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Got my receiver switched out yesterday - replaced a 6 yr old Onkyo with the Denon AVR-X4000 pushing a set of Axiom Grand Master speakers - minus the sub - found these on Craigslist and the guy was unwilling to part with the sub - so still need to upgrade mine. ('Twas all I could do to talk the wife into the Denon.)
Gotta say, in my room, the new Audyssey XT32 worked a treat. Definitely getting much better center channel clarity and surround definition at low volumes on just regular old OTA content - even the wife could tell the diff.
Planning on experimenting with some B-Rs and online streaming content today at reference level.
Still need to play with the sub - think the Audyssey set the crossover too low for the L/R mains.
Although, some Steely Dan in 2.1 just via Rdio sounds pretty darn good.
Went ahead and added a 10 outlet AVR (auto voltage regulator) / battery backup and an 8 port ethernet switch in the mix while I was at it. I miss counted - omg, 10 outlets weren't enough - they're all in use and my computer isn't connected.
Hadn't worked on the system for awhile - forgot what a job it is to setup all this stuff - think it took 4-5 hours so far.
The work has only begun as I also got 200' of 12 AWG CL2 (in wall rated) speaker wire to change out all the existing - just used some regular 10-12 AWG I had on hand when I ran all of it. Alas, another day - not today. And need to get my front height speakers set up.
Gotta say, in my room, the new Audyssey XT32 worked a treat. Definitely getting much better center channel clarity and surround definition at low volumes on just regular old OTA content - even the wife could tell the diff.
Planning on experimenting with some B-Rs and online streaming content today at reference level.
Still need to play with the sub - think the Audyssey set the crossover too low for the L/R mains.
Although, some Steely Dan in 2.1 just via Rdio sounds pretty darn good.
Went ahead and added a 10 outlet AVR (auto voltage regulator) / battery backup and an 8 port ethernet switch in the mix while I was at it. I miss counted - omg, 10 outlets weren't enough - they're all in use and my computer isn't connected.
Hadn't worked on the system for awhile - forgot what a job it is to setup all this stuff - think it took 4-5 hours so far.
The work has only begun as I also got 200' of 12 AWG CL2 (in wall rated) speaker wire to change out all the existing - just used some regular 10-12 AWG I had on hand when I ran all of it. Alas, another day - not today. And need to get my front height speakers set up.