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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Ronesia View Post
    Very cool, where is the little head with the drool when you need it? what do the S4Ai's weigh?
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    So now instead of wondering what it costs to go see a movie you will be wondering what it costs to see one at home. It should be crazy good. What do they charge there for power?
    With the grilles they weigh about 25 pounds, same as the SAM1HF units.

    As long as the electricity is less than $24 per movie, I guess I'll be doing all right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Titanium Dome View Post
    The S4Ai surrounds are much smaller, but have a lot of heft. There's six drivers in them. Here are two of the four; the other two are behind. The grilles are on the right. Then there's a shot from the side to show how shallow the enclosures are.
    I forgot to mention that I have a spare, used S4Ai, minus grille, that I snagged off ebay for $152. Thankfully, it arrived in very good shape.

    This gives me a complete set of spare parts: all six drivers, crossovers, etc.
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    Thumbs up

    Seems like things are really coming together, albeit with a few bumps in the road, as per usual with anything involving construction.

    And, to Mike's point, the equipment is definitely drool worthy!

    Looking good!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeBrewster77 View Post
    And, to Mike's point, the equipment is definitely drool worthy!
    Who needs drooly faces when you've got the dancing banana?

    TD, those speakers... those amps... just gorgeous. Just gorgeous.

    I can only imagine they'll sound even better than they look. I love the horns on the arrays. Not to be the LH dunce, but I have a hard time figuring my way around the Synthesis site: Are those UHF transducers in the very tippy top?

    Here's hoping they don't start doing alacarte electrical billing in your state.

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    After a day of playing second fiddle to Chris Neumann, everything is hooked up, if not in its final installation. It's amazing to watch someone who knows what he's doing. He did everything in one-third the time I could have, and he made it look neat and professional without a second thought.

    What we did in six hours would have taken me 18, and the S1S-EX subs would still be in the boxes.

    The best news is we cranked it up! Even though we're a week or more away from the final calibration, he did a rough set up using my Radio Shack meter.

    The result?

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    So here's the rack, mostly done.
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    Here's the cabling on the amp and SDEC side.
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    Here's the cabling on the processor and source side.
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    Here's the interim set up in front just to be able to turn on the darn thing.
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    Here's the set up in back until I get the S4Ai units mounted. Bear in mind that sub enclosure is 38" tall.
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    Now that's a sub.

    EDIT: Now *those* are subs.
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    We discussed the acoustic panels and diffusers, so I have my marching orders for those. When he comes back for the calibration, he'll bring a stand for the left front unit and a perforated Stewart Filmscreen, so the SAMs will actually be out of sight behind the screen.

    More to come as we move along, and please plan to register for the calibration event if you're interested. It looks to be a blast.

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    It’s starting to take form now brilliant looking.

    So you only run laserdisc no DVD or haven’t yet installed it in the rack?

    Nice laserdisc collection I see a few of the same titles that I have maybe we can run comparison tests.


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    Quote Originally Posted by JBL 4645 View Post
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    It’s starting to take form now brilliant looking.

    So you only run laserdisc no DVD or haven’t yet installed it in the rack?

    Nice laserdisc collection I see a few of the same titles that I have maybe we can run comparison tests.
    Directly above the LD player and below the SDP-5 is an OPPO 981HD in a temporary install. We're waiting for the proper shelf.

    Part of my dilemma is deciding to go with a Bluray player or not. I'm resisting.

    I've decided NO VCR, but I'm contemplating an OTA HD tuner. Unfortunately, they all seem to be silver, in which case I'd have to say "No."

    There might be a karaoke machine going in there. What can I say? I'm still a working class chump.
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    That's a lot of sound you got there. Was trying to figure out how you had all 16 channels hooked up? And what did you do with the "extra" amps they sent?

    Oh and Oppo's new Blu-ray player was released last week. How can you not add one to this system.

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