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I just recently ordered a new set of ascend speakers. The 340's across the front and the 170's for surround. Unfortunatly I got an e-mail today that they have been backordered. Most likely I am just going to wait for them because they appear to be so popular, but during the wait are there any...

I just want to make sure I did this correctly. I am using s/v's video essentials. Using my Radio Shack sound meter set at 70, I started with the center channel and turned up the main volume until it was just over 0 on the sound meter. I then changed the input levels for the other apeakers to get...

Does the outlet on the back of the receiver use any power from the receiver or is it just a pass thru. I want to plug a fan into it that comes on with the receiver but I do not want to draw power from the receiver. Thanks

I have wharfedale diamond 8.1's all around and the diamond center. I am currently using a kenwood vr 507 receiver. I was looking at replacing it with either the new pioneer 812 or 912 or maybee one of the lower priced yamaha's. I am wondering if anyone thinks it will be worth it or if this is...

I have a question on how to hook up my VCR to my system. I have a keenwood VR 507 reciever with my Cable box and DVD running into it using s video connectors and one cable going out to the TV. The cable box also has a coax out to the VCR but when I try to use that to record it does not seem to...

Does anyone have any experience with the denon 982. I am looking for a replacment for my kenwwod vr 507. The specs I have read seem pretty good but I cant find any reference to it on denons website. It will be driving wharfedale diamond 8.1's. The keenwood just seems a little underpowered. The...

I am looking at getting this receiver (panasonic sa-he200) but the only thing that concerns me is that it says in full home theater mode it has .9 THD. In stereo mode it is only .07. Is the .9 something to worry about? I am looking at replacing my kenwwod vr 507. Is the Panasonic going to really...

I need some suggestions on a receiver in the 450 to 500 price range. I currently have a kenwood vr-507 receiver and ever since getting my wharfedal diamond 8.1's I have noticed that they do not sound very good with this receiver. The sound is very harsh. The kenwood is rated at 100 X 5. I am not...

I have decided to try bi wiring my speakers. I replaced the jumper with a piece of speaker wire and there was a definate improvement so I figured I would give bi wiring a try. My question is I currently have 12 guage wire run and my thoughts are to run that to the low frequency and 14 to the...

I am looking for a few opinions on bi wiring speakers. I am looking at bi wiring my new speakers and I have a few questions also. If I were to build my own bi wire speaker cable, would all I have to do is get to sets of wire per speaker and twist them together at one end and then connect them at...

On my new speakers the binding post is not very deep so my banana posts stick out quite a bit. Is this ok or should I just go the bare wire route. They stay in and seem to be making a good connection.

I just got my new diamond 8.1's but I have a question about hooking them up. I also got the diamond center. All the speakers are bi wireable. In the book for the center channel the diagram shows how to hook up it and the bookshelfs. I will not be bi wiring it so it shows to connect the positive...

In the audio setup for my digital cable box it has settings for high compression, low compression, and none. I was reading that it says to set to high compression if it is going to be hooked up to a reciever with Dolby capapbilites. Does this seem right? It seems to me that you would want the...

I just ordered some wharfedale speakers that the site say's are rated at 6 ohms. I have a keenwood vr 507 reciver. Is this going to damge the reciver since most speaker seem to be rated at 8 ohms. I am not really clear on the whole ohm thing.

Is anyone familiar with these bookshelf speakers. I was looking at them and they have recieved really good reviews. I am thinking about trying them. They are only 199 a pair. Any advice?

I am looking at either getting a klipsch synergy six system or possibly going with four axiom m2ti's and the 150 center. I already have a subwoofer. Has anyone used the m2ti's. I know the m22ti's are supposed to be really good but I have not heard about the m2ti's. axiom is selling them for 180...

I was messing around in the setup menu for my cable box and in the audio section it had options for mono, stereo, and stereo matrix. I picked stereo matrix because the description said this was for hooking up to outside recivers. My question is it also gave me the option of using highly...

We got digital cable about two weeks ago. I just ordered a pay per view movie through on demand and the question I have is my recieever did not seem to switch to either dolby digital or DTS. In the creditd it says the movie was in both. I have the cable box hooked up to my Kenwwod VR 507...

I am looking at two different combos and I need your opinion. I will be using these for about 80%HT and 20% music. They will be driven by a Kenwood VR 507 reciever and I will be using the 100 Watt Kenwood sub that came with it. The room is about 18'x12'. Option 1 2 pair JBL s26 bookshelf...

I have digital cable that I have split using just a cheap amplified splitter. Today I tried using just a monster cable splitter that is not amplified and the picture on the TV was very fuzzy. I s this something I should contact the cable company about or am I just better off keeping the...

I just got digital cable and I have a question. I have a Kenwood VR 507 reciver and the Cable box is a Motorola. I got one with the digital out. My qustion is that because the non premium channels are not in digital I have to keep switching the audio between digital and analog on my reciever...