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2:24 PM on 02.18.2008

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Ultimate PS3 setup is ... wow, that's really um ... geez, are you serious?
Topher Cantler

Ultimate PS3 setup is ... wow, that's really um ... geez, are you serious? screenshot

I thought I'd seen some pretty pimp setups until we caught a glimpse of this guy's place. Featuring 35 amplifiers, 37 speakers, and a wealth of sources and processing devices, the room you see here looks more like a meeting of the Magi in Evangelion than it does a home theater. That dog looks pretty comfortable, though.

Youd think that a guy with enough money to put something like this together (not to mention money enough to own a standalone Blu-ray player in addition to his PS3,) would have shelled out a few extra bucks in order to supplement this haven of sensory delight with more than one gaming console. Don't get me wrong, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't love to hang out in there long enough to play through a good RPG, (if such a thing existed on the PS3) but as I always say about gaming rigs: lack of Dreamcast = instant fail. 

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wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 02/18/2008 14:23

Speakers aren't plugged in and they have more amps than they need. Silly fools.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 02/18/2008 14:23

What is this mans occupation?
Upgrayedd's Avatar
Upgrayedd at 02/18/2008 14:24

He's doing it wrong.

Seriously, if that set up wasn't designed for Rez HD, I don't know what is.
foxhound009's Avatar
foxhound009 at 02/18/2008 14:26

OMG!!! OMG!!! THEY FINALLY DID IT!!!!


THEY HAVE DISCOVERED HAVEN!!!!!!!!!
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 02/18/2008 14:27

it's all fake. nothing is connect.it's a sony publicity stunt.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 02/18/2008 14:28

This reminds me of the South Park Guitar Hero episode. This guy scored 1 million points at building his gaming rig.

Seriously, all that and no SNES? What the fuck?
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MechaMonkey at 02/18/2008 14:29

@wardrox

It's ultimate. Maybe they're wireless. And as for more amps, an amp only has so many channels. The multiple amps are necessary, not superfluous.
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mix at 02/18/2008 14:29

Wireless speakers?

Still, that's over the top.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 02/18/2008 14:30

The Speakers seem irnoic. Seeing as how if he uses the system he will be deaf within a week.
manta's Avatar
manta at 02/18/2008 14:30

Wow. Over the top my ass. Gimme!
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angusm at 02/18/2008 14:35

Didn't someone mention this in the C-Blogs awhile back?
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Velt at 02/18/2008 14:35

I saw this on a technology blog. the guy watches movies using a very high def and very expensive projector. Also he spended something like a million dollars on the setup.
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 02/18/2008 14:37

some one point out to me where are the power cables. there is your proof.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 02/18/2008 14:37

@Angusm- did I mention that I don't care?

Also, I forgot to add that the dude had a Laserdisc player listed as one of his connected devices. LOL.
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CaptainApocalypse at 02/18/2008 14:39

@ Topher

Laserdisc and no Dreamcast? WTF? You need to set this man straight.
-PL-'s Avatar
-PL- at 02/18/2008 14:40

Six million dollars.
spinseffingcool's Avatar
spinseffingcool at 02/18/2008 14:41

i mean like skeet.
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Necros at 02/18/2008 14:41

SNES would actually probably look poor on a big screen, sadly. Still, he needs to at least get a 360 in there as well.
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Kyuzo at 02/18/2008 14:43

In the forum post he said it cost 6 million... insane. As for the wires if you look close at the close of the amp you can see a wire. I would imagine if you spend 6 million on a setup you won't have wires just running across the floor.
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Clockwork at 02/18/2008 14:45

Uh, I have nothing else to say other than:

DO WANT!
Trowble's Avatar
Trowble at 02/18/2008 14:46

I want to see the electricity bill.
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fetusmilk at 02/18/2008 14:47

i would never put speakers in front of my record collection if it was that big(that record collection has to be famous). nor would i want to listen to anything thats playing in that room. hate to see the electric meter when that stuff goes on.
007's Avatar
007 at 02/18/2008 14:49

...Yeah, let's just hope he forgets to lock his doors tonight.
decoyb's Avatar
decoyb at 02/18/2008 14:54

These pictures aren't from anyones setup, they're also not from sony PR. They're from a company that sells screening rooms for people in the movie industry. Google FTW.

