Pictures of your Rotel Set-up

[Bill Blank]

Great thread guys! VERY nice systems!


My Rotels:



My system:





Bill

[aarsoe]

Bing

You and me both buddy.
Yes the old matrix series are very nice, may not look at good as the new Nautilus series, but I actually prefer their sound. Much warmer and with more soul.
Best thing is that you can pick them up really cheap now :P as everybody want the new ones... :roll:
My next project will be building a matching center speaker. Have purchased B&W units exactly like the ones in the 801/802's (Tweeter and Midrange) and will be using a set of bass units from the CDT series, as buying the bass units from the 802's was to expensive.
So when I find the right carpenter I hope to be able to build the center that B&W should have had, but never had...
Imagine, 1 tweeter, 2 kevlar midrange and 2 bass units. :T :T :T :T Oh and naturally the same cross over as in my 801's!!!

[Bing Fung]

Very Nice Bill :T Those Dym's are nice 8)


Anders, those 801/02 Matrix are a super deal it seems. The biggest issue is the shipping would probably kill me, so I must pay attention to where the seller is located. I'm keepin my eyes open for a sweet deal on them however

Sounds like an awesome center you ahve planned. I never thought that the Matrix never wer designed to have a centre speaker :roll: Looking forward to seeing it posted someday :T

[aarsoe]

Bing

Not quite true. They did make one, size of a shoebox and sounded like one as well (allthough a very good shoebox..)

Saw a "cheap" set of 801's the other day, and I seriously considdered buying them to use one as center - but then I remembered............... I am married.... :rofl:

[Bill Blank]

When I hit the PowerBall Lottery (oh yeah...I'm gonna) 5 Nautilus 800's will adorn my new home's media room.

I fell in love with B&W's when I learned that they were used in Abbey Road Studios. If they're good enough for them, surely they're good enough for me.

I've got a pair of 601s2 in my living room. I refer to it as my BritKit:

NAD C340 Integrated Amp
Cambridge Audio D300 CD Player
B&W DM601s2 Speakers

The Paradigms mate very well with the Rotel gear...mush better than the Vienna Acoustics setup I had previously. The Dyms truly know how to rock. I'm tempted to juice them with a 1095 and sell the 1075...

Bill

[soundhound]

As allways, a work in progress.......................................... .....................

[Bam!]

Soundhog!

How do you like your Klipsch ?

Thise are 102 db`s I think right ?

Man they must be mega loud with that 1075 :E

[jimmyp58]

Where in Wisconsin are you located SOUNDHOUND?

[Bing Fung]

I like it Soundhound :T Way to go adding the 1075 :T :T

[Drew_W]

Bill,

Very nice setup. I have walls that are a similar colour (more royal blue though, white celing), and I haven't been loving my cherry speakers...but I looked at your pics and the cherry matches nicely with your walls...I have some new perspective, so thanks.

Do you have an equipment list or closeups of your equipment racks ?

[Bill Blank]

Drew,

Thanks for the compliments. My blue is more of a navy (some would say Penn State). I had Vienna Acoustic Mozarts in Beech which is very similar to the Paradigm Natural Cherry and liked it a lot.

My gear is as follows:

LEFT RACK (top to bottom):
Rotel RSP-1066 Pre/Pro
Denon DVD-2900 SACD DVDA/V Player
Sony PS2
Motorola DCT-5100 HD Cable Box, Comcast Service
Rotel RMB-1075 Power Amp

RIGHT RACK:
Rega Planet 2000 CD Player
Philips CDR-600 CD Recorder
Sony MDS-JB920 MiniDisc Deck
Sony TC-WE605S Cassette Deck
Realistic Tape Monitor Hub

Speakers:
Paradigm Reference Studio 100v3 (Front)
Paradigm Reference Studio CC-470v3 (Center)
Paradigm Reference Studio 20v3 (Surround)
SVS PC+ 20-39 (Sub)

Room is 13'W x 15'L x 8'H

I've got some acoustic treatments on the way from Michael Green Audio.

Bill

[soundhound]

I hail from Arkansaw Wi. originally, we moved to Prescott in 1972 (pathetic little town it is) raised a family here and are trying to get land bought back home around Arkansaw,Eau Galle,.....Living on the Minnesota border has turned me into a hardcore CHEESEHEAD.....As far as the Klipsch, they are the RF7's, and I cannot honestly imagine anything sounding better w/ the Rotel gear. I haven't heard B&W's but have to believe the Klipsch are a close competitor. Even at low volumes these things sound incredible.

[nyny]

Fellas, great thread and systems!!

[Bill Blank]

nyny,

Very nice system! How is B&W's new 700 Series? I wanted to audition them but none of my local dealers had them in stock at the time I was looking. They sure LOOK very nice, did you have a chance to compare them to the 600 Series and/or the 800 Series?

Bill

[will1066]

NyNy, welcome.

