OT: Murphy's Law?

Tony Hwang · 2013-11-29T06:14:50+00:00

Hmmm, It seem to happen every holiday season. Major cause of expenditure occurs. This time it is Denon AVR 988 AV RX on my HT system. After a few years good service it is dying(burning smell). Good excuse.... Time to replace it w/ better, newer 3D, UHD handling unit and throw in a UHD monitor as a bonus. Time to break secret piggy bank, LOL! Better half just returned home from holiday shopping back home(in Seoul) Now my turn to shop... Busy tonight checking things out to decide, pick and choose.

Nov 29, 2013 43 Replies

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Nate Nagel 12 years ago

For reasonably priced (well, sort of) AVRs I liked the sound on the Marantz units the best. Yes, I know they're the same company as Denon, but I could hear a difference. Is it more accurate or colored to just sound better? who knows...

I still haven't bought one yet, just can't justify spending the money unless I can find someone to pawn my old Pioneer unit off on. It works, but it's got a weird glitch where the colors go all weird when the cable box switches resolutions. Seems that I have to pay at least $6-700 to get something that really feels like an upgrade though.

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hah 12 years ago

An amp so powerful it needs a oil-filled heatsink?

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hah 12 years ago

"fecesious"? Anything like "s***ty"?

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Stormin Mormon 12 years ago

Someone's full of it!

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krw 12 years ago

Well, we used to cool computers with water (and the water with a large river). ;-) You never know what phoolery audiophools will come up with.

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Tony Hwang 12 years ago

Hi, For an example there is headphones costing 10K. I always go for best value for bang with models straddling mid to bottom upper level quality. Some builds concrete bunker for subwoofer. Some still loves only tube amps.

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krw 12 years ago

Monster cable. Hell, Monster anything. The $50 HDMI cables are pretty funny, though. Anything to separate fools from their money.

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The Daring Dufas 12 years ago

But Monster uses fancy cloth braid coverings on their cables or more expensive materials like matched hand rubbed walnut wood housings on the cable ends much like a Rolls Royce. ^_^

TDD

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krw 12 years ago

...and a whole fleet of attorneys.

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The Daring Dufas 12 years ago

We can't have a "White Friday" because that would be racist. o_O

TDD

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Ed Pawlowski 12 years ago

Stereo Review magazine did a blind test on speaker wire some years ago. Monster cable came in behind lamp cord.

You can get HDMI cables from Amazon for $3.

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krw 12 years ago

Exactly.

Sure, and if you just have to have one today, they can be had for $6 at HomeDepot.

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Tony Hwang 12 years ago

Hi, Another side of human nature. Placebo effect that is. I needed few more banana plugs to make simple connections to speakers. In a hurry went to a RS, lowest priced Monster brand was 24.00 for 2 pairs. I did not buy it. Came home ordered 6 gold plated all metal pairs for 15.00 with free shipping. In two days it was delivered.

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krw 12 years ago

Did you have a point? Some have more money than patience. You're going to pay through the nose for pretty much anything at RadioShaft. You don't have to wait a week for it, though. Monster is a whole different kettle of rotten fish.

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