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Re: Av REceiver and Speaker help

WLL — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:11:48 GMT

Andrew,

You sound like you are doing what I just finished doing...upgrading your overall surround sound system. I am not a tech guy, but my daughter and her friends think I am because I study every detail. I just purchased the Onkyo TX-SR 706, which is very similar to the 607. I too had an old Sony surround system, which I debated about whether to replace. Replacing the receiver made all of the difference in the world in regard to sound. It is your engine, so to speak. A huge difference. Night and day. I now am able to hear small drops of water. My speakers are all Bose including the center channel and sub and I have a 50" Panasonic Plasma and Blu-ray DVD. I am also thinking about adding a powered sub someday in addition to the Bose sub, which takes the base out of the front speakers. The house now shakes. Even my non-techie wife can tell the huge difference.

My suggestion is to start with buying the new receiver and hooking it all up, whether you go with the Onkyo, Pioneer or say a Denon. You will be surprised how much better everything sounds. It blew me away. Then you can decide on the sub. You want to make sure all of your speakers and the sub match up well, but you probably know that already. With the Onkyo, you can select different listening modes to fill the room how you like it best depending on the music, movie, ipod, etc. The sound setting for movies/tv can be set differently from sound from a CD, ipod, etc. where your center channel is practically by-passed. If you watch a DVD, you will soon see that most of the sound will come from the center speaker and the front left and right speakers provide additional sound effects, music soundtracks, etc. The back speakers will give that surround effect if the movies has action going over head. The flexibility of the Onkyo listening modes is nice and allows you to customize your sound on what you like best depending on the source. The Onkyo customer service was very helpful too with some ideas.

Have fun and good luck!

Larry from Dallas

Three products that do more than just look good

Amanda — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:44:00 GMT

Getting hands-on time with cool new products is one of the perks of working here at Crutchfield. And being the home video producer, I've seen a lot of gear pass before our camera lens. So I thought I'd share three products that made me say "wow" as we got them ready for their close up.

1. Yamaha's RX-V3800 (right) is a beautiful receiver. It's not often one can say that -- even powerful, feature-rich receivers can look pretty plain Jane. But after we'd unpacked the 'V3800 for the shoot, we all stood around, leaning over to be level with the faceplate, commenting on how clean and smooth and sleek it looked. I love our images online, but they can't really do it justice. And as you can see from our RX-V3800 video, it's quite a capable receiver as well.

2. Bose® Lifestyle® V20 and V30 home theater systems (left) include darn near everything you'll need in the box -- including two high-def-capable cables: component video and HDMI. Not to mention speaker cable and an automatic speaker calibration system. It's rare that pre-matched systems like these come this complete, so kudos. And it gave us a lot to talk about in the video for the Lifestyle V20 and V30 systems.

3. The Olympus 850 SW digital camera (right) is one rugged outdoor camera. If you like to go to the beach, enjoy hiking or camping, go sledding, ski, or otherwise play outside, this camera's right up your alley. It's really just too cool -- waterproof, dustproof, and it keeps working down to temperatures of 14°. From a video standpoint, I loved it. It's available in some nice bold colors -- the bright canary yellow of the model we used in the video really popped -- even under water in a fishbowl.

Re: Popping Noice from Home Theater Receiver

Paul — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:35:34 GMT

Given the testing that you have done, it very well could be the receiver. However, I know that Bose Acoustimass systems have the bass module that the speakers run into. If you have one of these systems as your theater system, then it could be the bass module. You may want to try connecting the left surround speaker into a different channel to see if you still have the issue. If you do not have a Bose Acoustimass system, then it is most likely the receiver going bad.

Anyone have other ideas?