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You will NOT ever feel the need to upgrade this once set up right!
Clearly you are!
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They had a deal with Monster and wired speakers using their wire, until Monster starting selling speakers (as I recall) and the deal went sour.
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Wow... just wow.
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Loved Noah Jones and Holly Cole when they still did jazz.
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Mine says... EDIT: Forum Ultra Veteran. Posting to find out also increases my post count and gets me closer to the next level.
Edit2: Turbox, I'll trade you your Jubs for my KHorns and my Ultra title.
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If best is that works with one particular set-up, then why don't you judge until you've heard it on a number of systems and/or locations?
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In spite of how great a bargain the F5300 is, I splurged on the F8500.
Should be delivered early next week.
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Well, I went to the store. They had the 60F5300 in one room connected to a cable provider and a smaller 51F8500 in another room connected to Bell Satellite, making it hard to compare. All their sets are out of the box and not calibrated (not likely not using a movie mode). Both images looked good to me, with good blacks, so I am not really much closer to deciding. I did like the brushed metal finish of the F8500.
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You are both right! The F5300 is the sensible choice and best bang for the buck at C$900, and the F8500 is one of the last flagship plasmas one can buy, and they are at a liquidation price at C$1800. I'll go to the store tomorrow to see if they have any of them to actually see in person. I don't need light canon output, given that there are no windows on the HT room. So the F8500 would really get me color accuracy and better blacks. It's also 3D. I likely wouldn't use its smart TV features since I'd have to run audio back to the receiver in the back of the room if I did. I use a blu-ray player for netflix.
Thanks guys!
Interesting perspective from AVS as well:
Samsung PN60F5300 for C$900 (with 50 montly no interest payments) Samsung PN60F8500 for C$1800 (with 50 montly no interest payments) Samsung PN64F5300 for C$1940The obvious best "bang for the buck" of your choices is the PN60F5300 for $900.00. Then to get the PN64F5300 it takes another $1040.00 to get 4 more inches? Something is not right there.
Of course the overall best picture will the the 8500 but not double the picture quality of the 5300.
Bill
I have the 64" 8500, and I can say it's one of the nicest tv's I've owned. Awesome inky blacks and can get really bright for a plasma. Just got it calibrated and I've been in heaven. If you have the means, it would be a good idea to get one of the last great plasma tvs.
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BTW, the Samsung PN60F8500 for C$1800 is a liquidation price, down from... C$3300!! (Best Buy lists it for C$3000)
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One thing for sure, buy the 2014 model of whatever you get. Smart TV's have little computers in them, and a year difference can make a huge difference in load times for Netflix and Vudu, etc. I bought a 60" LG at HH Gregg a month ago, and the sales guy was pushing other TV's. I saw a big New for 2014 sign over this LG, and when I checked it out, it was miles above the others, and it loads extremely fast.
Here is a good 2014 Samsung model to look at: Samsung UN65H7150. It's 2 grand. 2,200 canadian
The 60" version of this TV is 1,599 usd, and 1,761 CD. This is comparable to the LG I bought and love.
TV are much more expensive in Canada. The UN65H7150 is C$2,739
People say plasma are way better but I must admit that the C$1000 Sony LED 55-inch I got last years for my teenagers' room looks almost 3D'ish in realism, so maybe I am not so picky?
Going cheaper to buy in a few years won't happen; my wife would freak out. Plus 1080p is fine at this size. I'll go 4K on the projector!
The F8500 is the 2013 Samsung flagship and has great reviews. The F5300 is a budget set with great performance for its price class. Decisions, decisions! Guess I'll go check them out. But with my luck they won't have them on the floor...
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Sure, but within the parameters of my question?
From what I understand, plasma is better suited than LED from my application (not ambient light; glare not a concern).
Plasma are on the way out, so now is the time to buy them. OLED sets are waay out of my budget.
