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    Win a Denon X5200W 9.2 channel Dolby Atmos AVR with a copy of Insurgent on Blu-ray!

    Well; After finally building a little home theatre in my basement and having a little stash put away for a new receiver tnen;I upgraded my Yamaha to a Pioneer !!! It lasted a whole month !!! Wow I now have room for another (better) receiver to really kick off this theatre I now have !! With...
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    Setup

    The wife and I have just finished redoing our basement and it looks quite good for 2 rookies. My wife won a poker tourney and got a home theatre system in a box and we quickly traded it in for a panny plasma(55)and added a cheap pioneer (1018) system to a 7.1 system I had acquired as we were...
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    receivers

    I am so finished with this Pioneer a/v receiver so I am looking for a new one. I am using polk audio speakers with polk mini towers up front to help the centre channel with a Paridgim 12 inch subwoofer (7.1 set-up). I need a receiver to hook up to a blue-ray player and directv hr24 receiver and...
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    Sound Problem

    That did not work !!!! Did you not read what I wrote !!!! I took Direct to splitter---2 to 2 tvs---1 to a/v receiver and then to 54 Panny and it finally worked. Thanks for your help.I guess this a/v receiver has no pass thro. Dobok
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    Sound Problem

    I have a 54 Panny Plasma hooked up to my Pioneer VSX-1018 a/v receiver with Directv receiver (hr24) and two other tv;s with a 1x8 splitter,So what this means is Direct to Pioneer to splitter to3 tvs.The Panny has video and audio while the other 2 TV;s only have video.These 2 tv;s are also hooked...
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    home theatre

    From the splitter I use2x 3 ft. cords to Hdmi over cat5e extenders---1---about 30 ft. the other about 35 ft.The third one goes straight into my Panny Plasma 6 ft. away using a hdmi cord out of the splitter(Monoprice).All this worked for months ,but now I have added an a/v receiver in the mix.
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    home theatre

    Thats what I did(your way)but i couldnt get a picture,I think I have a bad wire,Thanks I was just checking----Dobok
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    home theatre

    I seem to be having a problem somewhere so here is my scenerio.I have a 7.1 system of speakers that I want hooked to 3 tvs.I have directv dvr and a pioneer 7.1 a/v receiver and a 1x8 Hdmi-splitter.What is the best way to hook this up so all tvs could be on at the same time(yes,I know they would...
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    Still not Sure

    I am looking at the Marantz SR 7005 and the Onkyo TX-NR3008.One of them will be hooked up to a Panny 54 Plasma and Polk audio 7.0 sat. speakers with a Paradigm sub woofer,also a Directv receiver,and a Panasonic Blu-ray player.We will be using it for tv ,movies and music.I have heard that there...
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    subwoofer placement

    I am in the process of redoing my basement and I am trying to build everything into the walls(just to give ourselves more room),and I have come to my subwoofer.It is a paradigm PS series 10 ' sub.Can i build this into the wall also as it is quite big and heavy and if I can is there any...
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    speaker timbre

    I guess nobody's home!!!!!1
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    speaker timbre

    I have a 5.1 polk audio rm10 system.I am thinking about going to 7.1.Is there a real diff.in sound!!!!We watch tv and movies,some music.I was wanting to add either rm201 or rm301 for the front (LR)speakers.Would there be a problem with that configuration or is the problem just finding 2 of these...
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    newbie Question

    Can I run component cables from hd directv receiver to an old rv800 Yamaha receiver,then component out to hd tv and still get an hd picture (1080). Dobok
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    receivers

    THANKS ALOT GUYS,I'LL CHECK IT OUT !!!
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    receivers

    Is there any receivers that have 2 hdmi outs without breaking the Bank.I have a projector and a plasma so you see my dilema as I don"t want to use the projector all the time.I was hoping it could run simultaneously to make things easier for me. Thanks Dobok
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    HDMI ISSUES

    I was wondering if anyone knows what A/v receivers have had the least amount of issues with the so called dreaded "HANDSHAKE PROBLEM'.Has anyone looked into this;as I have heard that the Denon receivers have had certain HANDSHAKE problems or have they sorted that out.I'd really like to know what...
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    NOT SURE

    Thank you --Robert J- I appreciate your knowledge and time and I think I"ll look into this possible re-build.I did some checking and I purchased these speakers in 1974-75 so I"m guessing they were built right or should I say with care.Anyway Thanks Again.
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    NOT SURE

    What is the proper way to measure a speaker and how do I know what type it is when it comes to these audex speakers.I guess I'm really showing my inexperience but how do you learn if you don"t ask ! Dave(again THANKS to all that have Helped)
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    NOT SURE

    I have a pair of tower speakers sitting in my basement that I forgot about.They are real heavy and called AUDEX.There is some damage to the speakers,and I was wondering if they are worth putting any money into them or just junking them.It looks like there is 4 speakers to a box and that some...
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    NOT SURE !!!!

    I have Polk Audio rm101 (4) and cs 202 in my basement that I am about to redo.I do have a Yamaha rv800 Receiver with kenwood speakers and sub. that I will be selling right away.I am thinking about purchasing a yamaha rxv 765 7.1 receiver to go with the Polk Audio Speakers (as 5.1)and using...
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