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brandon11983 · 10-08-2004, 08:44 PM

Everything in the gear list seems ok, save for the DVD player. I would recommend jumping up to the DVD-2910. It sells for $679, and it is a slightly beefed up DVD-2900 inside. You get the features and quality of a $999 DVD player in a $679 package. Now for cabling and wiring.... If you are going to use the system primarilly for home theater use, I would not be too concerned with speaker cabling. If you are going to use it for stereo as well, and are very picky like I am, then I would get better speaker cables. The cable you can fudge on the most is the sub cable, so don't get too worried on that one. You raise the question on digital connections. Both digital coax and optical have their respective virtues. If you are going to spend less than $100 on the cable, then I would recommend going with coax. The finishing on the ends of sub $100 optical cables is often sub par. The optical fiber needs to be cut off to exacting specifications and they are usually not cut as well as the higher end cables. This results in light spray and a theorhetical loss in sound quality. Long story short, on the under $100 coax cables to sound better than sub $100 optical cables. On the video cable issue, I would recommend DVI. HDMI is great and all, but I don't like the idea of my high definition video traveling along with my multichannel audio. To me, DVI just seems like the "purist" way to do things.

10-08-2004, 08:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	Everything in the gear list seems ok, save for the DVD player. I would recommend jumping up to the DVD-2910. It sells for $679, and it is a slightly beefed up DVD-2900 inside. You get the features and quality of a $999 DVD player in a $679 package. Now for cabling and wiring.... If you are going to use the system primarilly for home theater use, I would not be too concerned with speaker cabling. If you are going to use it for stereo as well, and are very picky like I am, then I would get better speaker cables. The cable you can fudge on the most is the sub cable, so don't get too worried on that one. You raise the question on digital connections. Both digital coax and optical have their respective virtues. If you are going to spend less than $100 on the cable, then I would recommend going with coax. The finishing on the ends of sub $100 optical cables is often sub par. The optical fiber needs to be cut off to exacting specifications and they are usually not cut as well as the higher end cables. This results in light spray and a theorhetical loss in sound quality. Long story short, on the under $100 coax cables to sound better than sub $100 optical cables. On the video cable issue, I would recommend DVI. HDMI is great and all, but I don't like the idea of my high definition video traveling along with my multichannel audio. To me, DVI just seems like the "purist" way to do things. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.