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Maybe some funky source compatibility issue.

Mismanagement of funds, business or government, comes down to lack of pride in ownership. You are less frugal with things when they aren't yours and it hasn't been your blood sweat and tears that earned it.

Sigh. I feel for you. If you get the NAD will the upgrade bug keep you up at night cause you'll always wonder what if? Save up and get what you really want.

Linkage Good for the country. XOXOXO * Guns used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year -- or about 6,850 times a day.1 This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives.2 * Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound his/her attacker.3 * As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse.4 * Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense. According to the Clinton Justice Department, there are as many as 1.5 million cases of self-defense every year. The National Institute of Justice published this figure in 1997 as part of "Guns in America" -- a study which was authored by noted anti-gun criminologists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig.5 * Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606).6 And readers of Newsweek learned that "only 2 percent of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal. The 'error rate' for the police, however, was 11 percent, more than five times as high."7 * Handguns are the weapon of choice for self-defense. Citizens use handguns to protect themselves over 1.9 million times a year.8 Many of these self-defense handguns could be labeled as "Saturday Night Specials." B. Concealed carry laws help reduce crime * Nationwide: one-half million self-defense uses. Every year, as many as one-half million citizens defend themselves with a firearm away from home.9 * Concealed carry laws are dropping crime rates across the country. A comprehensive national study determined in 1996 that violent crime fell after states made it legal to carry concealed firearms. The results of the study showed: * States which passed concealed carry laws reduced their murder rate by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%;10 and * If those states not having concealed carry laws had adopted such laws in 1992, then approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and over 11,000 robberies would have been avoided yearly.11 * Vermont: one of the safest five states in the country. In Vermont, citizens can carry a firearm without getting permission... without paying a fee... or without going through any kind of government-imposed waiting period. And yet for ten years in a row, Vermont has remained one of the top-five, safest states in the union -- having three times received the "Safest State Award."12 * Florida: concealed carry helps slash the murder rates in the state. In the fifteen years following the passage of Florida's concealed carry law in 1987, over 800,000 permits to carry firearms were issued to people in the state.13 FBI reports show that the homicide rate in Florida, which in 1987 was much higher than the national average, fell 52% during that 15-year period -- thus putting the Florida rate below the national average. 14 * Do firearms carry laws result in chaos? No. Consider the case of Florida. A citizen in the Sunshine State is far more likely to be attacked by an alligator than to be assaulted by a concealed carry holder. 1. During the first fifteen years that the Florida law was in effect, alligator attacks outpaced the number of crimes committed by carry holders by a 229 to 155 margin. 2. And even the 155 "crimes" committed by concealed carry permit holders are somewhat misleading as most of these infractions resulted from Floridians who accidentally carried their firearms into restricted areas, such as an airport.15

More linkage: Armed citizens deture crime and save lives. Armed criminals don't obey laws...hence criminal. Police aren't going to teleport to you when you become a victim of a violent crime. Take the legal measure you deam appropriate to keep you and your loved ones safe. C. Criminals avoid armed citizens * Kennesaw, GA. In 1982, this suburb of Atlanta passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to the modest 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole.16 * Ten years later (1991), the residential burglary rate in Kennesaw was still 72% lower than it had been in 1981, before the law was passed.17 * Nationwide. Statistical comparisons with other countries show that burglars in the United States are far less apt to enter an occupied home than their foreign counterparts who live in countries where fewer civilians own firearms. Consider the following rates showing how often a homeowner is present when a burglar strikes: * Homeowner occupancy rate in the gun control countries of Great Britain, Canada and Netherlands: 45% (average of the three countries); and, * Homeowner occupancy rate in the United States: 12.7%.18 Rapes averted when women carry or use firearms for protection * Orlando, FL. In 1966-67, the media highly publicized a safety course which taught Orlando women how to use guns. The result: Orlando's rape rate dropped 88% in 1967, whereas the rape rate remained constant in the rest of Florida and the nation.19 * Nationwide. In 1979, the Carter Justice Department found that of more than 32,000 attempted rapes, 32% were actually committed. But when a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of the attempted rapes were actually successful.20 Justice Department study: * 3/5 of felons polled agreed that "a criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun."21 * 74% of felons polled agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime."22 * 57% of felons polled agreed that "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police."23 Link to source and more info

Do you have a link for this statistic? Here's the current landscape of Shall-issue states in America. Twas not so in the 90's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States

Haven't done this with audio but with firearms, yes. Have a store that works on commission and a couple of sales reps I've built relationships with. I'm loyal to them and their service. No issues paying extra for their times BS'n with me, letting me shoot things, going the extra mile and such. I suspect I could do that with an audio store if they were willing to do the same. Hell, I tip well when the service is exceptional. We all love to be pampered and catered too.

