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Thanks Wayne! Okay, I feel better now, I really thought I should be able to run it straight under the rug, but was not positive... I am not the expert here!! (thanks guys) :) That is a great idea, I was wondering how visible the wire would be under the rug (right now we have sorta thick...

I ran a search for "rug" and found this thread... If you don't mind, I do have a question... My dilemma is I am getting a place with hardwood floors which I will put an area rug in and someone told me I cannot run speaker wire under the rug as it will get crushed... from the sounds of this...

David, Yes, you really should maintain the same line for your speakers, especially the front 3. That said, we didn't. :) I would have liked the S-series speakers for the fronts but couldn't find a "perfect" one like the N38II is. I would have really liked the S-312II tower but WOW too...

Hi Gary and David, We tried those Onkyo speakers and ended up returning them to get some JBL speakers instead. I actually thought the Onkyo's sounded pretty nice in the store near us (Fry's) but when we set them up at home the center channel sounded too muffled to us. Hard to describe the...

Jeff, We really like the Denon so far. I don't know if I could tell a big difference in HT performance between any of the receivers we tried, they all sound good as far as that goes, with the exception of the clarity. I think the Yamaha we tried was the clearest, but I found it kinda...

Hi Joe, We tried the Onkyo speakers you mentioned and were not really happy w/ the clarity, especially the center channel. We then tried the JBL N center (part of the NSP1 package) and it seemed much improved. I would definitely recommend the NSP1 over the Onkyo speakers but that is just my...

Thanks for the responses! It seems like I need to exchange this unit as it must have a problem. I was just not sure if this was "normal" while listening to regular TV or not. Guess not. :) Aaron, I do have the receiver plugged into a Monster surge protector, AV700. Also, I think it is...

Well, as the title suggests, I am experiencing a strange clicking/crackling sound occasionally from my right rear surround and am not sure if it is the receiver/speaker/or source. Any ideas would be most appreciated! I have a new Denon 1803 and JBL speakers, the speaker in question is the...

Neil again, and finally (just) signed up for my own account, but haven't gotten the notice yet. Guy, we weren't looking for many DSP modes, and will most likely use only a few ... other than playing with them once around to see what they sound like. What we were looking for though was a receiver...

Neil here again. ...... Parker, as a matter of fact, we picked that up this afternoon and will play with it tomorrow. By the time we got home, it was past dinnertime, and we wanted to plug in the subwoofer and try it out on The Sum Of All Fears. Good movie, good effects ... WOW!!!! great...

Debbie's husband again. Everyone has given great advice, and we thank you all for that. It has been quite a learning experience. I think we have it finally resolved, and perhaps ended up with better speakers as a result, and found the reason for the muffled voice. We are now running the Denon...

Wow! Thank you all for your suggestions. We have until Saturday to return the Onkyo speakers to Circuit City for a full refund, NO restocking fee. They'll go back either Thursday or Friday and we'll use the TV's speakers until we get something decent. I remember seeing it mentioned that we...

Wil, you got us thinking about the JBL's now. We do have a Best Buy nearby that we could listen to some, perhaps Wednesday evening. The price is right .... maybe the sound would be better than we have. One thing that gets us though ... how can the miniature speakers sound as good as a full size...

Robert, great post, thank you. 1. Debbie brought home the rubber door stopper today. 2. She'll look for some rubber feet to stick under the front edge of the speaker. ... Robert and Richard: 3. A change of speakers would be nice. But ... money is tight and we are trying to make due as...

Neil, Debbie's husband again, with the latest update on the problem. Debbie wanted to try the Denon 1803 so we would not miss anything and wonder later if we erred. So far, the speakers sound like they should, much more clear than they did with the Onkyo. We were debating buying another Onkyo...

Bry_DD, no meter, just using Debbie's sensitive ears. We set the distance for the nearest foot, 9 feet on fronts and center, 5 feet on surrounds. And used the white noise from the receiver and also the Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-Up DVD. Did the same with both of the receivers, the original...

This is Debbie's husband Neil again. We decided to buy the Denon AVR1803 receiver to see if it made a difference. The center channel did not sound quite so hollow with it, there was a noticeable improvement. However, it is also quite less user friendly than the Onkyo. The next step I believe...

Neil again, Yes, we tried all available adjustments. Verified the + to + on the wiring. Switching speakers made no difference, nor does just the TV fed directly into the receiver, and just listening to the center channel, or any other channel with others set lower db. We are about to return the...

This is Debbie's husband responding. We exchanged the center speaker with the right speaker, same hollow sound with voice. According to Onkyo's technical support, this could indicate a faulty center channel signal from the receiver. I did verify all the wiring, + to + and - to -, to ensure I...

Also a newbie here. We also have the TX-SR600 and are exchanging it today hoping the replacement will resolve a hollow sounding center channel. Voices are not very clear, kind of muffled sounding. Tried swapping the center and right front speakers of the Onkyo HT-S500 speaker set with no change...

Hello all! I am new to home theater and recently made some purchases which I am now considering returning and exchanging for other items, but would really like some input if you would not mind.... some history.... We recently purchased the Onkyo TX-SR600 receiver and the Onkyo speaker package...