Porter Davis homes

Could any with a blog please share their links? I love seeing progress shots as we only have a slab so far. Visited Harcrest today and was hoping to see some darker colours. PD always seem to do their displays in neutral colours.

Anyone with Brivis refrigerated cooling get a high pitched whine in their unit when AC is on?

Jackula... can you give us an overview of your home theatre system setup?

Jackula... thanks for the post on your blog about the electrical wiring recall. I know what I'm doing tonight!

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Marantz uses higher quality components (capacitors, power supply, internal cabling, higher-end Burr Brown chips) which results in lower noise, more stable and better quality output. Compared to Denon which are from the same factory with almost identical designs.

Marantz AV7702 also uses Audyssey XT32, a room calibration system which IMO is better than YPAO (Yamaha), ARC (Anthem), MCACC (Pioneer), DCAC (Sony), AccuEQ (Onkyo).

Primare SP33 would sound better but it doesn't have room calibration, so unless your room is fully treated, Marantz is still better. Trinnov Altitude and DataSat rs20i would be the next step up from Marantz AV7702 (though some people in the US have compared the AV7702 against a rs20i and found no difference).



The subwoofers go deeper and louder than any other subs I know of, and with zero vibrations. The catalysts (L/C/R speakers) are internally tri-amplified (rather than passively amplified as most other speakers), this gives them better separation between the lows, mids and highs. The L/C/R are the same speakers, which provides better consistency and timbre between channels.

Seaton's material cost for Catalysts 8Cs are about $1500 and they sell them for $3000 each, which is already a small markup, they cut out the distributor and retailer so you're effectively saving another 70%.

Other than that, I can't explain why they sound so good. Revel Ultima Salon2 are the next best on my list, but they are definitely better than the Seatons for music though.



Because they're gullible.

Speaker cables makes a difference to passive speakers to a degree. There are two commonly used materials for speaker cables, copper and silver. Their difference in conductivity, inductance, the way they are threaded, length, thickness all changes the sound, it doesn't make it better, it just changes it.

Copper tend to be warmer sounding and silver tend to have more details (I don't know why, it's just personal experience). I am using copper because it helps tame my slighly bright system.

You don't need to buy super expensive cabling to get the most of your speakers, for speakers < $1k/pair, you won't hear much difference going beyond Selby stocks. Speaker cables make zero difference to the home theatre experience, it's mainly for the critical listening of music.

We had opted for the pre-slab pour inspection and found it definitely worth it. Our inspector picked up 6 defects which the tradies were able to rectify on the spot. He nonetheless said it was "one of the best jobs" he has seen in months, so I don't want to know what a poor job looks like. We're building the Montague 21 and have a waffle slab system btw.

I am currently reconsidering of getting an extra inspection after the fixing stage. We originally only opted for 4 inspections (pre-slab pour, slab+frame, lock-up, and PCI), we're just coming up to lock-up next week. For peace of mind I think it's worth it.

They did for us, that said, all we provided was a letter from our bank saying they are happy to lend to us, as opposed to specifics. Our funds will only be drawn down and paid when we notify our bank to release funds to PD after each stage is complete.

Also at the sales quote stage we had to briefly talk to the PD finance person to confirm we could finance the build and the mortgage after the fact.

We had the same & they asked to hold 10% of build cost in trust with 4% interest rate.

Just a tip, you can put more than 10% if you like. The best thing about their trust account is you don't need to tell them your TFN, so you can reap all the profits without having to pay any extra taxes on it

At the time we built our house, we had 4.75% fixed, it was the highest interest rate at the time.

I have the standard bolero floorboards.

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Feels pretty solid. It is on top of concrete afterall.