Setting your speakers to "small" limits the frequencies that are sent to your speakers and if you have a sub, redirects those signals to the sub. Goes from full range (large) to a more limited range (small).

Texas and Oklahoma don't restrict number of concealed handguns you can carry with your permit. Just restrict type. Derringer, Revolver, Semi-auto. If you qual with an SA, you can carry all 3 types. Qual with a revolver, can't carry a SA, just that and derringers. You can carry a.500 S&W if you want.

So frustraighting [] Look forward to hearing about the new amp that you get.

Most states have really come around to CHL permits. It's good for the country. And amazingly, it's not been the wild west with all these extra guns on the street like the fear mongerers would have us believe. Who'd have thunk it.... Congrats Sir! Always great to have that tool available to you in a time of need.

If you want your Bluray to decode it, you need to use it's multichannel audio out into the Receiver. IOW, run L/R/C/SL/SR RCA cabels to the receiver, then select that as your source to watch the movie. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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I'd would (and am) get a good AVR with pre outs for the near-term, then upgrade to a pre-pro a few years from now when formats change and money is more loose/saved up. A/V Preamp/Processors: Anthem: http://www.anthemav.com/products/ant...v-processor-17 Denon: http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/3922.asp Emotiva: http://emotiva.com/umc1.shtm Integra: http://integrahometheater.com/model....=Separates&p=i Krell: http://www.krellonline.com/processors.html Lexicon: http://www.lexicon.com/ProductDetails.aspx?prdid=2 Marantz: http://us.marantz.com/Products/2290.asp Nad: http://nadelectronics.com/products/masters-series Rotel: http://www.rotel.com/NA/products/index.htm?cat=25

That's a great idea. Makes me wonder if there is any signal faulting to ground to cause it. Can you get a refund if that doesn't work?

Without knowing much about the amp, if it worked in stereo and not in bridged, I'd take another look at how I wired it and ensure I bridged it properly. If it was bridged properly and stereo worked but bridged didn't...I'm going through all the instructions to make sure I didn't miss something. Then, I'd probably do some of what you've done already in swaptronics. Try to find known good combinations and start layering them in. You did some of that with the power strips. Maybe, speaker cables, speakers....different AVR...etc. Frustraighting I know [:@] And BTW, swaptronics is a poor man's way to troubleshoot and takes a risk of damaging things. We've all done it, but I'd be remise to not say so. Multimeter with an ohm meter, volt meter, and diode checker goes a long way for checking cables.

Have you tried them unbridged for s**** and grins?

Old worn out relays in the amps?? Is it just the amps that make the noise or does it make the speakers pop?

Looks like you found some good deals on those speakers. Got you close to the same price point as before and an upgrade as well. Cant speak to SD but Acousticsounddesign took great care of me and others here on the forum.

Call Michael at Acousticsounddesign.com and see what he can do for you. He has cherry RB-61's For $399 right now. I've heard them and was quite impressed. He has an RB-41 package with free sub for $838 and free shipping http://www.acousticsounddesign.com/core/view_BigProduct.cfm?pid=1867&sc=52 he has a RB-61 set listed for $1416 and that comes with a free sub. Bet he can make you a deal. Worth the time of a phone call as this setup is close in price to the top end you listed but would likely be a significant performance boost. http://www.acousticsounddesign.com/core/view_BigProduct.cfm?pid=1865&sc=52

I've got some surround cubes and the RC-64ii is on top camouflaged behind the Ivy. So still doing 5.0 for movies. Next step will be sub then the RS-62ii's.

Amazingly, it speaks very well from up there and fills the room with center channel dialog. Weekend project will be to build a more specific platform with a lil more height and angled down. Fake ivy has to stay but I might be able to get above it. The gap in the TV stand could fit the 64 and the TV if I can mount the TV to a swing arm and raise it up to clear the 64. Just saying though, I own them, they're in the house. BIG step in the right direction for a wife that would be happy with Bose cubes. Although, got her to let me plug in her iPod and crank a few tunes she runs to all the time. She admitted that she was "hearing parts she'd never heard before". Baby steps =+)

Thanks to this forum, finally decided on RF-7ii's and went for them. Only front stage so far and optimal placement will happen one day in a different home. (i.e. toe'd in and wider spread of the L/R, Center under the TV). Regardless of that, I'm soooo happy I've made it there. And I'm glad I waited and didn't settle on what I knew I would eventually want. Knew if I went this route, I'd fight off the upgrade bug for a long time to come. Pics below:

Many threads that involve people who have made the upgrade from the 52 to 62 say they wouldn't go back.

To help isolate the other horn, put a small towel in the other one to muffle it. This will really help you distinguish even minimal sounds out of the one you are trying to listen too.