Pictures of your B&W Set-up

[ZX10 Guy]

It's been a while since I posted pics of my system. Since I first posted a pic here, I pretty much have the basement all done. I started to move the equipment down to my new sound room. For a refresher, here is a pic of the system as it was before the move:


Now here are the pics of the new room. I'm still setting things up.

[ZX10 Guy]

Some pics of the equipment.

Bryston 6B-ST



Carver TFM-25 and Equi=Tech 2Q



Velodyne HGS12



Velodyne HGS15



Nautilus HTM1



Nautilus N804



Pioneer Elite Pro-1010HD



Meridian 598DP



Meridian 568.2MM



VPI HW19Jr w/MKIII platter upgrade, Audioquest PT9 tonearm, and Sumiko Blue Point. Darn thing won't fit in the Salamander Synergy rack. Forgot to measure it. I'll have to figure out how to integrate it into the system until then it's going into my 2 channel system.



Here's a pic of the Lutron Spacer System. It's controlling 4 lighting zones in the room.

[Race Car Driver]

Old Carver.... 8)

[Chelseaforever]

Love the B&W forum, sick of seeing this bloody red car everywhere!

[aphexist]

Seriously, dude. No one cares about seeing your Dodge Neon on every single post you make.

[PavelL]

But he has every reason to be proud of his car - no doubt he bought it from a "thrift store" for just a few bucks :rofl:

[Nolan B]

Made a few new additions and upgrades:

B&W FPM 6s (mains)
B&W FPM 4s (center and surounds)
B&W PV1

Rotel RDV1060
iScan HD
Rotel RSX 1067
XBOX 360

Fujitsu 50" (just purchased)
Richard Grey RGPC 600s (just purchased)

B&O AV Rack (custom fans installed)

Ok I have been getting more then a few PMs about what Rack I have so i thought I would pos some info to help anyone interested. It is Made by Bang and Olufson, and can only be bought by a B&O Dealer. Its made from Rubber and Aluminum, retials for about $1,200 USD. The doors open and shut with a smooth movement which cant be explained. Its called the Beosystem 1



here are some links to it

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/living/automate.asp?section=living&sub=ta

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/systems/overview.asp?section=systems&sub=tv

[Race Car Driver]

Love the B&W forum, sick of seeing this bloody red car everywhere!

Sorry my sig bothers you...
get over it.
EDIT: Now you can look at my bloody red car bike and boat :

Everyone else, systems look spectacular! :T

[ZX10 Guy]

Sorry my sig bothers you...
get over it.
EDIT: Now you can look at my bloody red car bike and boat :

Everyone else, systems look spectacular! :T

Hey put up whatever sig pictures you want.

[Chelseaforever]

Sorry my sig bothers you...
get over it.
EDIT: Now you can look at my bloody red car bike and boat :

Everyone else, systems look spectacular! :T

Is your partner red as well?

[dyazdani]

Sorry my sig bothers you...
get over it.
EDIT: Now you can look at my bloody red car bike and boat :

:rofl:

That's a cool bike...

[Race Car Driver]

Is your partner red as well?

And now are you insuating that Im gay??

Get over yourself, and if you have an issue with it, take it to PM.

Overall this site is full of mature polite people, but its kind of ironic im getting slack from the guy that posts 18 times in a year.......


Danish, thanks its a Kawasaki 750 Turbo... There 2 more in the garage right next to it.

Anyways, i will not reply to any more complaints off topic.
And to try and steer it back on topic,
B&W > all. :lol:

[jim777]

What do you think about these?? Now I'm just joking

[GregLett]

What do you think about these?? Now I'm just joking

Hey! I like those, what are they?

[jim777]

Hey! I like those, what are they?

They are "podspeakers". They come in all colors and many shapes. They look like they have B&W-like kevlar speakers. I saw them at the FSI show and the dealer told me that this company was started by engineers that left B&W (after saying that they looked like B&W copies!).

