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Well I ended up going with the Blue Jeans Cable for the 40' run. Hopefully it works out well for me!
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It sounds like I probably can't go wrong then with either the Monoprice or Blue Jeans Cable 40' HDMI cable. The Blue Jeans cable costs quite a bit more though ($110.50 vs $38.20), which confused me a bit.
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I appreciate everyone's comments here, but I think I'm just going to go with a 40' HDMI cord. I don't have any doubt that either the Blue Jeans cables or the Monoprice cables would work fine to get a signal (like someone said before, they wouldn't sell a 40' cable if it didn't work), but I just wanted to pick the cable that has the best chance of sending a clean 1080p signal. They probably both would work the same in this regard too, but if anyone has any additional insight on that, please let me know! Thanks!
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So at 40' would it be better to get the 22 gauge HDMI cable from monoprice, the BJC Belden Series-1 HDMI cable or the Tartan HDMI cable from Blue Jeans Cable, or would they all work about the same from that distance. I'm think that they would all work, but I want the best chance to get a 1080p signal if possible. Thanks!
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I'll check them out - thanks!
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Thanks for your comments. I have hooked up a system with speaker wire before but I hadn't ever seen two sets of red and black connectors on the back of a speaker before, like I saw with the F-1 and C-3. I guess in my last comment there I was wondering if I needed to have that metal bracket connecting the two pairs of red and black together that comes with those speakers or if that wasn't necessary.
But yes I'm definitely a "noob" still when it comes to this but want to learn more!
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Thanks for the quick reply. I did notice those metal jumpers. So I need to make sure that I use those metal jumpers then (I may not have used them before, and I was getting a very muffled sound coming from my center speaker).
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I'm still kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff, so please bear with me.
I have some F-1s for my front speakers and a C-3 for my center speaker. I noticed on the back of the speakers where you put the wire in there are two sets of red/black connectors. I've heard something about bi-amping and I didn't know what that was exactly, but I'm not planning on doing that I don't think. If I just hook up one set of connectors, which pair of red/black connectors on the speakers do I hook into?
Also, if you are not using banana plugs, can you just stick the exposed speaker wire into the connector hole and tie it down, or is there a better way to do that?
Thanks again.
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I need to run about a 40' HDMI cable and it sounds like that should be fine. I was mostly worried about maybe not getting the full 1080p signal with such a long cable run. Do you see that as a problem at all?
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Will do - thanks!
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Thanks for the quick reply. So it would be okay to use a c-3 speaker with f-1 fronts then?
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What is the big difference between the s-1 and the s-3? The s-3 is only a little bit more money, and I'm ordering some f-1s for my fronts, so would I be better off with the s-3s for the surrounds over the s-1s?
Also, the c-3 is only a little bit more than the c-1, but is it better to get all matching front speakers in the front (i.e. should I get a c-1 to match the f-1s?)
Klipsch sub-12hg vs. Onkyo skw-530?
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I'm currently using an Onkyo skw-530 (that can with an Onkyo home theater in a box) but I've upgraded to using Klipsch speakers. I've been considering upgrading to the Klipsch Sub-12HG to replace the skw-530 but I'm wondering if it's worth replacing or if the skw-530 is good enough. I'm no audiophile but the specs (at least the frequency response) look pretty close from what I can tell (see below). What do you folks think?
skw-530:
Maximum output power: 230 W (Dynamic Power)
Frequency response: 25 Hz–150 Hz
sub-12hg
FTC Rated Power: 300 watts continuous @ 1% THD, Dynamic Power: 650 watts
24-120Hz +/-3dB