Recent content by Keith Shaw

I'd consider it if I don't get any bites from the US market, where shipping is obviously much easier.

Hello folks. I'm moving to an NHT setup for my home theater, so my B&W CMC center channel in light maple is up for sale. No functional issues and an easy 9/10 in cosmetic terms (see pictures below). I'd take $250 plus actual shipping from zip 29229, which I think is a pretty reasonable deal...

Great thread- thanks for the information and good discussion.

XM just finished up "IT" today, which was their Encycledia of Pop. They went through over 60 years worth of charted music in chronological order. It took well over a month and spanned all six of the decades stations. I know they've done it before, but this was the first time I listened as an XM...

Again, if you can get a terrestrial repeater signal, it doesn't matter where the antenna is in relation to a window. I'm listening to XM right now in my office, which is in the middle of a large building. Full strength signal from a terrestrial repeater- you just have to make sure you have the...

I'm about a month into my XM experience, and in that time I've got one subscription (home) to 3 subscriptions (home, work, car). Couldn't be happier at the wonderful diversity of music I have to choose from in each place. Amazingly, my office is located in the middle of a building near no...

The xL designation is supposedely only for "frequent explicit language." ;)

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=183895 :p

Definitely go directly to a head unit instead of a tape adapter or FM modulator if you can. If you're any kind of audiophile, the drop in sound quality with either of those other setups could be quite annoying. The Kenwood free tuner is an attractive option if you're going to buy a head unit...

Having only directly experienced XM to this point, I wonder if this could have something to do with how XM is distributing their available bandwidth. I say this because there seems to be a lot of variability in sound quality between different XM channels. As an example, check out Watercolors...

Oh, I already have a great opinion of XM Radio, Ron. I've had it for all of one day and already find myself wishing I had signed up 2 years ago. The diversity of music available is just staggering when you first start playing with it. The fact that it is now commercial free on the music channels...

Having purchased an XM system just today, I thought I'd educate myself a bit further by perusing XMfan.com. Imagine my surprise when I see a page directing me to a new site under works and alluding to a rift between two of the site's founders. Since I'm not even a member of XMfan and only read...

Did he set his front speakers to "small" in the receiver settings?

If you're just interested in cheap A/B receiver but don't care about much else, I picked up the DE185 during a Best Buy open item sale for like $90 OTD. I'm using it in my office at work with a 5 disc changer and some dinky speakers :) No comment on the performance of this or other DE models...