BTW they look alot better in real than in photo

[Race Car Driver]

What do you think about these?? Now I'm just joking

Hehe, :P
I like my black center, sub, and surrounds, match the N802 looks quite nicely for a great price.

The company is Blueroom, For those who do not know who or what Blueroom Speaker LTD England is, its a company started by former B&W employees, Robert Trunz and the men who were responsible for designing the orginal B&W Nautilus, Lawrence Dickie and Simon Ghahary. (all relitivly new info to myself as well.)

[Miroku]

BlueRoom was an awesome record label too. It's defunct now, but they used to publish "goa" trance music to show off their speakers with. A while back they used to make larger pod speakers called the Housepod and the Technopod. I never got to hear them but they sure looked cool. I think some of the best electronic music ever written was originally released on BlueRoom records. I love listening to their stuff. ;x(

[snowball]

BlueRoom was an awesome record label too. It's defunct now, but they used to publish "goa" trance music to show off their speakers with. A while back they used to make larger pod speakers called the Housepod and the Technopod. I never got to hear them but they sure looked cool. I think some of the best electronic music ever written was originally released on BlueRoom records. I love listening to their stuff. ;x(

Agreed man.its a shame that blueroom went down...

listening to california sunshine as we speak

[Race Car Driver]

Well, I just spent 3 hrs putting together my new Salamander rack, cherry and black to go with the "theme"
Still have to move the PC over to the rack, order a longer HDMI cable to hide it, get some heavy curtains, new carpet, finish the trim in the livingroom... the list goes on and on, but the progress seems to move forward week by week.

N802s
Blueroom Cinepod Center
Blueroom Bass Station 10' Sub
Blueroom Minipod surrounds

Yamaha DVC6770 DVDA/SACD player
Yamaha HTR 5990
Aragon 4004
Denon DCD1530
CyberPower 1500AVR (soon to be replaced)

[audioqueso]

Hi Chris,

The cabinet is a nice touch. Are you crushing the wires with the cabinet in place against the wall? I can't tell. It just seems that way because of the extra slack you have with the cables. I'm planning on order a full set of cables from Lex this summer, but want it sized up accordingly to fit neatly with little slack in my audio rack.

Not to insult you, but that Blueroom center looks so funny in it's location. It looks like a little bug-eyed alien next to those 802s. lol But more importantly, do they blend with alright with the 802s while playing movies?

You need to hurry up and and convert that pc to a HTPC case. :T
One suggestion. I noticed you're using a wireless mouse and keyboard just as I am, but with no coffee table to lay them down on. I found a keyboard that looks very promising, and thought maybe you might be interested since you don't have a coffee table to keep the mouse in place. I'm looking at purchasing one since my table top is glass and the optical mouse doesn't work well with glass. Check it out here.

Nice job so far!

[ShadowZA]

Chris ... great setup!

Comfy, cosy & a room in which I'd like to sit down in & stay. Great pics!

Those N802's look awesome

[Race Car Driver]

Hehe, no im not crushing the wires, theres an extended rear panel on the back.



Yea I know the Bluerooms look goofy, but I won them in an auction at work, and they sorta match.. LOL. I may buy some cherry and make the center riser taller to sit more on par with the height of the 802s. The center sounds pretty good, i was suprised. The surrounds are decent, I just need to get them in a proper location, they were just kinda "plugged in".
I have a different PC that will be going in the rack soon, its a media center PC.

Yea, its wirless keyboard and optical mouse. They work great. The mouse is usually on the arm of the couch, or seat cusion, works on whatever, i get lazy sometimes and lay on the floor. :lol: Was thinking of picking up bluetooth next time, so i dont have to worry about the PC being behind me on the cabinet.

Thanks, the room is cozy, and i spend alot of time just doing nothing.. well, listening to music and wasting time on the internet.

[audiojunky]

My first contribution to the thread...

Unfortunately these don't belong to me - they belong to a dear friend of mine who's as crazy (or crazier) about hi-end audio gear as I am.

These sound so good that it's scary!

I will be posting pictures of my setup shortly ...

[Chatterbot]

Hi all, I´m from Germany and new to this forum!

