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I can tell you first hand; dont mount it too high. I made this mistake and mounted above the fireplace and it looked cool but after one month it had to go. It was a pain because I had to change my set up to a different wall and re-run all my cables and wires through the walls and attic a second...

Nothing a quick run to home depot wont fix (or maybe partexpress). Solder on an RCA plug if you have enough cable left or tape some RG to the existing cable and pull you a new run.

For the money it is difficult to beat the SVS or AV123 package deals. The Athena's should provide a decent and inexpensive set up if you want to go that way. I would also check out the Paradigm Studio 20's since you are in Canada. What ever you do; call SVS and HSU and see what they...

You could also use the white snap wire covers from Home Depot and run them along you baseboards and the around the door moldings and back down the baseboards. They have an adhesive back that will stick to your wall right along the molding. I use this for the wires on my mains and you cant even...

The wharfdale’s are great speakers. If they don’t sound good to you maybe it's the room or an inadequate sub or your system isn’t calibrated properly. Get an SPL meter and a cal disc and see if you like them better and then start tackling the room with acoustic treatments and then call SVS and...

Get the PC; I am thinking of adding one to my set-up and putting it on it's side under an old antique stand that is in my listening area.

I have never listened to the Swans and I just gave info on speakers that I have auditioned and liked. I would love to try the Swans some day.

Yes you can control the source and volume of zone 2 independently of zone 1 and operate them both at the same time. It requires that you run a second analog connection for each componant that you want to use in zone 2. You can also program the remote to work zone 2.

You should be able to put together a good system for 4K. I would not go for a HTIB in your case or rarely would I ever suggest it. My preference for the flat panel would be the Panny; they just have really good PQ. You don’t really need to go with a 1080 as the difference will not be noticed...

I have to disagree because I have seen it happen in person. I was at my dealer to purchase a paradigm center channel and a lady knocked the one I was looking at off the stand, it fell on her foot and broke her foot, busted the grill of the digm and nicked the corner. I immediately bought it for...

If they have holes in the bottom cant you just drill the stands and protect your speakers from additional holes?

Yep; if you know they are hooked up correctly; then dont worry about it. Mine always says the center is out of phase but it's not.

I have my surrounds in the 14ft ceiling. They have the adjustable tweeter/woofer and I actually aimed them at the back wall vs. the listening area; it provides a nice reflection and sounds awesome.

I would never set a speaker on a stand without "securing" it in some way. My speakers have meatal inserts for this purpose. Call SVS and ask them if you can screw into the bottom or at very least; use some velcro.

I also use in-ceilings for surround and for zone 2 and they seem to work just fine. I was a little concerned when I retired the "real" speakers from surround sound duty (required by WAF) but to tell you the truth; they do a very nice job.

Now that is funny....

SoundVision has the Athena Technologies AS-B2.2 Bookshelf Speakers on sale for 149 bucks for a pair; go get them and buy a good sub later down the road.

Upgrade your TV; If you like the way the digms sound why would you change them?

Try calibrating it. My SD looks very good.

I dont believe anyone here uses wireless speakers.

I use a set of Duals for my patio and they sound fine for what they are. You can get them at circuit city for 40 bucks.

Make certain you are using CL rated wire and stay away from any power lines. If you have to cross one do it at 90 degrees. You can get a 500ft spool of CL-3, 14 GAUGE wire for 85 bucks at home depot.

If this doesnt convince you to buy from SVS; I dont know what will. These are some stand up guys and they have great subs.

I dont think you are being ignored but no one can answer your question. Only you can decide what speaker sounds good to you. Listen to all you can in your price range and get the ones you like.

Get about twice the feet you think you will need. I measured mine out several times and I was only going to need 300ft but by the time I was finished I was getting really concerned that 500 ft spool was not going to be enough. Go ahead and get enough to wire all your speakers; the gauge varience...

And this is one of the reasons I pay extra money and buy everything from a local dealer...

Just happens to be my first choice in a sub... The owners manual has all of about 15 words and 3 pictures so just follow the advice above.

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Boy if the 500 buck budget cant be stretched then you may have to go the HTIP route. You just will not be able to get a decent 5.1 for 500 bucks. If I was you; i would reconsider this and build a systen slowly. Go with some athena speakers and a 300 buck yammy or pioneer AVR, as time and money...

Make sure you use CL rated wires. If your house burns down and you have regular speaker wire in your walls and attic, the ins. company will try to blame you. Not that the wires strarted the fire but fire can run the length of the wires and spread faster. I ran complete cable and wires for two...