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Arkady posted:Thanks for the help, guys. What do you mean drop off?? do you mean shutting down?
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Omegaslast posted:What do you mean drop off?? do you mean shutting down? Yes. It stopped shutting off the sound during high loads.
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Anyone have feelings on the PS3 as an SACD player? I've read the newer models don't play the SACDs multichannel layer. Any thoughtst?
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Does anyone know a good place to buy home theatre systems in Canada? Everyone seems to recommend systems by Onkyo, but most of the places people link to won't ship here. Websites are fine too. Alternately, is anything sold at somewhere like BestBuy actually good? I can go up to $500-$600 or so, and it would mainly be for PS3/360 games and Bluray movies. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Dec 13, 2008 |
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http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=onkyo NCIX sells a couple Onkyo HTiB's. Don't know if these particular sets are any good, or how their prices are compared to other places. They specialize in computer stuff, and their prices are generally good for that. Otherwise check http://www.onkyo.ca/locator.cfm for dealers near you. Be sure to check prices at retail stores compared what you can find online.
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I've got a receiver, I've got some speakers. What I don't have is a subwoofer. I'm not against a Fluance, but I'm really looking for something less expensive. Somewhere below $150. Any recommendations?
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FogHelmut posted:I've got a receiver, I've got some speakers. What I don't have is a subwoofer. I'm not against a Fluance, but I'm really looking for something less expensive. Somewhere below $150. Any recommendations? If you want a basic cheap 8" sub, energy has a decent lower end one. 8 $90 http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ENESW8 10 $150 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001205UQ6/interactiveda8726-20
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Christobevii3 posted:If you want a basic cheap 8" sub, energy has a decent lower end one. Is it better to get a shittier 12" sub or a better 8" sub?
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Dec 15, 2008 15:52
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It's better to not get a $150 sub. Save up a little bit more and get the BIC PA-120. It's actually not crap.
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Pibborando San posted:It's better to not get a $150 sub. Save up a little bit more and get the BIC PA-120. It's actually not crap. The BIC VK-12 is the better version of it. I got it recently and it's really nice.
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Pibborando San posted:It's better to not get a $150 sub. Save up a little bit more and get the BIC PA-120. It's actually not crap. Really? The power cable built-in like that? That description of it and the look of it looks kinda janky, man.
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Sniep posted:Really? The power cable built-in like that? That description of it and the look of it looks kinda janky, man. My old M&K had the power cable built in and it was certainly not "janky". KingKapalone posted:The BIC VK-12 is the better version of it. I got it recently and it's really nice. Yeah it is but it's also more expensive.
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Pibborando San posted:It's better to not get a $150 sub. Save up a little bit more and get the BIC PA-120. It's actually not crap. have you read any reviews of the PA-120?? doesnt seem like anyone has actually picked the thing up yet... trying to recommend a sub to my cousin and i cant decide if the PA-120 would be enough for him (as opposed to vk12)
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FogHelmut posted:Is it better to get a shittier 12" sub or a better 8" sub? If you have a small room and like music a good 8" sub will beat out a 12" sub. Always go with quality over size. A good 8 will move more air than a lovely 12 too.
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Omegaslast posted:have you read any reviews of the PA-120?? doesnt seem like anyone has actually picked the thing up yet... trying to recommend a sub to my cousin and i cant decide if the PA-120 would be enough for him (as opposed to vk12) Honestly I was just going off of the praise for the H-100. Haven't heard any testimonials for the PA-120 either. I'd feel more comfortable recommending the H-100, but then you're getting closer to $300. For that price, seems like the VK-12 is the one to get.
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I just bought an Onkyo HTiB at Circuit City. The salesman swore up and down on it even over the more expensive Sony systems, etc. http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onky...CustomerRatings Before my 30 day return runs out - was this a good buy? Note: I can't actually open it until Christmas and therefore am unable to test it out.
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Its not bad, but if you have a budget of like $500 there is better.