I´m planning a set with 2 803S, 2 805s, a HTM3s and ASW825,
but I´d need some good-looking furniture that fits the colour of the B&Ws.

Can somebody please tell me where I could buy this racks:

I think I´ve seen those racks in a Rotel-advertisement, too.


Thanks in advance,

Guenther

[ZX10 Guy]

Hi all, I´m from Germany and new to this forum!

I´m planning a set with 2 803S, 2 805s, a HTM3s and ASW825,
but I´d need some good-looking furniture that fits the colour of the B&Ws.

Can somebody please tell me where I could buy this racks:



I think I´ve seen those racks in a Rotel-advertisement, too.


Thanks in advance,

Guenther

They look like they're from BDI. http://www.bdiusa.com/avfurniture/axis.shtml

[Chatterbot]

Thank you!!!
I only hope that I can get my hands on it here in Germany..

Guenther

[ZX10 Guy]

You're welcome.

[scanido]

Hello All,

Great Forum Here!

I've been a visitor for many months now and finally decided to register to post my new 804S' in stunning Black Ash!!! Let me say this color is much better than i excected!

I've been saving for these speakers for over a year and finally am proud to be an owner! :B :B

Enjoy the pics!






The last shot really captures the essence and beautiful veneer. Not cheap at all, not by a long shot!

[Race Car Driver]

Wow, those pics just made me very sleepy!
VERY COZY!

That is deff cool!

Chatterbot, liking the setup, Rotel :T

Audiojunky, :twisted:

[wkhanna]

scanido, very nice!

RCD, I love that old Kaw Turbo.
I for one, never get tired of seeing it!

[ShadowZA]

Congratulations on your recent awesome acquisition, scanido. Great setup you have :T .

[Chatterbot]

Chatterbot, liking the setup, Rotel :T

It´s actually not my setup I´m working on it..
Plus I´m not too sure if Rotel does it for me.
I´ve had the 803s with a Rotel 1070 at home for about 4 days
for a home-listening-test, and the Rotel did not sound like a big
difference to my old Denon POA...



Greets,

Guenther

[Audiophiliac]

mmmm old school Denon.....tanks I tell you.

Here is a quiz....what does the acronym POA stand for?

[Race Car Driver]

mmmm old school Denon.....tanks I tell you.

Here is a quiz....what does the acronym POA stand for?

Piece Of......... Artwork :W

[jlr_1304]

My HT room is almost finished. Sorry for the crappy pictures :

[Audiophiliac]

Lovin the setup jlr! Is that a Servo-15 I spy? Nasty good sub!

[jlr_1304]

Good eye !

[ShadowZA]

Fantastic setup, jlr_1304 :T

[pikers]

and that little special something that no-one else has (at least not that many), a B&W training certificate :B

+1 :dancenana:

[dyazdani]

Fantastic setup, jlr_1304 :T

Indeed!

[Kirium]

After jlr_1304's pics, I'm a bit ashamed to put these pics up.... But here it is anyway...





Specs of gear available in my sig...

[Briz vegas]

Kirium
Nice setup
Let no one be judged by the series of their B&Ws.

Now B%$e is a different matter. :W :takecover:

[audioqueso]

Kirium, very nice looking setup. I think you need to clean up a bit with your CDs lol, but I'm loving your front setup. Looks great!

[jlr_1304]

Very nice setup Kirium. You should not be ashamed.

[PewterTA]

Kirium, DO NOT be ashamed, 600 series B&Ws rock!

One suggestion to you to maybe help out a slight bit, if you can (not sure on the room you have do to the picture), but if you can tilt the center LCR60 up a little bit (put something underneath the front), that might help make the center stand out more. By stand out I mean sound better as it would be more aimed towards ear level.

I really like the room and the setup. It looks good. The color of the walls really sets things off I think! Is the front wall a slightly more blue color to it? It might just be the light from the windows or something, but it looks darker than the back wall which is a nice sliver color!

I think it looks really good (everything)!

Couch looks really comfortable too! :Z