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The wife and I are completely renovating the back yard. We are putting in a pool, extended patio, sod, etc. Anyways i was thinking of putting in a pair of rock speaker's at the back of the lot facing the house. Behind the 3 chairs, in the rocks. Klipsch AWR-650-SM, or something similar. Running...

I didn't know where to put this, so here it is. I just bought a new 18" low profile TV stand. Fairly expensive. I am going to mount my 65" TV to the wall. Panasonic TC-65VT50 I will be leaving 10-12" from the top of the TV stand, to the bottom of my TV for a center channel. My concern is...if...

I have a massive open room (family, office, dining) that I have setup for my HT. Over 8000 ft^3. 13-14k ft^3 if I count the kitchen and hallways. I know I am supposed to place subs symmetrically from each other. The only symmetrical options I have are front left, and back right corners...or both...

I understand the difference between the two, but don't know how important it is for AV gear to get a 100% pure sine wave. Projectors, AVR, Plasma TV, HTPC, NAS, wireless Router, etc. Most of the online information is dated, back around 2012/2013, and older. Specifically something like...

I have a general RBH question. I see a lot of speaker companies now using ribbon tweeters. Monitor Audio, Ascend, Philharmonics, Behringer, level 3, Golden Ear, etc. I have heard a few of them, and they sound pretty good. Has RBH experimented, or brought out any speakers that use ribbon...

The sound card on my HTPC-laptop isn't that great. it only does 5.1. The HDMI only does PCM Stereo. Are there any 7.1 Receivers or Pre-Pro that have USB connections that I can plug my laptop into it, by-passing the sound card all together? I have seen a bunch of stereo USB Pre-Pro/amps...but...

Question 1: When it comes to up-mixing 5.1 content to 7.1, do all receivers up-mix the same way? Do some manufactures/receivers perform this task better than others? I am on my 2nd Yamaha receiver. the 1st one was 11yrs old, the 2nd one is 3-4yrs old. HTR-5760, and RX-V671. Both are 7.1, and...

So I upgraded my receiver for $50...and everything worked fine. Anyways, my HTPC OS drive died and I had to rebuild it. After that, things changed. The issue I am running into is that now, when the receiver is turned on, and I am using HDMI. All of my HDMI sources are not using the full screen...

For the past few months, whenever I try to post things, the enter key does not work. Everything is word wrapped. Is there a specific setting somewhere that will allow be to add lines via the enter key? I have tried both IE 9, and 10, plus Chrome. Thanks.

I have a laptop that I am using as a HTPC (no Blu-ray in it). It has HDMI, but it is older and only outputs 2 channel PCM. So I have resorted to using a USB sound card. I had been using a Creative Labs XiFi 5.1. Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro - Sound Blaster - Creative Labs (United States...

Does anybody know when they will be announced, or when they will be available? Thanks.

These threads are always fun. lol I recently came into some tax and bonus money. After everything else has been taken care of, I have ~$1000 to spend on speakers. I am looking for a pair of bi/di-pole selectable surround speakers for my sides, and direct radiating speakers for my rear. The...

I am looking at purchasing and installing a pair of bi/di surround speakers. The difficulty I am having is speaker placement. If you look at the pictures. The only good place for the right side speaker placement is on the pillar. Low enough so that both sides are of equal height. I wanted bi/di...

Got a new house, and a new job. I am ready to do the first of many upgrades to my system. The house, is accustically challenged. I can hear a cricket fart from the opposite side of the house. The main room has ~8000 ft^3. 15' vaulted ceilings (rt side is 8', above the mini wall is peak at 15')...

Hello all. Just bought a new house, and was given the green light to build the theater I want, in our great room...As long as I can work it into "the budget", and make it pass the WAF. The room is ~5500-6000 cubic feet, with vaulted ceilings, and carpet. The 1st phase of my plan is to do a...

Hello all. Been awhile since my last post. Though I am always lurking. ;) Please excuse me if this has been discussed in other threads, and feel free to point me to them. :) Anyways, here is the story. Last May, my wireless router took a dump. I went to my backup router, which lasted a...

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My mother inlaw wants a big tv. I've got it narrowed down. How would you rate these tv's, from Best to Worst? From reading reviews...And from what I've seen of the Panasonic and Pioneer's in store (tweeter), I'd rate them as the following: 1 - 60” Pioneer Kuro PDP-6010FD 2 - 58” Panasonic...

Is there a big difference between 22ga, 24ga, 26ga, 28ga in 6ft HDMI cables? from Monoprice Only for video(HDMI 1.1 devices), and 2 channel audio(TV speakers)...no surround through HDMI. It'll be used for a 1080p upconverting DVD player (Philips 5982). I didn't think there would...

What are some of the cheaper Upscaling / Converting DVD players that feature a 5.1 analog out, and will go up to 720p/1080i? My co-worker has a old Sony STRSE391 (1999) of which has zero digital connections. I know there are Oppo players out there, but he's trying to keep it under...