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Thanks Alon, appreciate the response.

Have done some reading: another option, since I've heard you shouldn't "short change" your center, as it does most of the work in home theater application. Any way to make use of this NAD amplifier and use it as the amp for the center channel, and leave the power in the receiver for the other...

I've never had separates, but have heard people talk of the advantages. Someone is giving away an amp (NAD 214, 2 channel, 80 w/channel). I currently have a Yamaha HTR 5860 which I'm happy with. I believe I can use a separate amp with this receiver, but have yet to look too deeply in to it...

Coming back from Montreal, hmmm... I'm going to guess you live near Lake Champlain, therefore I'd say you could have spent 4 hours relaxing on a boat on Lake Champlain. Have to take my wife and daughter to the airport in Montreal in a couple weeks, hope my border wait won't be as bad as yours...

Hey guys - how's the theater coming from you guys? I'm thinking of doing the same thing, have some room in the basement that I plan on converting to a theater. Have not yet done exact measurments, and don't know if I'll go projector or not. But looking for DIY and on the cheap and improve over...

One other note: if monetary restraint is an issue, you can always get a 5.1 system now and spend the extra money not spent on the extra 2 speakers on a good sub. As noted, a good sub is key if your looking at 80% movies. Then get the last 2 speakers next year when you get your tax refund to...

Thanks guys - was just looking for whether or not the replacement process is easy. The replacement driver is ordered.

EDIT: after checking, I determined it's the woofer, not the tweeter. The fronts are set to small. I have an older pair of Definitive Technologies DR7 bookshelf speakers. I've had them for 14 years or so. I like the sound of them. My home theater system is modest - SVS PB 10, the DR7s, and...

Here's an idea: get married in another country. I'm posting this just so you can see the crazy prices of weddings in America. We got married in France in 2001 (my wife is French). We paid about $7000, I think, which is not considered an expensive wedding by American standards. But by French...

Thanks everyone. I have the shakers installed (hard-wired), they work, they're a fun, rather inexpensive toy for some movies, still need some tweaking. My wife didn't know what they were, and I installed them while she was gone. Put in Jurassic Park last night and invited her in. Her usual...

Hello to anyone that might be able to help. I recently purchased some bass shakers, and will be hooking them up soon, using my old pro-logic receiver as the amp to drive them. I want to put one of them on my recliner, but with the WAF kicking in, she won't want the cable running across the floor...

Check overstock.com. I got a refurb Yamaha for $230, the HTR 5860, retailed for quite a bit higher, 7.1, Dolby Dig, DTS, EX/ES. I've found it to be a great entry level home theater receiver. I was taking a chance, as they aren't an authorized re-seller, but I had a 60 day warrantee. For me, the...

Check used - I just got a great one off of CraigsList for $20 - I would have paid $75 for it, stainless steel model, side burner, pretty clean. Just a thought.

I was dealing with this in January. I wanted to support my local hi-fi shop. My next door neighbor is part owner of the business, so I wanted to support it. I went in asking about receivers, and got the impression the sales guy wasn't interested in selling to me, I bought on-line. I tried again...

My wife is from the Pyrennes, I'd suggest trying to get there. She's on the western side of the Pyrennes, looks like you'll be further east. But if you can manage to tour around in the mountains, I'd suggest it. I was there one time in late Sept. early October, and it was beautiful up in the...

How about a 1980 16' Sylvan? Been in the family since 83, passed down to me from my dad as a college graduation present when he upgraded. Replaced the seats last year, I'm on my 3rd motor (current one is 1986 or so, original one was late 60s). It's a piece of s**t, but it's still running and...

But I bet almost everyone still knows who Monica Lewinski is. I was in Peru for a wedding a few years ago, and at Machu Pichu there were little kids running around saying "Monica Lewinski" to us (probably the only English they knew), trying to get us to throw them a few coins.

A friend of mine bought some "white van" speakers about 12 years ago. He still thinks what a great deal he got. Because he didn't have a lot of money at the time, he sold me his Infinity speakers which were only 1 year old, which I gave to my Dad as a Christmas present, which he still has and...

Finally was able to run this demo, for anyone that's interested in the results. Only able to test the B&W 650 (12" driver) against the SVS PB10. After calibration, we didn't do full frequency checks, but the B&W seemed to go as low as the SVS - used the downloadable test tones, ran from 10 to...

The room is 26x16, with open passages to a large kitchen.

Posting for a friend of mine, again. Our local hi-fi store has the Paradigm and B&W lines. I recently purchased the SVS PB10 based on it's reviews, having never heard it, and am quite happy with it.:emoji_thumbsup: He is now deciding on the Paradigm PDR-10 ($379), PDR-12 ($479), B&W ASW-600...

Jeff - here's a quick answer: a one hour video in AVI format is about 13 GB. A DVD can hold 4.7 GB. Compression to MPG is necessary if you want to put a 1 hour video on to a single DVD. If you're going to be doing editing, do it in the original AVI file for best quality before compressing to...

Posting for a friend of mine, who's in the markeet for a receiver. He's looking at the ~$400 AV Receivers from Panasonic and Yamaha, and the local sales guy is recommending the higher end receivers, since he has high quality mains (Vandersteen) which were bought about 15 yrs ago. My question -...

Bob - I think I've got it. By DCTV, I meant DTV/CBL (I have Digital Cable). I had the digital out setting on my cable box set to Dolby Digital. There's only that option and "Other". I re-set it to Other, and my other channels worked, but my digital channels were no longer digital. I re-set it...

Jason - too funy with your intro. I'm doing the exact same thing for a video of a fishing trip we take every year in Nantucket. I've got the Star Wars beginning, but I haven't figured out how to exactly mimic the scrolling text. I'm not quite there yet. I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio. I found it...

I'm new at all this, but I'm pretty sure I have it all figured out. I have my cable TV (digital) running via digital out from the cable box to the receiver. I had to remap the digital input, as it only had the optical cable for DCTV, but I'm using that for the DVD, as the cable box doesn't have...

Everything's set up. Well, holy smokes - didn't expect that good of a sound. I'm still a novice, only used the YPAO for calibration, then a little tweaking on the left rear, re-configured the crossover to 90, and set the fronts to small, and watched a movie. I was very very impressed. I'll have...

A question about crossover settings: My receiver is here, the sub should be here next week. I did some searching on the internet, my fronts are rated from 22 hz to 28 khz (knew they got low, didn't think that low - Def Tech DR7 w/tuned port). My cheapo center is 70 hz to 30khz, and the cheapo...

I'm new at all this, getting some new equipement due to arrive in the next couple days. I'm getting anxious to see how it sounds. In the meantime, I'd like to hear from some of you experts with your high-end systems to fill me in on what to expect. Receiver: Yamaha HTR 5860 (this is new)...