Rear surrounds - wired or wireless?
HeatherG
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Upgrading my old Yamaha RX-V575. The passthru just won't cut it any longer. Leaning toward Denon AVR-X2800H but that would be another question. So I'm looking to add my rear surrounds. I have a wood floor that I'm going to have to get a floor box put in for power either way. I could also run speaker wire with it. If I do the speaker wire I could use my old Polk RTI-A3's as rear speakers and maybe get some new ES60's for the front. I already have a Polk center speaker. Should I go wired or the the whole bluetooth/HEOS thing?
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Wired. Use something like this to route your wiring.
Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
Wire will come up through the floor boxes and only have a short run to the speaker under furniture.
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Floor boxes are a terrible idea.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
I don’t have another option. Open concept family room with the dining area behind me
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I prefer to be wired,
Too much Coffee will do that to a person.Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎
SVS SB16 X2
Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
Cary DMS 800PV Network
OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
Jolida JD9 Fully Modified
VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM
MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s -
Toss it all in the trash and get a Sonos ARC, Chose your rears, and 2 sub mini.
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