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| Thread ID: 129756 | 2013-03-10 23:47:00 | Cheap Pioneer Home Theatre amps at the Warehouse Today. | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1332146 | 2013-03-10 23:47:00 | www.thewarehouse.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1332147 | 2013-03-11 00:23:00 | That's what I'd spend my money on. IF I HAD ANY! |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1332148 | 2013-03-11 00:47:00 | Nice, that's not a bad deal! :) I've had no end of problems with the two different model Onkyo receivers I've bought. Stupid little things that just *really* shouldn't happen, so I wouldn't go with that brand again personally, though the Android app is cool! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1332149 | 2013-03-11 00:59:00 | I have an Onkyo 7.1 receiver which I have had for 2 years and have had no problems. They get good reviews. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1332150 | 2013-03-11 01:17:00 | That's very nice... I've got a cheap Onkyo receiver, doesn't even have HDMI but I love it. I helped setup a mega buck Pioneer Receiver with iPad control, universal touch screen remotes, multi location IR extenders, 4 zone, etc etc. Very cool bit of equipment, not half complicated though! I love gadgets but even I was getting a little confused with it all haha. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1332151 | 2013-03-11 01:35:00 | Forget the cheap rubbish you get at JB, warehouse etc... go to AV World and get yourself some decent kit. The Marantz receiver is the bizzo!! | Disco_Dan (16576) | ||
| 1332152 | 2013-03-11 02:03:00 | Oh? Which Marantz would you suggest Disco_Dan? I had the TX-NR609 but it would do things like drop power cycle itself, as though it thought the HDMI wasn't sending a signal. That got "repaired" but it didn't fix it, and there was another issue as well but I forget. So they replaced that with the TX-NR515 which now does stupid things like: Sometimes the video has a strong green tinge to it Sometimes the remote (Both IR and Network) stop responding Sometimes it hangs and won't change inputs So yeah ... Updated firmware a to the absolute latest and stuff, it's good fun :p But yeah I definitely like them, and the functionality otherwise, aside from the silly little issues like that :-/ |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1332153 | 2013-03-11 02:08:00 | If I had loads of money I'd *love* to get in on something like what wratterus described. I wouldn't describe myself as an audiophile by a long shot, but I really enjoy listening to the sound of good music over good speakers and amps. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1332154 | 2013-03-11 02:27:00 | Pioneer isn't an especially high end brand though is it ? I've always considered in the same vein as Sony etc as a mainstream mid-range brand and at those prices don't consider it particularly cheap. But then I was going to say how my Onkyo was cheaper and I'm really happy with it until Chill's comments gave me reason to wonder. Then thinking about it Mine did annoy me by shutting itself off when there's no picture for a while, but I found a setting somewhere that turns that off. Then recently I was thinking there was something wrong with my left rear speaker and checked all the levels to discover the setup wizard thingy with the microphone had set that channel about 6dB lower than the rest and there was quite a variation among the others as well. It's maybe not perfect but I've set them all the same and it sounds better to me. Might have to research how to do it manually. Having said all that though, the Onkyo sounds a lot better than the Sony it replaced which was a much more expensive unit - although to be fair it was pretty old and pre-dated HDMI. I'd love some high end equipment as well but it just costs a fortune. You can't stop at the amp - then you need a quality set of speakers, a decent sound source, and to really get it right you need to tune the room and speakers to each other... For most of us a good mid price receiver and a reasonable set of speakers is a good compromise - and better than an all in one home theatre with plastic speakers a lot of people seem to favour. I have an Onkyo amp and wharfedale diamond 9 series 5.1 speakers and while it might not be high end I love it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1332155 | 2013-03-11 03:02:00 | I use to belong to an audio club and have heard systems from as little as a couple of thousand $ to systems up in the $50,000 mark. Does a $50,000 system sound $48,000 better than the cheaper system. The answer too that is no. :) |
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