Author Topic: Alvin's Movieworld 2.40 CIH SETUP (Update 07/11/09 post#287) (Read 36050 times)

blackie · « **Reply #300 on:** Jul 13, 2009 at 09:18 AM »

Quote from: alvinthx2 on Jul 12, 2009 at 09:49 PM

Mark, Blackie and the 2 attys Jess and David

Thank you for coming to the mini EB yesterday. It was my pleasure hosting it. I am proud of my latest gears as they have elevated my HT pleasure to the next level. Parang nag le-lecture nga ako sa mga pictures ah!

Good Morning Sir Alvin!!!!

Thank you very much for sharing your graciousness, time and hospitality. Most of all thank you for sharing with us your wisdom. You are an epitome of passion for this hobby! Every Pinoydvd member should make it a goal to be able to visit your place.One of the best setups I have ever seen. Calibration for Sound and Picture Quality Bar None! Sky Cable HD? Eat your heart out, been there done that already in this theater! Again, thank you very much for having us Sir!!! Hope we can do it again!

Cheers,

Blackie

ditoy_eagle · « **Reply #301 on:** Jul 13, 2009 at 09:26 AM »

Wonderful setup!

dayday · « **Reply #302 on:** Jul 14, 2009 at 07:37 AM »

Alvin,

Thank you for hosting us last Saturday.

Now I fully understand what you said about there having to be a match amongst the equipment, the room (as treated), and how it is all set-up. When they all come together like in your theater, the results are just simply awesome.

Maraming salamat din kayla Messrs. Mark, Jess and Blackie for bringing me along.

David

iiinas · « **Reply #303 on:** Jul 14, 2009 at 10:28 AM »

Quote from: alvinthx2 on Jul 12, 2009 at 10:04 PM

Thanks, wish you were here.

oo nga sir. next time!

My_einjels · « **Reply #304 on:** Sep 23, 2009 at 06:56 PM »

WOW!!! After reading page 1 to 11 of this thead all i can say is WOW!!! Proud to be kapampangan because of sir alvin! Thanks po sa mga pm nyo kanina on my query.

alvinthx2 · « **Reply #305 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM »

Will post some pictures soon as there were some significant additions to the system namely:

2 Paradigm Servo 15 Subwoofers
Oppo digital Bdp83 Universal player
Popcorn hour c200 NMT

streetsmart · « **Reply #306 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 11:07 AM »

Quote from: alvinthx2 on Sep 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Will post some pictures soon as there were some significant additions to the system namely:

2 Paradigm Servo 15 Subwoofers
Oppo digital Bdp83 Universal player
Popcorn hour c200 NMT

So ... you now have 6 subwoofers? Or have you retired your 4 other subs?

alvinthx2 · « **Reply #307 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM »

Have retired the 4 subs and placed the 2 Servos optimally in the room, even without ARC the main room mode of 28 hertz is just 5dB above reference. Now I can hear frequencies below 22 hertz!

streetsmart · « **Reply #308 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 01:27 PM »

Quote from: alvinthx2 on Sep 25, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Have retired the 4 subs and placed the 2 Servos optimally in the room, even without ARC the main room mode of 28 hertz is just 5dB above reference. Now I can hear frequencies below 22 hertz!

That's what I thought. Pretty incredible that the main room mode is only 5db high. I guess that with ARC, the sub FR must be completely flat. By the way, shouldn't the Servos go down to 20 hz?

How is the Oppo BDP-83? Can it send SACD and DVD-Audio to your preamp in digital mode, so that it can be processed by ARC (or Audyssey in my case)?

Munskie · « **Reply #309 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 02:08 PM »

Congrats Kong Alvin on another great update on your system.

alvinthx2 · « **Reply #310 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 06:52 PM »

Quote from: streetsmart on Sep 25, 2009 at 01:27 PM

That's what I thought. Pretty incredible that the main room mode is only 5db high. I guess that with ARC, the sub FR must be completely flat. By the way, shouldn't the Servos go down to 20 hz?

How is the Oppo BDP-83? Can it send SACD and DVD-Audio to your preamp in digital mode, so that it can be processed by ARC (or Audyssey in my case)?

Yes they can go down to 19hz according to the specs. I am getting reasonable flat output up to 20 hertz, the lower limit of the graph provided by ARC. According to Anthem ARC can measure up to 5 hz!

Yes the Oppo can send both bitstream and LPCM for ARC to process. Even analog signals from my Esoteric SACD player are processed by the analop DSP of my unit. Of course you can choose not to engage ARC per input but I don't see that anybody would do that except for comparisson purposes. The BDP83 can output DSD but I believe my pre/pre cannot decode such bitstream therefore PCM is my only choice.

alvinthx2 · « **Reply #311 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 06:54 PM »

Quote from: Munskie on Sep 25, 2009 at 02:08 PM

Congrats Kong Alvin on another great update on your system.

Thanks Marvin. Medyo mabigat na naman and payment schedule ko.

iiinas · « **Reply #312 on:** Sep 25, 2009 at 10:19 PM »

have you tried playing mkvs using your oppo sir alvin? because based on specs, it can.

blackie · « **Reply #313 on:** Sep 26, 2009 at 05:45 AM »

Quote from: alvinthx2 on Sep 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Will post some pictures soon as there were some significant additions to the system namely:

2 Paradigm Servo 15 Subwoofers
Oppo digital Bdp83 Universal player
Popcorn hour c200 NMT

alvinthx2 · « **Reply #314 on:** Sep 26, 2009 at 08:13 AM »

Quote from: iiinas on Sep 25, 2009 at 10:19 PM

have you tried playing mkvs using your oppo sir alvin? because based on specs, it can.

I will try that later, but for the mean time I am playing Blu-ray ISO's with the C200. There is a bit of stuttering going on even if just using the internal HDisk. The picture quality is very good but I am puzzled with the audio. Specs says that trueHD and DTS MA are passed through but I am getting PCM audio whether I set it raw or PCM.

streetsmart · « **Reply #315 on:** Sep 28, 2009 at 08:54 AM »

Quote from: alvinthx2 on Sep 25, 2009 at 06:52 PM

Yes the Oppo can send both bitstream and LPCM for ARC to process. Even analog signals from my Esoteric SACD player are processed by the analop DSP of my unit. Of course you can choose not to engage ARC per input but I don't see that anybody would do that except for comparisson purposes. The BDP83 can output DSD but I believe my pre/pre cannot decode such bitstream therefore PCM is my only choice.

Thanks for the info. I'm also planning to get a BDP-83 ... and a 4th subwoofer.

Show us some pics please.

JAQY888 · « **Reply #316 on:** Dec 24, 2009 at 07:49 AM »

Kong Alvin ....

gunblade977 · « **Reply #317 on:** Dec 25, 2009 at 09:21 AM »

Merry Christmas sir Alvin!!!

Munskie · « **Reply #318 on:** Dec 25, 2009 at 05:07 PM »

From my family to yours,

Merry Christmas!!

ryn0128 · « **Reply #319 on:** Dec 26, 2009 at 10:12 AM »

frootloops · « **Reply #320 on:** Dec 26, 2009 at 07:18 PM »

KONG ALVIN!!!

stickfighter · « **Reply #321 on:** Dec 26, 2009 at 08:45 PM »