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I wish more people thought the way you do. Stop and think how many times you'v seen a post asking "Which receiver should I buy?" , and think again how many times have you seen "Which accoustic panels should I buy?" People need to better educate themselves about room acoustics, which I fully...

If you aren't going to use a sub then you would need to set at least the front speakers to large so that the lfe channel willl be directed to be output to your main speakers, effectively turning off bass management in most scenraio. Many receivers won't allow you to set sub to no / mains to...

Which to buy..please help (sacarsm to follow) Some of the posts admittedly get just about as silly as what follows. Maybe new posters can use the following as an example of what to search for before posting a redundant thread. I could really use some help I'm looking for the best...

I'm guessing that the new links in text will be cropping up in posts, so I figured I would experiment with just how annoying it is going to be. DVD home theater ibm microphone apple cables dlp speakers digital media denon sony onkyo yamaha amp receivers entertainment monitor car book dog...

Each year in August HT Magazine publishes it's top 100 DVDs List. Well, this year they changed up their format and grouped DVDs in several categories. They were the following: Best TV on DVD, Best Music, Best Extras, Best Video, Best Audio, and Best Overall, and one dumb category for good DVD...

Bass Management I don't own the Outlaw ICBM, so my comments are based on material I've read. The Outlaw ICBM is likely to be a great option with the T163 or any prepro or receiver that might even have some bass managament options for the 7.1 input. The reason being is that it is extremely...

Yamahalover, maybe you'd like to spend some time writing a review on one of your beloved Yamaha products, that way when you're done I can dismiss everything you said in your review in a sentence or two of nonsense. I guess when my favorite review forum or magazine has declined a review sample of...

NAD review in The Perfect Vision The Perfect Vision reviewed the NAD T163 / T973 combination in their May/June 2004 issue. The review was fairly short to begin with and then spent a good deal of time discussing the seperates vs. receivers issue. Since it was a review of two products (also the...

The NAD T163 Preamp processor is one of a very few seperates available that can do what it does for a street price of around $1300 or less. There are receivers out there that have as many or more bells and whistles, but each are succeptable to any negative effects that might be caused by an...

Battery life tip A little trick I use to prolong the battery life with the MX-500 is to select an unused device button where I've deleted all the names from the LCD display. When I know I won't be using it for a while (overnight) I select this screen, so that it will use less juice.

Memory Lock Acccording to the manual the MX500 has an internal memory lock system that retains all of the programs and learned functions for an extended period in the event of battery loss. It doesn't say how long this "extended period" is. My best guess would be for around a week. The manual...

MX 500 continued Don't listen to dot. The MX-500 is a terrific remote. In fact, I can think of no other that will do what it can do, so well, for the price. If you don't have a CODE all you need to do is learn the commands if you have access to the original remote. I have 6 different components...

I don't have a problem with technology helping to censor what someone might voluntarily want censored. It's when it's forced upon us that it becomes a problem. Besides, I look at that article as a marketing tool to sell the product, so these people are going to come up with whatever they can to...

Better yet, how about a 1k prepro that does what a 1k receiver can do? I think this may yet happen when Outlaw releases a long overdue successor to their first prepro effort.

Having the ability to have the setup menus on all video outputs is actually a bad thing in terms of video quality. This is because the source has to be routed through the prepros components that generate the setup menu. Not having it there means your ref 30's component signal is a pure one. If...

I'm not big fan of the Kenwood. If the refurbed Onkyo turns out to be in good shape it is the better buy. You might also consider a Harmon Kardon receiver in that price range.

Try the JVC RX7030VBK This JVC model would be great for getting started. It is loaded with features for their it's price class. If you want to spend a little more I would go with the Yamaha 1400. Athena makes lower end models, but from the same Canadian company that makes Energy and Mirage...

When you say "amp has what looks like a single speaker wire and an S-video connection coming out of it", do you mean the amp of the subwoofer or some other component? If you do mean the subwoofer amp then it sounds like you have some kind of proprietary connection meant to be hooked up to...

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$1120 for a 1000 dollar system?... Stop cheating :) The receiver and HT speakers system are good values, but that wouldn't have even been a top 5 choice for a DVD/CD Player. There are others available for even less $$ that can also incorporate one if not both of the SACD & DVD-A formats. The...