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I build speakers over 30 years and these are my latest for my Home theater set .

Fronts : Beyma coaxials + Visaton 12" on the bottom powered by Hypex .

Center: Visaton 8" x2 + 6" Vifa mid + 1" Vifa tweeter ,also powered by Hypex .

Sub: 15" Em-phaser,and again powered by Hypex made in Holland !

Rears: oldies Scan Speak Opus (not my design) .

Amp : Primare SPA 20 , allready a classic one (2003) but still going strong .

BD player: Onkyo BD809 .

Next month a 75"tv ,the one i now have is a 51"Samsung plasma and its allready 9 years old .

 

I just want to share these info .

 

grtz Billy .

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By daylight :

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Awesome....but now you need a bigger TV.... :)

 

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sorry billy I went the other way. I went out and treated my self to a bose system .this is one time that smaller was better 

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What !!!  No turntable in the mix !!!  

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29 minutes ago, MikeB said:

What !!!  No turntable in the mix !!!  

No a Chromecast ....lol

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Streaming services are "Ok".  I subscribe to both Spotify and Pandora, and they are ok for what they are.  But nothing beats the sound of a "good" vinyl pressing played on a "good" sound system.  Well maybe Reel to Reel on a good system.   Been around digital music since its inception and while its come a long way, its still not on par with analog (IMHO).  But it still comes down to play back equipment used, as to what results you get.  In the digital world, I prefer Burr-Brown or Wolfson DAC chips.  Those two manufacturers chips sound more analog to me than say Cirrus Logic, Sabre, etc..    But I have yet to hear the newer Sabre32 ES9018K2M chip.  It gets good marks on paper, but I rely on my ears.   I have a Yamaha R-N602 that I use exclusively for streaming music from Spotify or Pandora and it uses the Burr Brown DSD 1791 chip (reason I went with it).   We use it for streaming music outside.  But if your only streaming music, then research and listen to the various DAC's out there.  Especially if your streaming music via your TV's dac or Chromecast.   You will hear a huge difference.   

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I daily uses the Onkyo BD spinner because ik buy CD/DVD/BD from my favorite artists  ,call me old fashioned  ...lol

The Chromecast is only for Spotify to discover music ,and i must say that the sound that comes out that cheap ass thing give me a big smile .

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Awesome

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spacer.pngThe SS Opus rears ,

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spacer.pngThe new 75" TV 

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It seems i cannot edit ,so i post a update .

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I have a 320watt soundbar surround speakers and subwoofer. With Bluetooth and Bluetooth remote. Bluetooth is awesome but I do miss my old Technetics sound system. It had a really nice turn table.  I got rid of it after I blew my left ear drum at work. I can hear out of it fine now but it constantly rings and it's very sensitive to loud sounds.      

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Billy , I bet those speakers really shake the walls when you turn them up.

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9 hours ago, J3st3r said:

I have a 320watt soundbar surround speakers and subwoofer. With Bluetooth and Bluetooth remote. Bluetooth is awesome but I do miss my old Technetics sound system. It had a really nice turn table.  I got rid of it after I blew my left ear drum at work. I can hear out of it fine now but it constantly rings and it's very sensitive to loud sounds.      

Sad to hesr that your hearing is a mess .

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4 hours ago, lTplkey336 said:

Billy , I bet those speakers really shake the walls when you turn them up.

My amp has a level scale from 5 to 99 on dispay ,but at 40 the house of concrete begins to resonate ,a live recording sounds at that level like live .

The total system power = 1.3 Kw rms ?

 

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1300 watts RMS? Holy Balls!

 

I think my 1980s Technetics system was 350 watts RMS and I cracked 2 windows in the house with it.

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The Beyma coaxial drivers placed in de main/front speakers ,in the bottom sits a Visaton W300S driver powered by Hypex ,the amp's are build in the box .

 

 

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One of my new speaker projects .

Vector-Zero line array .

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With the (DIY) dust covers .

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I'm guessing that you do not have neighbors close by? lol

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I do have neighbors ,but they know me well .

I never exceed the 100 db's ....lol

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BLM !

Big loudspeakers Matter ?

 

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