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You should be happy with the Onkyo. They're among the better HTiB's. I feel Sony's stuff is a little overpriced for the performance. And according to the CC website, you have until the end of January for Christmas returns.
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Thanks very much. To be honest I had never heard of Onkyo, but also I had never researched home theater equipment outside of televisions.
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Pibborando San posted:Honestly I was just going off of the praise for the H-100. Haven't heard any testimonials for the PA-120 either. I'd feel more comfortable recommending the H-100, but then you're getting closer to $300. For that price, seems like the VK-12 is the one to get. From what I read when looking at these, the VK-12 is the essentially the H-100 version 2.0. The PA-120 is made by a separate division of the same company or something complicated like that. For the VK-12s on eBay I think you can contact the seller since they're all from one guy and give him a best offer also.
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Symon Lymon posted:I just bought an Onkyo HTiB at Circuit City. The salesman swore up and down on it even over the more expensive Sony systems, etc. Its a better buy. Sony audio is crap. Period. Unless its "ES" series then its seriously overpriced.
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Mighty Horse posted:Its a better buy. Sony audio is crap. Period. I just found out that this has zero HDMI inputs on it. I assumed it would be pretty standard by now.. will I still be alright with digital optical?
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Dec 17, 2008 01:28
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Yes. You'll just have to run your audio to the receiver. I think they only thing you'll miss out on is TrueHD (lossless audio) on Blu-Ray discs. On that system you'd never hear the difference. Most receivers with HDMI inputs are $300 all by themselves, so you can't expect that at your price range for a whole system. Digital optical or digital coax (single RCA cable) will be fine for your usage.
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Aphrodite posted:Does anyone know a good place to buy home theatre systems in Canada? Everyone seems to recommend systems by Onkyo, but most of the places people link to won't ship here. Websites are fine too. I notice London Drugs has the Onkyo TX-SR506 on sale for $299 atm. Another option, if you live close to the border, is to order from the states and make use of a shipping drop off facility close to your area. In vancouver here we can use guys down in Point Roberts Washington, which is only a 30 min drive from the city. They charge $3-6 to hold your parcel.
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Hey, I am working out a deal with my local school district to (hopefully) film their band concerts and sell DVDs of them. I did it for my highschool, but I used really outdated (vhs) equipment. I know what camera I want to purchase, but I am not sure about the microphone. The camera will be places near the back of the auditorium. I don't want the kids to sound like crap because then nobody will buy my DVDs. I am considering buying a low-end shotgun mic (http://www.dvcreators.net/rode-videomic/) but I don't know if that is actually what I am looking for. I want the mic to pick up everything that's on stage and some audience ambiance. Will a shotgun mic be too directional for what I want? If so, what should I be looking for? (I'm not sure if this actually deserves a thread but I figured I could play it safe in here.)
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Does anyone here have an opinion on 7.1 sound? I have some wire left over, and i'm contemplating hooking up two of my older AR-17 bookshelf speakers from several years ago as back left and right. The setup I have is posted on the previous page. I am worried that the ARs are way too low in quality when compared to the rest of the system to sound good, or they might take too much juice for my receiver to handle with full-sized floor standing fronts and surrounds. I also have two Blueroom Minipods laying around that I can either use as the backs or a second zone, but those are rated 4ohms, i'm pretty sure using those as backs or even surrounds in a 7.1 is a bad idea.
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BabyRyoga posted:Does anyone here have an opinion on 7.1 sound? I have some wire left over, and i'm contemplating hooking up two of my older AR-17 bookshelf speakers from several years ago as back left and right. The setup I have is posted on the previous page. I am worried that the ARs are way too low in quality when compared to the rest of the system to sound good, or they might take too much juice for my receiver to handle with full-sized floor standing fronts and surrounds. I've got 7.1 because I was installing in-ceiling surrounds and I wanted to just do the job all at once, but it's pretty much overkill. I've only got one blu-ray that has discrete 7.1 tracks (Pan's Labyrinth), and while it does sound great, I don't know that it adds anything significant over 5.1. The matrixed 7.1 is pretty nice (the Superman Returns trailer in particular is fantastic), but it's not worth investing TOO much effort, imho.
