Costco ups the ante
Recently I've seen my local Costco carrying receivers by Yam and Pioneer. These are lower end (no pre-outs) but 5.1 and 7.1 A/V receivers. Can't remember the Elite model number but advertised as an 80wpc x 7.
And to my surprise, I saw an HTIB with an Onkyo RC370 and a Bose 5.1 satellite speaker system, not that I'm excited about either, but it was going for $799. and the Onk retails from it's home site for more than that. Go Costco.
I'm looking forward to the day when I can walk in and see an array of high end speaker selections.
And to my surprise, I saw an HTIB with an Onkyo RC370 and a Bose 5.1 satellite speaker system, not that I'm excited about either, but it was going for $799. and the Onk retails from it's home site for more than that. Go Costco.
I'm looking forward to the day when I can walk in and see an array of high end speaker selections.
Set up:
Marantz AV8802A - Sources: BRP Panasonic 9000/CDP Emotiva ERC 3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-6, XPA-2 x 2 - Speakers: Focal/PolkAudio, Mains/2ch - Kanta No2, C - LSiM706, SS - LSiM702, WS - RTiA9, RS - RTiA9, FH - RTiA3 - Subs: Epik Empires x 2
Cables: AQ McKenzie XLR's from CDP to AVP to amp for 2ch, Emotiva XLR's for the rest - Douglasconnection: Furutech Alpha 36 12g speaker wire for 2ch, Furez 10g speaker wire for the rest - AQ Forest48 HDMI for the display, AQ Carbon48 HDMI from BRP to AVP - VR3 filtered power cables for CDP, BRP and AVP, Emotiva power cables for the amps - AudioQuest 505 power conditioner.
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
Marantz AV8802A - Sources: BRP Panasonic 9000/CDP Emotiva ERC 3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-6, XPA-2 x 2 - Speakers: Focal/PolkAudio, Mains/2ch - Kanta No2, C - LSiM706, SS - LSiM702, WS - RTiA9, RS - RTiA9, FH - RTiA3 - Subs: Epik Empires x 2
Cables: AQ McKenzie XLR's from CDP to AVP to amp for 2ch, Emotiva XLR's for the rest - Douglasconnection: Furutech Alpha 36 12g speaker wire for 2ch, Furez 10g speaker wire for the rest - AQ Forest48 HDMI for the display, AQ Carbon48 HDMI from BRP to AVP - VR3 filtered power cables for CDP, BRP and AVP, Emotiva power cables for the amps - AudioQuest 505 power conditioner.
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
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I saw in another thread that they have the SC35 online, that may or may not be in the local stores.
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I recently had a new Pioneer Elite VSX-31 for sale on Craigslist for $375 when a potential buyer told me that a local Costco has them for sale for $299.99. I had to check this out so I went to my local Costco only found a lower non Elite model there. I checked Costco.com and indeed they had Pioneer Elite VSX-31's for $299.99 and they also had them packaged with speaker combinations. Good thing the guy I sold mine for $375 didn't check Costco.com! Sold mine because it didn't have pre-outs.
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Oh yeah, I was back in Costco again, the HTIB was an Onk RC230. I did see Costco on line had the SC-35, wow, you can buy two and still have some left over from MSRP on the Pio site. I just may switch from my Onk 807 to Pioneer and see what ICE amps are all about.Set up:
Marantz AV8802A - Sources: BRP Panasonic 9000/CDP Emotiva ERC 3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-6, XPA-2 x 2 - Speakers: Focal/PolkAudio, Mains/2ch - Kanta No2, C - LSiM706, SS - LSiM702, WS - RTiA9, RS - RTiA9, FH - RTiA3 - Subs: Epik Empires x 2
Cables: AQ McKenzie XLR's from CDP to AVP to amp for 2ch, Emotiva XLR's for the rest - Douglasconnection: Furutech Alpha 36 12g speaker wire for 2ch, Furez 10g speaker wire for the rest - AQ Forest48 HDMI for the display, AQ Carbon48 HDMI from BRP to AVP - VR3 filtered power cables for CDP, BRP and AVP, Emotiva power cables for the amps - AudioQuest 505 power conditioner.
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
