daimo

No.

having 30x McIntosh MC-2102 Amplifiers  for surround is plain ... DUMB.  Tube amps are great ... but on the other hand, creates a huge amount of heat.  They need a pretty hefty air con to cool the room.  

Even if I want to (and can afford to) I will only use the tube amps for the front channels.  Solid states for the surround.

16 subwoofers will overload the room, easily.  

The room looks like a Square. Big no-no with Bass loading and I see no acoustic control material.

so even $ is no object, IMO, it's not $ well spent.

daimo

原帖由 Ken 於 2008-2-8 12:34 發表
no!!!

i wouldn't get a projector

i'll get a LCD

haha

LCD is not the way to go.  1080P plasma is still better.  And the burn-in issues are kind of negligible these days..

The top notch 1080p projects are actually quite good ...

daimo

SB,

I'm a tube amp fans but I'm not against SS.  In fact, I prefer Tubes over SS (for music), but just for HT setup I think using Tubes for the surround is funny':

Having 30 high power tube amps surrounding the audiences is like getting themselves BBQed in the centre...  Each MC2102 has 8x6550 + 8 small tubes, so there are 240 power tubs+240 small tubes --> imagine 480 light bulbs surrounding you...

Each amp burns about at least 500W (can't find the exact specs) in operation, + the air con and such ...

There are a lot of green house gas produced as a result of watching a movie.  

LP,  i'm just a guy spending too much time on the audio forums ... i can't even afford 0.1 % of it... call me eating sour grapes ...

ah ... those suspension racks are nice .. it's like $1200 a piece.

daimo

原帖由 Alcoholic 於 2008-2-8 12:52 發表
睇action movie, 會唔會搞到自己"龍"架?

probably not, but if the bass is overloading you will have headaches.

daimo

原帖由 shutterbug 於 2008-2-8 13:14 發表

I think this guy is half show off and half practical la...

I think he's just getting mauled by the HT consultant...

daimo

原帖由 BiscottiGelato 於 2008-2-10 17:00 發表
Slightly off topic... seems like there are audiophiles on the forum? any high hand mind to do a home visit and help me tune my cheap cheap audio room??? Doesn't sound right at all right now..... basem ...

pretty decent European equipment, what do you not like about it?

daimo

Too much Bass? Not enough bass?  Bass is just fat and fuzzy?

if you pull the speakers from the back/side walls, the amt of bass reduces and become "leaner" and  cleaner, which might or might not be what you want.  But depth and image improves.  Try 1.5 ft from sidewall and 3 ft from back wall.

if your room is too much of a cube then you have standing wave issues.  only room tuning material will help.