<--- (a fellow NYC dweller)

[nyny]

Bill Blank>> Thanks for the compliment! I love the 705s. I auditioned B&W805 & 705 and Paradigm Studio 40 & 20 before purchasing the 705 (as you can see, I am partial towards bookshelf speakers). I A/B tested the 805 and 705 at a local stereo shop and find that the 705 sounded very similar to the 805 (very clear and smooth; extremely revealing). Although I do think the 805 sounded a tiny bit better (not by much), I couldn't justify the price differences between it and the 705. I finally got my Velodyne SPL-1200II to match up well with the 705, and they sound good! :T

The Paradigmns I auditioned sounded pretty good as well, but I don't think their mid/high are as clear as the B&Ws. But they are certainly good speakers, in fact, I almost went with the Studio40s.


wil1066>> Thanks for the welcome! Where are you located in NYC? I am down in Battery Park City, a few blocks away from WTC.

[aud19]

nyny, very nice :T And never mind a dedicated theatre room, that apartment of yours looks pretty nice and big (for a NY apartment anyways :lol: ) I'm guessing your monthly rent is almost as much as a lot of our anual HT budgets 8O :lol:

Jason

[Bing Fung]

NYNY, that is one excellent looking space you have :T :T Love the look of the space, it's so modern!


Here is a picture of my lastest addition





It's not in place yet as I'm working on my kitchen, soon however

[Andrew Pratt]

NYNY is there any room to tilt that centre channel speaker up a little bit? It might help with dialog if you can....nice set up though:T

[Bing Fung]

Flip?

Oh Yeah, wrong thread :W :rofl:





So what I would like to know is why does the 1095 have a DB25 connector when the 1098 does not? What Pre/Pro uses this connector?

[will1066]

NYNY, I'm near Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.

[Andrew Pratt]

Bing the DB25 connector is a hold over from older Rotel designs...my first Rotel pre amp had that connection type available as did a couple of others but it never caught on for one reason or another.

[nyny]

Bing>> Thanks for starting the thread, this is definitely the best thread I have seen in a while. BTW, seems like you really went all out with your upgrades - looks awesome!

aud19>> Hehe...don't remind of the rent, NYC apartments are way over-priced....seriously thinking about moving to NJ or Queens...so I can finally have my dedicated HT room :T

Andrew>> Thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about tilting the center speaker upward for a while now, but couldn't figure out what to fit underneath the speaker. Any suggestions??

[Mark_C.]

nyny:


how about a couple of rubber door stops. They work like a charm.

[will1066]

Hmmm, honestly, you have a tough situation there, nyny. Short of replacing the TV rack/shelf, there's not much you can do because of the extreme angle that would be necessary to tilt it up to ear level. The HTM 7 is a big hulking center by center-speaker standards and there's not much wiggle room in that rack, as far as I can see. Plus, even if you did tilt it up, you'd still run into all sorts of reflection problems from the sound of the center traveling directly into the coffee table.

[Andrew Pratt]

That coffee table and rack are both working against you for placement of the center speaker but you might still be able to tilt it up a little with some door stops. One thought I had was how modular is that rack? Could you for example move the device below the TV to the rack on the right (its ok to stack DVD players etc) and then move that shelf down so that there's room for the center to sit in that space...or are the shelves fixed in place?

[nyny]

Hey guys, thanks for all the advice! I will get a couple of door stops and will take apart the TV rack and move the smaller shelf to the bottom of the rack and move the larger shelf up. I am sure going to get a good workout out of this considering that the SONY TV weights close to 300 pounds... :B I guess I will have to call my buddy over to help me move this sucker.

[Andrew Pratt]

It'll be worth it for the better center speaker performace which for movies is really the key speaker...but please be carefull moving that TV I'd hate to hear you hurt your back moving it

[aud19]

Or even worse, hurt the TV 8O

:rofl:

Jason

[Claude D D]

Here's a pic of my HT and Rotel gear taken this evening.Yup it was a sad day.I spent most of the day disassembling and boxing up my main Home Theater room. :cry: Seven and a half years of Home Theater evolution in this home is coming to an end.I move to a new house in August and the process begins again. :E I'm hoping to have my new room up and running before the end of October.Gotta go now and start luggin' all my gear upstairs.Anyone wanna help???? :W

[Bing Fung]

Claude, yup, I'll help... Right in to a van and back to Saskatoon for safe keeping :B

Ny, yeah, it's this whole threads fault :

[will1066]

Damn, Claude. Do you not only clean your gear, but their boxes, as well? Those are the cleanest outer cartons I've ever seen.

[alkalay]

It feels so good just to look at those boxes of Claude's system.
Moreover it feels great to know I'm in a company that is probably sharing the same feelings when looking at a picture that actually shows no gear whatsoever :P

Good luck at your new place Claude.

Itai

[tme]

This is a great thread!!!! Thanks Bing. I always like seeing pictures of other systems.

