Show Your Home AV Setup

[F3RNY7]

We've just bought our first home and something I've ALWAYS wanted was to have a wall mounted TV speaker setup - well today I realised my goal!

Looks a bit better now than it did a couple of weeks ago!

Before:



After:





A modest 3.1 setup with a 46" TV but more than enough for me and my needs!

So let's see pics of what you guys are rocking!

[Brother D]

I do like those cabinets...

[F3RNY7]

Brother D said:

I do like those cabinets...

Took me blooming ages to find one that ticked all the boxes. Had to fit the amp and Virgin box on the shelves, then have cupboards big enough to house the XBOX One, NAS, Modem & Router so nothing was on display. Luckily I have a carpenter friend as there's no access to the cupboards from behind by default! He cut me out a cable management/ventilation hole behind each cupboard and the setup works well.

[Oakey]

'ventilation hole'

Just the one? How does it suck in cool air and exhaust warm air?

Your Xbox One must love you!

[F3RNY7]

Oakey said:

'ventilation hole'

Just the one? How does it suck in cool air and exhaust warm air?

Your Xbox One must love you!

I only tend to use it for an hour or so at a time, can't imagine it being that bad? Surely people have electronic devices in hot countries where the average room temperature must exceed a cabinet in Bristol!

[PieterLOL]

Vincent SA-11 preamp and two Vincent 911 monoblocks.
Sources are Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit turntable through a Musical Fidelity phonostage.
Matching Musical Fidelity DAC (for the bluray player) and have the matching separate power supply as well.
Added the Vincent KHV-1 hybrid headphone amp as well to drive the AKG K-701.
Speakers are Monitor Audio Gold series GS-20, the Dali's are long gone :-)
All cables Audioquest.

Sounds really, really nice!

Grts, Pieter

[Frances The Mute]

Nice clean set up you have there, F3RNY7.

Here's my AV set-up. Not the best of pics given it's via my phone.

[sprouting]

Craig, that looks amazing,

Is this why we haven't seen any updates on cars recently.

[Frances The Mute]

Thanks, Andy.

It's taken about 10 months to build - pretty much from scratch. I've still got soem finishing touches to sort.
Between that and the day job taking over my life means no time for cars. I've not driven a car for fun in nearly two years. Very sad state of affairs.

The tide is finally turning, though...

[toohuge]

Frances The Mute said:

Thanks, Andy.

It's taken about 10 months to build - pretty much from scratch. I've still got soem finishing touches to sort.
Between that and the day job taking over my life means no time for cars. I've not driven a car for fun in nearly two years. Very sad state of affairs.

The tide is finally turning, though...

Looks great! What screen size / projector are you running?

[Greshamst]

This seems like a good thread to quickly mention that if there are any audiophiles looking, i'm currently trying to shift a load of stuff that was in my dad's collection after he passed away.

ATC amps and active speakers
Esoteric DV60 dvd player
Neat Ultimatum speakers
Bel canto monoblocks and pre-amp
Conrad Johnson Tube amp
Graham Slee phono amp
AKG K701 headphones
Cranfield Elite turntable
Miller & Kriesel K4 speakers

PM me if you'd be interested.

[Frances The Mute]

toohuge said:

Frances The Mute said:

Thanks, Andy.

It's taken about 10 months to build - pretty much from scratch. I've still got soem finishing touches to sort.
Between that and the day job taking over my life means no time for cars. I've not driven a car for fun in nearly two years. Very sad state of affairs.

The tide is finally turning, though...

Looks great! What screen size / projector are you running?

Cheers.

The PJ is a BenQ W1070 and the screen is 10' diagonal. For the optimum viewing angle, this means a distance of 13' 6" from the screen - not that you'd think that from the perspective of the photo.

The BenQ really is a superb bit of kit. That image is HD fed from a Humax. On Bluray, it's nothing short of breathtaking.
It's extremely good with high ambient light levels, too. Not that it's a problem for me as the room is devoid of any windows.

[RoyalVilla]

Frances The Mute said:

Cheers.

The PJ is a BenQ W1070 and the screen is 10' diagonal. For the optimum viewing angle, this means a distance of 13' 6" from the screen - not that you'd think that from the perspective of the photo.

The BenQ really is a superb bit of kit. That image is HD fed from a Humax. On Bluray, it's nothing short of breathtaking.
It's extremely good with high ambient light levels, too. Not that it's a problem for me as the room is devoid of any windows.

Looks great. I've got a w1070. Trying to decide on the screen size at the moment and in between a 106" and 120" (like yours). My main seating distance is similar, though it's part of the main lounge, so quite a bit of ambient light. Is the 120" just right for you?
Looks like you have the BenQ quite flush mounted to the ceiling - what mount are you using if you don't mind me asking (looking for a mount too!)

[Frances The Mute]

RoyalVilla said:

Looks great. I've got a w1070. Trying to decide on the screen size at the moment and in between a 106" and 120" (like yours). My main seating distance is similar, though it's part of the main lounge, so quite a bit of ambient light. Is the 120" just right for you?
Looks like you have the BenQ quite flush mounted to the ceiling - what mount are you using if you don't mind me asking (looking for a mount too!)

The 120" is a great size and is the limit of what I could fit. If you can accomodate that size screen and can sit at the right distance, go for it. Just be sure you have adequate clearance for speakers etc.

I don't know what it's like with ambient light, but turning on the 6 LED spots I have, they don't massively impact on the image quality. It's still very watchable. Of course, it will depend on how much light and where it's coming from in your room but this is one of the strengths of this PJ.

It's not flush mounted. I couldn't find much in the way of flush mount brackets for this PJ. Plus, the ceiling height is approximately 7' so I'd be smashing my face into it at any opporunity.
I fitted a noggin bewteen two of the joists and fixed it to that. That way, it's tighter to the ceiling than a flush mount - although not as straight forward as I had to cut the celing boards to gain access to the claw and feed the cables. I'm still working on a fascia/cowling to blend it in more discretely.

[peterattheboro]

My budget setup.



Not sure on the model of TV. Sony 40" 1080p anyway. Monitor Audio BX6 speakers and a Pioneer VSX-421k receiver.

Speakers are one of the best purchases I've ever made

WDTV box has been replaced with a full blown PC now controlled by a Samsung Galaxy tablet.

[richelli]

Nothing startling, but it fits my room well. The chimney breast is fake, I built it just to house the tv. A tube runs up to the tv from under the floor which goes to an av cupboard in a hall next to the living room which houses the receiver, ps4, cctv, broadband, patch panel for networking to other rooms etc. Where remote controls are required to control things like the receiver I installed an infrared sender, so everything can be controlled from the couch.

onyko txnr609 amp
monitor audio rx8 silver floorstanding fronts, monitor audio silver fx rears and monitor audio silver centre.
lg 50" tv
bk xxls400-df sub

[clarkmagpie]

Looks great!

[JatHanspal]

Not as "cinema" as some on here, but my humble setup works very well for a lived in lounge, with 3 little kids tearing the place apart.









A mixture of B&W 600 series, centre and sub, Denon AV amp, LG blu ray, Sky HD, apple TV and a 55" Samsung LED TV.....all housed in Ikea cabinets, and a false wall with hidden mood lighting.

[wolfracesonic]

Do you some times sit and look at the false wall and think to yourself 'that could be a projector screen'?

[JatHanspal]

Yep, I do exactly that! What bugs me now is that this area of the house was extended, so I should have really put provisions in for wiring etc for a projector, as I did for the rest of the setup. Missed out there.