Posts by Carpaccio

Quote: Originally Posted by mdavej There are lots of options from $20 to several hundred dollars. The "best" sounds like major overkill in your situation and will cost a lot of money. If you seriously want the best, then look at...

I have a receiver that is in the cabinet that the plasma sits on. The receiver is blocked by the wooden doors of the cabinet. What is the best way to be able to control this receiver - a remote control extender? If so, what do...

My plasma sits on a stand on top of a cabinet that houses the receiver, Blu-ray player, and turntable. The cabinet has two doors, each of which has a pane of glass (about 5" x 11") that allows the light from the bias lighting and the...

Is there any way I can stream Grooveshark (or Spotify, but ideally Grooveshark) from my laptop to the VSX-1021 via DLNA?

Thank you so much millerrh, ddiehl1, and Bud B for your help. I rewired the sub using a coaxial cable with RCA ends (I made the cable), rewired the surrounds to use the correct outputs (Surround instead of Surround Back), then ran...

Quote: Originally Posted by apaulct IMHO, use Auto MCACC as a starting point then tweak to your taste. Without proper equipment, MCACC will do a better job then starting from scratch manually. Even with equipment, MCACC is a good...

How viable is Full Auto MCACC? What I'm trying to figure out is should I rely on Full Auto MCACC or will I be able to achieve better sound quality by configuring everything manually? I do not have any equipment (microphones, SPL...

Quote: Originally Posted by apaulct Old phono cartridges have very low output and require a preamp to bring it up to line level (normal output of tape player, DVD player, etc.). Older amps with phono in have the preamp built in on that...

I just got a VSX-1021 and I have a few questions: 1. I hooked up a turntable to the DVD input on the receiver and the volume level for it is extremely low - I have to turn it up to -2.0 to have a normal volume level, it won't even...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bud B Hi Carpaccio, The Pioneer is the same in that respect. OK let's reference your Polk PSW 10 OP Manual to go further... http://www.polkaudio.com/downloads/m..._12_Manual.pdf The Polk...