Posts by DonoMan

Cheap is fine. The difference between cheap cables and expensive cables is NOT minor - it is completely non-existent. It matters a little bit with video. Or in noisy environments it can help for audio to use a good shielded coax cable,...

Ebay's protection policies tend to screw sellers, not buyers, so as long as you pick someone IN THE COUNTRY (no international!) with good feedback and a good listing that shows a good understanding of the product, and do not expect any...

Quote:Originally Posted by kingofthecrate Well oddly enough he isnt trying to push anything down my throat for expensive cabling other than making sure the cable is twisted and (he prefers bi-wiring but to each is own) but he just...

What features do you care about? Some examples: -Best room correction system for the money? (Audyssey MultEQ XT on the Denons) -Best video scaler for the money? -Highest power? -Network features? DLNA? Pandora?...

Continue to use Audyssey. The only thing adding an external amp will do is likely change the overall amplification factor on those channels since it will probably have a fixed gain that is different from the fixed gain in the power amp...

Quote:Originally Posted by JHAz DId you run the autosetup? If so, unless something went wrong, if you buy new amps and rerun autosetup the system should be exactly the same SPL at any given volume setting as before. If the Onk's...

the headphone amp should get the same signal as the front speakers, except at line level. Or I guess maybe there are also headphone amps that can take speaker level inputs... You'd have to look.

Quote:Originally Posted by bencn But the 1612 just has Pre Outs (Surr Back / Front Height) and they will Mute as well when the rest of the speakers are muted (Mute command is pressed). So how do you listen to headphones while Denon...

Quote:Originally Posted by bencn Dang.. So no output on the Denon that's independent of mute. So the only way to hear headphones whilst speakers are muted is to Y Off from the actual sources correct? The headphone amp (if need be)...

It turns the pre-outs off as well, so you'll need to use the pre-outs for a headphone amp too. If you're already using them for speakers, you can use Y-cables, but you'll need something else that will detect the headphones in the...