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^^^ Thanks!! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2752934 EDIT: Looks like amazon has the Harmony 880 for around 150$ or less. Thinking about picking up a 880. Why would I want a 890 over a 880? Looks like not much difference for the price hike. EDIT2: Stupid question, but can I daisy chain receivers? My lovely receiver (built in to the subwoofer) does not have any video input/output . . . only audio. sigma 6 fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jan 26, 2008 |
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sigma 6 posted:Why would I want a 890 over a 880? Looks like not much difference for the price hike. RF.
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sigma 6 posted:Stupid question, but can I daisy chain receivers? My lovely receiver (built in to the subwoofer) does not have any video input/output . . . only audio. If you're buying a new receiver and want to keep the sub, you could just send the sub output on your new receiver to audio input of the old receiver/sub.
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.Nathan. posted:RF. Which isn't much of a reason, unless your components are going to be in a closet or behind/to the side of you. I just ordered an 880 myself. One other benefit of going with an RF remote is you don't have to keep the remote pointed at the components for a couple seconds while it goes through a script for turning everything on and changing settings. I say that's what couch arms were made for, but whatever.
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circuitcity also has the 880 for $150 right now, but only till the end of the day probably.
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Owsla posted:If you're buying a new receiver and want to keep the sub, you could just send the sub output on your new receiver to audio input of the old receiver/sub. Nahhh can't do that. The plugs are proprietary. Basically I want a receiver to take the incoming signals from the DVD player, PS2 and possibly an xbox and route them to one single optical audio which will travel across the room to the receiver built into the sub in the front. Because all of this stuff is going to be under the ceiling mounted projector, I can then use the same receiver to route the various video signals into one HDMI or component cables. Alternatively I could put EVERYTHING in the front and then just run video cables to the projector in the back. Sounds like either way would be viable but running the audio up front would be cheaper, with less chance of signal loss.
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Proof that if you work yourself to death you can still afford nice things while in college. I have been putting off taking photos because I have been waiting weeks for my shelves and lamps to be delivered, but I am tired of waiting and decided to just post the AV part. Media PC running media portal on my Sony KDL-V32xbr2 Panasonic SA-XR57 Driving my JBL E30's which probably won't win any awards but have served me well, and will eventually be my rear surrounds when I get a larger apt. Some Samsung up converting Player that I completely forget the model number. Of course the 360 and a ps2 Not pictured: MY inday component amp that is splitting the signal between the set and my not pictured Sanyo Z5 which is ceiling mounted(don't tell my landlord!). The screen is a pull down high contrast gray dalite placed above the picture frames. Makes fighting games fun as hell, and with a bit of work 4 v 4 halo2 in the same room makes for a good time. All furniture was built and finished by myself and my father, and I like to think it looks pretty decent. Aluminum legs are courtesy Ikea. I would like to thank Ikea for saving me 50 dollars, the cost of similar legs from a furniture parts wholesaler. Pictures still need colored matting but I hate cutting them. lovely cable management is because I just reorganized, and when I added the 360 I ended up 1 component input short. I am waiting for my matrix switch and cables before I bother cleaning it up.
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Don Lapre posted:circuitcity also has the 880 for $150 right now, but only till the end of the day probably. It's $150 at Amazon all the time and there's a 10% rebate available from Logitech.
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King Nothing posted:Which isn't much of a reason, unless your components are going to be in a closet or behind/to the side of you. I just ordered an 880 myself. One other benefit of going with an RF remote is you don't have to keep the remote pointed at the components for a couple seconds while it goes through a script for turning everything on and changing settings. I say that's what couch arms were made for, but whatever. Yeah, it can be handy depending on the set-up, though. I have an 880 that i love, but i set up my dad's 890. It's kind of neat to be able to stand in the kitchen and control the audio system that's a couple rooms away. Unless you have a multi room set-up then it's sort of pointless. And there's a very slight delay in the RF->IR conversion sometimes.
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mattfl posted:I've seen many TV stands similar to the one in this shot throughout the thread (the bottom half of it). I'm looking for something to hold my 40" LCD I just ordered, and am looking for something similar. Anything that meets the following criteria would be great: - Black / Black and Silver / Dark Wood - As minimalistic as possible, 1 - 2 shelves only - Open back (for 360 and such) - Not going to break my bank Where is everyone getting their TV stands?
