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*bump* Price dropped again, now $775 plus shipping and I eat the paypal fee. Thanks Gary

Hi Scott Mine are in Birdseye Maple, guess I forgot to mention that. This is certainly the best looking finish in my opinion, the only speakers I've seen that look better are the B&W signature 805's, which sell for $3500 or so. I'm not positive about the paypal fees, I think it was at...

The time to upgrade speakers has come and I've got to sell my Onix Ref 1 monitors. For anyone not familiar with them, here are the specs from av123.com. Mine are the current MK II model, they've been babied from the time I got them and kept in a dedicated room - a smoke free, pet free, and child...

oops... i was looking at the wrong post :) -Gary

Garrett- Assuming it's not the place you're talking about, have you been to Son Ideal on Bishop just off St. Catherines? I don't know if they'll go below list (they might) but the guys there are top-notch. They're very knowledgeable and trustworthy, and they don't mind talking with you for a...

No doubt about it... Omage AV21's are the best speakers out there for that kind of money. There are several threads at audiogon & avsforum about them, and here's one on how to make them sound even better for little or no extra money: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=327946...

Look into Omage... seriously. I've got a pair of AV-21's in my bedroom, and I can't get over how well these things do for 2-channel. At $100 a pair (and $100 for the matching center), they're an unbeatable deal in my book. Of course I had to do a lot of tweaking to mine to get them to the point...

Thanks for the reply. I ended up taking it back, and spending the same $50 for a used Sony ES cd player that sold for $300 a year ago. Should be a much better way to go :) -Gary

I was looking for a CD player for my bedroom 2-channel system, and this one came up as being a good bargain. Although I won't be using it for DVDs (no tv up there) I figured it'd make a decent enough cd player. Unfortunately, I got it home and the sound is horrible. There's a popping sound...

Good luck checking out the rockets... they'd be a great match for the sony. I'm sure you know it, but it's not an AVR. It's a class D amp... much different technology. I had the old version and I can assure you the highs aren't "laid back" by any stretch of the imagination. The micro detail was...

here's a link looks like a great, great htpc. sure it's not the fastest thing around, but there's no fan... i'm seriously tempted to order one, i was just wondering if anyone here had any experience with them. -Gary

hawk 4 is pure evil. you don't even want to know how many hours it took me to get a 1.5 million point score at the carnival... here's my advice: learn two or three different special tricks really well (i used the barrel roll and indy 900). start your run by getting special on the first ramp...

am i just a retard, or is there no way for two different people to save their own games??? it's immensely frustrating that my brother & i can't go through it separately at our own pace. and so far, that's the biggest flaw i've found with this game... it's not like the stuff i typically play, but...

*bump* i've uploaded some pictures to the listing at audiogon here it is -gary

I'm looking to sell my energy encore system. All six speakers are in great condition, and with a little dusting would probably be indistinguishable from new. I will include one pair of energy stands ($200 list, i paid about $120) and all the speaker wire needed (3 pieces of 12ga for fronts &...

get rid of kazaa immediately. if you still have the urge to download spuriously, get kazaa lite. it's the same thing, minus the spyware. you should be able to find it with a search at google.com. -gary

happens all the freakin' time on my laptop. so i turn up the main volume with the little jog dial on the side. then, out of nowhere, a random mouseclick jumps the .wav volume from zilch to all out. this is especially painful when i'm wearing headphones. as of yet, i haven't found a fix for...

Ken thanks for the response. i was confused about the adapter, i guess i'll need to get an HDTV card for the computer and run the component signal into it. -gary

here's a question i can't get an answer for: if i have the component adapter, can i scale at 16:9 1080i signal to fit on an svga monitor at 800x600 (basically, change the aspect ratio from 16:9 to 4:3)? if the answer is yes, i'll get this card in a second. thanks -gary

no good advice here. i gave up & bought the key digital converter for $300. ouch. it looks like it should have cost $25... the fact that it only handles progressive scann is a real pain. every time i want to go to the dashboard, or play a cd or dvd i have to unplug it. plus, the auto...

Andre beat me to the punch, those are pretty much the main ppc sites. you might also want to check out pocketpc thoughts as for games, doug beck rules. you gotta check out rocket elite, it's awesome. he's coming out with a new one called motorcross stunt racer, watch for it. there are a...

i have the logitech cordless freedom optical keyboard & mouse. i'm also running winXPpro, i only have the usb plugged in, and everything works fine. you might want to call logitech tech support on this one. now, you'll need to get some decent rechargeable AA batteries. the mouse goes through...

have you considered getting a used denon AVR3300? it's a great amp, especially for the price (i think they go for about $325 or so on ebay). i love mine. just a year ago it was a $1000 amp... you wouldn't have to eat that kind of depreciation though. as for your sub, are you sure it's powered...

i picked it up yesterday, and i only played it for a couple hours, but the game just rocks. very realistic lighting/environmental effects (i love the shadows, the sun is modeled behind clouds and looks very real, water droplets on the screen when the course is wet, etc.) and a great control...

"the game is simply BAD." this thread summed up in one short sentance. i rented it from blockbuster because all their copies of outlaw golf were out. BIG mistake. i played it for about five minutes, and i couldn't take any more. on a more positive note, i bought motogp. that game, on the...

thanks for the tip, guys. i picked up dave mirra 2 for $20. after renting it, i certainly wasn't going to pay $50 for it but it's sure worth every cent of twenty dollars. -gary

i have a thrustmaster wireless joystick, the one with an analog stick and a d-pad. it's pretty decent for what i use it for, and being wireless is an especially nice feature in the HTPC setting. -gary

i ran a thunderbird 1 GHz for quite a while w/o heat sink compound. it wasn't very stable, and it liked to instantaneously reboot every once in a while. (of course, i didn't realize there was nothing between the fan & the cpu). if you have a good motherboard (asus, abit, etc.) then i doubt...

Should I get a bigger processor (2.0 pentium 4 or higher) or spend the dough on a great video card? i wouldn't bother with anything more than a 1.6 or 1.8 GHz P4. anything more than that will be overkill (especially for gaming). dollar for dollar, you'll get a much bigger return spending...