Allen O

One I was never bashing Denon: I know as well as anyone that if you are looking for premium sounding audio, Denon, Marantz, they are two of the best. But I too work at a retail audio sales place (BestBuy), and have worked with the Magnolia side as well. Any benefits you gain from exotic, overpriced cabling really is minimal. And from one Blu-Ray player to another, barring any special processing, there won't be a difference. Now on upconverting I do agree that some players do it better than others, some in fact are far better than others. But for the average consumer, or even the above average, the difference will be minimal. Now at the 100" size yes you will start noticing a a difference, but then again, I think a customer who can afford a decent projection screen and a 1080p projector, in addition to a room with proper seating distance and speaker setup, would not have the $1000 limit our OP does. Hey if you have the money, price is not a concern anyway. All I am saying is that for the vast majority of consumers, the Denon Blu-Ray player or expensive upconvert player will not show much of a difference.

To whom ever it was I just read that said you needed a $2000 Denon Blu-Ray Player to get HDMI 1.3, you are a moron. The Sony Playstation 3 uses HDMI 1.3 and supports DTS-HD and Dolby TruHD. I know because I am using it now. Also Panasonic's DMP-BD10AK has HDMI 1.3 and it too supports those formats: any HDMI 1.3 device does support DTS-HD and Dolby TruHD. Iam also using a Pioneer Elite VSX-91TXH receiver, which can be had for $1000. And in the past I have worked with people who have tried to find a difference between the High Dollar Denon or Pioneer Elite players and simpler DVD and BD Players. Other than support for super audio CD or a few other formats, you really do not gain much by using a more expensive Denon or Pioneer Elite Player over cheaper ones. Remember, we are dealing with a digital, not an analog signal over HDMI. More expensive cables or more expensive players do not change that. Unless you are a really niche audio or video person, you do not need the expensive stuff. And you certainly never need to purchase expensive HDMI cables over cheaper ones. A good example is a customer I dealt with earlier this month. He was using a $1000 BDP-94HD and decided to test the system out using the new Sony Blu-Ray player that debuted at $487. Guess what? He could not find a difference. Granted his system did not use HDMI 1.3 anyway, which is our topic, but audio quality and video quality remained the same. He did move the Sony to his other room and put the Pioneer back into place, but only because the rest of his media room was Pioneer minus the speakers (Martin Logan there).

I think Pioneer makes the unit I am looking for actually: the VSX-91TXH. It is the first HDMi 1.3 unit from Pioneer. This means Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio. My only concern is dealing with its specs: it cannot power the speakers to the maximum frequency response, and that Total Harmonic Distortion Level is atrocious. Would I be better off with the Denon unit for only $200 more? Tomorrow I find out I guess.

Well, I can indeed get the RF62 setup, but the issue for me is cost. Cannot go into details, but being a employee of a major retail chain gains me certain "perks." For some things, the perks are better than on others. And lets just say, the best perks on are the RC52, RS42, and the RF62. And the Sub I listed. I do not get "perks" on the RF52s, but I do on the RB 61s. So its not recommended that I go 4 RS42s? Hmmm, i can see the point. So What about 2 RS42s for the sides, 4 RB61s (two front two back), the RC52, and the RW-10d? Or again, would the RF62s be best up front?

I'd recommend the DLP for the best overrall picture. However, I do know that an LCD projector seems to make a better still or slow moving image. So its up to you: would you rather have something that can keep up with quicker moving content and still look sharp? Or is your viewing style suited more to slow moving films where image detail needs to be at its peak? Do not get me wrong, there are some DLPs that are sharper than some LCDs, and some LCDs move as good as a DLP. But the very best DLPs will far outpace an LCD when watching an action flick, and the best LCDs will look crystal clear on that chick fli.... *cough* I mean drama film.

I was going to be building a system of two RF-52 floorstandings, four RS-42s, an RC-52 and an RW-10D. A problem though: I can only get the RF-62 floorstandings, and not the RF-62 speaker system (my store does not carry the RS-52s, RC-62 in addition to the RF-52). I can however secure the components of the RB-61 Home Theater system, which includes the RW-10D, the RS-42s, RC-52 and RW-10D. My fear is that the sound would be horribly unbalanced, and would require a lot of decibel tweaking at the receiver to get the balanced feel back. And even then I wonder if it'll be the same. Would it be a good idea to stick with the Klipsch recommended systems, or would there be a greater overrall sound quality to using RF-62s over the RF-52s in the RF-52 speaker package? Or is it like I feared and it would be worse with RF-62s in the system?

After reviewing the options and looking at Yamaha and Denons pages, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that the Denon AVR-2808CI is the best bet, for both the money and that it satisfies more than all my requirements for the system. At $1200 though thats still more than I budgeted for just the speakers, so its going to take some time. I saw we have Pioneer in the house as well. Looking at their page, I am not seeing HDMI 1.3 support..... does your VSX-74VxTi have it Southern?

First I'd like to say hello, this being my first post here. I've always like Klipsch equipment, for the price there is not a lot I know of that can reproduce equivalent sound. Anyway, I work at a BestBuy , and sell these speakers commonly. Only problem is, I usually come up short on receiver recommendations. That is, the store only offers Yamaha, Sony, Pioneer, and Harmon Kardon receivers. Usually, I push the Harmon Kardon line (the AVR 146 is the best seller). But what do Klipsch-philes recommend? I see a lot of Denon in the audience (by looking at your sigs, that is), and some Sony, but I can say with certainty that the Sony Receivers at BestBuy are absolutely worthless. Hell I do not know of any receiver from Sony worthy of its price (the TVs are a different story). I am soon to acquire a RF-52 Home Theater system for myself. What receiver is best to power this? Note that I will be adding two more RS-42s for a 7.1 Channel Surround system. Also, it'd be sweet (odd word to use, but it fits the bill) if the receiver was to the HDMI 1.3 standard. I'm using a Panasonic Blu-Ray Player, which supports Dolby True HD and DTS Master Audio. Only HDMI 1.3a will pass that though, and I do not want to have to mess with using two HDMI Cables to the TV and two fiber optic cables to the Receiver. I know its kind of rude to just pop in and ask all this and then set criteria, but with so many choices of receivers out there, its taking me a while to find out what would work and where.