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    Need help

    Yea don't let him waste the money on that Bose system. Maybe a HTIB is his best bet for under $500, one that comes with a reciever of course. Before I joined this forum, and had any friends that know anything about Bose, I too bought the Accoustimass 10 series system. I think it sounds good...
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    Unique sub location.

    I agree Mylan, that probably is what I'm hearing, just wish I would have been a member when I was upgrading my HT. I ended up buying them at Best Buy, they sounded teh best out of what BB had to offer. And sound very clear but of course with a lot of sub localization. If the SBS 01 is still...
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    Unique sub location.

    thanks for the input, and yes I have only experienced around 120 DB in a car. I just wish there was someway for me to hear these SBS systems. No one I talk to IRL knows what I'm talking about. While reading the reviews of their systems it is amazing sounding, I want to experience that, but would...
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    Acoustimass 10 Series II

    I have the Accoustimass 10 system with the power dual sub. Its seems to me to be a great system but everyone here says it is not. I have'nt heard any of the SVS systems since they have no store to listen to them in but they are around the same price and are spoken highly of here on this forum...
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    Unique sub location.

    I have a 12x19 living room for my HT. On one wall there is a built in entertainment center with shelves up top and room for a 32" TV. I have a 43", but managed to position it in front of the wall with the sub behind it inside the space for the TV....OMFG it sounds and feels like a high end car...
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    Motorola box has weak DD signal?

    Well if they are anything like my local affiliate, they don't care, or know what DD is. As for it being quieter I understand but for DVD movies in DD I run my AVR at -25 and -25 on the boxs DD is still much queiter than that. I just hate pushing my AVR to make up for a quiet signal. I'm sure...
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    Motorola box has weak DD signal?

    I'm not sure if this is the case, but when veiwing my HD channels I usaully get a 5.1 DD signal. The main problem is that the volume is very low, I usaully have to turn up my receiver to aroun -35 or -30, instead of the -45 which I watch normal DPLII channels thru. I have an HK 230 hooked up...
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    Small speakers, big sound for movies & music?

    I hae actually been researching another small speaker system to replace my Bose AM 10 system. I only want to spend $1,000 or so and have found the reviews of the SVS SBS 01s and Definitive Technology ProCinema 80s to be outstanding in this small speaker category. I have a 19' by 15' room for...
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    DVR says 100% full when its not!

    I do have many series recordings set up, so that is possible. Also the way I can tell how full it is is the percentage full appears next to my recordings in the menu. What happens is that say I have 3% full and when a scheduled recording starts a menu screen appears that says " your DVR is full...
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    DVR says 100% full when its not!

    I just had the Motorola HD, dual tuner, DVR box replaced because everytime it would record a program whatever was in the DVR already even it it was only 3% would magically become 100%. Now the new box is doing the same thing. I will call Insight tomorrow but they are so stupid when it comes to...
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    Why should I sell my Bose AM 10 system

    I wish I could listen to the SVS SBS system, or even a sub from them. I will try to hear a DEF TEch pro cinema 80 system at my local dealer. Then I will make a decision. My Bose don't have the balls to fill my room with enough sound to utilize my Ez set set up on my HK230, the mic in the remote...
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    Why should I sell my Bose AM 10 system

    I hear you Greg, but I don't do much business online and would want to sell them to someone locally probably. I may try higher price but more realistically I'll hang on to them for a couple more years. I really want to hear the SVS before I bye. The Def Tech are at a local high end private A/V...
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    Why should I sell my Bose AM 10 system

    Having read reviews of both the SVS SBS 01 system( I'll go with 7.1) and the Definitive Technology Pro Cinema 80 system, I am ready to find a dumb buddy that will buy my AM-10 system for $500 bucks and go buy one of these systems. I can't wait to utilize the internal crossovers in my HK 230...
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    Why should I sell my Bose AM 10 system

    Thanks guys. I will probably be getting the Def Tech pro cinema 80 system. I would like to hear them first but just reading their reviews is really impressive. I do need to wait a few more years because I just bought the AM 10 about 2 years ago and my wife dosn't understand the need to upgrade...
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    Why should I sell my Bose AM 10 system

    I have been chatting with another member about uor similar HK recievers and in the process found out that my Bose are not as good as I thought. For me the sound great but I can only compare to the other systems I have had. Previously only a Phillips HT in a Box. It was $300 for the reciever and...
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    All right, finally its fixed and working perfectly. The friend that is a Tech for Insight sent another tech down to see if there was anything we were overlooking. He shut the TV off and the box remote worked fine, proving my friends theory that the TV was blasting out infared signal that...
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    Bose center vs Athena...any thoughts?

    I feel so ripped off guys! If only I was a member a few years ago when I bought my Bose Acoustimass 10 system. I to was going to purchase the VCS-10 and some Bose bookshelf with rear firing tweeters for my front left and right. I was then going to put the old cubes in the rear 7.1 locations...
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    Very right Mylan. I Bought theis Sony about 4 years ago, so it is outdated. However I don't want to make a habit out of spending $2,000 every four years on a TV. I have however been looking at Sony's new 42" widescreen. Thanks for the help. I can't put tape over the remote sensor because it...
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    Sorry Mylan, were are not on the same page. When I said I don't use the box remote on the TV that meant that I only use it for changing channels through the cable box. Also the inputs are not in question but thanks for the input. A freind from Insight has told me he encountered LCD TV's that...
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    I have traced the source of the problem....it is interference from the TV, must be infared. My TV is a rear projection. I used a lid to one of our rubermaid storage boxes we had out to cover the bottom half of the TV, basically just the speaker area were the power button and 2 leds light, and...
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    All right I just moved it to the bottome shelf and no change. It must be the TV interfering with the remotes signal. Why in the world would a cable box interfere with the device it was designed to interface with? Any comments are welcome.
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    you misunderstand, the cable box is HD therefore it is hooked up through component cables. I only use the TV remote to change the video input on the TV, and that function is programmed into my reciever remote. Also the DVR and the cable box are one in the same, its cable not satellite, so I have...
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    question about getting 5.1 sound using a comcast hd box

    Yes, I think you need to upgrade. Is your system one of those HTB( home theater in a box) bundle. They are a ggod chep start but need to be upgraded for proper sound and visuals. My Harmon Kardon AVR230 has 3 optical and 2 coax inputs, that can be switched to go with other video inputs, very useful.
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    I don't use the Box remote for thew TV, just that I noticed it will work with it. I will however try dropping th ebox to the bottome shelve a few mor inches away from the TV. I post the results. Or could it be because it is to close to the floor already, and I did notice that the remote MUST be...
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    Remote not working for HD Cable Box

    First off let me list my Home theater in the case that anything could possibly be causing this problem. Harmon Kardon AVR 230 Bose Acoustimass 10 speakers Sony 43" HDTV 4:3 Xbox 360 Not the best system but I'm new here and this forum would probably of greatly influenced my buying...
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    HDTV cable box and 5.1

    I hav'nt had that problem with my Motorola box, it always puts out a DD signal which I can listen to in Dobly Pro Logic II or DD Stereo. I own a Harmon Kardon AVR230. The problem I have is with my remote, it only works about 4 feet away, I am going to make a new thread about it if you guys...
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