Got my XPA-5 last night and hooked up 3 of the channels (fronts and center), popped in Dream Theater: Breaking the Fourth Wall concert bluray, and after a few minutes, the amp shut down. I removed the center channel from the amp so it's only driving my fronts and everything seems to be okay...
I recently purchased a Pioneer Elite SC-95. When I installed it I couldn't get it connected to my home network, either hardwired or via wifi. After exhausting my limited network troubleshooting skills, I contacted Pioneer. After 2 hours on the phone with a very pleasant tech support person...
I've got a fairly beefy box (core i5, 8GB ram, basic on board video card) that I think would work well for Plex. The CPU rates around 6500 marks. I don't have them yet, but I intend to slap in 4- 4TB NAS-rated disks and let ZFS do its thing. Beyond that, I'm not really keen on what else needs...
Well, I thought I had it all figured out but now I'm not so sure. I have about $1300 or so to play with. I am all setup with 7.1 surround in my HT (Polk in-walls - yes, yes, I know, not the way many of you would go, but I have to live with my wife, you don't ;) ). My older Onkyo receiver is...
I have an Onkyo TR-636. I guess it's getting a little long in the tooth as only the first HDMI-in port is functioning which is pretty annoying. When I play a movie, I get 5.1 audio without issue. 7.1 isn't working (yeah I made sure I was playing a movie that supports it), Finally, when I play...
I've been reading up on several low cost pro amps and trying to decide A: should I go the pro-amp route? And B: If I do go the pro-amp route, who should I go with? I've read up on Alesis, Behringer and Crown, specifically, and have to say, it seems Crown is the best choice, though I really know...