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#41
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Don't tell me you were going to blow big $$ for a receiver. Some of the pro line receivers go on sale for 3 bills that do multi zone. But I'd save my coin and just do a pimp 2 channel amp for the outside speakers. You could do a killer budget home theater for less than 1k.
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Monoprice is okay but htib is bullshhizz..
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Still haven't gotten any pictures of my setup. This is what I have for my fronts:
Center:
And rears:
We watched Kingsman this weekend (great movie, really enjoyed it) and sound was much improved. The dialogue really was much clearer and easier to hear then previous speakers. The center channel is 8.3"h x 24.8"w x 11.9"d with 6.5" drivers with KEF's Uni-Q Array. I really wanted the R series but just couldn't afford them, they are quite a bit more. Still could use the new subs, but will wait a couple months. I think I am set on the Sunfire SDS10's. Affordable and produce a great sounding clean bass.
Center:
And rears:
We watched Kingsman this weekend (great movie, really enjoyed it) and sound was much improved. The dialogue really was much clearer and easier to hear then previous speakers. The center channel is 8.3"h x 24.8"w x 11.9"d with 6.5" drivers with KEF's Uni-Q Array. I really wanted the R series but just couldn't afford them, they are quite a bit more. Still could use the new subs, but will wait a couple months. I think I am set on the Sunfire SDS10's. Affordable and produce a great sounding clean bass.
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Hate you..
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Those are sick
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And Audi is a supplier, so pretty sure he got those for cost
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Ok, so I'm going to try to explain this as clear as possible.
Hooked up my receiver tonight. The way they wired it is pretty strange, anyway all speakers work. Excellent.. Time to buy the rest BUT my Zone 2 that I wanted to use for the outside speakers I don't think I am able to.
Newb here..... Do I need an additional amp to run the zone 2 feature?
Also, the back of my receiver has outputs for Zone 2, but for my speakers outside they need speaker wire... So do they make RCA cables that have "speaker wire" at the end of it?
Hopefully that makes since. The blu-ray gave me some issues with the volume not working but now it seems to be fine. I'm just disappointed about the Zone 2, because now if I want to watch a movie, my speakers outside are on unless I unplug the wire from the back of the receiver.
Hooked up my receiver tonight. The way they wired it is pretty strange, anyway all speakers work. Excellent.. Time to buy the rest BUT my Zone 2 that I wanted to use for the outside speakers I don't think I am able to.
Newb here..... Do I need an additional amp to run the zone 2 feature?
Also, the back of my receiver has outputs for Zone 2, but for my speakers outside they need speaker wire... So do they make RCA cables that have "speaker wire" at the end of it?
Hopefully that makes since. The blu-ray gave me some issues with the volume not working but now it seems to be fine. I'm just disappointed about the Zone 2, because now if I want to watch a movie, my speakers outside are on unless I unplug the wire from the back of the receiver.
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Ok, so I'm going to try to explain this as clear as possible.
Hooked up my receiver tonight. The way they wired it is pretty strange, anyway all speakers work. Excellent.. Time to buy the rest BUT my Zone 2 that I wanted to use for the outside speakers I don't think I am able to.
Newb here..... Do I need an additional amp to run the zone 2 feature?
Also, the back of my receiver has outputs for Zone 2, but for my speakers outside they need speaker wire... So do they make RCA cables that have "speaker wire" at the end of it?
Hopefully that makes since. The blu-ray gave me some issues with the volume not working but now it seems to be fine. I'm just disappointed about the Zone 2, because now if I want to watch a movie, my speakers outside are on unless I unplug the wire from the back of the receiver.
Hooked up my receiver tonight. The way they wired it is pretty strange, anyway all speakers work. Excellent.. Time to buy the rest BUT my Zone 2 that I wanted to use for the outside speakers I don't think I am able to.
Newb here..... Do I need an additional amp to run the zone 2 feature?
Also, the back of my receiver has outputs for Zone 2, but for my speakers outside they need speaker wire... So do they make RCA cables that have "speaker wire" at the end of it?
Hopefully that makes since. The blu-ray gave me some issues with the volume not working but now it seems to be fine. I'm just disappointed about the Zone 2, because now if I want to watch a movie, my speakers outside are on unless I unplug the wire from the back of the receiver.
If you have a 7.1 setup and again, no zone2 terminals, but it has zone2 preouts, then you will need an external amp for the zone2 speakers.
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Ordered a pair of these puppies for my rear channels to compliment the JBL Studio towers
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^ I bought my tower speakers from my buddy after his dad passed away. I had no intention of upgrading but he pulled the "My dad would have wanted you to have them" stuff on me. The Polks are my bday present to myself
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So picked up some free speakers over the weekend. They may or may not work. I will be checking the OHM load and then testing them out over the weekend. They were from my parents house when the had pipes burst. The 9in ones definitely got wet and the 6in ones might have. The insurance company deemed them needing to be replaced because they were both in rooms that pretty much had to be completely torn down drywall and all during the rebuild.
Definitive Technology UIW 94/A - UIW 94/A | Definitive Technology®
Definitive Technology UIW 64/A - UIW 64/A | Definitive Technology®
Whichever set shows as working will replace my in ceiling rears of my living room home theater system so I can get rid of the current $60 crappy speakers that were put in when the previous owners built the house.
Definitive Technology UIW 94/A - UIW 94/A | Definitive Technology®
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Whichever set shows as working will replace my in ceiling rears of my living room home theater system so I can get rid of the current $60 crappy speakers that were put in when the previous owners built the house.
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My Polk rears are out for delivery :gheywave:
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Got the Polks last night and hooked them up, they sound great, but I definitely am going to need a better receiver to power all these monster speakers. That's next on the list, I also want something with wifi and bluetooth capabilities. I took a little side by side of the old speakers that are going down in the man cave and the new Polks. These things are far bigger than I expected.
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I think are just a tad bigger. Glad to hear they sound much better too.
Want to buy my Yamaha RX-1040. I want the 1050 for a whole one new feature crazy right.
Want to buy my Yamaha RX-1040. I want the 1050 for a whole one new feature crazy right.
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Looks like a nice unit, do you have the bluetooth adapter?
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I do not have the Bluetooth adapter for it.
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Got the Polks last night and hooked them up, they sound great, but I definitely am going to need a better receiver to power all these monster speakers. That's next on the list, I also want something with wifi and bluetooth capabilities. I took a little side by side of the old speakers that are going down in the man cave and the new Polks. These things are far bigger than I expected.
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For the tiny room they're in, they're more than enough
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Look who's back!
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So I got the surround sound all hooked up to the old Pioneer, and it sounds AMAZING, however the powered sub doesn't seem to be getting any signal. Going to have to mess with it some more. During American Sniper, the sub would shut off completely on Auto.
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Auto.. leave that shit on 25/8
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So can you read the Ohm load of a speaker with a multimeter? I am trying to figure out for sure if the speakers I got from my parents house that were replaced by the insurance company are still good or not.
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You should be able to get a reading to at least tell you if it's shorted (zero ohm) or blown (open). To check the actual impedance, you might need to remove the speaker from the housing and have it facing up.
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I figured it out, since I changed all the front speakers to "Large" to enable the tower feature, all the bass and LFE was getting sent to the tower 12's exclusively, so I did some research and found out that the Sub setting had to be adjusted to plus so that it was getting low end frequencies as well.
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I don't want to harm my amp but I would really like to use the def tech speakers instead of the cheap $30 chinese ones that are currently in my ceiling.
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