[Tricky12]

After a long time looking on this forum, and taking a lot of inspiration, I thought I'd post a few pics of my set up. As this is in our front room, I did not want it to be too invasive and I had to compromise some of the "ideal" speaker positions. The stand is from the Besta range at Ikea and it houses all the components perfectly. It has a solid back which I have had to cut out certain sections in order to feed cables through. As the Onkyo amps are notorious for running hot, I cut out the whole section behind it which allows all the hot air to escape.


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Bought my new TV with Stand and Sony DVD 5.1 Surround. I was happy with this but after looking around this site, the bug bit me!

Original purchase was a Samsung TV, Sony DVD Home theatre unit and stand. This was a package put together at Comet, which was great at first. I then bought a blu-ray player and Freesat, due to the poor Freeview reception in my area and added these to my set up.

The Sony came with wireless rear speakers.

Then after the bug , the Onkyo and front centre would not fit in the stand, so.......


new stand needed!!

My 360 has had the RROD and been back for repairs. Its now well out of warranty, so I decided I had nothing to loose by stripping it down to paint it. It blends in with all the other gear much better now. I bought the face plate from ebay as it seemed like too much hard work to strip down and mask out.
As these run HOT and don't like confined spaces, I got hold of a PC fan and an old USB lead. I fitted the fan into a hole I had cut in the rear of my Ikea unit and used the USB power from my Freesat receiver to power the fan. You can just make out the fan in picture.

Rear of the Besta Ikea unit which I cut out to wire up, and aid with cooling. The fan for the Xbox can just about be seen through the mass of wires!

Front Right and Surround Right speakers

Couch and Surround Left

This is the best place I could find to fit my Front Left speaker.

Sub hides away perfectly under a small side table.

The remote for the Humax Freesat coded in faultlessly with all the other units. It has a really simple layout and is definatly wife friendly! For some reason though it will not pause or un-pause the Blu-ray player, so I just use the original remote when watching BD discs.

Finally got True HD working after setting output correctly on the player.

[kevcampbell]

nice, i dont think i would have the sofa so close to the tv like you can see in the first picture, but still, nice

[RugbyAl]

Very nice! Great decor too.

My system is set up in a corner (similar set up to you in some ways - see the link below...)

I ended up fitting some quiet PC fans with a dc supply to cool my cabinet to stop my amp getting too warm.

[soupdragon]

very nice - well done

them q acoustics should be good. shame about the left front but unless you hang it off your fireplace() there is nowhere else to put it - hopefully the audessey room correction will get it sounding good

if i could suggest pointing the rears slightly more away from the backwall as something which may help

nice job with the xbox fan

[Tricky12]

Originally Posted by kevcampbell

nice, i dont think i would have the sofa so close to the tv like you can see in the first picture, but still, nice

Thanks for the feedback. The room for the sofa is limited on the wall under the window, so no I have no option on the position of the sofa. The TV is fully visible from all positions, so its no downfall really.

Originally Posted by RugbyAl

Very nice! Great decor too.

My system is set up in a corner (similar set up to you in some ways - see the link below...)

I ended up fitting some quiet PC fans with a dc supply to cool my cabinet to stop my amp getting too warm.

Thanks. I'm looking at alternative power source for my Xbox fan as well, as the USB power does not supply the full 12v.

Your set up looks good as well.

Originally Posted by soupdragon

very nice - well done

them q acoustics should be good. shame about the left front but unless you hang it off your fireplace() there is nowhere else to put it - hopefully the audessey room correction will get it sounding good

if i could suggest pointing the rears slightly more away from the backwall as something which may help

nice job with the xbox fan

Yes the fan works well, I am looking at getting 12v to it so it runs a little faster though. The surounds are on Q acoustic brackets, and although they can be angled and swivled to most angles, when they're flush against the wall then only the up / down angle is adjustable. They point directly to the main viewing position and they sound great, like you mention, the Audassey Room Correction did a great job of adjusting the sound field to compensate.

Rick...

[Tricky12]

Found some old pics of my previous original set up. Edited first post to include the before shots.

[musicville]

hey really like the set up just wondering what speaker stands you have your 1010is on as i have been looking for some black ones that the 1010is will sit on that havnt got a bigger base plate than the speakers themselves and you appear to have found what i am looking for ... question is what are they lol ?

Musicville

[Tricky12]

Originally Posted by musicville

hey really like the set up just wondering what speaker stands you have your 1010is on as i have been looking for some black ones that the 1010is will sit on that havnt got a bigger base plate than the speakers themselves and you appear to have found what i am looking for ... question is what are they lol ?

Musicville

Thanks for the feedback.

I intended to get the Q-audio stands when I bought the speakers, but they were out of stock at Richer Sounds, so they recommended these stands. I'm not sure of the make, but I could check the receipt if you need to know.
Just to let you know, the base plate is larger than the top plate that holds the speaker.
I could measure them for you if you want? Let me know and I'll post some close up detail shots as well,

Cheers,

Rick....