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My Mazda 6 has a Bose system and, dare I say, it sounds excellent. It is setup kind of like a surround sound system with three speakers across the dash, speakers in each door, and more speakers across the back deck. The "Centerpoint" option is what I use because it actually sets up a decent...

I am a contractor by trade and I use my tools every day. I use Milwaukee M18 Fuel which is their newest brushless line. They have all been rock solid and top performers. I have been highly impressed by the performance of my tools. I use my hammer drill, impact driver, and 7 1/4" circular saw...

I have only ever bought one car battery and I bought it at Costco. My 2007 Mazda 3 came with a Panasonic battery installed. It lasted until 2015 (9 years!) when I lived in AZ and it finally stopped holding a charge. I blame the heat. I did some research and found that Panasonic car batteries are...

You should at least check out the 2017 Mazda CX-9. It is one sexy machine and contains Mazda's most powerful engine. I don't know if it is fast enough for you but it is a damn nice vehicle inside and out. My 2016 Mazda 6 has been 100% trouble free over 36k miles so far and my old 2007 Mazda 3...

Klipsch speakers are highly efficient. You need not worry about the power output of your receiver. There are two things that will improve the sound of your system. 1. Two high quality subs will make a big difference. With a room that size it's the bass that suffers if you don't have big enough...

I would just download an SPL meter app on your phone. A good iPhone SPL app is "SPL Meter" by Studio Six Digital. It actually looks like a classic Radio Shack meter. I'm sure there are good apps for Android as well. I do believe the apps for iPhone are more accurate since they can adapt the app...

I don't know what your version of Audyssey shows on the screen but on my X3300 it actually shows specifically where to put the mic for each measurement. Yes you always start with the main listening position. You should not put the mic within 6 inches of the back of the chair. Also, don't put the...

The multiple positions for Audyssey are NOT supposed to go in all of your seats. You are supposed to keep all of the positions within 24 inches of each other. YES you should measure as many as it will let you. The system is using those measurements to get a more accurate representation of the...

I have a pair of Behringer Truth B2031A speakers that have served me very well. They are a good budget monitor and are pretty accurate. https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-B2031A-BEHRINGER-TRUTH/dp/B0002MRCLQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492571862&sr=8-1&keywords=b2031a I have a small mixer on my...

I had actually just emailed Audyssey about the release of this app two days before it was released. Their response was "very soon". They weren't kidding! I downloaded it right away and I am very pleased. I really liked how Audyssey had made my system sound except for the way it was trying to...

I use SimpleControl, formerly Roomie. It is awesome. https://www.simplecontrol.com I bought the SimpleBlaster to control my drop down screen, projector, and Xbox One (seriously... why no IP control still??). SimpleControl is more flexible and customizable than Harmony but also a little more...

Wow.... I have never heard of Anti-Cables before but I just spent the past 30 minutes getting thoroughly entertained by their website. I especially enjoyed this paragraph about their power cables. http://anticables.com/power-cords#!/Level-3-Reference-Series-Power-Cords/p/14644872/category=3461168

The other cool thing about Airplay is that it will turn on the AVR if it is off and allows you to directly control the volume of the AVR from the phone.

It actually is doing much more than your old AVR did. SubEQ HT is much more advanced than a simple EQ like you're used to having. The disadvantage with Audyssey is that you can't manually change things. It does what it does and that is that. Audyssey is much more than an EQ...

There is no difference in sound. The only difference is that the Xbox is decoding the audio and sending it to the receiver as uncompressed PCM. Do you have a 7.1 setup? If not then you need to set it to 5.1. As far as the crossover settings go you can set them to 80hz. It won't hurt anything...

The Xbox does not bitstream HD audio formats. This ability is in beta right now and should be released before too long but don't hold your breath as people have been complaining about this since the release of the original Xbox One. Set it to uncompressed 5.1. Setting it to bitstream will...

Your best bet to find any of these higher end AVR's on display is a specialty A/V store or a Best Buy with a Magnolia store. There are two different types of Magnolia stores. There are Design Centers and Magnolia Home Theater. Both should have Marantz and Denon on display. A Design Center has...

As it stands you have two options. You can upgrade the AVR or you can use a UHD Blu-Ray player with two HDMI outputs and run one to the display and one to the AVR for sound. Since you already have the new Xbox upgrading the AVR would clearly be the best option. I would avoid Pioneer at this...

I should rephrase that. It's technically not limited to 2.0 stereo but in every application I have tried I could not get anything more than 2.0 stereo.

I don't. It's more trouble than it's worth. You have to enable HDMI control and that can cause all sorts of strange issues. If you have a universal remote system then forget about it. As has already been pointed out, ARC is limited to 2.0 stereo. You're better off connecting all the devices to...