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I have a room roughly 25'x30' with an 8' ceiling on one side that vaults up to 16' on the other side, now the question. Would a bose speaker system be worth the money or would it be trendy garbage? I'm trying to get away with as little speaker showing as possible.
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Bose is always garbage. Get inwalls if you don't want speaker boxes in your room.
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Pibborando San posted:Bose is always garbage. Get inwalls if you don't want speaker boxes in your room. Bose's marketing department is pretty good, though.
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pim01 posted:Bose's marketing department is pretty good, though. " No highs, no lows? It's gotta be Bose™ "
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So right now I don't have the money for a proper audio system to go along with my TV. I do have a 10 year Denon mini system with Mission speakers. Before I run out and get a mini to aux cable to connect from my tv's headphone port to the aux port of my system, will even this crappy connection to my mini system most likely still generally produce a better sound than the tv's internal speakers? Right now I have a crappy Magnavox LCD TV.
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gret posted:So right now I don't have the money for a proper audio system to go along with my TV. I do have a 10 year Denon mini system with Mission speakers. Before I run out and get a mini to aux cable to connect from my tv's headphone port to the aux port of my system, will even this crappy connection to my mini system most likely still generally produce a better sound than the tv's internal speakers? Right now I have a crappy Magnavox LCD TV. I don't see how a 1/8" phone to dual RCA cable is 'crappy' -- That's a pretty standard cable, if that is what you are talking about. It will work just fine.
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Sniep posted:I don't see how a 1/8" phone to dual RCA cable is 'crappy' -- That's a pretty standard cable, if that is what you are talking about. It will work just fine. Most TVs have analog out (dual RCA) on the back, though. If you can use that it saves the audio from going through the lovely headphone amp on the TV (and has some other resistance/current-draw related plusses that only pro audio people would care about). Sniep posted:" No highs, no lows? It's gotta be Bose™ " The sad thing is that they could probably use that in ads and still sell to their target audience  .
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Does anyone have any advice on some HD radios for a house? I'm looking at a small unit for Christmas and was wondering if anyone had any experience with these. I know HD radio gets a lot of poo poo, but there seems to be an abundance of HD stations where I live, so I figure this would be a good idea.
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Sniep posted:I don't see how a 1/8" phone to dual RCA cable is 'crappy' -- That's a pretty standard cable, if that is what you are talking about. It will work just fine. Cool. Thanks. I just tried it now and it definitely sounds much better than my TV's internal speakers.
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I'm having an issue with my sound system that I've been wracking my head trying to fix. Anyway, whats happening is that when I'm listening to music sometimes the volume will suddenly be much louder than it should be (but only for a split second). It seems to only happen when it goes from a quiet bit in a song to a loud bit. I've tried Googling for answers but it just brings up a bunch of vague, non-related results. This issue seems to happen no matter what software I'm using which is why I'm inclined to think it's maybe a setting on my receiver. I have a Sony STR-DE597 receiver, pair of Tannoy M3 Floorstanders and a Mordaunt Short Subwoofer currently set up. I'm still pretty new to the wonderful world of Hi-Fi Seperates so apologies in advance if it's a stupid question. Edited for clarity. ScottABoy fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Dec 20, 2008 |
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ScottABoy posted:Anyway, whats happening is that when I'm listening to music sometimes the volume will suddenly be much louder than it should be (but only for a split second). Do you have a compressor plugin running in your music player? Maybe that's set funny.
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Sniep posted:Do you have a compressor plugin running in your music player? Maybe that's set funny. Nothing like that at all, it seems to happen no matter what media player I'm using.
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I was considering a pair of energy c-100 speakers, but then I saw the c-50 was a lot cheaper, and I am looking for something pretty small. Has anyone listened to the 50s?
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