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I picked up a Logitech Harmony 520 from Sears for $59 the other day, they put them at that price every once in a while if anyone is looking. It really does work loving awesome. Other than bigger/color screens what do the higher end Harmony remotes do that this doesn't? I know some have a few more buttons but really everything that isn't a hard button is easily done with soft buttons on the LCD.
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DoktorLoken posted:Other than bigger/color screens what do the higher end Harmony remotes do that this doesn't? I know some have a few more buttons but really everything that isn't a hard button is easily done with soft buttons on the LCD. Not much really. Everything from the 880 on up comes with a nice Li-ion battery and a dock for recharging the remote. Some can handle a few more activities and devices as well i think, but not a big deal. Mainly just the nicer screens and such. Even the new Harmony One coming out doesn't seem to add much other than tons of sexiness and a touch screen. Personally their middle-of-the road remotes confuse me the most. None of them look as good as the 520/550 or 880/890 and they don't seem to do anything that the 520 can't do just as well for cheaper. I think the problem is that they've been developing their line for the last couple of years and not really phasing anything out. So the remotes have just sort of piled up and none are really that different other than a few tweaks here and there. Hopefully the Harmony One is a sign of things to come and they'll be revamping their entire line-up into a more consistant approach.
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.Nathan. posted:Everything from the 880 on up comes with a nice Li-ion battery and a dock for recharging the remote. This is why I got the 880, one of my coworkers has a model without rechargeable batteries and he says he has to change batteries once a week. I guess if you already have rechargeable batteries it's not too big a deal, but I don't so an integrated system was worth it to me.
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Overture posted:- Black / Black and Silver / Dark Wood crate and barrel. except the breaking bank part. buy solid wood! you could try west elm
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I started with logitech z560 setup a few years back. Read some forums, got really excited, and came out 1700 dollars poorer for it. Subwoofer. Oh god it is loud. Clean too. Spent lots of time making this, it's a sonosub. Designed to be huge, it's large size of around 300L lets me tune it at 16hz. Tuning the sub this low pushes port noise to a frequency below the range of human hearing, and with the sonosub design I get the flat and powerful response above port tuning. The only trade off, pretty obviously, is the size. It's capable of pretty much flat 113dB from <20hz to 100hz, very rarely do I ever get that loud though. Other sonosubs that are designed for movies can go even lower, such as 110dB at 14hz with a 13hz tuning frequency. Mine can't go that far down into the sub-hearing range. Still though, it's yummy bass. Tc Sounds TC-2000 4ohm SVC 800W (can handle 1000+) Xmax 28mm one way 8" port ~300L internal volume 6' tall cardboard tube, sub is about 6 1/2' total. 22" diameter. Tuned to 18hz     Equipment. Got lucky twice on the prices for this stuff. Panasonic SA-XR55 digital reciever Bought it for $155 100Watt per channel, optical in and all those goodies. All digitial (oh so important) Buttkicker BKA1000 subwoofer amplifier Found for $150 1000 watts at 4 ohms optical connection to Asus p5b Deluxe onboard sound.  Speakers. Me and my friend built 2 pairs of these speakers. Made the boxes, modified crossover and put everything together. High efficient proaudio 10" woofer with a coaxial compression driver. They model to do 114dB flat and are an absolute a joy to listen to. insanely loud and clean and detailed and pretty much everything I'd every want in a speaker. They image very very well and are just so fun to hear. We had quite a time figuring out proper crossover design, as it was the first time for both of us. We suck at building things with wood, and painting. Eminence Beta 10CX coaxial speaker Sensitivity (1W/1m) 93.3dB Frequency Response 58Hz - 20kHz RMS Power Rating 250 Watts 10" Driver coaxial horn for screw-on compression driver Eminence PSD2002 1" 80W Compression Driver: Usable frequency range: 1.5KHz-20KHz Sensitivity (1W@1M): 105dB Eminence PXB2 1k6 2-way crossover Modified with custom 16db attenuation and also a RC zobel circuit. 40L DIY box Ported box, custom made with 3/4 MDF by me and my friend. Started with sheets of wood, ended up with shapes that are almost boxes. Slather some primer and paint on and it's good enough.      
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Overture posted:I've seen many TV stands similar to the one in this shot throughout the thread (the bottom half of it). I'm looking for something to hold my 40" LCD I just ordered, and am looking for something similar. Anything that meets the following criteria would be great: I paid $200 from American Signature Furniture for my shelf.
