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this is my fist real home theater befor this i just had a home theater in a box. Iam still refining it and am thinking of changeing power cables and speaker cables suggestions would be appreciated. Iam also considering AC power conditioners. this system sounds good for two channel but could deffinitly sound better with some minnor tweeks I think. I just sent my ASW CDM in to B&W to be serviced some thing sounded loose they said they would take care of it. Movies are awsome with the Sharp projector the only other real competitor was the Marantz VP-12s3 with the extra long throw lense that i would need it would have been an extra $2500.
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    • Integra DPS-8.3
    THX Ultra Certified DVD-Audio/Video & SACD Player
    • Rotel RSX-1065
    Killer Reciever, great quality two channel sound...pure and simple. since I watch a movie or two a week and listen to music this was the all in one unit for me. Plenty of power, easy to operate and a straight forward set-up.
    • B&W Nautilus 804
    The Nautilus 804 is the most compact of the 3-way floor-standing speakers in the range, with the same high standard of performance found in the larger models.
    • B&W Nautilus HTM-2
    All the features of the Nautilus 805 – Matrix cabinet bracing, Flowport, Kevlar cone bass/midrange and tube-loaded tweeter – are incorporated into the Nautilus HTM2
    • SHARP XVZ12000
    The XV-Z12000 boasts a 5500:1 contrast ratio (in high contrast mode) and a very high brightness rating of 900 ANSI lumens (in high brightness mode I always run it in high contrast mode and wonder what the lumens are when it is in that mode.
    • B&W ASW-CDM
    The ASW CDM combines a 300mm (12 in) driver and 1kW ampilfier. subwoofer is compact enough not to physically dominate the smaller room, but powerful enough to fill the larger room with powerful, deep bass from either music or movie based sources.
    • B&W LM1
    A unique 2-way leisure monitor speaker with exceptional acoustic capabilities underpinned by a timeless universal design used for the rears
    • By me and my Dad stand
    home made to fit on beam out of koa wood took several hours of father son time actually looks good
    • Toshiba 34HF81
    CRT Television flat screen for dat time T.V. watching
    • Stewart Luxus Deluxe ScreenWall
    Luxus Deluxe ScreenWall Firehawk 16:9 specialy designed for DLP projectors
    • Sony SAT-HD 200
    Direct T.V. HD decoder

Comments 6

Owner
i have the firehawk 100" and its awsome my room gets dark at night so its not a problem but for my xbox i usally put it into medium for some reason that can get dark. But for HD and movies high contrast is beautiful

kpaul

What size firehawk are you using. I just picked up a sharp 12K and am being told that a firehawk will be too dim if I use the high contrast mode. Is that correct? Do you wish you had a higher gain screen?
At night, I dont want to have to use high briteness if I get the firehawk. Any thoughts?

df4801

You might look into vhaudio.com for very nice low cost power cords. I cannot adequately describe the bennefits to my system that I acheived by cleaning up the a/c. (My system is posted under user name jkmw). Most recently I have constructed and added 3 neutral to ground capacitive filters. I believe this does wonders for any digital source and/or processing, (thanks to David Magnan's diy ac tweeks)

jkmw

Don't let anyone fool you. Line conditioners clean up the noise in AC that affects picture and sound. Powercords do the same thing to a lesser extent. Both good speaker wires and power cords allow all the current to flow unrestricted while taming EMI/RF interference.

mjcmt

Owner
Thank you for your response im going to audition several cables cables like Kubala-Sosna Emotion and Expression also Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8 so if your right that cables dont make a difference ill tell you. If anyone else knows of cables like these that could help my system that would be appreciated.

kpaul

From what I have learned that speaker cables and power cables don't really make a difference. It is much better to put that money into electronics or most importantly speakers.

atsmusic

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