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Hi all,
In Canada, I can locally get:
Samsung PN60F5300 for C$900 (with 50 montly no interest payments)
Samsung PN60F8500 for C$1800 (with 50 montly no interest payments)
Samsung PN64F5300 for C$1940
I haven't even seen them yet. The room is light-controlled (no windows) and seating has no wide angles. This is for TV as I project onto 120" for movies.
I wanted big (around 65-inch) but the quality difference from F5300 to F8500 might be worth downgrading in size a bit?
OTOH, if I go 60-inch is the F8500 really worth double the price of the F5300?
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Others managed to do without implying other people are fools not worthy of being called audiophiles.
Not what I said at all. I said relying on measurements instead of listening is a fools journey, the implication is totally fabricated on your part. My statements are only an opinion, I'm sure Thebes is a big boy and can take a contrary opinion without thinking I'm making a personal attack .
When on a forum, you are in fact addressing not just Thebes, but everyone; otherwise use PM. If you are sure that your comments could not possibly be read as confrontational by anyone on the forum, then at least I have done my bit to tell you that you are wrong about that. You are free to do what you want with that piece of information.
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Others managed to do without implying other people are fools not worthy of being called audiophiles.
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I was thinking about maybe getting another set of heresys and putting them on stands for the rears (in place of the rb61ii). Any thoughts on how they would mix? I guess I could bring mine down and try it out. But Im going to have to tweak the stands to fit them. Might just be cheaper to get new pro speakers.
I do the reverse and have Heresy II on the sides and pro as rears. Works for me.
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Save your money for things that will improve the sound, not simply change it.
Thebes, Every change you make to your system changes the sound. It's up to the listener to determine if the change was for the better or not. We are not listening to measurements and if you are, you are on a fools journey. For most people here standard stranded zip cord (say that fast three times) is their reference standard, it's just not my reference standard, nor the choice of many audiophiles.
You get my vote for the most confrontational post of the thread! It's a good thing that a flame war didn't ensue.
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Test to see if my post count increases from 12,050
Ouch, you dropped to well under 10000 with the new count!
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The K43 woofer handles 200W instead of the K33 100W; it's huge in comparison. It doesn't go as low but that doesn't change much of anything in a La Scala. The other drivers are the same as in a standard La Scala. Great for HT!
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So far the THX KL650 is the most impressive center I have heard. Next step up would be pro cinema gear 100%
Better than a La Scala then?
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Since this is HT, you gotta have it for the voice channel. I had PWK's resistor box for 30 years with a Khorn and LaScala center, which allows for wide wall spacing. Under 12 feet, you don't need it. Over 15 you do.
Gotta disagree with the spacing. I get fantastic imaging with KHorns 18 to 20 feet apart.
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Got it! Called Customer Service, they are replacing the open-box speaker. Provided a pre-paid label. All is good.
Thank you all!
Since they are not replacing the pair, I'd simply ask for a discount and keep the near-consecutive numbers
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The RF-7 ii have dual binding posts so have the 977 connected to one and the 757 connected to the other (60w from the 757 and 140w from the 977, so a 200w total)?
Is this possible? The 757 would just pass the signal via pre-out to the 977 but still apply amplification to the output terminal. So that way I am not really wasting the 757's power, but making use the 60w it offers in conjunction with the 977's 140w.
Maybe I have it all wrong so thought I would ask here.
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Actually I just flicked through the NAD manual and it says never connect both the speaker output terminal and an external pre-out power amplifier to the same set of speaker terminals. So bad idea I guess.
Right. There's no way that they would output the same voltage and you would end up feeding current into the 977 from the 757 or from the 977 into to 757, depending on gain.
BTW, your NAD handles low impedance well and do do as well as an outboard amp with the RF7.
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Since you already have the La Scala, I would start with a horn-loaded sub (or two) if you have the room for it (or them).
Samsung plasma PN64F5300 vs PN60F5300 vs PN60F8500
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Samsung 60F8500 it is! Fantastic picture on this thing. It's as good as reviews say it is.