Here are some pics of my setup. The only Rotel gear I have is the RMB-1075. Hopefully, I can make some upgrades soon, but I'm really enjoying what the amp has done to my system.

I'm not sure about the spacing/toe-in of the left/right 704s. Let me know if you guys think I should consider something. Also I may need to tilt the HTM7 down.

My gear:
Rotel RMB-1075
Marantz SR5300 receiver
Pioneer DV-45A DVD player
Hughes HTL-HD DSS receiver
B&W 704
B&W HTM7
B&W LM7 (couch stuck to wall - needed ceiling mounted rears)
Pronto TSU-3000

[Bing Fung]

No probs Tamer, thanks for participating :T

Wow! :E Now that is what you call a "CLEAN System" :yesnod: Very nice. I love that Sony TV and those B&W's. The Room looks like one that I could really sit and feel comfortable in :T

[tme]

Thanks a lot Bing I just moved in a few months ago so I still need to get some paintings or something on those plain walls...

[ajpoe]

Woo hoo! I can post here now since I've got my 1075 set up. I made have to update once I get a processor. Andrew has me torn again!

ajpoe

p.s. - it looks as though I need to update my digi camera as well...

[will1066]

Welcome ajpoe and tme. Wow, tme, your room looks like brochure material.

[alkalay]

tme, what a great looking system, bet it sounds as it looks...

Say do you actually use that fireplace??? :E

Is that a 675 or 650 you have?

Itai

[Bill Blank]

ajpoe,

Good to see another Paradigm/Rotel fan on the thread! How do you like your ADP surrounds?

Bill

[tme]

Thanks Will and Itai... I used to have 600 series speakers before the 700s and I am very happy with the sound of the 700s.

The subwoofer is only a 600. The room is 12x18.. I may later on add another sub, but for now I'm pretty satisfied with the bass even though I've read that many people are not that impressed with the B&W 600 or 650 subs.

The fireplace is awesome! :W of course I use it during the winter months only (around nov-feb) it really adds to the ambience when watching movies...

[ajpoe]

ajpoe,

Good to see another Paradigm/Rotel fan on the thread! How do you like your ADP surrounds?

Bill

Bill, I absolutely love them. I was using Atoms for my rears prior to going with the ADPs. The sound effects with the ADPs are amazing and blend seamlessly into the rest of the system. I have 2 great stories, both involve movies when there is a storm. The first was during Fallen when it started thundering but it hadn't started raining in the movie yet. My friend and I looked at each other and both asked if that was outside or part of the movie. After getting up to look outside and then the rain starting to come in the next couple minutes in the movie, we determined that it was in reality the movie track. lol. the other story is similar in Open Range during a downpour. Both my buddy and his girlfriend said they couldn't even tell it was the speaker system and it really sounded like it was pouring outside. I can't help but get a huge grin on my face when that happens and think to myself... "yeah, the $900 for those adps was worth it!" the Rotel 1075 brings them even more to life that before.

ajpoe

[Bing Fung]

Nice set-up Ajpoe :T Whats the LCD monitor on the left for?

[Bill Blank]

ajpoe,

That's CLASSIC!! I think sometimes we enthusiasts can become so accustomed to good sound that we don't appreciate fully what we've got, getting lost in upgrades and tweaking rather than just sitting back and appreciating what we've got. When a neighbor, friend, or family member get the WOAH! effect it reminds us just how damn cool this hobby is.

And damn me as I'm saying this as I get ready to pick up a new CD player this weekend...but that's another story.

I'm running 20's for rears primarily because of MCH music listening on SACD and DVD-A discs. I've only heard the ADP's in the store and they do provide a much more diffuse soundfield around the listener.

Prior I had a full Vienna Acoustics setup (Mozarts/Maestro/Haydn) and while very nice just wasn't exciting enough for me.

I think the Paradigms mate very well with the Rotel sound.

Bill

[ajpoe]

Bill, I agree, the Paradigms do very well with the Rotel Amp. The dealer I go to had the 1068 and 1075 running their Paradigm room. I am leaning more toward the 1068 now as the more I think about it and the more Andrew influences me ( :T ). I'm not as worried about the hardware upgrades down the road, but when I do upgrade, I would like to get a 2 channel Rotel for the fronts and add the Studio 20s for rears in a 7.1 setup and the 1068 will handle that fine.

Bing... thank you! The monitor is for my HTPC that is on top of my rack. I know the picture is kind of crappy but that's an HTPC case up there. I ran extension cords around my room so I could have the monitor beside my couch. I'm running a dual display setup so I can watch DVDs in 720p on my HDTV and still chat away or browse the internet on my LCD as primary. That's the wireless keyboard and mouse sitting on my coffee table as well. The ability to zoom the screen to the perfect size in Zoom Player is very nice when running a 1280 x 720 rez on the HDTV.