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Anybody else wanna pull their hair out ?

I just got done trying to "re-plumb" my HT system. How i pity professional installers of this stuff. It is PATHETIC what one has to do to get all of this stuff hooked up "right". I am an electronics tech by trade and even i get confused as to what goes where !!! The two worst things that i realized is that there is really no standardization of jacks ( audio RCA's, Balanced, S-Video, Component Level video, Composite Video, 75 ohm digital, toslink, spades, banana's, etc....). Between the 3 trillion different types of connectors, you also have to worry about what length of each type of cable you need where.... It's enough to drive you crazy. On top of that, you should pray to God that you never loose power once you get all of that crap programmed !!! Some of this stuff will "reset" at the drop of a hat. Take my advice people. Keep your HT system as simple as possible !!! You'll enjoy it more when you watch a good movie rather than remembering all of the hassle that you had to go through just to get the damn thing to work. I would do things VERY differently if i knew then what i know now. Sean
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sean
adamanteus
80 posts
 
Thanks Sean,

Point taken, but for something like this for me the basic question is: will the McDonald's offering do the job adequately? Given my constrained budget, I try to spend sensibly. Approx. $1500-1600 for a Bags' rack fitting my needs is a tad too heavy for the bankbook. Scratch that, after freight, etc. it would probably net out closer to 2K. Should for some unimaginable reason I someday end up with unlimited discretionary income, I'd have McCready's gang design something for me.

Appreciate your comments.
sean OP
6,229 posts
 
Adamanteus, the Sanus racks will work fine in terms of having a place to organize and display your gear at a very reasonable price. Find the specific models in the Sanus line that you like and drop me an email. I may be able to help you out with pricing due to having a few good "connections". Sean
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stereokarter
185 posts
 
Yes, Sean, BUT WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE...and are still doing that!
datsunmike
3 posts
 
What hair?

The number and jumble of wires are mind boggling on my system with all the toys I have such as MD, DVD, CD, Nakamichi, Panamax, TT, phono preamp, SACD wires, component cables.

So far I haven't pulled too many hairs out as I have too few to spare.
allanblissett
55 posts
 
Not just the wires, but having two or three manuals open in front of you, tring to figure out why something won't work in one system, when it works fine with the same hookup in another system. Not to mention the remotes.
I just got a flat screen and redid the HT. So I figured I would put the better Samsung HD Directv box from the bedroom into the main HT system.
Well I hooked it up the same way its been working in the bedroom, using coax digital out for the sound to the Marantz reciever.
Now when I try to use the same coax out, going into my Sherwood Newcastle pre, I can not get the audio out of any Directv programs. I get it out on the local antenna, but just picture from Directv, no audio.
So after hours of hair ripping I gave up and used RCAs.
Any ideas would be welcome.
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