JBL Synthesis - Something BIG is on its way...

[mikebake]

Who will be doing the physical installation?

[demon]

YESSSS great choice titanium dome!
i hope to see some pictures soon to drule over. finally someone gets a really nice new system..!


cheers,
mikey

[johnaec]

Ti - make me an offer on a pair of PS1400's I can't refuse!

John

[Valentin]

while it lasts i would love a pair of pt800 for my HT

[Mr. Widget]

while it lasts...

Are you kidding me? TiDome has more back stock than Harman does.


Widget

[boputnam]

...the SDEC-4000X was just what the doctor ordered. It's an amazing piece (well, kinda two pieces actually) of hardware and it does phenomenal things. It's well worth the upgrade.

Maybe someone here can expound on it more. This is why JBL sends out a tech to calibrate the system. It would be a crime for me to touch it.

I love the description Valentin posted. I wish all the audiophile acoustic neophytes that argue against the merits of proper EQ would take note. Speakers impart energy into a room. The room responds. The signal must be filtered to moderate the room response. Simple.

And, I'll bet you could get pretty good at tuning to that room yourself, Doug, even though I'm guessing JBL doesn't let that Harman Audio Test System fall into laymans hands...

[Rusnzha]

Congratulations Dome, I know you will have one of the best rooms on the West coast if not on the planet. Looking forward to you getting it all together and checking out your observations.

[bone215]

soooooo, once the system is installed and all set up, then you start listening to your music collection and and and then who shall come and get you out of the area and take you back into the world???
I can see getting quite lost in that nice a system

[Titanium Dome]

I love the description Valentin posted. I wish all the audiophile acoustic neophytes that argue against the merits of proper EQ would take note. Speakers impart energy into a room. The room responds. The signal must be filtered to moderate the room response. Simple.

And, I'll bet you could get pretty good at tuning to that room yourself, Doug, even though I'm guessing JBL doesn't let that Harman Audio Test System fall into laymans hands...

I'm not sure all the differences, but the SDEC-4500 (2008) is a newer version of the SDEC-4000 (2006).

From the 2006 release:

The JBL Synthesis SDEC-4000 digital equalizer optimizes the performance of a Synthesis multichannel system in any room by the application of ultraprecise multiband digital parametric equalization and leading-edge DSP technologies. In all rooms, there are powerful room resonances that overly emphasize some frequencies and attenuate others. The SDEC4000 compensates for these irregularities to achieve extremely accurate in-room response and the highest possible sound quality. The SDEC4000 has the capability of equalizing up to 16 main and surround channels and four subwoofers.

The SDEC4000 offers a wealth of additional advanced features, including automatic arrival-time calibration for all the loudspeakers in a multichannel system; an Auto-Film-Screen-Compensation feature that automatically corrects for the attenuation in high-frequency output that can occur when a loudspeaker is located behind a projection screen; and sophisticated overload protection.

The SDEC-4500 is an improved version, but I bet the 4000 will do a pretty fine job.

[Titanium Dome]

Got three surprise packages tonight at 7 PM from UPS: two S800 amps and one S5160 amp. Those mothers are heavy. The S800s are 80# each in the box, and the S5160 is 90#.

[grumpy]

"wheeeeeeee, doggie." -jethro

[Titanium Dome]

Yeah, they're just boxes, but it proves I'm actually getting this system. (It's still unreal to me.)

[Valentin]

wished i owned does boxes

congrats


Valentin

[timc]

TiDome....damn you.....for just picturing the outside of the boxes!!!

You are killing me here.....



-Tim

[Hoerninger]

You are killing me here.....

The whole is more than the sum of the parts ... JBL, tuned room, multichannel - and the music ...

OVERKILL!

___________
Peter