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Portability of HT setup

post #1 of 6
4/11/09 at 7:09am
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Hi all, have a general question for those of us that move around a lot...

Is there anything that can help with wiring up the surround speakers for those of us that move every 2-3 years?

Our last house we were only in for 16 months before we had orders to move. We never even got our rear speakers set up in our 5.1 We bought speaker stands for our Klipsch reference satellites so that's a start.

Are there any other tips or tricks to set up/run wire/ etc to help with moving a home theater system often?

TIA,
Tony
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post #2 of 6
4/11/09 at 12:12pm
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Re: Portability of HT setup

Another question: Don't guess wireless has been a realit yet?
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post #3 of 6
4/11/09 at 12:46pm

Re: Portability of HT setup

Consider some high quality Banana plugs for your wires. That way its a little more "plug n play". You could also lay your wires around instead of trying to hide them, and just get or make some wire covers for your floor to prevent tripping and what not.

Wireless isnt ideal. Nothing says "HOLY ******" like cellphone/microwave interference or poor connectivity.
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post #4 of 6
4/11/09 at 6:43pm
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Re: Portability of HT setup

I'm looking into getting some better speaker wire then. We tried some inexpensive monster (strange to see those two together) banana plug terminators but the movers managed to pull out most of them. I like the idea of colour coded for the surround sources. Any tips on doing this?
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post #5 of 6
4/12/09 at 10:09am

Re: Portability of HT setup

Perhaps colour'd tape around each of the positive leads?

On your home theater receiver, place each respective colour on the positive connectors for each channel.

Ive never labeled or colour'd any cables before.
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post #6 of 6
4/13/09 at 10:25am

Re: Portability of HT setup

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Originally Posted by cadfael_tex
Hi all, have a general question for those of us that move around a lot...

Are there any other tips or tricks to set up/run wire/ etc to help with moving a home theater system often?
I'd suggest making sure you only move into a one-story house with ample attic access. That would allow you to run in-wall wiring between the receiver and rear speakers in only a couple hours (see the link in my signature for tips on in-wall wiring).

If that's not an option, you might try something like this 5.8 gig wireless set-up. You could use it in conjunction with a separate amplifier for the rear speakers.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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