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  1. jimstark

    Looking for receiver recommendations

    Fan noise certainly wouldn't be an issue...the room is pretty noisy: neighbors, A/C exchanger right outside one window, two computers...I'd never hear the amp. Keep the suggestions coming...I might even get the wife up to 12, maybe 13 hundred for a good reason. One thing that might be an...
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    Looking for receiver recommendations

    Just looked at the Denon site...wow, that box has a lot of inputs! Nice. I'll try to find one locally to listen to. That could be just the thing...
  3. jimstark

    Looking for receiver recommendations

    I have been out of the loop on HT gear for about two years...in that time, my receiver has decided that it no longer loves me, and and I have decided it should die. I've talked the wife into about a thousand bucks. I am looking for forward compatability to 6 or 7.1, but the most important...
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    what kind of systems do you guys have in your vehicles?

    Sony Xplod head unit, single CD 12 Disk changer Boston Acoustic (4") up front with door-mounted seperate tweeters BA 6" 2-way in rear 12" Sony Xplod woofer in the smallest box the computer said it would go in. Kicker VR amp (250W) driving the BAs Alpine 300W driving the 12" sub This is in...
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    Heat Shrink Tubing and Heat Gun?

    I bought a gun at Home Depot for about 25 bucks...two settings, 700 and 1000 degrees. Came with some scraping and focusing attachments, but I don't even bother. There were others that cost more, but this was cheap, and it gets a LOT hotter than my hair dryer. What I thought was heat-shrunk...
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    DIY Cables - example and question

    re: the tools - Oh, I've laid that groundwork. :) "Honey, if I'm goung to build an entertainment center that looks good at all, I'm going to need at least a small table saw and a router with a table." Tee-hee. Dan: Yup, the center was copper, and since it laid in the post of the connector...
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    DIY Cables - example and question

    Just thought I'd share my DIY cable experience... I simply cannot afford high-end cables...not if I want to keep buying new gear! So I was buying the best I could afford, usually Monster. On a whim, after seeing someone else's DIY cable post, I started making my own out of some connectors I...
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    Any way to run speaker wire under carpet in an apartment without ripping up carpet?

    I had the same problem in my former place. What I did was, I found a spot behind the entertainment center where the carpet was a little loose from the tack underneath. I loosened it up a teeny bit more, and fed a stiff wire in. It took a long time to get it all the way across the room, and in...
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    Flexy rack questions

    I am building three flexy-like racks soon (actually built one, a printer/scanner stand, today, out of ends left over from milling and some 1/2" threaded rods I already had). The one I have questions about is the CD rack I plan to build. I'm using 6' sections of bull-nosed, 12" deep MDF. I...
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