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| starting a 5.1 or 7.1 surround Glenn,I took a quick peek at the Denon AVR-2113CI. I'm not familiar with the unit. It doesn't appear to have "Pre outs" so you would not be able to reuse your Adcom amp with this receiver. Some receivers have "pre out" jacks that allow you to use ... | |
| starting a 5.1 or 7.1 surround Hi Oldpuck! I hope that the screen name shows a love for hockey. It's always nice to meet a fellow-fan online. I think it would be helpful to know what you are thinking about in terms of budget. That will help determine some of the recommendations... | |
| Recommendations for upgrade from 5.1 to 7.1 To Shakedown's point, while that's true, newer titles are taking advantage of 7.1 and having a 7.1 setup in a larger room makes a significant difference over a 5.1 setup. Using additional surround modes in the major processors will allow you to us... | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? I strongly suggest running both. However, for your purposes, I'd simply use the HDMI cables for now and then if you run into problems look to use a BALUN on the Cat6 cabling. Rule of thumb: You always want a home run to eliminate points of failure... | |
| sub with two sources - can processor control gain? Yes, the processor normally can control the gain on the sub when you calibrate it using a multi-channel pre-pro. | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? Here you go. Special wall plates exist so that you can "home run" cables without needing to terminate at the plate and then add more cables again. This prevents signal loss with a home-run connection. For example, to run HDMI Baluns with Cat6 you ... | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? If I didn't already mention, I'm using Redmere cables. They work fine.In terms of the "holes" you use special wall plates. I'll send you some links so that you can get a better idea. | |
| What processor? Anthem D2 followed by the Anthem 50v. If you really want to test the more expensive waters, consider the SimAudio pre. | |
| HDMI cable length...how long is too long ? Saki,Food for thought as I use two very long cable runs -- 25 feet for one and 98 feet for the other.I use a BlueJeans Series 1 certified HDMI cable for the 25 foot run. It works great. It's HDMI 1.3 certified to 45 feet. For my longer run, I use ... | |
| Can I mix ohms in a surround system? Rev, you certainly can. My rears are 8ohm in-ceiling speakers and my fronts are 6 ohm. So specifically, you can have different impedance speakers on the same amp.In my opinion, more of an issue is the timbre match of the speakers as opposed to the... | |
| Marantz reliability? To your specific question, I have owned a Marantz home theater receiver for many years (about 7 or so). No complaints on reliability. I would be more concerned if 50% of the Amazon reviews were negative. I would write off that single one as it sou... | |
| Integra DHC 80.3 as a preamp The Integra 80.3 is a very nice unit. Complaints in reviews about the analog stage of the 80.x series have supposedly been addressed so I would tend to think that it would be perfect in your application. Comparing to "top grade" (whatever brand yo... | |
| Should I fix my plasma? The companies have different lines which have different features. As a generalization, you get additional HDMI inputs, THX or ISF certificiation, apps, and Internet connectivity for Netflix, HULU, etc. At a certain size you also get a significant ... | |
| Should I fix my plasma? LCDs and Plasmas are generally not worth being repaired -- unless it was a premium Plasma like the Pioneer Kuro. Given it's a Philips Plasma at 50", you can pickup a Samsung Plasma at 51" for approximately $500 which will give you better blacks an... | |
| B&W 800 DIAMOND-COMPARABLE SPEAKERS I second the Revel Ultima2 Salons or Studios if you don't need truly full range. The other choice to listen to is NOLA Baby Grand Or anything in the NOLA lineup. However if you really like the sound of the 800s then you should take a serious look ... |