well, the old system included a Mitsubishi WT-46809 46" WS RPTV, Onkyo TX-DS797 6.1 AV receiver, and Panasonic DVD-RP82 player, philips pronto tsu-2000 remote, and a non-HD Tivo. I'm updating the system with a new TV, BD player, Tivo, remote, receiver, and TV stand for use with HD content as follows:
7.1 A/V mains KEF Reference Series 104/2 mains, bi-amped (type SP3128 matched pair, rosewood finish) center Pinnacle P-5.5 center-channel rear and surrounds KEF Reference Series TDM34DS dipole surrounds sub Energy e:XL-S12 powered subwoofer
Furniture PolyCrystal isolation spikes 5-shelf hand-made maple A/V rack Bell'O gloss black metal and tempered glass plasma TV stand hand-made audio cables, 12AWG, banana connections
thoughts? I don't want to go much over the budget I've set, so the upgrades are costing me about 5K.
I see a lot of getting to be "old school" equipment there. Tape deck, vcr, turntable and laser disc player? You must have a good selection of media you don't want to part with. I know vinyl is hard to part with but cassettes? How's the quality holding up with them? My collection is about useless. Big boxes of 20 year old paperweights now lol.
well, the S-VHS is handy once in a while when someone brings a video tape over.. and for converting things to DVD via the PC.
The laserdisc and Denon tape deck I actually picked up at a Good Will.. for $20 and $5 respectively so I couldn't pass them up. The LDP is nice, with auto flip and so forth.. it was one of their last top end models before they stopped making them, and I have a bunch of old LDs that were never made into DVDs so its nice to have once in a while too.
The turntable is a new one in fact, and has a USB output to connect to the PC for vinyl to CD conversion, which is it's main purpose.. and yes I have hndreds of pounds of vinyl, much of it older than I am, but a lot of it is worth some money so I hate to get rid of it, and some vinyl like Dave Brubeck, is still a treat to spin up from time to time.
Mainly in the rack though, of those items, the only one connected is the turntable. the other stuff I can connect via front receiver jacks when I need them.. otherwise they are put away. I use them so rarely in all honesty. They are just nice to have.
None yet. Haven't gotten all of the new bits in yet.. the pics I do have are of my older system with the RPTV in place. I'll get some posted when I get everything set up.