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King Nothing posted:This is why I got the 880, one of my coworkers has a model without rechargeable batteries and he says he has to change batteries once a week. I guess if you already have rechargeable batteries it's not too big a deal, but I don't so an integrated system was worth it to me. I've had the 550 for close to 2 months now, I use it just about everyday and have yet had to change the batteries on it.
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Pottery Barn has a lot of really nice media tables. That is if you're willing to spend the money.
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Thoogsby posted:Pottery Barn has a lot of really nice media tables. That is if you're willing to spend the money. Yup they do, I paid 1200 for mine but I love it.
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Thoogsby posted:Pottery Barn has a lot of really nice media tables. That is if you're willing to spend the money. As much as I'd love a table from Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel, I simply don't have the money to spend after purchasing the HDTV. I'm also in the middle of moving into a new apartment, so other furniture is coming first. Anyone have any recommendations for someone with a $200 budget? Should I just go to Ikea and call it a day? One of the reasons I wanted to start working on a kick rear end home theater is so I always have something I can upgrade and work on, I don't need the best of everything right now. That said, I don't want to set my $1,500 LCD on a TV stand that is going to fall apart.
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Overture posted:Anyone have any recommendations for someone with a $200 budget? Should I just go to Ikea and call it a day? Hit IKEA for sure, great furniture to upgrade upon and will cost you no more than $250, that said, make sure you buy an entertainment center with high clearences for a tall AV reciever. I made this mistake and have no room now for a nice 7.1 setup.
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Overture posted:As much as I'd love a table from Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel, I simply don't have the money to spend after purchasing the HDTV. I'm also in the middle of moving into a new apartment, so other furniture is coming first. This might sound crazy but walmart. At least over here they have a couple of very solid HDTV stands for around 150 that don't look half bad especially when you look at the cost of regular ones.
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Juriko posted:This might sound crazy but walmart. At least over here they have a couple of very solid HDTV stands for around 150 that don't look half bad especially when you look at the cost of regular ones. Wal-Mart, Target, Ikea, etc. There's no reason to spend ridiculous amounts of money on furniture when it all looks fairly similar and that money would be far better spent on awesome gear. Of course i also like minimalistic modern poo poo; if you want some giant hardwood frilly old lady furniture then it's going to cost you real money. Edit: The style i like most these days is just a simple shelfless TV stand - some nice coffee tables work really well for this - then keep all your equipment in a tall audio stand. Makes wiring a lot easier and looks nice and professional. Also keeps everything well ventilated and doesn't cause the bright lights on your stuff to draw your attention like they would if they were right below your TV. .Nathan. fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jan 28, 2008 |
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Juriko posted:Proof that if you work yourself to death you can still afford nice things while in college. That's very nice! Do you also have a low-profile couch? The TV seems to be sitting a bit low.
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Overture posted:As much as I'd love a table from Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel, I simply don't have the money to spend after purchasing the HDTV. I'm also in the middle of moving into a new apartment, so other furniture is coming first. Check out this thread here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2704224 I built my entertainment center for just under $200 (including some tools) using ideas from there, and I thought it came out pretty well. You can look at the pictures I posted on the last page.
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If I had an Ikea that wasn't in another country and 6+ hours drive away I would probably be thousands more in debt right now. Sure, you can order online, but shipping is not only almost as expensive as the item itself, but it takes a month or more to get here. I ordered my Jerker from Ikea but, as mentioned, the shipping was almost as much as the desk and it took nearly a month to get here. Early in January I wanted to order 2 bookshelves and the site said they'd be ready to ship in February, and the shipping cost would have been way too high once again so I said screw it. The closest Ikea is in Minneapolis which is 6 or 7 hours drive away. Otherwise, an Ikea in Canada is probably in Toronto, 18 hours drive away. My province is big :P ScaryFast fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Jan 29, 2008 |
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gret posted:That's very nice! Do you also have a low-profile couch? The TV seems to be sitting a bit low. The bottom of the tv is about 14.5 inches off the ground. I keep it a bit low because the projector screen is right above it, since it is a secondary set the height isn't that big of a deal. It takes a slight adjustment but it isn't fatiguing like having a tv set too high, and it is great for when you have a bunch of people over sitting on the floor gaming. The couch is fairly low to the ground too. Juriko fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Jan 29, 2008 |
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A/V newbie checking in. I am currently setting up my new TV stand, digital cable box, and cable modem so that everything is ready to go when my new LCD arrives tomorrow. Time Warner Cable gave me everything I needed, including what I thought was a proper splitter. I'm pretty sure it isn't however because I can't get the cable modem to pick up a signal at all when I use it (it works fine when it's directly connected to the main coax line coming from the wall), I've also tried both ends of the 2 way splitter. Here is a picture:  Sorry about the fuzziness, phone camera kinda sucks. The labels above the outs read (from left to right): "TO TV" and "TO AMP", and the top in reads: "POWER IN". After some googling it looks like this is an amplifier, not a 2-way splitter and the lady who handed me everything is retarded? I asked for a splitter specifically, not an AMP. Any recommendations on what I should actually go get from Radio Shack? All I want to do is connect the one COAX line coming from the wall to both my cable modem and HDTV cable receiver (and then the TV via HDMI) with minimal signal loss.
