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I hope I made good choices with new gear. Comments?

(Subtitled: Rabbit holes can run deep)

Synergy and such. It always worries me as I don’t have time for much trial and error.

Some of this appears in a recent thread elsewhere but it was getting off topic.

This all started out by me wanting a new TV. So I bought an LG 77" C5 OLED model. Well, then I decided I might as well redo the room it’s going in so that’s almost done.

 Gee, then I figured I need a new DVD player, a 4K one. I bought a Panasonic DP-UB820-K for that. It reads like it’s a pretty good unit for picture and sound. Of course with the long cable run from the TV to the rack holding the audio gear and DVD player, I would need a 30’ or so optical HDMI cable. Also long audio cables from the TV to the rack.

  My main audio system is also in the same room the TV is in. It’s mostly equipment I bought 36 years ago, save for the CD players. The amps are getting old and nobody around here works on them. So I purchased a pair of Cambridge Audio Edge M monoblocks. I figured I would use my old Harmon Kardon Citation 25 preamp with them. It’s compatible and still works. Nah, I ordered a Parasound Halo JC 2BP preamplifier today. Hey, those new components have XLR inputs and outputs! I bought some Audioquest Red River XLR cables for that.

 No way am I going to just plug all of this stuff into wall outlets. I bought a pair of APC BR1500MS2 uninterruptible power supplies to protect against power surges and brownouts. These do not provide enough battery power to run for any length of time but we have an emergency standby generator that kicks in in less than 10 seconds so it’s not an issue. 

 With all the new gear, I need someplace comfortable to sit. I found a good set of wing chairs on sale on the ’net. Also got a nice small narrow table to put between them to hold remotes and a drink. My new gear also needs a nice place to sit so I also purchased a Salamander Designs rack for it. 

 New and much longer SP6 speaker cables are currently on the burn-in machine at Morrow Audio. 

 All of this started with wanting a new TV and it just kept going, LOL! Oh well. Did I miss anything? Did I get anything that’s not going to work well together?  I did as much research as I could and it was quite a bit. Ya never know though.

Any and all input is greatly appreciated! Thank you all.

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@desktopguy  Thanks for the nice post. Yes, this will my nicest TV I've ever owned also. Mom has a 55" LG OLED and it sold me on this one. 

Looking forward to watching a few 4K Blu-Ray videos. Except for the complete Jack Nicholson catalogue, I don't buy many movies. For 4K though I did buy a few that peaked my interest. First, I bought Mad Max Fury Road (2015). I've read that it's the 4K movie to judge all others against. I also bought Fall (2022). I have vertigo and enjoy messing with it. Even on a 55" TV that movie goofs up my senses. I also enjoy things about our solar system, the universe and space in general. Not much I could find in 4K about that topic that's non-fiction. I did find Apollo 11 (2019) and For All Mankind (1989 but redone in 4K). I may get some other space films in the future. They won't be in 4K but I'm hoping the up-scaling feature does a pretty good job. 

Besides audio, my main hobby is model railroads and trains. I currently have 412 railroad videos. Those wear out DVD players, LOL!

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"railroad videos" (amazing!). I could get carried away w/model RR & trains, but never gave that infection a chance to start.

As for 4K video, I had to get the Jason Bourne collection (all pretty wonderful & wonderful looking films). My most recent purchase was a rather beautiful film I saw in the theater, ARRIVAL.

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@jrosemd Thanks for the private message but I can't respond to messages here. I haven't provided audiogon with a credit card or phone number. I appreciate the JBL info. Those L-110s are pretty scarce and the ones up for sale are either too banged up or the sellers want payment methods that I'm not comfortable with.  I did look into KLH speakers. I want to stay with something that will go down to 35 hz or lower though. 

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@desktopguy Well,  not getting into the railroad hobby probably saved you a lot of money! I have 130 N scale locomotives, just over 900 freight cars, almost 100 passenger cars and by the time I'm done, well over 20 scale miles of track. Probably about 50k into it all together.  That's over about 20 years though. 

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