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Here's my modest home theater/family room. Most current receiver is a Yamaha Rx-V773 and my speakers are 20 year old Bostons. I am a stay at home dad so my audio budget is pretty small. I would love to upgrade to the Pioneer not only for Atmos but also because I'm out of HDMI inputs. Good luck...

Wow! What an amazing receiver. I would use this to upgrade from my aging 5.1 system and add even more fun to our family movie nights. We rarely go to the theater due to price and it always seems to be to loud for my kids. The Atmos technology would surely be the icing on the cake! Thanks for...

Hi all, Havent posted in years, but due to illness, HT has sparked my interest again. I recently had my old Yamaha RX-V1000 crap out on me and picked up a RX-V667 to replace it. Not exactly in the same league but finances won't allow for much more. My current speakers are older Boston CR...

YES.

SVS or HSU will rock your world.

Purely aesthetics. Get what looks best to you. You really can't go wrong with an SV. I have a cylinder and sometimes wish I had a box but the end result is great bass. Period. If you want a better opinion, e-mail Tom at SVS. He will get you on the right track for your needs.

I would go with a 10" sealed sub (like the dayton) and calibrate it to match your mains. If you don't have a meter, then put in a familiar song and turn the gain up on the sub just until it "fills in" the lows. Remember to set your main speakers to "small" and subwoofer to "yes" on your reciever.

If I understand you correctly, you are running component video cables to your tv via your reciever. I don't think you can run composite (coax) through a reciever. You can, however run RCA cables (red, white, and yellow) through a reciever but the problem is that you are outputting component...

I have the S77 and am very happy. The only advantage to the S97 is SACD I think.

Progressive scan will only send a 480p signal to your tv. The only way to provide it with a 1080i signal is via an upconverting dvd player. I have a Panasonic s77 upconverting dvd player hooked up through HDMI. From my experience, the progressive scan image looks softer and more film like while...

THX is just a label. Buy whatever speakers sound good to you.

I always use 14 gauge Home Depot wire. They have never become "greasy" or turned green. Best bang for the buck.

DD is usually quieter than other formats. Turn it up if you have to. Bad news about NBC...I'm only getting 2.0 also here in Atlanta. Don't know what the problem is but I called the local affiliate and they said thy would "look into it."

I'm a huge fan of the Creative Muvo TX 1GB. Will play MP3 and WMA and holds about 200 songs (or 20 CD's) ripped at 128. It's small, uses 1 AAA battery, and the flash drive seperates from the battery pack so you can just plug it right into a front USB port to transfer and delete files.

I have a Memorex which is a rebranded NEC. Love it. Dual layer, 16X, and it comes with Nero 6. I got it for 60 bucks with rebates.

With my Yamaha, I am only able to control the volume. So enter the codes one by one and try the volume control. Satellite and cable remotes don't usually offer great support for recievers.

The switch or splitter on the outside of your house should have a ground wire. If it doesn't, either insall a ground spike and run the ground cable to that or you can ground it to an outdoor faucet with a strap. Also, you can check your house wiring with an inexpensive ground tester from Radio...

When you add a sub to your setup, all other speakers should be set to small.

Personal Preference. Just like speakers, recievers are going to sound different from each other. While the difference isn't as large as with speakers, it's still there. Way back when, I was torn between Yamaha and Denon. Just couldn't decide. So, I took my wife to the store and had them A/B the...

Yes, you will effectively be putting a cabinet inside of a cabinet. If you must hide a sub, don't put it in an enclosed space. Put it behind a chair or a sofa so it can do what it was meant to do...move air.

Now i'll agree with Mr. Garcia.;)If you want lower extension, get the 20-39PCi.

Check out the creative Zen players. The battery is replacable and it will play most any format.

Ditto. Record your shows and watch them the next day. That way you can skip through the commercials. If you do watch a live program, just keep the remote handy.

Fugly. Gimme HD-DVD please!

128 is the lowest acceptable bitrate for decent sounding music. Mr. Garcia is right in that it will probably sound better through headphones than through your home speakers. 192 will give you the best quality but it is still compressed audio. I rip all my stuff at 128 to WMA and have no...

No problems like that with my motorola 6412 v3. It does somtimes record only a portion of a program but as far as free space is concerned, it is accurate. Sounds like your provider got a bunch of lemons. The new 6412's are buggy to be sure but I can live with that for now.

PB-10 or 25-31. Either way you cant go wrong with the SVS. I call my 25-31 the "baby boomer."

I can't believe I'm disagreeing with Mr. Garcia! I have a 25-31 with the standard tune and for music and video games it is perfect. For movies, it's a beast! If you tune it lower, you are going to lose some output and as a result have to turn the amp up a bit more and lose a bit of that mid-bass...

I use my reciever in an armoire and have had no troubles with the doors open (very tight fit.) If you want to close the doors, you could cut out the back of the armoire to allow for ventilation or insall a cooling fan as the previous poster recommended. Whatever you do, don't run an amp in an...

Yamaha recievers are known for two things: 1. they are built like tanks and will last a long time. 2. They are relatively bright sounding compared to other comparable recievers (Denon and Onkyo namely.) Pair a Yamaha with some nice warm sounding speakers and you're in for a treat. On the...