What's your setup.

[Hillbilly SQ]

Currently using a 15 year old Yamaha home theater in a box.

Recently acquired a older Marantz 7.1 receiver to use as a starting point to build something better.

in process of researching speakers while I try and save for something nice. debating on if I want to buy or build as DIY sound group has some interesting looking kits.

The mtm kit with the Anarchy 7" woofers looks interesting but it looks like you'd need a hefty standalone amp to run them to potential. Just the tm kit might be good with a standard receiver or the kit using the sb29 tweeter. The high efficiency concentric style speakers they offer had my attention for a bit but not sure how they would sound for a true "reference" speaker. For dedicated ht with occasional music listening I bet they have crazy dynamics being so efficient.

[Fernpatch]

What I really want is a set of elusive 1099's for my LCR and a either volt 8's or ht8's for the sides and rears. I am also leaning towards using a dayton ultimax 18 in a knockdown cabinet and a SPA plate amp for a sub. Should be able to pull it off for around $3500 which is much less than a set of top end polks or klipsch's that I was thinking about.

Gotta keep saving no matter what as the remodel I am doing has wrecked my budget. after I get done fixing the place up and get moved in I can start planning how to make my dream system fit and most importantly start working on getting the little miss to be on board with the living room being taken over by a full blown theater system.

[SQ_Blaze]

Here's my current setup in our new (to us) house...

Preamp | Amplifiers: Schiit Freya + | Schiit Mani | Schiit Aegir x 2
Analog Sources: Music Hall MMF-7.3 w/ Ortofon 2M Bronze
DAC | Digital Sources: Schiit Bifrost 2 Multibit | Raspberry Pi 4 | Wyred 4 Sound Recovery
Speakers: GR Research X-Statik | Polk Audio PSW505 x 2
Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | APC
Cables: Audioquest | Wireworld | Pangea Audio | Mojo Audio

[L_Priv]

Preamp - Mark Levinson No. 326s
Disk spinner - Esoteric DV-50
Streamer - Lumin U1 Mini
DAC - Ayre QB-9 Twenty
USB Cable - Audioquest Diamond
Speakers - Aerial 10T
Speaker Cables - AQ Meteor
Amps - Parasound JC1 Mono's
Interconnects - Audioquest Colorado XLR
Sub - JL F112 V2

[Miyagi]

A mix of stuff.....

JVC NX7 projector, Screen Innovations 120"
Magico A3 and matching center channel
Kef LS50 Meta for wide channels in Atmos
Reel to Reel (looking for a way to install in my car)
2 Rel SX212 subs(not pictured)
Rel T7i for center sub
Rel HT1508 for rear sub
Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated amp
Marantz AV8805 plus 5 channel amp and 7 channel Audio Control Amp
Lumin T2 streamer
Denafrips Terminator DAC
Bergman Magne Turntable
Aretesania Audio stand
pARTicular stands
Martin Logan in ceiling x 4 for Atmos height
Kef T301 for rear
Magnepan for surrounds
plus a few tweaks....

[foreman]

I'm currently running:
Front L/c/r fusion4 quad 4
Surrounds klipsch SS.1
Sub stereo Integrity HT-18
Receiver as a preamp-marantz sr-5009
Amp- adcom gfa-7605
Sub amp- Dayton audio sa-1000

[Captain Buff]

LG 65” OLED (few years old now!)
Denon AVR4600H
Jamo Concert Series 10 fronts, centre and rear dipoles
Jamo 110SUB
Two Jamo 8” in ceiling speakers for basic Atmos
Music is all flacs coming from my computer hooked up to the Denon AVR...pretty boring compared to what other guys are rocking with here!!