
ThA tRiXtA
Full Audioholic
Hello all,
I hope this general forum is the right place to post these questions, if not I apologize. Back when I fist came to this site, there were very few forums and very few forum members, I see much has changed!
I am in the midst of building a home theater room in my basement and have just finished the framing. I have a few questions I'd like a second opinion on, if you guys wouldn't mind imparting some knowledge.
I ordered a spool of Monster Cable Z2 reference series speaker wire and it arrived yesterday. This stuff is massively thick, but it seems that only the material around the actual speaker wire is bulky (I assume this is for shielding or whatever?), but the actual speaker wire itself does not look to follow suit.
Any one familiar with the Z2 stuff know what gauge the speaker wire inside the whole package is? I was told 8 AWG but I have a suspicion that it is not.
On that note, because the pair of insulated copper wires is buried inside a giant tube that is filled with some hard white colored stuff, does anyone who has used this stuff have any tips on efficiently stripping the ends for use? It looks to be a total pain in the neck.
I am looking to upgrade to either the Onkyo TX-SR 805 or the 875, both of which are 7.1 channel systems. I currently own the Onkyo TX-SR 701 which is only 6.1. My question being for movies that do not offer a 7.1 soundtrack, but 6.1, how does the receiver accurately process the sound that is supposed to come out of one rear surround when there is actually two rear surround channels and they are not centered on the back wall?
On that note, because all the new receivers coming out these days are boasting the new formats of Dolby and DTS over HDMI, I am assuming these receivers are still flawlessly backwards compatible with the older 5.1 forms of Dolby Digital and DTS formats?
One last question, I have done much research on how to best wire and set up your room and have read much on properly outfitting your room with good quality wall receptacles and such.
I am in the midst of installing a dedicated circuit with only one hubbell hospital grade receptacle running on that circuit and rewiring all my equipment plugs to a leviton hospital grade plug. My Monster Power bar, model number HTS 2100 will plug into that receptacle and feed all my individual components.
I have has this power bar/line conditioner in my system for a few years and have heard many stories about it, both good and bad... I'm curious if this bar will be the weak link in my equipment and/or if it hinders anything.
Any one have any definitive opinions about those Monster bars?
I hope this general forum is the right place to post these questions, if not I apologize. Back when I fist came to this site, there were very few forums and very few forum members, I see much has changed!
I am in the midst of building a home theater room in my basement and have just finished the framing. I have a few questions I'd like a second opinion on, if you guys wouldn't mind imparting some knowledge.
I ordered a spool of Monster Cable Z2 reference series speaker wire and it arrived yesterday. This stuff is massively thick, but it seems that only the material around the actual speaker wire is bulky (I assume this is for shielding or whatever?), but the actual speaker wire itself does not look to follow suit.
Any one familiar with the Z2 stuff know what gauge the speaker wire inside the whole package is? I was told 8 AWG but I have a suspicion that it is not.
On that note, because the pair of insulated copper wires is buried inside a giant tube that is filled with some hard white colored stuff, does anyone who has used this stuff have any tips on efficiently stripping the ends for use? It looks to be a total pain in the neck.
I am looking to upgrade to either the Onkyo TX-SR 805 or the 875, both of which are 7.1 channel systems. I currently own the Onkyo TX-SR 701 which is only 6.1. My question being for movies that do not offer a 7.1 soundtrack, but 6.1, how does the receiver accurately process the sound that is supposed to come out of one rear surround when there is actually two rear surround channels and they are not centered on the back wall?
On that note, because all the new receivers coming out these days are boasting the new formats of Dolby and DTS over HDMI, I am assuming these receivers are still flawlessly backwards compatible with the older 5.1 forms of Dolby Digital and DTS formats?
One last question, I have done much research on how to best wire and set up your room and have read much on properly outfitting your room with good quality wall receptacles and such.
I am in the midst of installing a dedicated circuit with only one hubbell hospital grade receptacle running on that circuit and rewiring all my equipment plugs to a leviton hospital grade plug. My Monster Power bar, model number HTS 2100 will plug into that receptacle and feed all my individual components.
I have has this power bar/line conditioner in my system for a few years and have heard many stories about it, both good and bad... I'm curious if this bar will be the weak link in my equipment and/or if it hinders anything.
Any one have any definitive opinions about those Monster bars?
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