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I'm in for that! I sorely need to get out more

no, that does not count unless you have supervision

excellent point. I hadn't thought of that but makes perfect sense. the 3.5 could also be used as headphone out, and so is a "finished" product audio whereas other outputs allow continued processing. many thanks!

ok - great info. in my lack of experience & knowledge on the subject, I was merging the tasks of playback & decoding; I guess thinking they might be the same thing. thank you Tromprof for the info & education. learning more & more every day so, now I have a question, trying to summarize connection method (protocol, if you wish) from your playback source to AVR. Derrick uses a BDP so he is probably connected from BDP to AVR via HDMI cable. @USNRET - how does your Sonos connect to your Shield & pre-pros? Shield may be a direct connection like HDMI, and using wireless or wired networking to the pre-pros? @tromprof, @JL Sargent - are you guys using Bluetooth from the USB DAC & laptop to the AVR? @CECAA850 - you're using an HDMI -> optical connection to the AVR. the main point of all of this is to (hopefully) be sure to include a feature in my AVR search that will check the "must have" boxen on my list, and then highlight which of the "nice to have" things are there or not. thanks again for all your help everyone!

I agree, based only on what I've read. glad for you Tasdom. a slight tinge of regret that your beauties aren't coming to the marketplace. but it's not like I would really pull the trigger on them anyway. glad you've made a good choice for you. enjoy

ok. I'm obviously way behind the times on this, and don't have much idea how JRiver works (yes, I did just look it up & read some of the pages, but still not sure I'm getting it.) I'm thinking that maybe an AVR might have a better DAC than a computer from yesterday. will JRiver let you send content to the AVR DAC & let it decode?

great info Derrick. thank you. that said, I had thought the AVR route is best to accomplish integration of all my stuff - movies, vinyl from the turntable, and CD's. while I think for simplicity's sake, I like the mental picture of kicking off the mp3 player & letting it play without having to change records every 20 min or so. for sessions like that, I'm willing to compromise some fidelity for convenience. but at this time, I still want the ability to play an album side or dozen, and especially until I get them digitally recorded. I'm also very enamored with the idea of being able to hear hi-fi movie soundtracks & special effects. so, do you think the AVR is the best way to go to begin building a system to do that? then possibly add a BDP to access digital content as I build that library? Thanks.

oh, ok. so you use your BDP as your "media browser" or something like the HT PC to launch whatever app or content? and then just play that content from the BDP to the HT? am I following & describing accurately?

hello all. I'm looking to buy an AV receiver. maybe if I can refine my list in time for black Friday, maybe I can catch a real deal. at any rate, right now I am considering these: A4Less Integra DTR-70.4 A4Less Integra DTR-60.5 Yamaha RX-A2040 I may add others but that's where I am now. so tell me this please - to access your digital content (mp3's, downloaded movies saved to a networked drive or however you do that these days), how are your systems setup? do you use Bluetooth from a laptop or tablet device to browse your network storage? do receivers these days have digital players that you can direct to a networked drive, folder or file? how do you guys do all this now> as I get into product comparisons, I want to consider being able to do this, and how much it will cost to do it well. (and we can discuss choices as well, but I'm trying to learn what I don't know relevant to this topic.) thanks!

oh, why not? sounds like a good "conversation starter", doesn't it? (light fuse, step away?)

well how about that - I've already learned something new today. maybe I should quit while I'm... well, not any farther behind? thanks for that info

@Stainz - where are these KHorns located again? how did they look? did you do any due diligence on them at all? I know you were surprised the seller had them also, but I just had to ask. thanks.

oh, ok. I don't recall seeing any like that before. thanks for the info.

I saw these come up using one of those search thingies - CL, LS, NW Ga so, this is an alert for anyone interested. I got to looking at the top hats on these, and noticed they look different to me. aren't they normally rectangular, just like the rest of the cab? any ideas what's up with these? I just thought I'd ask. to, you know, broaden my horizons & all that rot

yep, only about $20 less shipping here. nice deal for someone that can pick up

Agreed - pretty speakers . I wish you were closer to me . GLWS .

Yeah , price was right as rain . and as usual , not anywhere even remotely close to me. Oh well, great deal for someone

Nor in Mississippi . MISSISSIPPI ! for crying out loud !

Now that idea right there is tempting. and just figure out the shipping

Yep . not even worth the effort to estimate freight to Ol' Miss , or there might be a bidding war for these .

np. just trying to 'help a brother out' . glad you got there. now - are you going to vegas? what can I do to 'negotiate' a ride back for these khorns? if you go to vegas, I can probably make it to So Tx

this link still works for me

oh, to be 'local'...

and how do you like THAT Cubs fans?!? rbi triple. and yes, the rt fielder fell, but those are the breaks.