Remi M.
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Are there any good froms like head-fi for Home Theater Receivers and such?
Forum like this for Home Theater?
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ooheadsoo
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For digital receivers, try audiocircle. For conventional receivers, try avsforum.com. I think there's also hometheaterforum.com and hometheaterspot.com but I didn't double check.
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I used to go to audioreview.com there used to be a bunch of really knowledgeable people there. If richardgreene and RGA are still there than they could help you out with just about any question you have. Richard knows so much about acoustics and subwoofers its crazy. I think they both also frequent audioasylum, but I find the asylum to be a bit cumbersome.
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AVS forum is indeed a great source for that kind of information.
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ecoustics.com?
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avforums.com is what got me over here and it has been useful to me.
Post your question/problem here we may be able to help.
Post your question/problem here we may be able to help.
Remi M.
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Thanks for all the links guys. I'l sing up for a few of them.
Ok here is my setup.
Computer as source
I have a Nforce2 chipset mobo, I like it because it's the only one capable of encoding in dolby digital. But I am getting a Chaintech AV-710 for headphone use and for media already encoded (DVD's)
This source is connected to a Technics receiver and DSP with a SPDIF Coaxial
The DSP is a Technics SH-AC500D and the Receiver is a Technics SA-AX6.
The speakers are:
Fronts Paradigm Monitor 9's biwired
Center Paradigm CC-370
Rears Paradigm ADP-370
I will be buying a subwoofer in the summer when I move to a new house.
I have Audio-Technica Ath-A900 headphones on order.
I use this setup for everything. Watching DVD's on a 21" monitor (yes it's a small screen but the monitor quality is superb)
Listening to music. I listen to allot of different types of music but if I had to pick one it would be rock (Radiohead, NIN, Pink floyd, Massive Atack, Tool.....) All stored at 320bit rate
I use it also for PC gaming.
I no longer care about how laud a system can be or how earth shattering the bass can be. I'm more concerned with detail, clarity in the highs mids and lows. At all volumes (but mostly medium volume levels) and without sacrificing anything.
In the future (1 year) I may move this system to a dedicated theater room and get a different sound system just for gaming/music. But thats a big maybe.
Anyway, enough rambling and to the point. I want to replace the DSP and Receiver with something better. My biggest problem with the system is the baseline hiss. The noise comming from the speakers when the volume is turned up but without media playing. This is heard the most, and is most annoying on the headphone jack which I use about a third of the time. I researched AC conditioners, ferrite cylinders for power cords, dedicated headphone amps. After a little more research I found out that this probllem is perticular to this receiver model's 6ch input.
So what I'm asking is. What receiver should I replace mine with?
I am willing the spend the money on this. But the one thing I do not want to spend money on is gadgets that seem cool at the time of purchase, but you never use (virtual surround presets and such). I want to get the best receiver at that magic point where anything more expencive is vastly diminishing returns. Spending double the amount for a %5 gain, or for status.
With the limited research I'v done I kind of like the Yamaha RXV2500. I like the ideo of "YPAO" but is this just a gadget again? In the past I would have just bought this receiver. But I really want to make a good purchase here, I'm going to be spending allot of time with the result of this decision.
Or am I going about this all wrong? and should concentrate on a totaly different aspect of the system.
Any advice would be apreciated
Ok here is my setup.
Computer as source
I have a Nforce2 chipset mobo, I like it because it's the only one capable of encoding in dolby digital. But I am getting a Chaintech AV-710 for headphone use and for media already encoded (DVD's)
This source is connected to a Technics receiver and DSP with a SPDIF Coaxial
The DSP is a Technics SH-AC500D and the Receiver is a Technics SA-AX6.
The speakers are:
Fronts Paradigm Monitor 9's biwired
Center Paradigm CC-370
Rears Paradigm ADP-370
I will be buying a subwoofer in the summer when I move to a new house.
I have Audio-Technica Ath-A900 headphones on order.
I use this setup for everything. Watching DVD's on a 21" monitor (yes it's a small screen but the monitor quality is superb)
Listening to music. I listen to allot of different types of music but if I had to pick one it would be rock (Radiohead, NIN, Pink floyd, Massive Atack, Tool.....) All stored at 320bit rate
I use it also for PC gaming.
I no longer care about how laud a system can be or how earth shattering the bass can be. I'm more concerned with detail, clarity in the highs mids and lows. At all volumes (but mostly medium volume levels) and without sacrificing anything.
In the future (1 year) I may move this system to a dedicated theater room and get a different sound system just for gaming/music. But thats a big maybe.
Anyway, enough rambling and to the point. I want to replace the DSP and Receiver with something better. My biggest problem with the system is the baseline hiss. The noise comming from the speakers when the volume is turned up but without media playing. This is heard the most, and is most annoying on the headphone jack which I use about a third of the time. I researched AC conditioners, ferrite cylinders for power cords, dedicated headphone amps. After a little more research I found out that this probllem is perticular to this receiver model's 6ch input.
So what I'm asking is. What receiver should I replace mine with?
I am willing the spend the money on this. But the one thing I do not want to spend money on is gadgets that seem cool at the time of purchase, but you never use (virtual surround presets and such). I want to get the best receiver at that magic point where anything more expencive is vastly diminishing returns. Spending double the amount for a %5 gain, or for status.
With the limited research I'v done I kind of like the Yamaha RXV2500. I like the ideo of "YPAO" but is this just a gadget again? In the past I would have just bought this receiver. But I really want to make a good purchase here, I'm going to be spending allot of time with the result of this decision.
Or am I going about this all wrong? and should concentrate on a totaly different aspect of the system.
Any advice would be apreciated
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