My cheap home theatre
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As im currently doing up the house i bought i figured i would post what i have done so far on my home theatre, its nowt flash but I like it so far
Luckily i have a better half who like me loves her music and thinks a speaker sound look like a speaker so the thumbs up for big floorstanders were given
Kit list
Onkyo 608AV amp
Tannoy Mercury F3 fronts
Tannoy Mercury F3custom rears
Tannoy mercury F3custom Centre
Tannoy sub
LG TV
Virgin high def box
Dell gx280 as a media PC
As the TV was being mounted to the wall my dad dug the plaster off the wall so I had a channel to run the cabling, i cabled up the vast majority of the sockets on the back even though i will be using the AV amp for video switching duties - i figured its worth doing as i never know if i will need to use the tv sockets)
Once the cabling was run it has been plastered over
Currently waiting for the base plaster to dry so the top coat can go on
The speakers are perhaps not in the best places but as the room is small its the only place for them to go really but they sound pretty damn good where they are
As a side note i did check that the screen and centre are safe from heat and they are but its rare the fire is used anyway
The rack im using to hold the equiptment is just a cheap glass rack but it does the job
The media PC is just an old Dell desktop - the sort that was used in offices up and down the country BUT i shoved Ubuntu on it, downloaded XBMC for ubuntu and got a cheap mediacentre remote, it copes with pretty much anything i throw at it, the only thing its waiting for is the network cabling and my server being installed soi have access to all my media, not just what i can shove in the front of it
Ubuntu Desktop in the front room FTW
The next upgrades are to actually decorate the room (I did the man thing of getting the sound system setup first as it needed carpet up for speaker wire etc) then a bigger TV and perhaps a satellite decoder to pickup signals from Astra 19.2 and Hotbird
Like i said its nothing compared to some of the setups I have seen in here in the past but if people are interested i will put up photos off a decent (not phone) camera when it is done
Luckily i have a better half who like me loves her music and thinks a speaker sound look like a speaker so the thumbs up for big floorstanders were given
Kit list
Onkyo 608AV amp
Tannoy Mercury F3 fronts
Tannoy Mercury F3custom rears
Tannoy mercury F3custom Centre
Tannoy sub
LG TV
Virgin high def box
Dell gx280 as a media PC
As the TV was being mounted to the wall my dad dug the plaster off the wall so I had a channel to run the cabling, i cabled up the vast majority of the sockets on the back even though i will be using the AV amp for video switching duties - i figured its worth doing as i never know if i will need to use the tv sockets)
Once the cabling was run it has been plastered over
Currently waiting for the base plaster to dry so the top coat can go on
The speakers are perhaps not in the best places but as the room is small its the only place for them to go really but they sound pretty damn good where they are
As a side note i did check that the screen and centre are safe from heat and they are but its rare the fire is used anyway
The rack im using to hold the equiptment is just a cheap glass rack but it does the job
The media PC is just an old Dell desktop - the sort that was used in offices up and down the country BUT i shoved Ubuntu on it, downloaded XBMC for ubuntu and got a cheap mediacentre remote, it copes with pretty much anything i throw at it, the only thing its waiting for is the network cabling and my server being installed soi have access to all my media, not just what i can shove in the front of it
Ubuntu Desktop in the front room FTW
The next upgrades are to actually decorate the room (I did the man thing of getting the sound system setup first as it needed carpet up for speaker wire etc) then a bigger TV and perhaps a satellite decoder to pickup signals from Astra 19.2 and Hotbird
Like i said its nothing compared to some of the setups I have seen in here in the past but if people are interested i will put up photos off a decent (not phone) camera when it is done
the wiring will be a pain, my plan is for the wiring that is not needed it will be tucked out of the way in the cupboard as it feeds out the bottom for now so that will get rid of a lot of mess and the other wiring i will just try to control with cable ties
In regards to infront of the cubpard unfortunatly yes it has to stay where it is positioned, its not too bad as those cupboards just hold the electricity meter and fusebox so its not the end of the works and you can still get into the cabinets
In regards to infront of the cubpard unfortunatly yes it has to stay where it is positioned, its not too bad as those cupboards just hold the electricity meter and fusebox so its not the end of the works and you can still get into the cabinets
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