Recent content by BlakeN

If you could go 100% two channel and didn't mind waiting a month and a half to get your reciever and could swing $600 plus shipping. This is what I would be looking at. http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/rr2150.html On a side note I bought a refurb sr7500 from acl4less and love it...

I was thinking of picking this up since its so cheap but I noticed that pitch black and the 35 minute animation are on the same disk? How does the transfer look and did they cut anything out from the regular unrated disk? The only movie I really want is pitch black so if this transfer has a...

The whole concept is idiotic. Its not a race because it doesn't matter who finishes first. Its all based on style points or some crap like that. Its like figure skating for cars.

You are going to have to use a vented box to get any kind of low end. You are going to need to do some heavy eq cutting to get 20Hz flat with those. With the high FS this speaker just isn't designed to go down that low. With the low xmax anything below 25hz and your speaker is going to bottom...

You are going to want to hand sand it. You can use an electric sander on the primer and after the first 2 coats of black but after that switch to hand sanding. As far as brush or roller my best advice is neither to get a good high gloss paint job you MUST spray. There is a reason they don't...

If you want to do a high gloss piano black be prepared for pain. Its the hardest finish to get right period. There are plenty of detailed guides on how to do this but I will go over the general points. 1) Fill every tiny tiny hole or ding you can find with wood filler or better yet coat the...

Are there any other brands you can get good deals on?

I have to agree with Shane. Marantz is usualy a generation behind in the newest features. However that particular onkyo has pretty much the exact same feature set. If you are interested in cutting edge features the new denon 2807 is going to be the reciever for you at the $1100 mark. If you can...

I just bought a sr7500 refurbed from http://www.accessories4less.com/ and I couldn't be more happy. It was just under $700 after shipping. Great deal from an authorized marantz refurb dealer. They come with 1 year factory warranty. I don't think you could go wrong with either. Marantz is known...

If you buy an HK refurb make sure to check onecall and jr.com first. Quite often those refubs sell for more then new ones from those two places.

I would say the Harman Kardon 340 would just squeek in. Its 499.99 with free shipping at jr http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4058167 If you don't mind getting a refurb a marantz from accessories 4 less is going to be hands down the best reciever for the money...

Yes Chris is right sorry I was so excited I should have been more clear. Last year the 500w got down to $198 but I don't think that will happen again.

YAY they are on sale again 500w are $58 and 1000w are $74 off. Just giving a heads up. Please don't buy them all leave me 1 500w.

FYI Don't buy mon$ter cables either. Click This Its a horrible company and should not be supported. There are many smaller companies that make great cables for less. Like http://www.bluejeanscable.com/ They might not look as flashy as mon$ter cables but they work just as well or better.

Cerwin Vegas are great "Dorm" speakers they have great punchy bass for parties. You could turn that into a suport woofer to add some more low end but its not going to work well as a subwoofer. If you want to build a box for the speaker you already have then just duplicate the box it was in. You...