Post your Mac'd Entertainment Center!!!!

[zioxide]

My dorm setup.

I cleaned up the wires after the picture was taken. The movies belong to my roommate.

I hope you lock your door

 

[steviem]

This is mine, I bought the 22" monitor on Friday from ebuyer for £150 and spent about 5 hours setting up my mac mini G4.

It has:
-1.25GHz G4, 512MB RAM, 60GB hd mac mini(could do with 1GB RAM)
-320GB MyBook External HD
-Slim PS2 (that I cant use yet )
-Labtec Speakers
-Front Row 1.3
-EyeTV
-Salling Clicker (so I can use my old mobile as a remote control)
-Vine Server (so I will be able to login from work and setup recordings)
-50 movies, 200 tv show episodes, 32GB music.


It will have:
-Amplifier, Good bookshelf speakers
-Component to VGA box to connect PS2
-XBox 360 connected via VGA for HD gaming

 

[stormyuklondon1]

mine..

everythings stored lossless on the imac upstairs, streamed to the 'phones via airport express, controlled through front row via the macbook. works very well next purchase will be a dac though, hopefully a chord electronics dac 64, but that's some way off yet!

 

[cornerdealy]

mine..

everythings stored lossless on the imac upstairs, streamed to the 'phones via airport express, controlled through front row via the macbook. works very well next purchase will be a dac though, hopefully a chord electronics dac 64, but that's some way off yet!

please give us the specs of that stereo system you got there...

 

[stormyuklondon1]

please give us the specs of that stereo system you got there...

no problem, at the top, a michell gyrodec with michell tecnoarm and dynavector 10x5 cartridge, next shelf down, dynavector p-75 phono pre-amp, next stax sr3050 classic electrostactic earphones and amp, then at the bottom, isotek mains conditioner withan airport express plugged in the back.
I really enjoy it, keeps me from spending all night gawping at the idiot box.
missus thinks i'm a bit of a audio nerd tho..

 

[kusanagi]

1.5ghz mac mini oc'd to 1.67 connected to 4 500gb wd external drives (have one down atm doing a backup so there's only 3 up in the pic)

Connected to a Yamaha GX-707 Mini home theatre setup (5.1) gives nice clear sound.. not the loudest but nice and clean.

TV is a 42" LG Plasma, mini is connected to it via DVI beautiful clear image

Other things around that I thought you guys might be interested in is the steel astroboy statue, Lego AT-AT walker (1400 pieces irc) and a present from my ex that always gives any geek a good laugh when they come in. (it says for those who cant read it.. sorry bad camera day.. "In case of emergency, break glass")

 

[spencers]

I hope you lock your door

i do. even though theft is actually a non-issue here.

 

[macEfan]

No pic at the moment, but my system is as follows:

-Sony 27" CRT tv
-Kenwood Kr-7600-vintage reciever that puts out a ton of power
-Pioneer bookshelf speakers
-Powermac g4 digital audio 466mhz/768mb/120gb/tiger as the media server

 

[stagecustom]

1.5ghz mac mini oc'd to 1.67 connected to 4 500gb wd external drives (have one down atm doing a backup so there's only 3 up in the pic)

Connected to a Yamaha GX-707 Mini home theatre setup (5.1) gives nice clear sound.. not the loudest but nice and clean.

TV is a 42" LG Plasma, mini is connected to it via DVI beautiful clear image

Other things around that I thought you guys might be interested in is the steel astroboy statue, Lego AT-AT walker (1400 pieces irc) and a present from my ex that always gives any geek a good laugh when they come in. (it says for those who cant read it.. sorry bad camera day.. "In case of emergency, break glass")

how did you go about over clocking your mini? is that a core solo? cause thats what i have, and i would love to OC it.

 

[kusanagi]

how did you go about over clocking your mini? is that a core solo? cause thats what i have, and i would love to OC it.

Sorry, its an old G4 mac mini. One of the "silent" 1.5ghz releases... so silent when i bought it off ebay I thought i was getting a 1.42ghz!

 

[Amstrman]

setup

my old setup

 

[MacBoobsPro]

my old setup

It looks like a giant iPhone above a giant Zune

 

[RevToTheRedline]

Hopefully soon there will be a Rega Planar 3 turntable sitting where those glade candles are.

 

[Killyp]

The Planar 3 is a great record deck. I've got an original one with a motor upgrade - fantastic deck...

 

[RevToTheRedline]

The Planar 3 is a great record deck. I've got an original one with a motor upgrade - fantastic deck...

I was actually debating between the new P3 and the new P2, is the P3 really worth the money? Or should I go with the P2 and spend more on the cart?

 

[Shotglass]

cornerdealy - how are those electrostatics treating you? I read a raving review just today. Oh and also, audio nerds are the coolest of them all.

RevToTheRedline - nice pictures. Just one thing though: MOAR!!!

 

[RevToTheRedline]

cornerdealy - how are those electrostatics treating you? I read a raving review just today. Oh and also, audio nerds are the coolest of them all.

RevToTheRedline - nice pictures. Just one thing though: MOAR!!!

You mean MOPAR right?

 

[Killyp]

I was actually debating between the new P3 and the new P2, is the P3 really worth the money? Or should I go with the P2 and spend more on the cart?