The lack of wires is probably due to them adding and removing speakers and components for different types of setups.
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Dennen at 02/18/2008 14:54

Very neat looking. It seems as though he built it moreso for movies than he did the PS3. I don't know if he says he built it specifically for his PS3 as I was led to believe. If so, that's pretty retarded.

But oy, if the fella can afford it - and obviously he can - then I say kudos to him and I hope it was really worth it! I don't think I can be told how that feels to sit in such a seat watching a movie. So until the day comes that I am able to, I can only imagine.

Though, personally feeling. Maybe there shoulda been a couple extra seats? You ask me, such a setup demands to be enjoyed by a group of good friends and some popcorn. It looks a bit.... Inaccessible the way it is.
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LarkOhiya at 02/18/2008 15:03

I'd say what Pedro said...but he said it first. like everything in the super model high roller world its over priced and unnecessary. Not to mention could feed 5 families of 4 for years.
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RskimB at 02/18/2008 15:14

wow guaranteed head 'splosion
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Vigor at 02/18/2008 15:15

I think it's real and i also think its fucking awesome.
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Horatio Caine at 02/18/2008 15:17

This was in Mr. West's blog also.
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BahamutZero at 02/18/2008 15:18

If I were a girl I'd be concerned about the hitech rape dungeon below on entering that room
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Crapsh00t at 02/18/2008 15:19

I bet this guy also has a Segway. Dubious.
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Scape at 02/18/2008 15:19

Evangelion reference FTW.
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Volcanon at 02/18/2008 15:21

Think it sounds any good?
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s0lesurviv0r at 02/18/2008 15:23

Wasn't Magi the computer in Nerv??
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Churchhills Dog at 02/18/2008 15:25

The guy is a record industry executive which goes to show that that particular industry is ready for the dog track.
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Guagloves at 02/18/2008 15:26

That is a ridiculous setup, but no Dreamcast does = fail.
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FinalFist at 02/18/2008 15:28

You would die if that thing blasted full power at you. But I think it's probably fake or a showroom, looksee? No wires coming from the speakers.
therealwillie's Avatar
therealwillie at 02/18/2008 15:30

http://blog.audiovideointeriors.com/208great/ here's the source if you guys want to read more about it.
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BahamutZero at 02/18/2008 15:33

I will admit I'd give a testicle to play super stardust on that shit
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Android8675 at 02/18/2008 15:37

"it's all fake. nothing is connect.it's a sony publicity stunt."

If it was they would have a Sony Pictures movie on the screen. It's not fake, just eccentric.
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topFAPgearFAPgorillaFAP at 02/18/2008 15:49

is there a movie or game that could properly exploit the benefits of so many speakers? Is 40 speakers necessarily better than 10? Will a TV that big be so much better than a, I dunno, let's low-ball, 60 in set?

How can this exist when people are dying and stuff?
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Anus Mcphanus at 02/18/2008 15:57

In the last photo that poor PS3 looks like the kid that was always picked last in gym class...

I may have to sacrifice both my legs to play Everyday Shooter on that baby! and then I can kick back relax and watch DMC4 install....
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raucci at 02/18/2008 15:59

im the first one to complain about this... and i think its weird... so much shit in there and what, one measly couch? It looks fairly comfortable I guess, but if the room is gonna be that pimp why not get some sick furniture or something, I guess the word "friend" never occurred to whoever set this room up.
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xdrawnout at 02/18/2008 16:05

he couldnt afford a la-z-boy?
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mistic at 02/18/2008 16:08

I saw this on ( i think ) engadget a couple of days ago its really fully functional and an unbelievable sight to behold...

it cost him close to a million dollar and he built it as a demonstration of his skill and is now hoping to sell a few of these babies, conveniently however, he lives at his 'showroom' so he gets to use it the whole time :-)

it is NOT fake :-)
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vp360 at 02/18/2008 16:13

its called an Xbox360
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dvddesign at 02/18/2008 16:21

Everyone's missed the crucial thing here... That room has got to sound awful. All those speakers and the room is a giant fucking box with a wooden floor.

