My Rotel systems

[imbeaujp]

Hello ! Here are my 2 systems:

Main Home Audio/Video System Equipment List:
Yamaha NS-1000 Speakers x 5 for HT application (Best Speaker ever for price !)
Pearless XXLS12 with passive in 43 liter x2
Rotel RSP-1098 surround processos
Rotel RB-1080 amplifier drivig 2 Pearless home made subs
Rotel RMB-1095 amplifier driving 5 Yamaha NS-1000
Rotel RCD-1072 CD player
Rotel RDV-1060 DVD Player
Rotel RLC-1040 Line conditionner
Pioneer Elite Plasma display
Pioneer Elite BlueRay player
Pioneer Inno XM Radio
Toshiba DHDVD player
Behringher FDP for sub EQ
All cables are Monster Cable THX-1000 series
Over 200 original CD-DVD-BluRay- HDDVD !


Other System:
Rotel RSP-976 Surround decoder
Pioneer Elite DV38-A DVD Player
Yamaha CA-1010 amplifiers x3
Yamaha CT-1000 Radio Tuner
Yamaha TC-1000 Tape deck
Yamaha YP-1000 Turntable
Yamaha NS-1000 (ebony) + 4 Tannoy C-10
Monster Cable HTS-3500 Line conditionner
All cables are Monster Cable THX-1000 series

[Blindamood]

Nice setup. That third picture looks like an ad for the benefits of HDMI!

[imbeaujp]

Lol !!!

[sirbogey]

I think you are in some serious need of CATCABLES
nice setup!

[imbeaujp]

Lol !!!

[dmcgowan]

J-P - very nice equipment set. Your local Rotel dealer must love you.

I am glad that someone else has similar cable proliferation problems. No matter how hard I try, I can never get my cables to all align neatly. Add in constant tweaking/ moving of boxes and I have concluded that anyone with really, really neat cable management must have way too much time on their hands!!!

[mattburk]

I just read up on your speakers, they sound great! Is your center a new version of the old speaker?

[imbeaujp]

To be honest, only few items been bought on locals dealers (RB-1075 and RLC-1040). All others equipement has been bought at verry low price on ebay. I check ebay 2 or 3 times a day, and always bid verry low. When I win an item, I win. When I do not, I do not... I got verry good and surprisng results with that method !

JP

[imbeaujp]

Yeh, I know that I must clean up thoses cables... But I am waiting to update My RSP-1098 with an HDMI card. Price is high for that upgrade now...

[imbeaujp]

Yes the NS-1000 are WONDERFUL speakers for price (arround 1000$ on ebay, but I got them for 600). The have berylium drivers like the JM Labs. The base is tight and powerful. The the efficient 90db so they not demand too much on power amp. I listent to B&W 802 as an option to upgrade them, but honestly the NS-1000 sounds better to me, so why pay more !!!! You don't believe me, try them...

The center channel is a working project. I build it with spare parts I have. I am using 2 woofers now but the next version will not.

JP

[lvhung]

you think 802 is not good as yamaha ?
doubtful about that

[mike c]

you think 802 is not good as yamaha ?
doubtful about that

first, this is subjective taste ... your good maybe his bad and vice versa.

second, have you heard the yamaha speaker mentioned here?

[imbeaujp]

Here are some useful links regarding the Yamaha NS-1000:

http://www.thevintageknob.org/YAMAHA/NS1000/NS1000.html

http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/hfw/olde...hans1000m.html

http://www.audioreview.com/cat/speak...1_1594crx.aspx

For many people, this is the best speaker the ever heard I got 6 ns-1000 in my HT setup. Here is a tipical review taken from audioreview:

Summary:
I currently own four pairs of NS-1000M's and am a serious audio enthusiast and collector. I've heard many high end speakers from full ribbon panels and electrostatics to moving coil drivers. I would honestly have to say that Yamaha did build quite possibly one of the worlds greatest sounding loudspeakers ever! I would first like to talk about the build quality. They are absolute tanks! The cabinets are reinforced over and over again with enough dampening material for a 5cft enclosure. The crossovers were built for extreme duty. I could go into detail about the special metallized paper capacitors and other creative features which make them so unique but it would take too long. The 1.2" beryllium dome tweeters are built like the rest of these things, serious! They never stop impressing you with marvelous high frequencies. The 3.5" beryllium dome midranges have that same precise sound as the tweeters. Filling the room with glowing sound you could not even imagine. I find myself closing my eyes when listening to various albums to simulate that live experience. A little info on beryllium, it's lighter than magnesium and harder than titanium. Not to mention it's superior sound propagation. Finally we get to the 12" woofers. Some may think "exotic beryllium dome tweeters and midranges than cheap paper coned woofers, whats up?", Paper is very lightweight and stiff enough to handle most lower frequencies with super fast
transitions and accuracy. The paper cone is the main reason the NS-1000M drops off below 40hz. In later models such as the NS-1000x they used an exotic carbon cone to extend the bass response even lower, but some say the overall sound quality of the woofer was hurt slightly up top. A compromise some are willing to take. The rest of the woofer is built to last with treated cloth surrounds, heavy duty cast aluminum baskets, and large ceramic magnet and voice coil assemblies. There are so many speakers out there I haven't even came close to hearing all of them, but I do have experience with many expensive high end audio pieces. To this day, I really consider the NS-1000M's to be one of the worlds greatest achievements in loudspeaker development. Thats really sad considering they are over 30 years old!

Strengths:
Simply everything . With the proper amplification or setup in general, the NS-1000's will sound unbelievably transparent and create one awesome sound stage. The woofer is light and incredibly responsive, the beryllium midrange throws out sound as if you are really there, and the beryllium tweeter dazzles you with highs that just sing and sing. All the while they are smooth as can be for hours of listening with no fatigue. Truly Phonomimal. Perhaps the biggest strength is there value. I'd put the NS-1000M up against almost any $20,000+ speaker.

Weaknesses:
Not a weakness by any means, but the woofer does drop off past 40hz, but from 40hz to 500hz these paper cone woofers are amazing and solid as a rock! Truly accurate bass with no exaggeration like others. Any serious system should use a subwoofer to pickup the extremely low frequencies anyway.

[jayhawk75]

i personally found that the ns1000 were very similar to 804s and not worth any thoughts of upgrade. however i found 803d worthy of the upgrade for bass management and the diamond tweeter