Recent content by Wiredin

Alirghty, ordered up my new receiver (onkyo tx-sr707) today. got rid of most of the limitations of space. Now it's time to get down and order some speakers. I've done a lot of auditioning in the last two weeks. I'm still very limited in funds, as I got a little less than I thought, but I'm...

went into a couple of stores today to listen to the different setups and just sit down and see what I found best. I even got the wife and the salesman to do a blind test of the different components. The room was not setup in the best way in my opinion. There were center channels in two vertical...

Wife wants a DVD changer, she doesn't like using the PS3 to watch DVD's if she doesn't have too. :) I'm leaning towards option 3 as well I think.

Been doing a lot of research lately on upgrading my home theater system. I thought I had it nailed down, but now I really don't know..... My current system is: PS3 Slim Xbox 360 LG HTIB PACE HD dual PVR LG 32" TV (unsure of model #) There are a few different routes I'm planning on going...

okay back on topic.... crazy wife, crazy life. :) We've been playing around with ideas, and I got her right where I need her. Budget has slightly expanded... $1500 CAD I can get a deal through work (I work @ a car dealer, and one of the car audio shops we work with has a home theater...

Depending on the receiver, a lot of Onkyo's current lineup offers 1.3a repeaters. Including the 9100 kit and SRX607. I'll compound on the speakers. Myself, I'm spending more on the receiver mostly because its what I need to spend to get the features I'm in need of... and budgets dictating...

Onkyo 9100, thats what I'm getting after months and months of research and deliberation... you can find a retail one for around $999 USD online all over the place... or a refurb set for under $700. Very expandable, pretty decent speakers (or so I read), and a very decent reciever if you decide...

Oh those Spyders are freakin cool! Really neat little cars. As for the Jag, cool looking beast. Those cars are always 5 years ahead of their time style wise... My dad and I are currently restoring a pair of 80's jags. We got a Sedan XJ sans drivetrain/paint that were doing (gonna drop a 350...

no kidding, hobbies can really kill us all eh? Cool that you got an old Fiat, what model? I've always liked those. I'm a jack of all trades guy myself. home recording, guitars, model trains, VW MKII GTI, Mazda RX7, VW MKIV Jetta Turbo, gaming, photography... yea, nothings cheap anymore....

The wife has to issue compromises so I don't get outa hand. she keeps me in line... or so we would like to think. Lets just say that I too have many hobbies, and none of them are inexpensive... She said shopping for me for Christmas is so hard because she can't afford half the stuff I'm...

yea, I think I'm done with LG , Samsung, Sony HTIBs... no flexability or upgradability for me. I also know about the simulated sound stuff, I currently don't know what I have that would need to use it (as my 4 most used items will all use the HDMI 1.3a repeaters), but something to have if I...

They seem to be very different receivers, each has their pros and cons. The 6200 pro's are: 7.1 (which I can't take advantage of at this time), comes with an ipod dock (yay?), NEO:6 507 pros: 2 zone capability (which I would use) Other than that they are very very similar. The only thing I...

I've been doing some shopping, and have found that the Onkyo 6200 kit comes with speakers that fit my needs space wise, and they get good reviews. I'm not too big on internet orders from the USA as a Canadian it makes it hard to get warranty out of them... so Energy might not work for me...

I've been doing similar digging around and asking for help on various forums and through pro retailers/custom shops around the city. The general consensus is, HTIB's are not worth their physical weight. Their too limiting performance wise, and offer little upgradability and reliability. So I'd...

Now that actually looks like something up my alley! How do they sound? Also, if I were to look at the 5.1 kit, hows the subwoofer? Because the Onkyo has a subout and not a powered subout.... which means I gotta upgrade my sub too.