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I'm looking for a theatre display again.....
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: drventure on July 11, 2012, 10:53:53 am ---Wow. that's surprising in an HK. I'd always thought they had a pretty strong rep.
I ended up with the high end Onkyo about a year and a half ago. Really like it so far, so I guess we'll see what kind of longevity it has.
Do you have your audio/video gear on any power conditioners/surge protectors?
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Just some low end surge protectors. I wouldn't expect them to do much. I'm not sure how a surge would get through the power supply, through the main board, through the "daughterboard connector to the digital board", to the digital processing board. I think an AC surge would have blown something in the power supply or the main board. This isn't the first time I've had something blow a "digital processing board". Back in the day I had two Panasonic set top DVD recorders blow their encoder boards, and of course, when brought in for repair the model had been discontinued (replacement parts unavailable) even though they were under a year old.
I have really, really, really bad luck with home theater stuff. It doesn't matter if I buy cheap or expensive. It fails fast. The only things I have bought in the last ten years that hasn't been quick failures is the two cheapo Olevia LCDs I have.
shmokes:
Who are you, and what did you do with this guy?
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 02, 2012, 10:57:00 am ---The ironic part of that is that the receiver is generally the thing that'll last 20 years. Of all of the parts to replace in a home theater the receiver is usually the one rock solid part that doesn't need swapping. I have a GE receiver from the mid 60s that can still blow the windows out. Yeah, no processed modes, but who cares when you can feel the bass in your colon?
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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shmokes on July 11, 2012, 11:25:20 am ---Who are you, and what did you do with this guy?
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 02, 2012, 10:57:00 am ---The ironic part of that is that the receiver is generally the thing that'll last 20 years. Of all of the parts to replace in a home theater the receiver is usually the one rock solid part that doesn't need swapping. I have a GE receiver from the mid 60s that can still blow the windows out. Yeah, no processed modes, but who cares when you can feel the bass in your colon?
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Generally. Sadly, not for me. That's the stereo in my son's room. I used it for like 15 years until I "upgraded" to an entry level Sony AV receiver. I "upgraded" that maybe 5 years ago to the HK that is now marginally functional. Trust me, if there were a way to do 5.1 on that GE, I would do it in a heartbeat. It sounds better and has more power than either of the other two.
shponglefan:
--- Quote from: drventure on July 11, 2012, 10:53:53 am ---Wow. that's surprising in an HK. I'd always thought they had a pretty strong rep.
I ended up with the high end Onkyo about a year and a half ago. Really like it so far, so I guess we'll see what kind of longevity it has.
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HK used to have a good rep, but it's gone downhill in the last decade or so (their QC has apparently gone to poop). Onkyo, Denon or Yamaha are the front-runners for HT receivers these days.
ChadTower:
That seems about right from my experience. My HK has been one issue after another. I'm not even sure I want to bother trying to get it fixed at this point but I'm too cheap and too burned to invest again.
When I was talking earlier it was based on my experiences with older receivers. They usually work well no matter how old they are. How many older people do you know with a receiver they bought in the 70s that still works well? I seriously doubt anything made now will still be working in 20 years. That just doesn't happen anymore.
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