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Hi - having just decorated, mounted my TV on the wall (finally) and got a new stand (HiFi Racks Podium Reference) I thought my system finally looked presentable enough to share.

Hi-Fi kit is as per signature, on the AV side we've got a Panny 50G10, Sony STRDA3300ES receiver, BDPS570 and REL Quake.  The front L&R (with centre channel mixed-in) goes through the Naim/Neat stereo set-up, and what you can't see is 2*Monitor Audio Radius 180 (surround) and 2* Radius 90 (surround back).

Cheers!

Before:

System before 1

System before 2

 

After:

system after 1

system after 2

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RE: My system before and after

Looks stunning, well done

 

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RE: My system before and after

Sorry to be anal, but is the balance knob on your supernait supposed to be slightly before 12?  Also have you tried turning the display off on the S/N?

 

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RE: My system before and after

Hi TrueBlue,

Thanks very much.

I think it's just the angle that the photo was taken from that makes it look like that, when i look at it head-on now, it's definitely dead centre.  How do you turn the display off?  I didn't know you could do that.

 

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RE: My system before and after

Looks great!  You not tempted to submerge the tv cables in the wall?

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RE: My system before and after

System looks great Smile the podium racks are gorgeous, I always had the notion to put my plasma on the wall but never done it, I think I was scared it would end up like the one on the tv advert doh!

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RE: My system before and after

Paul Hobbs wrote:

Looks great!  You not tempted to submerge the tv cables in the wall?

Ditto, submerging would make it look even nicer.

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Looks great as it is!

 

But if you want to hide the cables and dont want the hassle of hiding the cable in the wall try some paintable trunking. It will make all the difference!

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RE: My system before and after

Thanks for all the replies guys.

Paul - I would have loved the end result of doing that, but I wasn't up for the hassle I'm afraid and once they are in there then you've written off the cables if you ever move. Mounting the TV on the wall and painting it (the wall that is) was all the DIY I could summon the will to do!

 

Benny - I know what you mean, it's taken me a year and a half to do it.  But (and I hope I'm not speaking too soon Shock ) if you do it properly and use the right type of fixings for your wall then you will really be fine.

 

Edit - yes I've already got the trunking which can then be painted the same as the wall, that's a job for this weekend!  Smile

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RE: My system before and after

To toggle the display on and off

on the remote press "pre" then "disp"

Hope that helps

 

 

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Looks great. Also noticed the strategically placed copy of WHFS&V on the coffee table  Smile

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TB - thanks, i'll give that a try, but I doubt I'll be able to discern any difference.

Lee - just a coincidence I swear, but did you notice the copy of HiFi Choice in the same position in the 'before' photo (again just a coincidence!)

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RE: My system before and after

Dan Turner wrote:
...once they are in there then you've written off the cables if you ever move...

Not if you line the 'trench' with plastic conduit/trunking, cover with Polyfilla and then sand it smooth - in effect, you'll have a pipe in the wall through which you can feed-in or remove cables.

Did that at my last place; it made a heeoooge difference to the room's aesthetics.  Cool

And when moving day dawned, I simply pulled the cables out.

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Lovely job.  Keeps the room looking spacious and bright.

Wish I could afford the wooden rack.

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Neat...Stylish...Effective....Excellent. Bad pun intended. Smile

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CnoEvil wrote:
Neat...Stylish...Effective....Excellent. Bad pun intended. Smile

 

Laughing out loud

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