BrolicBeast's Living Room Theater - Page 57

That actually seems like a great business plan: The Brick and Mortar already exists so no expense for building it or renting it; while the typical BB customer may or may not be the demographic that the Magnolia store is looking for, some will be and others will at least stop in and probably tell someone about it. One of the BB's here has a Magnolia store in it but the product line shown is just above mid fi but much more importantly is that the staff are a bunch of uninformed boobs!

There's also the 5 "P"s of hemostasis, but you probably won't get those... they're a heart surgery "inside joke". Nonetheless, here they are:

Prolene
Protamine
Plasma
Platelets and
Prayer

"Hemostasis" is stopping bleeding. Your task for the day is to figure out what the other 5 P's mean.

Craig

They have had a music store in some of the BBs for several years now, and I agree that it's a bad decision. The first and last time I was in one, I asked the guy if they had any Grados in stock, and he had no idea what I was talking about. Now that's awesome.

Wow, only 15? I have two of those design centers within driving distance.

The only problem I found with Magnolia was their pricing. I had seen a Marantz AV7005, which was used as a demo, sitting on their clearance section. When I inquired, the salesman only offered it at 10% off. I guess they don't realize people can find the same products online cheaper, and without the pain of sales tax.

When I was also looking to upgrade my sub, and was very interested in the REL line they carry, they mentioned they wouldn't price match another online AD, and there was no wiggle room at all. I'm not sure if they have changed their policy since, but they will need to figure out how to undercut online stores with sales tax. In some states you are paying close to 10%, and on a $2,000 unit, that adds up. When you put it in perspective, that's the price of a Logitech Harmony

Best Buy price matches now.

I just pick this one up today and look forward to watching it. I also added an Emotiva XPA-3 based on the many recommendations from the guys on AVS. It sounds great. Funny thing is I have followed in your step with some of your older gear. I have the Emotiva paired with a Denon AVR 4310ci going to klipsch reference speakers. It sounds incredible. I've been enjoying your adventures in your system updates. You've done a great job.

Nice thread updates, been awhile since I've caught back up.

The Zero Dark Thirty (I've not seen it) team is essentially the same team that executed Hurt Locker, ... which also possesses superb sound design, and audio quality throughout.

Mark is a great guy isn't he? The depth of his skill-set is broad and deep, yet quite approachable. Interesting comments, I'm glad you enjoyed the show. I've attended several Cedias, dating back 13-14 years. Cedia will be entirely different, but it will blow you away in size and scope.

Thanks for sharing Matt, continued good luck

Thanks Matt will keep an eye/ear out for it.

I'm a big fan of Emotiva products.

Brolic, speaking of which, are you keeping the XPA-5 in your system?

Good afternoon BB, yes sir you will have the best time of your hobby hitting the CEDIA show, Just make sure you bring a whole roll of paper towels to clean up all of the drooling that will be coming out of your mouth.

We are fortunate down here in the ATL area and have one of the Magnolia Design Centers nearby. Now if I can just find some time to visit it after I freeze all of my credit cards first.

Hey Brolic...

When are those new speakers going to grace your HT?

Grettings Gents,

Matt,

When in April are they to be welcomed to you house? we're now 9 days away from April, well make that 10 as I don't think you'll get them in for April's fools day.

Al

Brolic,

Did you decide on the Triad Platinums as well?

April huh? Should be a nice spring for you. I am looking forward to your thoughts and the video you will post. I am sure they will sound great.

Legacies are coming. That's a thread title waiting to happen, you know (maybe with an exclamation point . . .).

Congratulations on the Legacy speakers. Never even having heard them, I know they'll be serious and a strong addition to your set-up.

Looks like we all are anticipating your latest acquisitions lol!!!! I do look forward to seeing that color combination you are going with.

I think the lights will have to stay on while running those babies !!!

Brolic,

Thought you might be interested to know that I called a sales rep at Integra, and asked about their 2013 line. The gentleman explained that this is the first time in 5 years that their will not be a product refresh for most of their line. For the time being, the newly released DTR 70.4 is the current feature flagship. He was not sure if there would be a scheduled 80.4, or if they would jump to an 80.5 next year. Given that Onkyo is also refreshing their products every year (they just announced a "727", which leads me to believe their flagship version will be later announced in the summer as the "5011", or some variation"), I assumed Integra had the same upgrade schedule. Apparently not. This was one of the deciding factors in my purchase of the Denon 4520.

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Sarge, I don't want to hi-jack Brolic's thread, but please keep us posted about the 4520. I've been reading and hearing lot's of negatives about it. Thanks!!

I have been following the 4520 thread for months, and have also seen the various quality control issues. There was even a recent post by a Marantz 8801 owner that some of the same exact bugs are found in that unit as well. This is no surprise since they share the same platform (same DACs, codecs, specs, etc) with the exception of XLRs, though I am quite shocked that with the $1100 price premium between both models, the issues are still present.

The reason I brought up the whole Integra point was that Integra was my fallback plan in case the Denon took a dump. The 4520 might be the flagship Denon for the next year or two as the 4311 has been for the last 2 years, with no upgrade in sight. I would rather not risk some of the Onkyo issues I have followed over the years. I have been a Pioneer man for nearly a decade, but do not want to go back to their MCACC room correction. That just leaves Integra and Denon in the mix. Finding an unhappy Integra owner is nonexistent, and I like those reliability odds. However, I would prefer having a current generation processor.

With that said, I have read a lot of wonderful reviews from happy owners. I am hoping that the thread is just the small minority of owners with issues, and that there is no larger issue present. I should also mention, I called Denon as well and they claimed to not be aware of any issues with the 4520.

I just picked up the unit yesterday actually, and will probably start connecting everything sometime this week. I will definitely keep people posted. For the record, I noticed the ship date on the box was February 13th. More to follow.

I have had a 4520 since before Christmas and have had zero issues with mine. Now, I will say that I am only using mine as a pre-amp...so I don't know if I have any issues with parts of the unit I am not using.

All in all, I have enjoyed this unit MUCH more than my previous Onkyo 5508 and 5509...both gave me all kinds of fits.

I don't notice a difference between the RCA's and XLR inputs, since my run is so short..