TonyW 68 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Carver M500 with an Integra DTR 7.2 (6.1 channel receiver, circa 2002) acting as pre-amp. Current System Sony X900E65 Comcast Cable box Turtle Beach AudioTron AT101 (Network MP3 player) Totem Acoustic - Dream Catcher Center (plus 4x Dream Catcher book shelf speakers for surround / height channels) Panasonic - DMP-UB900 (4K UHD BluRay Player) Panasonic - RP56 (DVD player) Denon - ARV-X4400H Energy - S10.2 - Sub Totem Acoustic - Forest Bello (audio rack) rats nets of wires (semi organized) - 6 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnspy007 1,468 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Nice, Looks good Tony...Thanks for the Pics... As for your rats nest...Man, seems most of us have them in someway or another. I know I do, No matter how hard I try.. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyjt 8,353 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I had the chance to listen at length to a set of the Totem Forest speakers once, and I found the sound incredible! you are going to fit right in here - welcome aboard:-) 1 minute ago, Dnspy007 said: ...As for your rats nest...Man, seems most of us have them in someway or another... Doug No shit - I can get a good rats-nest going with a CD player, pre amp and amp set up? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodH 4,802 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Curious: what brought you to the Totems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Admin Sk1Bum 9,250 Posted September 30, 2018 Community Admin Share Posted September 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, Daddyjt said: No shit - I can get a good rats-nest going with a CD player, pre amp and amp set up? The cables are happiest when they're entangled like a ball of snakes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodH 4,802 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Cables like to cuddle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Admin Sk1Bum 9,250 Posted September 30, 2018 Community Admin Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Rod H said: Cables like to cuddle. Or orgy. Hey Tony, sorry, I got sidetracked. Your system looks great, and I hope it brings you many hours of audio bliss! Edited September 30, 2018 by Sk1Bum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Pwr 762 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Nice looking system, thanks for the pictures............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewJohn 6,142 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) Really nice setup, Tony. "Rat's Nest" now there's a photo-thread that is just beggin' to be started. "It's Alive" is a good descriptor for my own rats nest. The only one I know that won't participate will be Dominic, he's really got cable management down ? Edited September 30, 2018 by AndrewJohn 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW 68 Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 The cables certainly do like to entwine themselves ?. In the early 90's when I first encountered Carver gear and had a 6200 Receiver, I also had a pair of Energy ESM-2 that were my compromise as i couldn't afford to get a pair Energy 22. Anyway, after purchasing a house in the early 2000's, the wife and i went shopping for a surround system as the house had been pre-wired for surround (with 4 outlets around the room near the ceiling) and thus we were looking for smaller bookshelf speakers suitable for wall mounting. Initially I was looking at an Energy surround system, so went to several dealers in the DMV area to demo systems - one of these was also a Totem dealer. After demoing an Energy set (Take 5? maybe), we also listened to several Totem sets (Dream Catchers, Mites, Model 1, Arro, Forests). I liked them all however price and the fact that there was a Rear Project TV in the corner of the room there meant that there could be no floor standing speakers... Anyway, after replacing the Rear Projection TV a year or so ago (thus opening up some floor space) it was time to go Speaker Shopping again... initially I was looking for a pair of Arros in the used marketplace to complement the Dream Catchers, but came across the Forests at a reasonable price. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG 2,757 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I try hard to keep mine straight, the main thing is to separate line cords from the others! Nice looking setup Tony! Thanks for sharing! barry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie 16,404 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Nice-looking system Tony! Thanks for sharing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_at_HHH 2,429 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I know that when I bought my Missions several years ago, the decision came down to either the Missions or a similar pair of Totem's. It was a really tough choice, and I think I'd have been equally happy with the Totems. Great choice, Tony - great sound and great looks. As for the cables, being tangled into a rats-nest imparts a unique sonic signature, and prevents odd harmonic overtones, right...? No, eh? It was a good try to justify my masses of tangles. I'm convinced a single cable left laid out straight, will self tangle with no further human (or in my case, feline) intervention. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW 68 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 After receiving my MkII modded M500 back from @Nahash5150, I've now set it up to drive the Totem Acoustic Forests via the pre-outs on the Denon ARV-X4400H. I also added an external triggered power relay (see https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935) so that the M500 will power on as the Denon powers on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike46 393 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Nice system Tony, as for the rat's nest, I don't even want to look behind my system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrummerJuice 1,275 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 9/30/2018 at 9:01 AM, Sk1Bum said: The cables are happiest when they're entangled like a ball of snakes. I read somewhere that a coil of wire can act as an antenna, is it really worth cutting cables to exact length or is the risk of added noise from a rats nest of wire really nothing to be concerned with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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