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I want to setup a system in my den but my wiring situation is complicated. Basically I can't rip up the carpet or drill and the GF doesn't want any visible wires. So I'm kind of compromising by planning a 3.1 setup which will be a lot more hassle free and I can build a proper home theater room later on. Is this going to present any problems or will my receiver just gracefully do it's thing? Like what happens if I'm watching a 5.1 source? Do I just lose the surrounds or will the receiver mix the audio into the fronts/center?
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As long as you declare it properly to the official then I think at worst you would have to pay the HST on the item. There are rates on the official customs site for various types of items. I was looking at a TV and the difference basically amounted to what the tax would have been so I still ended up saving something ridiculous like $500 just buying it in the US. I used US Address Inc to hold the item for me.
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Feb 28, 2011 21:39
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The Flying Milton posted:This thread has created a monster. My CS2 is now on the way. Yumm center channel goodness. It's a great budget center channel, I got mine on sale for like $89 with free shipping and I've been very happy with it. It's bloody huge though, make sure your stand/media center can fit it. After doing the "build in parts" approach for my home theater setup, I wish I had bought the center channel along with the towers instead of a sub first.
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Oct 15, 2011 16:57
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If you can wait a bit Visions.ca usually has free shipping and good speaker sales at the end of December and early January. I grabbed a whole bunch of Polk Audio stuff from them last year at absurd prices - CS2 center channel for $80, TSi 400's L/R for $200 and an Onkyo receiver for about $200. It's not Kef or Energy gear but it's decent entry level stuff that's a definite step up from HTIB crap.
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Dec 21, 2011 20:31
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That Infinity package is really nice for $400. Dude is out in Welland near me and that's damned tempting.
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Dec 22, 2011 04:06
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eightysixed posted:21" Yeah it's pretty damned big, takes up most of the space on the middle layer in my stand. That said it's an excellent value, I think I got mine for something like $90 shipped last year.
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Need some recommendations for a basic 5.1+ capable home theater receiver with 4-5 HDMI inputs. Also I'd like the ability to rename the inputs on its display instead of using silly preset names like GAME or whatever. My old receiver is an Onkyo TX-SR519 or something along those lines, it had a problem with HDMI handshaking sometimes which would result in video with no audio so I'd like to avoid that if its still plaguing their product lines. It also had this strange thing where it would do a very audible click when changing sound formats, is that a thing they all do? I don't know much about receivers. If it has Audyssey setup or something like that would be great too. One other question, I am moving my home theater stuff to the basement to do a proper mancave. Unfortunately space is a bit more constrained and there isn't room behind the couch for rear speakers. I could do them to either side of the couch instead. Also wiring would be a huge pain in the rear end, are wireless rear speakers a thing yet or is it still an expensive pipedream? I am not really sure where to put the sub too, the A/V stand is tempered glass and out of room anyway.
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Dec 12, 2013 16:57
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:
I ran a 3.0 setup for a few years until we got a new house with a proper mancave. I actually preferred it to my old 2 speaker setup, having a dedicated center channel with adjustable volume is great and it felt much easier to decipher dialogue during action sequences. I picked up the center channel because my eventual goal was a 5.1+ setup anyway though. I've never tried the night mode stuff on newer receivers so no idea if it works as well.
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