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hi all! I had an old Motorola DVR (we get "free" cable with my building, which includes a DVR)) that was starting to fall apart (the hard drive was dying so many of the recordings looked like the Matrix) so I went to the Spectrum Store and replaced it with a new one, the Arris DCX-3600M (that's...

Awesome setup, @Dave Moritz!!

-- hi there!! Thanks for your reply--and the good advice about how to look for the last version of a receiver! Good stuff. With regards to the fan, I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LW6CYEC/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and I have been very happy with it...

Hi Brad! Happy New Year! Nice work with the X4400--I am glad you got to get the one you wanted! And now you have the option of 9.2...someday? I do have a turntable but it has a built in amp (though I prefer, for some reason, to have the receiver do the work, it just feels right) and it's a...

hi Dave! Thank you very much for your response. I agree with you; the Denon feels like the better choice. Right now, given my budget and the time of year, I have decided to test the system out wiht an AC Infinity component fan, the S6, to see if that addresses the random shutoffs. I received the...

thanks for this--I might try this to address my Denon overheating issues...!

Hello-hope all of you are having a nice holiday season. I have been trying to research before asking for help, but I am in a bit of a quandary. I am thinking of replacing my 6.5 year old Denon 2312ci -- it's turning off at random times (overheating, I think?). The receiver has performed pretty...

hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. It's looking more and more likely that I will be moving into a condo from my beloved duplex that I am renting (we are getting kicked out so Miley Cyrus and her wrecking ball can demolish it for state-of-the-bland condos and the LA housing market's a...

Thanks, Rokzi! I was actually thinking of using these but couldn't remember the name. Seems like a really good idea for a surround--I may end up trying them out if the current solution doesn't pan out... thanks again, mike

hey guys! After much consulting with the Finance Committee, I figured it out. We have a bookshelf way on the right hand side of the living room--I am going to put one speaker there. The left hand speaker is going to go on a shorter stand behind the left hand corner of the sofa. It's not...

hi Dave-- I would love to get these but I am worried about the size and the possible low WAF of them. I am going to take another look at them and see if they may work but I have feeling they are too bulky for my room. thanks! mike

hi guys-- So, although I was able to wire my system under the house just fine, it turns out that my plan to use Axiom's custom stands with my Axiom M2s just won't work--the stands are too bulky to fit nicely behind the sofa (a losing proposition to being with, I know--the rest of the house...

Oh, thanks, Robert--this makes a lot of sense..it did seem a BIT overkill... thanks again! mike

hi guys! So, I am moving and my room...well, for the first time, I am running into serious challenges in hooking up my surrounds. I am actually going from a 7.1 to 5.1 system (which is not that big a loss, but still...it hurts, just a bit)--all axiom audio with SVS sub--and, after doing some...

oh....that makes a lot of sense. So, it only lights up if the receiver is DOING the decoding (I guess from the multi-channel inputs), not when it's outputting the signal/getting it over HDMI from the player? thank you--I really, really wish that was in the manual, this has been driving me...

Hey all, Well, it happen as it tends to -- I go out and help my friend get a really nice flat panel and I accidentally get a break on that new receiver that I just "had" to get. Anyway, I picked up, er, lugged out, a Denon 2808CI yesterday and so far I gotta say, I haven't found the setup...

Great responses, guys! I can see both sides...interesting to see some companies dropping S-Video.. Jeremy, yup--I know that the Airport Express does optical, I just haven't bought the right cable...thanks for reminding me, though! I actually forgot all about that! I see how there's a need...

hey-- So, I was looking at my latest issue of Home Theater magazine and reading about this crazy Yamaha receiver that was super massive and was jam packed with all kinds of crazy inputs and it just looked amazing. Look at all those ports! Whoo hoo! Then I wondered, "How many people...

hey hey! after a bunch of research on how to read those graphs on speaker sites and other information, I am going to rock the Axioms...yay!

wow, congrats!!! I have a NSD-10 or whatever and I love it...can't imagine how awesome yours is gonna be

hi guys- I just don't know how people do it. How do people buy speakers now? I mean, I have some good stereo stores here in LA but they certainly don't have all the brands that I read about (and admire). I had a great experience with SVS when I got my subwoofer, but now I am looking at some...

Very interesting. It sounds like we might just feed component into the receiver and then feed component out to the TV (or just feed the audio into the receiver and plug the Wii video directly to the TV, but I seem to remember the Wii cables being a bit short for that kind of thing), but what a...

ah yes...I used to work in software QA and I know the feeling...but petrochemical QA? that just sounds scary! Good question--we'll see if we can deactivate the upscaling feature...of course, things work fine when you bypass the receiver altogether, which is also an option, but, I mean, I...

hmm..that sounds really wonky. I don't understand why they would release a product that did this. I am also reading reports that when you have a component signal get sent to a 720p display via HDMI, it forces the picture into a 4:3 mode. Does this really happen? I don't see how that would make...

hi all-- So my friend bought an SR-705 at my urging (I was planning on buying the same receiver because I want the new DTS-HD, etc) and unfortunately, we are running into some issues regarding upconversion. I did a quick scan but did not see anyone talking about this. Everything is being...

hey guys- I gotta admit, I was beside myself when I learned about this yesterday. It felt SO GOOD to commit to the format (I got an A-3 for $199) and I really felt betrayed! I mean, I am used to supporting the underdog (Mac user in the early 90s) but wow, I really felt that HD-DVD was a...

FWIW, I am very happy--very happy--with my 10" SVS sub. It's fantastic. Looking to replace my half height PSB with some full towers. The Axiom M50v2's look pretty fantastic... -mike

So, the nightmare happened. My wife was home sick last night and watched lots of payperview and other content...all 4:3. Her longest stretch was about 4 hours. I had the pixel shift, but it didn't really help, it just sort of made the line between the 4:3 content and the black bar a little...

hey Gregg-- I am using a Samsung 42" plasma (I can only imagine 61")-- I was curious what you said about movie mode. I set my system up using AVIA and am using the custom setting...what does the movie mode actually give you? I am curious, I have never heard of anyone recommending a video mode...

I had the same questions..but I ended up asking them AFTER I bought a set (so dumb, I know). I was so freaked out about it that I almost cancelled my order, but when I realized that there was no way to get what I wanted (a 42" plasma that could show a 1080 image), I kind just let it go. I...