That's going to sound echo-y and have a shitload of reverb drowning out the sound. Yuck. 10 minutes of any action sequence in that room and your ears will be bleeding from all the high frequencies.

No sound proofing = poor sound design for such a setup.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 02/18/2008 16:23

If he can afford that but not the other consoles, than he fails at life.
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FreePablo at 02/18/2008 16:31

The Ultimate PS3 Setup is cool and all, but what games is he going to play with it?

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all night.
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brosef at 02/18/2008 16:33

Did anyone else think that this setup really gives him a huge advantage over other online gamers in FPSs? Seriously, I have to figure out whether sound is coming from the left or right speaker on my TV while he has to figure out if it was from woofer #245 or woofer #246 in the NorthWest quadrant at 17 degrees from central point.

Also, I agree with dvddesign.
CALkulon's Avatar
CALkulon at 02/18/2008 16:37

...Wow. Just wow.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/18/2008 16:56

@Topher: Yeah, I blogged about this (NOT to say “c-blogs did it”, of course), and I titled my post “Well, that’s just excessive...” I like your post better, though, because I only had the header image and the first pic (the one with Ratatouille on the screen). $6 million...crazy, huh? Essentially, the guy markets ultra-high-end home theaters to the rich and famous.
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PappaDukes at 02/18/2008 16:59

I seriously think that the only reason he doesn't have any other system in a setup such as this is simply because they would look like shit. He probably has a separate "throwback" gaming room in the bat cave, next to the N64 torture chamber.
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dvddesign at 02/18/2008 17:05

@brosef

I don't think the software's going to be coming out of those adequately to differentiate between the speakers. He's got 37 speakers, but to what end? The amps are splitting a 5.1/7.1 signal. Assuming that he's throwing on the .1 to one or two subs (which contain no L-R differentiation), it seems like there's just going to be a lot of overlapping channels of information. I don't know how much I'd trust a bunch of hardware to competently remix audio that's pretty much fine the way it is at 5.1/7.1

If it's just there for the sake of being overkill, that's fine, but I wouldn't want that many speakers. That whole setup is really unappealing to a more refined eye and ear.

Though his choice of projector is excellent. I've seen the images those large 1,000 lumens projectors can make. They sure are pretty...
DrXym's Avatar
DrXym at 02/18/2008 17:14

That setup is just sad. Whoever produced that has more money than sense.
Pacopaco's Avatar
Pacopaco at 02/18/2008 17:21

Bravo for the wholly appropriate Evangelion reference!
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Static Jak at 02/18/2008 17:24

Holy crap. Its beautiful.
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Corak at 02/18/2008 17:29

6 million and it loooks like this? This guy got robbed. I've seen home theatre setups, with stadium seating, all the speakers hidden, and looks like you would want to watch a movie there for a million or less. This looks like it was thrown together by a moron with to much money on his hands.
qo_op's Avatar
qo_op at 02/18/2008 17:34

You dumbasses, this is not Sony and this has nothing to do with the ps3, this is a 6million dollar kipnis studio standard home theatre. "Its a sony publicity stunt", go troll somewhere else.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/06/a-look-around-the-6-million-kipnis-studio-standard-home-theater/
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qo_op at 02/18/2008 17:38

