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What power cord with the Cambridge Audio 840C?
Save your money and buy Signal...or check out Element. 
Used Starter ht receiver.....5.1.....
Great Onkyo listed here for less than 3 bills...Cambridge makes a very affordable/music lover recv'r. 
Spikes and hardwood floors.....what to do?
There is a guy on *bay site that I have dealt with. Just do search in home audio/speakers/spikes. He sells just the little discs for the spikes to set in. Different finishes/plating as wel. I like the black chrome. 
5.1 newbie - rear speaker position questions
Slightly behind(1-2 ft) rear most seating position of room and about 5-6 ft high pointed at listener. 
Who has the best plasma monitor these days
Pioneer Gold...Panny Silver...LG Bronze 
NHT in Home Theater Setup
I don't disagree w/ you about subs having a place of their own in any system, it is just in my case, and perhaps others, the 4's actually suffer from having a stand alone sub as opposed to bi-amping the 'subs' that are built in to the nht 4's. Usi... 
NHT in Home Theater Setup
I just purchased 4's with x2 x-over/dual a1's powering the 10in bass, 3's, ic4's, and a 3c. Still listening to the 4's alone in stereo/pure mode powered by Boston seperates(Sherwood clones). First let me tell you, with 4's you really don't need a ... 
Bought the new Oppo DVD981HD player...
I have seen the now discontinued 971 in action...very nice video. So-so audio for the 971. The 981 is better in both aspects however, as mentioned by others, the new 980 has refined audio circuitry but ditches the finer vid chip. I'm a 70% music 3... 
The wall behind me.
so about how much is .5 cm? LOL. A third of an in...? or "about" 3/8" +- 1/32? 
The wall behind me.
Sorry about the input/opinion. I had my mind on ht rather than music listening. Too much sound reflecting from rear wall would indeed not be good for dedicated music listening room. Experiment w/ panels, wall coverings, seating position. You will ... 
added amp...now hiss from spkr's
those specs were listed after the output level heading...it listed the tape monitor rec and then pre out. 
added amp...now hiss from spkr's
Eldartford...specs read pre out (front, center, surr, surr bk, sw) 1k and then a little horseshoe looking symbol/ohm?and then 1.0V Chinese to me. Thanks for the schoolin' 
added amp...now hiss from spkr's
Eldartford...connect rca from recv'r or amp? 
added amp...now hiss from spkr's
Eldartford...recv'r has dedicated pre-outs for external amp. No amp ins but has analog external/multi ch ins for dvd-a/sacd. No jumpers. As far as shorting an ic, bridge the rca center post/pin to the side using a screwdriver or buck knife? And wh... 
added amp...now hiss from spkr's
How do I short input to one ch? Would you explain process please...thanks.