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Overture posted:Any recommendations on what I should actually go get from Radio Shack? All I want to do is connect the one COAX line coming from the wall to both my cable modem and HDTV cable receiver (and then the TV via HDMI) with minimal signal loss. Just find a cheap splitter. I am splitting off of another splitter and it does just fine. I bought a signal amplifier to see if it was any better, and all I did was waste $30. Also, I don't mean to whore, but I am selling one of my Harmony 880's in SA*Mart for $120 if anyone is interested.
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Overture posted:A/V newbie checking in. Do it list a frequency range anywhere on it? If it only goes to 900mhz than that might be your problem. Try to find one that goes up to 1000mhz
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Here's our setup. We're college students so it's nothing absolutely crazy. But I think we've done a drat good job on our little home theater. Between us we have 5.1 Terabytes of FORMATTED hard drive space. Speakers: *Left & Right - Klipsch RF-35s *Center - Originally Klipsch surround put into a self made box *Surrounds - Klipsch, not sure what they are exactly *Subwoofer - RW10D Reciever - Harman/Kardon AVR445 Sources: *HD server - Audigy 2 Platnium Pro - Optical *My computer - Audigy 2 Platnium - Digital *My roommates computer - Razer AC-1 - Optical *26" 720p Olevia Television - RCA analog  *XBox 360 - Optical
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Ah, dorms. This pic contains (more or less) everything I own that isn't clothes. The speakers are my first attempt at microbes, they came out alright, although the finish came out a lot better on my next pair.
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butterthatbacon posted:Ah, dorms. This pic contains (more or less) everything I own that isn't clothes. I have a model receiver that's similar to that. Does it have the hilarious Help/Reset button that just seems to make the display say "operating correctly now" when you press it?
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What is that keyboard and where can I get it?
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mo- posted:What is that keyboard and where can I get it? Apples bluetooth wireless keyboard. Get it online or at an apple sales place.
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grillster posted:I have a model receiver that's similar to that. Does it have the hilarious Help/Reset button that just seems to make the display say "operating correctly now" when you press it? Nah, it's got all the basic stuff you'd expect. I love this thing, cost me a whopping 35 bucks. (Technics SA-EX140 for the curious) Oh and I got the keyboard for free, and even though I love it I'm not sure if I can advocate spending 80 bucks on it. The wired version is even better, though, and 30 bucks cheaper.
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Overture posted:As much as I'd love a table from Pottery Barn or Crate and Barrel, I simply don't have the money to spend after purchasing the HDTV. I'm also in the middle of moving into a new apartment, so other furniture is coming first. I got mine from Best Buy -- I'll post pictures of the whole setup later. It's dark glass with dark cherry wood on the sides. Open back and hollow rear support beam for cable routing. Cost just about $200 IIRC. Looks drat good too. If you're in the LA area, I'm actually planning on selling it so I can get one that matches the rest of our furniture from Crate and Barrel. (To my surprise, Crate and Barrel has excellent, high quality, minimal-assembly furniture for excellent prices.)
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  Speakers - Creative Labs DTT3500 Receiver - Onkyo TX-SR505S Source - Popcorn Hour A-100 The speakers are next to be replaced, they are pretty terrible.
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The Jizzer posted:I got mine from Best Buy -- I'll post pictures of the whole setup later. It's dark glass with dark cherry wood on the sides. Open back and hollow rear support beam for cable routing. Cost just about $200 IIRC. Looks drat good too. I think i have the same one as you, it was $252 but you can use any number of 10 and 12% bestbuy coupons floating around the internet.
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butterthatbacon posted:Nah, it's got all the basic stuff you'd expect. I love this thing, cost me a whopping 35 bucks. (Technics SA-EX140 for the curious) I got the same receiver on Craigslist for the same price for my computer speakers. What are the odds?
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