*** THE OFFICIAL HOME THEATER & AUDIO THREAD**

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Subwoofer Plate Amp Amplifier Sub Home Theater 300W RMS
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Subwoofer-Plate ... 372wt_1139
US$137.49

[16 cycles]

visited COSTLO yesterday - new place opened in El Socorro - like a pricesmart without the need for a card...

there were TV's and Tv cabinets on sale....

some of the cabinets looked great and the price was not that bad....

saw some sonys, sharps, samsungs HDTVs for sale as well - did not get chance to check the actual models though...

jus a heads up

[pioneer]

LOL@ Costco rip off

Down to the building color they rip off

[X_Factor]

anyone hav ah extra toslink cable to sell?

[S_2NR]

I order my cables on Amazon..higher quality for less.. try them

[X_Factor]

^ i know....jus checkin here first....

[SR]

radio shack lower henry st has a clearance sale on old stock

monster cables at ridiculous prices

[gfbl]

between the pioneer vsx-53 and vxs-1121k which would be the better buy?

[whyteliver]

go wit the 53.....more connectivity,thx select 2 plus,two hdmi outputs so you can connect a tv and a projector,and its an elite....

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

the VSX-53 is part of the Elite line, the VSX-1121K isnt

the 53 has THX Select II Plus, the 1121 has standard THX

The 53 can output 125W per channel at 6ohms, the 1121 is 110W at 8 ohm

otherwise they are identical.
the video processor in both are the same (very important requirement in a a/v receiver IMO)

compare them yourself here
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/ ... ers/VSX-53
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/ ... VSX-1121-K

I think the 53 is almost US$200 more expensive

[TRAE]

Sony Releasing their newest 2000 RMS Home Theater system tonight... supposed to be the loudest so far... for quality testing they having a launch tonight

[ru$$ell]

Sony Releasing their newest 2000 RMS Home Theater system tonight... supposed to be the loudest so far...

dont hold your breathe on that
or sound quality as a matter of fact

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ ditto

quality > quantity

[SR]

unless you running dedicated amplifiers per speaker driver............then you can talk about sound quality

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ not really... there are different grades of quality
same reason more times than likely an Alpine headunit is better than a Pyramid, Denon can sound better than Sony.

[ru$$ell]

^ not really... there are different grades of quality
same reason more times than likely an Alpine headunit is better than a Pyramid, Denon can sound better than Sony.

agreed,denon will sound better than sony 100% of the time,no doubt about that,but sony doing what they do oh so well,marketing,and the average joe public person really doesnt care about sound quality when compared to quantity (loudness). Thats the sad reality we live in.

[whyteliver]

might b a silly question...can tivo be used in trinidad?

[pioneer]

Anyone know where i can get LED lighting strips locally like what smurf posted some pages back?



Really need it ASAP otherwise is amazon

[S_2NR]

Anyone know where i can get LED lighting strips locally like what smurf posted some pages back?



Really need it ASAP otherwise is amazon

X2

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

the same LED strips they use on cars will work but will be 12V so you would need an AC/DC adapter

[S_2NR]

Anybody here using AV cables with their flow digital cable box?
When i use the AV cables i get interference (faint horizontal lines + humming noise when volume is low).
When i use the coaxial i get no interference. Tried other AV cables and other cable boxes in the house; same issue.

Just separated the power and video cables to see if that helped.
Seemed to have solved it but idk if it might come back.

[ruffneck_12]

Anybody here using AV cables with their flow digital cable box?
When i use the AV cables i get interference (faint horizontal lines + humming noise when volume is low).
When i use the coaxial i get no interference. Tried other AV cables and other cable boxes in the house; same issue.

Just separated the power and video cables to see if that helped.
Seemed to have solved it but idk if it might come back.

Me,

never had any problems like that

and my RCA's crappy and resembles a bird nest

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Anyone know where i can get LED lighting strips locally like what smurf posted some pages back?

I was just looking at the LED rope lights in Excellent Stores - no reason why you can't use that behind your TV

might be perfect

[pioneer]

Anyone know where i can get LED lighting strips locally like what smurf posted some pages back?

I was just looking at the LED rope lights in Excellent Stores - no reason why you can't use that behind your TV

might be perfect

Saw those too but it's for a display shelf I doing...re: lego

So they need to be as flat as possible...surface mount design (SMD)

[2NR Smurf]

^yuh best bet would be the ready made kits on amazon...or you could buy the rolls and cut/join to your specs.

[bassotronics]

Anyone know who sell the klipsch s4 headphones here locally? I'm really looking to get one as a gift for someone.

[ruffneck_12]

Anyone know where i can get LED lighting strips locally like what smurf posted some pages back?

I was just looking at the LED rope lights in Excellent Stores - no reason why you can't use that behind your TV

might be perfect

Saw those too but it's for a display shelf I doing...re: lego

So they need to be as flat as possible...surface mount design (SMD)

Sham's have the SMD LED's selling, it comes on a ribbon and you can specify how much you want

call them first (El Dorado branch), idk if they still have it

[X_Factor]

so i got a toslink cable to send audio from the tv back to the ht reviever
however im only getting sub and Left side alone
shouldnt it be atleast stereo?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ yes! S/PDIF optical supports stereo and even up to Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 (however it can't support HD audio such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio)

try a different cable?

what signal from the TV are you sending to the receiver? Cable TV?

[X_Factor]

problem found...i decided to check the audio cables leaving the flow box(generic el cheepo cables stupes) and it seemed there was a short on the Right side
i changed cable, everything works fine....nice!!