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  1. Kyle Schaffer

    Directors List your 10 favorite bands of all time (in order or preferece)

    Sure- I'll play ;) 1. Led Zep 2. Tool 3. Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler too) 4. Rusted Root 5. Peter Gabriel (some Genesis too) 6. U2 7. Metallica 8. Rage against the Machine 9. Guns and Roses 10. Fishbone hon mention: Rush, Floyd, Pearl Jam The order of #s 2-10 is open to...
  2. Kyle Schaffer

    dvd storage

    I have a large built-in entertainment center that was designed by me and built mostly by my father-in-law with the grunt work by me. The center section is 42" wide, and the bottom 36" (below the TV) is divided by a vertical center support and has doors on each side. In this "lower section"...
  3. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Thanks for the kind words daman. If you notice, I haven't been around much lately--- too busy enjoying the new receiver! I just hooked up my SACD player and was blown away- serious, s***-eatin' grin that I walked around with all weekend. Really, really pleased.
  4. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    I ordered on a Sat and had by Wed.
  5. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    You gotta make a gut call. My internet-bought 5790 has worked without a charm for the last week at least :-) To me the money saved was signficant enough that it was worth the gamble. If we were talking $20-$40 I'd have been at Best Buy too... but I got my DVD player for free, basically...
  6. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    You gotta make a gut call. My internet-bought 5790 has worked without a charm for the last week at least :-) To me the money saved was signficant enough that it was worth the gamble. If we were talking $20-$40 I'd have been at Best Buy too... but I got my DVD player for free, basically...
  7. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    That was my thinking too. The video switching and conversion to component is another added bonus.
  8. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Thanks for following up Daman... I think :) Now I'm a little worried. Guess I will just keep my fingers crossed and hope nothing goes wrong. If it ever does, I do have that email from them and I guess I'll just fight it. Hopefully we're talking like 1% chance of needing that. I opened it...
  9. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Well, I asked them and they said they were. I do have an email as proof, if that does me any good :frowning: Let's hope it doesn't break. Here was their response to my email: ----------------------------- We are Yamaha authorized and the 1 year warranty would be honored in the US...
  10. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Daman- just to be clear, the 5760's YPAO is a dumbed down version of the full-blown YPAO that the 5790 and above has. Now, I don't claim to be an expert on this stuff, but I am concerned enough that my room isn't the "ideal" setup that I'm looking forward to every piece of help I get. I...
  11. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Well everyone was so helpful that by the time I get a chance to reply it's all been said! I don't think you can go wrong with the 5760. That's what I was planning on getting all along until I started surfing around for actual street prices. I then concluded that the 5790 wasn't 'that' much...
  12. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Yes, that's definitely true :frowning: The 1400 is much sharper looking imho. I got the 5790 solely due to cost savings.
  13. Kyle Schaffer

    30" or 32"?

    One question I still have, and if anyone can shed light on it it'd be most appreciated... I know that the 32" 16:9 mode is basically the same size as the 30" widescreen. Is the quality of picture the same? Is the 32" picture somehow less pristine because it's being shrunk or because it's...
  14. Kyle Schaffer

    good reciever in $500 range

    Matt- I just replied to you on a different thread for Sony HS420 TVs. We must be on the same upgrade timeline. Actually, I may be a little ahead of you on the receivers. I just bought at the 5790 after much research here and elsewhere. I bought sight unseen, but I had seen and heard the...
  15. Kyle Schaffer

    30" or 32"?

    I just re-read your post more carefully and it sounds like you are strongly leaning towards the 30". So I didn't mean to confuse you. The weight of the 32HS420 is 168 lbs. Since you're in MA, let me know if you find a store that has them stocked. I'd like to see them live.
  16. Kyle Schaffer

    30" or 32"?

    I went through the same hand-wringing as you did. I have concluded for what it's worth that 32" makes more sense than 30". I still watch too much 4:3 and once I convinced myself that the 32" 16:9 was pretty much the same as the 30", it seemed like the smart thing to do. Of course, the...
  17. Kyle Schaffer

    Subwoofer placement (a new idea or a stupid one?)

    Hi all. Lurking for a month or so, have utilized the collective brainpower to help me set up a new TV room. Speakers and receiver are bought, currently researching DVD player and subwoofer- tv will have to wait. I converted a screened-in porch to a walled-in full season den. I wired the...
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