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  1. MikeArcher

    Ghetto screen creates washout

    I live in a smaller apartment and for the last year I've been projecting my infocus 4805 on to a wall that was about 6 feet away. The picture quality was amazing (minus the wall texture) but the size of the picture was relatively small - about 65 inches. My roommate and I decided it was time to...
  2. MikeArcher

    Using Pioneer 1014tx for computer speakers

    Sorry about that, I'll try to clear things up a little. I purchased a pair of small monitor speakers, standalone, no internal amplifier, to use with my computer. I needed some power to be going to them so I have them hooked up to my reciever. My reciever is recieving an analog signal from my...
  3. MikeArcher

    Using Pioneer 1014tx for computer speakers

    So I just purchased some cheaper monitors to use as computer speakers. I have a mini-headphone jack -> rca running from my sound card out to my video1 input on the reciever. I have speaker wire running from the 6 and 7 channels to the new speakers. I can get everything to work just fine but it...
  4. MikeArcher

    Car Audio VS Home Audio

    I have spent: $800 on car speakers $500 on an amp to power said speakers $350 on a deck made by denon for Rockford (no internal amplifier) I have also spent: $450 on used B&W 602 S3 speakers $400 on Pioneer 1014 $50 on random dvd player with digital out The staging/imaging with...
  5. MikeArcher

    A good, cheap subwoofer

    I'm looking for a subwoofer to round out my low end but I'm just not sure what to look for. I will probably buy used via audiogon or ebay and I only want to spend around $250. The sub will be used with B&W 602's and a pioneer 1014tx, if that matters. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated...
  6. MikeArcher

    No surround

    Thank you very much, that worked!
  7. MikeArcher

    No surround

    Okay, here's my ghetto audio setup, I do plan on adding more as the money permits but this is what I have right now: Cheapo Walmart dvd/cd player running through optical connection to Pioneer 1014. The 1014 is bi-amping the front speakers (b&w 602s) and running the surrounds to some crappy...
  8. MikeArcher

    B&w 602? 603? 604?

    Awesome! Thank you very much, I think that's what I'm going to do.
  9. MikeArcher

    B&w 602? 603? 604?

    Okay, I'm a college student and will be living with other people for the forseeable future. I want some quality speakers for HT and music listening, but I realize how annoying it can be when someone is playing their music too loud and you can hear it from every room in the house, especially the...
  10. MikeArcher

    Bought a new Sanyo, having some problems

    I just bought a 32" CRT Sanyo (DS32424) from Walmart a couple days ago. I've gotta say it's a touch better than my 13" RCA but I'm having some issues with it. I tried contacting Sanyo tech support but they weren't much help, this is the letter I sent in: I have no problem taking the...
  11. MikeArcher

    High power 5.1 reciever?

    I'm very new to home audio/home theater so I was hoping you guys could help me out. I'm in the market for a new reciever, well a new used reciever I suppose. It will be used to push some B&W 602's or 603's in stereo for the time being, with aspirations to make a surround system. I was thinking...
  12. MikeArcher

    Should I buy open box?

    My local Walmart has a Sanyo Ht30744 on sale for $697 because it was a display model. I also have a friend that works at Walmart so I can get his employee discount, total cost to me would be around $627. Overall the t.v. seems like a good fit to what I've been looking for, but I don't want to...
  13. MikeArcher

    Need some car stereo advice, especially about speakers (long)

    Looks like some very nice equipment you've got there, minus the HU. If it was before the A1, R1, Z1 series it was probably made by JVC and badged denon. It sounds like you're moderately happy with it, however, so it's really your choice. I know the Bostons are excellent drivers, but if I...
  14. MikeArcher

    Can a t.v. freeze?

    My family has a little, one room cabin at the back of our property. It's fairly secluded and it wouldn't matter if I wanted to watch a loud movie when the rest of the family is asleep. The problem is that the cabin is not hooked up to any of the household utilities. Power and Cable should be no...
  15. MikeArcher

    Narrowed it down to 3 27 inch hdtv's. Please help me decide.

    Amazon has the Zenith's for $685.49 shipped. Amazon is also an authorized Zenith retailer so I would assume you shouldn't have any problems with warranties, etc.
  16. MikeArcher

    An introduction and lots of questions

    You guessed right, the room is going to be fairly small. I will definitely check out the Cinema speakers. Thank you!
  17. MikeArcher

    $400 to spend, don't know what to get....

    I'm in the market for a new t.v. I realize for $400 I'm not going to get anything super fancy, but if I could get something in the 27-34 inch range I'd be very happy. My watching habits are 20% basic cable, 80% dvds. I do plan on hooking it up to the rest of a home theater setup, if that...
  18. MikeArcher

    An introduction and lots of questions

    Wow! Thanks for all the replies already! I think I will probably do just that. For future reference, is it important to have the same model of speaker for the reaer channels as the front? I'm going t.v. shopping this weekend, are there any specific things I should look for in a good t.v...
  19. MikeArcher

    An introduction and lots of questions

    Well, I have spent the last couple of years in the car audio arena. Now it's time for me to see what it's like on the home audio side. I've spent the last couple of days reading your site and I've learned a ton, what an awesome messasge board. Just recently I, ironically, set a car speaker on...
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