Just because its not wired doesnt mean anything, you ever heard of wireless speakers? And there is sound foam on the walls, so given that this is a fully operational theatre as with todays technology it very well could be fully operational, this would be an amazing sounding and looking theatre.
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wonky360 at 02/18/2008 18:02

looks like shit to me, makes NO sense. My money is on a promo photo for some stupid lads mag. Anyone who loved hi-fi separates this much could not create something so ugly. The future is shell shaped anyway. http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/fantastic_nauti.php
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Sigma Draconis at 02/18/2008 18:28

You know, is it just me or is the actual PS3 (the most important part of this setup) hidden from view. I can't see it anywhere.
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chao1350 at 02/18/2008 18:35

Looks super freaking awesome but I think the colorful lights would distract me.
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FuriousGeorge at 02/18/2008 18:38

cool all he needs are games now
Adridius's Avatar
Adridius at 02/18/2008 19:50

I wonder how long this too to set up. And couldnt half the speakers been just as effective and he could have saved some money and bought some more games and systems. But hey, i'm not hatin by any means
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blu3steel at 02/18/2008 20:14

There are probably a lot of dead zones with that speaker set up. Also 35 amps are unnecessary. Still, I'd like to use the room...I'd just take most of the unnecessary speakers out.
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poonster at 02/18/2008 20:19

whoa!! i thought my setup was pretty good,a 50in Panasonic 1080p plasma with a Pioneer 7.1 surround sound amp, 7 Paradigm speakers with a Reel Acoustics sub with my Xbox 360 & PS3 and PC all hooked into the tv & Sterio..but that dudes system gives me chillz.that setup must of cost him a shitload of coin...BUT i'm still stoaked with my setup-----FOR NOW!!!
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catgoat at 02/18/2008 21:00

If you look in the first picture you can see that the walls of the room are covered with sound proofing tiles, and although not the most sound absorbent of materials, the hardwood floors wouldn't be as bad as you think. i assume the ceiling is also made up of some sort of sound absorbing material, be it specific sound proofing tiles or just those rectangular Styrofoam tiles.

i wish he would have included a better components list. i guess i could look everything up on google for wattage of amps, etc, but i think i've already lost interest.
Sam Spectre's Avatar
Sam Spectre at 02/18/2008 21:51

That many amps and speakers is unnecessary. It's not cool, it's stupid.

I like the projector though.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 02/18/2008 22:27

I would Rock Band the shit out of that place.
Also wasn´t he a video editor or something?
Mr Sexy AZN's Avatar
Mr Sexy AZN at 02/18/2008 22:35

if this guy spend this much money on girls he can have 17 wives
pathetic
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HarassmentPanda at 02/18/2008 23:19

Completely unnecessary and not even set up right, but still nice gear.
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catsithx at 02/19/2008 07:14

all that money all of it went down the drain he has to much time and it also seems to much money on him. hey dude send me some of that money
DryvBy's Avatar
DryvBy at 02/19/2008 07:47

loL@the nerds who know it all
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xX Hollow Tip at 02/19/2008 19:33

haha! all that and only 3 seats. destructowned!
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 02/19/2008 19:36

WOW. And I thought I was cool with my 7tv/computer monitor setup for all consoles except PS3...
Fading_Star's Avatar
Fading_Star at 02/19/2008 20:13

Woah.......that is an impressive rig.

Where is the NES?
Ravana's Avatar
Ravana at 02/19/2008 23:28

Wow...more reasons never to leave the house.

The downside? Not pacemaker friendly. Sorry grandma!
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HarassmentPanda at 02/20/2008 00:22

Honestly, the PS3 is the only game console? This set up could use some help.
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Fleet3000 at 02/20/2008 00:56

dude needs some serious Rock Band for this shit.
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Eno chan at 02/20/2008 07:19

Ummm......deaf by 30?
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blakbuzzrd at 02/20/2008 10:11

@dvddesign:

You're absolutely right. The sheer number of reflective surfaces in that room have got to make anything played sound like a horrible high-frequency mishmash.

Th