Get the P3, it's honestly worth the cash. I've had a listen to one, running through £50k worth of Naim + B&W, and it sounded very good, punches way above it's price.

cornerdealy - how are those electrostatics treating you? I read a raving review just today. Oh and also, audio nerds are the coolest of them all.

A lot of audio nerds are very cool, but there are also some incredibly un-cool ones out there. Still, when you've got good kit set up, it can impress anyone.

 

[RevToTheRedline]

Get the P3, it's honestly worth the cash. I've had a listen to one, running through £50k worth of Naim + B&W, and it sounded very good, punches way above it's price.

I'm slowly working my way to a pair of B&W 800 series or Monitor Audio Gold series speakers, I have a thing for British sound. Hence the NAD components, and the Rega table.

Been thinking about the B&W 805S book's but I dunno if I can downgrade to that much less bass. Although the mids and highs will spank my Klipsch. Plus anything is warmer than Klipsch. I can't really afford any of B&W or MA's good floorstanding options, they are well in the $4000+ USD range.

When I was at the place I bought my NAD componets, I had a listen to the 805S's and they have stuck with me ever since, and also it didn't help listening to Pink Floyd - Time SACD pumped though Marantez seperates and B&W 800D's. Not to self never listen to audio equipement that expensive.

 

[Killyp]

Been thinking about the B&W 805S book's but I dunno if I can downgrade to that much less bass. Although the mids and highs will spank my Klipsch. Plus anything is warmer than Klipsch. I can't really afford any of B&W or MA's good floorstanding options, they are well in the $4000+ USD range.

When I was at the place I bought my NAD componets, I had a listen to the 805S's and they have stuck with me ever since, and also it didn't help listening to Pink Floyd - Time SACD pumped though Marantez seperates and B&W 800D's. Not to self never listen to audio equipement that expensive.

B&W make some lovely speakers sub $4000, the new 680 series are absolutely incredible for their price, and the 700 series is also fantastic. The XTs are stunning speakers as well, not as 'home theatre' as you'd think.

The ones to avoid are the CM floorstanders. There's nothing 'wrong' with them, it's just that they're more home theatre than hifi, OTT bass and overly crisp highs.

RE Marantez, I guess you mean Marantz? Marantz make some okay stuff, but you want to have a listen to 800Ds with top of the range Naim. Incredible.

Other incredible speakers include the Wilson Alexandria (although you'd expect it to be for the price), the B&W Nautilus Prestige, Rhedeko's speakers (don't know any model names), Rockport Altairs, and IMO, the most stunning speakers around, the B&O BeoLab 5s. You'll never hear anything with the same timing, evenness, bass extension, imaging, subtlety and yet incredible power at the same time. Some really amazing speakers they've managed to create there (shame they're so slagged off by the hifi industry, but it's understandable considering they've also done a small amount of really poor stuff).

 

[RevToTheRedline]

B&W make some lovely speakers sub $4000, the new 680 series are absolutely incredible for their price, and the 700 series is also fantastic. The XTs are stunning speakers as well, not as 'home theatre' as you'd think.

The ones to avoid are the CM floorstanders. There's nothing 'wrong' with them, it's just that they're more home theatre than hifi, OTT bass and overly crisp highs.

RE Marantez, I guess you mean Marantz? Marantz make some okay stuff, but you want to have a listen to 800Ds with top of the range Naim. Incredible.

Other incredible speakers include the Wilson Alexandria (although you'd expect it to be for the price), the B&W Nautilus Prestige, Rhedeko's speakers (don't know any model names), Rockport Altairs, and IMO, the most stunning speakers around, the B&O BeoLab 5s. You'll never hear anything with the same timing, evenness, bass extension, imaging, subtlety and yet incredible power at the same time. Some really amazing speakers they've managed to create there (shame they're so slagged off by the hifi industry, but it's understandable considering they've also done a small amount of really poor stuff).

Marantz is what I meant, I figured I spelled it wrong but didn't really care to check cause I'm not a huge fan.

 

[Bigtree]

no problem, at the top, a michell gyrodec with michell tecnoarm and dynavector 10x5 cartridge, next shelf down, dynavector p-75 phono pre-amp, next stax sr3050 classic electrostactic earphones and amp, then at the bottom, isotek mains conditioner withan airport express plugged in the back.
I really enjoy it, keeps me from spending all night gawping at the idiot box.
missus thinks i'm a bit of a audio nerd tho..

I have the same turntable, arm and cartridge!!

 

[tennismanclay]

Heres mine, i don't have all of the fancy stuff you guys have, but it's decent for an 8th grader. =] Haha and those speakers are all for looks to hide up the cords behind them, my macbook's speaker is louder than they are.

btw anyone know of any good screen cleaning stuff for my macbook?

 

[taylorwilsdon]

Heres mine, i don't have all of the fancy stuff you guys have, but it's decent for an 8th grader. =] Haha and those speakers are all for looks to hide up the cords behind them, my macbook's speaker is louder than they are.

btw anyone know of any good screen cleaning stuff for my macbook?

I don't think that counts as an entertainment center.

 

[jarenado]

It was a bit overkill to put a 37 in LCD in my bedroom, but now I dont want anything less. I could only get a couple of them on there. Hopefully it works.

That brings up a question, how do you make the file size of an image smaller?