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Leroy, I'm in Philadelphia, but I have family in Zion, IL. -- Is that close to you?

Fitty, I've tried Polk Direct on ebay -- they have mostly white (I want black), and while the prices are...

Looking for a reasonable price on one pair of surrounds -- either FXi A6s or FXi5s. Seems like no one wants to part with them once they've bought 'em. Anyway, if you're looking to sell, I'd like to...

Is this $199 Canadian??? An even better deal.... And yes, they will timbre-match fine, IMO.

I picked up an Onk TX-SR606 refurb from Accessories4Less for $299, and I'm extremely happy with it. With the advent of the 607, the 606's may be dropping in price soon....

I'm looking for surrounds, and I want either the FXi A6 or FXi5. The A6's are hard enough to find, but the 5's are non-existent! Nothing on eBay, Amazon or anywhere else on the internet.

Did...

I started a thread a few months ago asking this same question -- I ended up getting refurb A3's because they were less than new RTi6's and I think the A3's are better looking. The overwhelming...

Well, after some more searching, I found this speaker's uninjured brethren are on ebay for $67.99 each -- a pretty hot price for A3's in cherry if anyone is looking. The shipping price is WAY too...

I didn't say shot in the face.... perhaps the seller is only deserving of being shot in the arm or the kneecap or something... but for whoever did that to a cherry A3, death is the only suitable...

Just found this on eBay when I was looking for RTi's. Whoever did this deserved to be shot, as does the seller for claiming this speaker is in "good" condition...
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001670/

Nope. They did add a second sub pre-out though... and a front-panel HDMI input and FIVE rear panel HDMI inputs. That's worth the price of admission to me right there -- too bad I only picked up the...

One would hope that if you're spending the coin on reference-quality power cables, you have a high-quality power conditioner between said power cable and the run from the panel to the outlet. And as...

Yes they did. But I don't think you'd want to.

Steve Guttenberg is an HT and Hi-Fi journalist and frequent contributor to Home Theater Magazine among many, many other publications. I have read a lot of his reviews and respect his opinion...

You could use an SPL meter if you wanted to dial it in exactly. You could also just do it by ear -- as long as it sounds good to you, then in my opinion, it's "right."

Not really, though if you have anything that could potentially create noise on the power line plugged into the same circuit (fridge, microwave, or air conditioner for instance) then chances are even...

The following was copied from an old ebay auction page from Polk direct. Anyone care to speculate on the difference between "remanufactured" and "refurbished?"

You are bidding on a Factory...

From what I understand, no, it does not make a difference. Parallel is parallel -- it doesn't matter whether the wires are connected at the AVR or the subwoofer. The sub still runs off it's own...

The susceptibility of the wires to signal loss and induced noise over the few inches inside of the speaker cabinet are far less than the few (or perhaps many, depending on your room setup) feet of...

The advice on most threads on this topic comes down to personal preference. If you like the effect dipole/bipole surrounds (I do, personally), then use FXi's on the sides and RTi's in the back. If...

OK, well I'll help you here as I was a car stereo guy before I got into home theater, but FYI this is a HT forum and you should repost this in the Car Audio forum, toward the bottom of the main forum...

We do need more info, as treitz said, but just some general rules of thumb...

Your amp needs to be capable of driving both subs, for both power (watts) and impedance (ohms) requirements.

For...

Last time a major thunderstorm came through my area a lightning strike went right through my APC power conditioner / UPS and took out my cable modem, some phone equipment, and several other expensive...

When I was looking for advice on my setup, I was originally going with a 7.1 system. Both the size and layout of my room dictated that 5.1 was the ticket, but I just WANTED the 7.1 -- fortunately...

Of course, I should have said "the former being contaminated by the latter" -- I actually noticed this but it was too late to edit so I just left it... sorry for the confusion.



As Erik rightly...