john_p_b
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:32 PM |
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anyone on here into home hifi?
just got my new amp and a set of nice speakers, trying to figure out what i can hook up to it without blowing anything up!
if there's anyone on here into it then make yourself known and i'll throw some questions up.
cheers
john
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:34 PM |
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Me me. 
I like my hi fi stuff. Ive got a full seperates system.
Cambridge Audio Amp
Sony Minidisc Deck
Technics CD Player
Project Audio Turntable
Mission Speakers
What you got yourself?
David
[Edited on 2/11/05 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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CommanderAce
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:34 PM |
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With any luck your question have already been answered on in the AVForums
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!
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Messenjah
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:36 PM |
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dont hook a guitar up to it if you value the speakers ....
lol not that i ever blew up any speakers .... honest deffinately not the ones at school
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:37 PM |
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I've got a full blown stacking system, amp, cd, radio, etc etc etc. Very large floor standing speakers, its not particularly difficult to set
up.
Whats the questions?
[Edited on 2/11/05 by Ben_Copeland]
Ben
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SeaBass
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:41 PM |
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I'm into DIY Audio. Current projects include a small gain-clone chip amp. Lots of info at http://www.diyaudio.com. Connection between
gear is very simple stuff post question s away.
Cheers
[Edited on 2/11/05 by SeaBass]
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Danozeman
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:52 PM |
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Yeahs. Post the questions up matey. Amps are pretty hard to blow if your connecting using audio leads.
Dan
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john_p_b
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 09:00 PM |
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ok so now i know i'm not wasting keyboard life here goes.......
just bought a sony amp and some eltax symphony floor standing speakers
on this amp i've got inputs for
phono
tuner
cd
aux
tape2/md
tape1/dat
basicly i have no cd as all my music is stored on my pc so i have that wired through the aux input.
my tv has a audio output as does my ps2......is there anyway i can hook them up to this amp so i have proper sound for everything?
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 09:15 PM |
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As far as i'm aware you can plug the red and white audio plugs into any of those. Jusrt cos it says CD on it, doesn't mean it has to be
CD. The only one i'm unsure about is phono. My Amp is full up now, has all those connections
Ben
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john_p_b
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 09:23 PM |
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i seem to remember someone telling me in the past to never plug anything other than a turntable into a phono or it'll go pop. thus i
wasn't sure how the rest of them work out.
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 09:23 PM |
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Dont plug anything that has a line out into the phono, they are only for record decks. They have an extra amplifier to amplify the weak signal from
the deck.
But you can plug anything with an audio out into any of the other inputs quite safely.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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john_p_b
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 09:32 PM |
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cheers guys.
i now have starwars in surround sound (well almost it's close enough!)
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 10:05 PM |
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I have a locost home cinema, does that count?
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zilspeed
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 10:27 PM |
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Me likey real Hi Fi as well.
I'm fortunate enough to have a Sony ES3000 setup. All battleship class. That and some elderly Mission speakers which I really like :-)
Although live sound is more my type of thing.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 10:29 PM |
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Saw this thread a little late... but I'm into home hifi too. Rega Speakers, Denon amp, rotel cd NAD tuner Nakamichi tape deck (retired rotel
turntable, retired Mission Cyrus II Amp, blownup AR reference speakers)
So - yes...
I did the same thing connecting PC to system but sound quality is poor so dismantled it. MP3's (even at 256Kbps) is second best - don't
even go to ipod's wma as that is worse.
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OX
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 10:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by john_p_b
cheers guys.
i now have starwars in surround sound (well almost it's close enough!)
i think to get the 5.1 surround sound you need to have what ever it is your playing it on connected to the amp by an optic lead
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 11:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by OX
i think to get the 5.1 surround sound you need to have what ever it is your playing it on connected to the amp by an optic lead
Optical or coax connection if the amp has the decoder built in, but you can get DVD players that have decoders built into them, so you just need 5
amplifier channels.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 11:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Nakamichi tape deck
Cripes, not common and rather posh!
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ayoungman
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 10:58 AM |
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I've run Lighting/Sound rigs for well over 40 events over the last 15 years.The biggest was at Danson Festival with 30,000 people ! I've
used audio rigs from 1KW to a full 15KW TurboSound rig . So if your into making it Really LOUD, you just have to ask
"just like that !"
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flak monkey
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 11:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ayoungman
I've run Lighting/Sound rigs for well over 40 events over the last 15 years.The biggest was at Danson Festival with 30,000 people ! I've
used audio rigs from 1KW to a full 15KW TurboSound rig . So if your into making it Really LOUD, you just have to ask
Pah... 
Iron Maiden are in the Guiness Book of record for the most powerful PA used at any event. (Monsters of rock festival at Donnington).
523KW  (thats 360 Turbosound cabinets  )
Sound pressure was 128dB at the mixing tower! And only took 5 days to set up...
David 
[Edited on 3/11/05 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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ayoungman
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 11:58 AM |
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You hardly represent an unbiased point of view, now do you ? !!
anyway, its not quantity, its quality.
"just like that !"
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John Watts
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 12:50 PM |
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I'm into Naim Audio gear, good British HiFi, made in Salisbury. List is:- CD3.5, NAP150x Power Amp, NAC112x Pre Amp, Intro speakers, Flatcap2x
power supply (for CD player & preamp) and a Stageline for my NAD533 turnatable. All powered via a dedicated mains spur.
Also hooked up to a Yamaha 5.1 processor and Sony DVP-S725 DVD player (old but good).
Sounds good to me, not sure about the neighbours though
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NS Dev
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 12:57 PM |
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Can't afford anything!! All spent on bloody cars!
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richijenkin
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| posted on 8/11/05 at 05:53 PM |
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Connect it all up via optic and coax leads dude, and for your video leads use s-video. If you have to use phono leads, go gold, interference is the
biggest killer of quality!!
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