48×12 aquarium hood and lights, 165w
Garden Stuff:
- long rubber hoses, on/off nozzle, drip irrigation, 4-way brass manifold, brass quick connectors
- vegetable garden drip irrigation on timer
- shady grass seeds sprinkler on timer
Short term:
- plants for 5 big, outdoor planting pots
- Installing – Tranquil PC BBS2 Advanced: NAS Storage for the whole house, 1+ terabytes of RAID, with backup, NFS exported, always on
- Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 1.5TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (get 5 of them)
- New 2.53GHz : dual 500GB Mac Mini with OSX Server for family room to act as HTPC (stock, no extra anything)
- A mini optical to TOSLINK adaptor cable
- 3rd party extra memory and/or bigger internal hard drive
- Replace Porsche Stereo with AM/FM/CD Receiver that must have: MP3 CD playback, AUX jack, hands-free Bluetooth with microphone, AM/FM radio, illuminated display that has a dimmer or responds to the car’s dimmer, and HD radio is desired…
- Alpine CDE-103BT ($250) Bluetooth Hands Free with visor microphone, MP3/AAC/WMA playback, front AUX jack, front USB iPod/iPhone control, not HD ready at all, detachable face plate, 4 channel pre-amp outputs, 4x50W, optional remote control, dimmer, four color illumination!
- Alpine CDA-105 ($250) Bluetooth ready with KCE-400BT ($180) with visor microphone, MP3/AAC/WMA playback, AUX jack???, rear USB iPod/iPhone control, HD ready (needs TUA-T550HD $230) with iTunes tagging, detachable face plate, 3 outputs, 4x50W, optional remote control, dimmer
- Clarion CZ500 ($200) Bluetooth Hands-Free (with visor microphone), MP3/AAC/WMA playback, front AUX jack, rear USB iPod/iPhone control, HD ready (needs THD300 $90) with iTunes tagging, detachable face plate, 6 channel RCA outputs, 4x50W, remote control, dimmer???
- Pioneer DEH-P6200BT ($220) Bluetooth Hands-Free (with visor microphone), MP3/AAC/WMA playback, front AUX jack, front USB iPod control, HD ready (needs GEX-P20HD $90) with iTunes tagging, detachable face plate, 6 channel RCA outputs, 4x50W, optional remote control, no dimmer!
- Pioneer MVH-P8200BT ($350) Bluetooth Hands-Free (with microphone?), MP3/AAC/WMA playback from USB/SD sticks (no CD player), front AUX jack, USB iPod control, HD ready (needs GEX-P20HD $90) with iTunes tagging, detachable face plate, 6 channel RCA outputs, 4x50W, remote control, dimmer???, 3″ display
- Pioneer DEH-P6100BT ($198) Bluetooth Hands-Free (with visor microphone), MP3/AAC/WMA playback, front AUX jack, front USB iPod control, HD ready (needs GEX-P20HD $90), detachable face plate, 6 channel RCA outputs, 4x50W, remote control, dimmer???
- Blaupunkt Hamburg MP57 ($200) Bluetooth Hands-Free (with visor microphone), MP3/WMA playback (no AAC), front AUX jack, rear USB iPod control, detachable face plate, 4 channel RCA outputs, 4x45W, remote control, dimmer works with car dimmer
- Clarion CZ509 ($165) Bluetooth Hands-Free, MP3/AAC/WMA playback, front AUX jack, rear USB iPod control, detachable face plate, 6 channel RCA outputs, 4x50W, remote control, dimmer works with car dimmer
- Clarion CZ309 ($135) has front USB slot for iPod control, optional BLT370 ($80) for bluetooth, detachable face plate
- Clarion CZ300 ($125) bluetooth ready (BLT370 $80), rear USB iPod/iPhone control, front AUX, 45Wx4, HD ready (needs THD300 $90), supports iTunes tagging
- A good antenna for UHF/VHF television (both analog and digital) and FM reception (possibly two antennae?)
- Set up EyeTV on the iMac in Scott’s office with a Coax Cable feed, save everything to iTunes media so AppleTV can play the shows
- move a USB 2.0 Mac into Family room for EyeTV PVR replacement
- Fix Yamaha PX-3 Turntable (new cartridge?)
