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  1. Frank**F

    monster cable, worth it?

    I've got 14-gauge Home Depot wire running to all speakers from my Denon 3803. Speakers are all Axiom - not junk. I use Radio Shack Gold Series connector cables on all components. I definitely see a difference between the junky cheapo cables that come with the componenets and the RS Gold...
  2. Frank**F

    DVD recorders - Tivo-like functions (commercial killing, etc)?

    Just a follow-up - I bought the Panny 80-gig hard disk recorder/DVD burner this weekend. While I'm still figuring out how to use all the bells and whistles, I've figured out the "pause live TV" stuff - and it does indeed work. I hear what you're saying about the comparison to Tivo. Tivo...
  3. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    That's funny, I also have brand-new Axiom M22s sitting next to the 3803 waiting to be hooked up! Actually a whole Axiom HT system - M22s, the 100-series center, the Qs-4 surrounds, and the 175-watt sub. I bought a reel of 14-gauge speaker wire yesterday, so homefully over the course of this...
  4. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    It is a 3803. Double-boxed. Foam peanuts. Factory-sealed, new, not refurb or return. :D Me likey.
  5. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    I missed the UPS guy on Friday, and it's re-scheduled for delivery today.
  6. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    Hopkins - I'm still at work in Manhattan! It will be 7 or 8 before I get home. I got the status from 6th Ave's online tracking function, linked to UPS. Dayum! :D
  7. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    GRRRR! I gues my wife wasn't home, and UPS wouldn't leave the box without a signature! Delivery re-scheduled for Monday! UGH! I was going to get everything put together this weekend. Grrrrr......
  8. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    My 3803 shipped today. I live in northern NJ, and it's scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Woo hoo! Kinda funny to see the UPS tracking info. It left one location about an hour from me, traveled to a different location an hour from me, and about one hour ago is was scanned in at a THIRD location...
  9. Frank**F

    I'm confused about hooking up my digital cable box

    Ah. I see. Trial and error, then. I can do that.
  10. Frank**F

    I'm confused about hooking up my digital cable box

    Specifically, the audio. Right now the box is just hooked up to an old direct-view TV, using the traditional RF coax output to the back of the TV. All of my new HT junk is on order/en route (hee hee!), and I'm going to go buy cables this weekend. Of course, I'm going to use the separate...
  11. Frank**F

    Some wiring/surge/noise reducer questions

    I haven't assembled my system yet - speakers and receiver are on order, TV (same model you're getting) will happen in a few weeks. So I can't speak from personal experience. But I've read a ton of stuff, and lots of the hardcore types say that Monster is overpriced junk. I see a lot of...
  12. Frank**F

    Refurb Denon Avr-3803

    I got the 6th Ave deal too! I ordered the 3802 online last night, then just now I called up to verify the order - the customer service rep read is back to me as the 3803, NOT the 3802! Woohoo!
  13. Frank**F

    How do you mount the center on top of the TV?

    Most of the RP tvs I've looked at - even the CRT ones - don't have a terribly wide platform on top of the TV. Do you guys stick a gob of velcro up there, or what? How do you get the speaker to stay? I feel like there must be some sort of trick to it, of which I'm not savvy.
  14. Frank**F

    Is there a list of recommended components by price range?

    Even if you're going to do this the "incremental" way, you should strongly consider that Onkyo receiver on its own - shop around for the best price you can get. One of the lower-end Harmon Kardon models would also suit your needs very well.
  15. Frank**F

    DVD recorders - Tivo-like functions (commercial killing, etc)?

    I've been researching the various HD-based DVD recorders out there, and I haven't been able to figure out one detail. Don't have Tivo, but I've heard lots about it from friends. With the HD burners, can you mimic the "commercial killing" functionality of Tivo, and the live TV "pause"...
  16. Frank**F

    Dorm Theater System

    I'm not familiar with the specific components you mention, but I've equipped a couple of desktop PCs with surround-sound systems. For speakers, focus only on packages sets. PC-quality audio, in a dorm room setting, a good set will be fine, whichever model you choose. In my experience, in a...
  17. Frank**F

    Advice for a NOOB? The HT needs to go into a very wide room (25 wide by 12 deep)

    Thanks for the responses so far. I'm not sure that the front projector idea will work. First, it will fail the Good Housekeeping Stamp of Approval (Mrs. Frank**F). Second, the opposite end of the room will be nothing but a wide doorway, with lots of light coming through. No way to control it...
  18. Frank**F

    Advice for a NOOB? The HT needs to go into a very wide room (25 wide by 12 deep)

    I'm putting this thread here rather than in one of the topic-specific forums, because I realize that the shape of the room will affect lots of things, from viewing angles, to acoustics, to furniture, to who-knows-what. The HT will go into a room 12 feet deep by 25 feet wide. Windows at one...
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