog ate one of the woofers, which were long out of production) were ordered from Parts Express. Took me two years to find woofers that had T-S parameters suitable for the cabinets. They still sound decent.

The television is piped through the system, as well as the cheap CD/DVD player that we use, and the Xfinity decoder.
Occasionally, we'll run the iPod through the system. Not really great quality, but it works just fine.
I used to have all of the sources looped through a DBX 119, but it got to be too complex for my wife to operate, just to watch television.

This is what the speakers look like.


Edit - I also have an old Sansui AU-111 tube amp. Last time it was turned on it worked fine, except for some scratchy controls.
Probably needs all the capacitors replaced, by now.

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For hi-fi I have self designed dipoles driven by eight channels of Adcom (50w/driver). That's fed from a four way Riley-Linkwitz Butterworth squared crossover with phase alignment and driver equalization. Premp goes between a Sanyo C50 or Adcom 500. Sub is a modified KLH 12" (the wife wasn't thrilled about my dipole sub so I had to compromise. )

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