- order Xantech 480-30 black IR receiver with quick-connect for family room (plugs directly into 789-44)
- order two new Xantech 480-00 black IR receivers with quick connect for Erci’s office and Recreation Room
- fix Laserdisc player (might need to use www.laserdiscservice.com)
- replace adhesive strips on Xantech 286M dual blink-IR emitter bugs for A/V system in family room
- we have two Xantech 286M dual blink-IR emitters plugged into a 789-44 connecting block now (four components), people suggest DAP Onestick, hot glue, silicon, or even rubber cement
- We have a third Xantech 286M dual blink-IR emitter
- We have a Xantech 480B-00 Dinky Link in my office (could one in exercise room)
- We have a Xantech CB-18 (connecting blog for multiple receivers)
- replace Mac Mini hard drive with 500GB 2.5″ internal drive, and connect external backup drive to mini to protect audio library
- more memory for Mac Mini (needs 667MHz DDR2)
- verify that DVD recorder can record laserdiscs, record the important ones
- verify that DVD recorder can record from Dish OpenPVR, get old shows off
- We now have a Yamaha RX-V1800 receiver and Yamaha ADP-1 AC-3/RF demodulator
- Looking for A/V receiver for basement recreation room
- both DTS and Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoding are a must
Panasonic DMR-ES35V Component, Firewire, S-Video, Composite Both Dolby Digital (aka: AC-3) and DTS output via SPDIF optical port DishPVR 508 S-Video, Composite Both Dolby Digital (aka: AC-3) and PCM stereo via TOSLINK optical port Pioneer CLD-79 S-Video, Composite DTS audio via both optical and coaxial (RCA) ports, Dolby Digital via AC-3/RF port Apple TV HDMI, Component (only one at a time) DTS via TOSLINK port and ProLogic via RCA stereo to receiver Sony KV-40XBR800 DVI and two component video (1080i/720p/480p/480i) RCA Stereo Denon AVR-3200 has optical, coax, and AC-3/RF coax digital audio inputs, does not do DTS sound internally; hook it up to TV for On Screen Menus!
Future proof receiver will have: 2+ optical, 1+ coaxial, 1 AC-3/RF, and 3+ HDMI 1.3- HDMI delivers 8 channel uncompressed digital audio (both DTS and AC-3); HDMI v1.2 adds SACD support, and v1.3 adds TrueHD and DTS-HD support.
- get an adaptor to run AppleTV signal through ChannelVision
- Bedroom Gear:
Hitachi M121 VHS Apex AD-600A (component video out, Both DTS and AC-3 over coaxial audio out) Denon AVR-3200 - Ballroom Gear:
Yamaha PX-3 Turntable Gemini PDM-6012 Mixer Yamaha R-9 Receiver Technics SLP-770 CD Player Technics RS-TR575 Dual Cassette Deck AKG Acoustics K240DF headset Acoustic Research P315 HO speakers with integrated subwoofer (powered and RCA line feed), bi-amp connectors - Basement Gear:
HTD MA-1235 12 channel whole house amp Channel Vision CVT-15PIA 15dB RF Amplifier Channel Vision Low Pass Filter 3102-78 Channel Vision 5 way splitter Channel Vision 2 way splitter/combiner
Family Room has Cerwin Vega PD-6 speakers.
Long term:
- Basement Recreation Room
- alcove is 73″ wide, 9″ deep, and full height
- 9′ – 27′ is viewing range, 60 degrees, tilt and swivel important
- 80″ wide screen, 52″ normal screen optimal
- LG 55LD520 LCD television (coax ant in, HDMI or component in, TOSLINK out, ethernet?)
- Denon AVR-1610 receiver
- Definitive ProMonitor 1000 pair of front speakers
- Definitive ProMonitor 800 pair of surround speakers
- Definitive ProCenter 1000 center channel speaker
- Polk Audio PSW110 subwoofer
- Panasonic DMP-BD85 Blu-ray player (HDMI or {component and TOSLINK} out, ethernet?)
- Pioneer CLD-D504 Laservision player (S-video and coax digital audio out)
- LG 47LV5500 has replaced family room KV-40XBR800 with big screen
- opening is 67″ wide and 56″ tall (minimum of 33″ to hide chimney divit)
- without moving components: 49″ wide by 33″ tall is easy (though center channel speaker placement?)
- 6′ – 16′ viewing range, 90 degrees
- 67″ wide screen, 40″ normal screen optimal
- replace DVD player with up-converting DVD player
- replace bedroom KV-32XBR200 with big screen
- opening is 57″ wide and 41.5″ tall (gear)
- 6′ – 16′ viewing range, 70 degrees
- 67″ wide screen, 40″ normal screen optimal
- get surround working in bedroom
- replace SDTV ChannelVision E4200 with HDTV redistribution system (Xantech makes four channel component video encoders)
Smoke Detectors (9):
- 3 upstairs
- 3 downstairs (one low profile)
- 3 on main level
Silly Stuff that makes life easy:
- get another DuraScoop for the litter box in our bathroom
Dream HiFi Stores:
- Check out DejaVu audiophile shop in McLean: 1401 Chain Bridge Rd, Suite 203
