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I was thinking about getting an AV receiver for my mom's bedroom. But I need a suggestion for a fairly low cost AV receiver that has decent reviews. The greater reason for the receiver is the be able to hook up a wireless headphone, add some speakers eventually, and of course, it's always...

You might be able to get a warmer sound with higher quality speaker wires. They can make a huge difference in the warm/cold area of the sound. That being said, the price of speaker wire goes up fast for that achievement. You'd have to talk to a professional to see which wire would suit that...

I wanted to start a thread on movies that are really good for testing a home theater or surround sound. (duplicity for the sake of google crawlers) :p I don't want to rehash the few movies already pointed out, not to mention there are probably dozens of really good movies to test surround...

I'm always good for looking at Ebay for some great deals. You can either spend less money than your target budget, or get higher quality gear and stay within your budget. In my case, I kind of ended up splitting the difference, but still ended up about $1000 under my budget. Course with Ebay...

I decided to just go for a 5.1 system, and save my $$ for speakers for my bedroom. I looked at some titles, like Avatar, and more recent titles like "Oz the Great and Powerful", and both of those are 5.1. In fact, the only movie I do have in 7.1 is an older movie updated for blu ray, and that's...

Ok I think I figured it out.. the forum doesn't play nice with IE 10. I had to use the "compatibility" button to fix it.

Why is it when I post, I can't use the ENTER key to start a new paragraph?

In the various reviews and other forums talking about ARC (Anthem Room Correction), they mention that you need a laptop with Microsoft Windows on it, PLUS a USB to Serial adaptor. - - There is a work around for those that do not have a laptop (but have a desktop computer): Serial RS-232 nine pin...

Thanks. I'm sure the installer would be more than happy to help me decide the best positions of the speakers if I choose in the future to get an additional 2 speakers in the future.

I'm getting a 5.1 home theater installed. (Paradigm MilleniumOne + Anthem MRX 500 + Ultra cube 10 inch) The Anthem MRX is at 7.1 A/V reciever. I was wondering if its possible to just get a MilleniumOne 2.0 speakers and upgrade the home theater to 7.1 in the future.

I need to get something to listen to when I'm on a treadmill. The healthclub only has 2 tv's: one on a sports channel, and the other on Fox news. And both are set on mute (with subtitles on though). I want to keep higher fidelity though, for when I'm in the car and plugging it to my car radio.

I have a bunch of .m4a files and wanted to convert to .mp3. The question is: Whats the best ratio to convert to? Lets say I have 128bit .m4a, what should I convert to as an .mp3 file? I read someplace that since .m4a files are so much better over .mp3, that you have to convert them to...

I'm looking at home theater sound systems. (Maybe I"ll get one in 2012 -hopefully). Anyway, as a secondary function, I was going to put an HTPC with my TV system, but thought that it would double duty to play music files. My PC has a decent Logitec 2.1 sound on it. But frankly, its rather in...

Rhapsody! and Rolling Stones magazine I use Rhapsody (been a subscriber for 5+ years), and Rolling Stones. I'm not renewing Rolling Stones though.... my subscription runs out in November. Mainly not renewing because it caters to a younger audience.

I know I can do what I want with the files, after iTunes imports them. Its just that when I first opened the CD, iTunes wasn't my first choice for looking at the files. (I was using a seperate program that could add meta data). I figured I'd save a step by importing the meta data first, then...

Anybody buy that box set? I noticed that you can't actually see the song files on the CDs. iTunes has no problem importing the songs. But if you open the CD from "My Computer" in Windows 7, the song files are not listed. Showing Hidden Files doesn't do anything either. :confused:

Sub placement I decided I'll move my one DVD cabinet and place the sub next to the T.V. The 2 cabinets nicely frame were the TV goes, but due to space limitations, I'm going to have to move the one cabinet anyway. That will free up space for the TV to be centered a bit better on the wall...

Good package: Infinity P363 I think I'll get the Infinity P363 package: http://store.audioholics.com/product/3635/66226/infinity-p363-home-theater-package The speakers got fairly rave reviews from Stereophile magazine, and includes a very good mid range Yamaha reciever. And at a price I can...

Just curious, but what do you look at when buying a subwoofer. I noticed that hardly any subwoofers (for home theater setups), have huge wattage. I know, the obvious choice is get the biggest subwoofer you can afford, but other than that, the only 1000 watt subwoofer I've seen is the...

Subs Since 2x 12" vented subs costs about the same as a singe 15" enclosed sub, I'd be better off saving $500 on the initial cost and getting the 12" sub, then when I can afford it.. get the 2nd 12" sub. A 5.1 setup won't have quite the punch as a 5.2, but then I could always upgrade at a...