I had to be like Mike - HK235 off ebay today

Ron Temple

Well the price was right and my finger twitched, so the last piece of the puzzle is done. I bought an HK 235 from Harman Direct, refurbed for a great price. Replacing the Onkyo HTR520 along with the rest of the Onkyo 770, soon to on Craiglist and/or ebay.

Mike,

How did you explain this to your wife again? "Look honey, this is how your bid? Oh yah, I bought a sub a couple of days ago too". :eek: She says " :mad: " I say " Happy Birthday (it is too) "

AVR HK235 (as soon as I pay for it)
R50s front
R15s surrounds
CSi3 center
Cadence XSub 12 (on it's way)

Mike682

Congrats Ron.....check out the flea market. You have a thread named after you....

Nice pick-up.

As for the wife factor......

Ron Temple

Yeah, I've been watching them all for a while. I wasn't going to do it, but found my self with a min left with a twitch. Minimum bump, I was sure I wasn't going to win.

Really poor timing...Wife's at church...I just can't be trusted.

Thanks for the assist. PMs don't seem to popup anymore.

Mike682

Anytime...good luck with the wife.

Keep in mind harman will overestimate shipping dates and actually ship units a lot earlier..they ship it ground from Arizona, at least you're on the west coast so it will be fast.

aaharvel

congrats. it'll make your Onkyboingo sound like a tincan. You've got 'real' watts now friend.

Mike682

33lbs baby.....33lbs

Ron Temple

I'm not going to open and set this up until the weekend...but it's here.

Any advice on setup?

aaharvel

yeah. Don't drop it.

Ron Temple

I'm sure UPS has already taken care of that... "Oh, HK, here catch" I'd be paranoid about buying anything more expensive and fragile over the net. :cool:

Mike682

Ron Temple wrote:

I'm not going to open and set this up until the weekend...but it's here.

Any advice on setup?

1) Keep all packaging just in case
2) Make sure you put the HK where it has room to breathe..my 235 runs warm/very warm, even in 2ch mode

aaharvel

Mike682 wrote:

1) Keep all packaging just in case
2) Make sure you put the HK where it has room to breathe..my 235 runs warm/very warm, even in 2ch mode

that just means you're getting 'warm' sound.

muwhahaha! MUWHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

oh boy... :rolleyes:

Mike682

Andrew, I actually decided to hook up my bananas that I hated so much on the fronts. So far so good, better detail all around, I am very pleased...just to think, I almost gave up on 'em

FutureAudio

Can you please let me know how much was it? :-)
Thanks

Ron Temple

FutureAudio wrote:

Can you please let me know how much was it? :-)
Thanks

The price of the 235? $5.00 more than Mike, but because I paid more the sent me a better one (maybe). Winning bid was $242.50

Ron Temple

Mike682 wrote:

2) Make sure you put the HK where it has room to breathe..my 235 runs warm/very warm, even in 2ch mode

I'm a little concerned about that... Solid Oak ent. cab., 7" shelf, lots of ventilation on the side and I keep the doors open. But the Onkyo gets warm. If the HK gets hot, I'll have to get a fan.

MSkeezer

Where's a good place to get a fan? My 430 gets extremely hot at times...

Ron Temple

You know, I saw a picture from somehwere with a small flat computer type fan mounted on a receiver. I think I'd better do a search...

Mike682

There's actually a very small fan on the inside of the receiver, mounted on one of the heatsinks (on the right side). I have about 6in clearance between the top of the receiver and the next shelf. I find that this is enough for ventilation.

If your'e going to add a comp case fan, I would just use it to draw air into/or out of the shelf. I would not have the case fan run directly into the receiver as this will cause a dust build-up very fast inside the receiver.

aaharvel

Who's ready to pop the top off this thing?

Ron Temple

Just picked up some bananas from RS. I'm using 16g wire, but the only one's they had that fit were 12g screw downs. This should work I would think, since the wire goes thru the sleeve, umbrellas out the screw into the connector.

Anybody see any problems?

And Mike, since I'm only gonna have an inch of top clearance, it will have to be a fan on the side blowing cool air over the vents.

ND13

They'll work just fine, there will be a gap around the sleeve, but they won't pull loose. I'm using the same ones, I believe, with 14 gauge and no problems, except I have the flat mega cable so I have that gap issue too.

Ron Temple

:cool: tankuberymch

Mike682

Ron Temple wrote:

Just picked up some bananas from RS. I'm using 16g wire, but the only one's they had that fit were 12g screw downs. This should work I would think, since the wire goes thru the sleeve, umbrellas out the screw into the connector.

Anybody see any problems?

And Mike, since I'm only gonna have an inch of top clearance, it will have to be a fan on the side blowing cool air over the vents.

I like banana connectors, they do a very good job. I'm running 12ga so mine are nice and tight. 16ga will be fine, once you screw 'em down, they aren't going anywhere.

The fan should be fine too...

Set this thing up!!

Mike682

aaharvel wrote:

Who's ready to pop the top off this thing?

I'm thinking about it

Ricardo

Ron Temple wrote:

.... I wasn't going to do it, but found my self with a min left with a twitch. Minimum bump, I was sure I wasn't going to win.....

Congrats on the new receiver; I couldn' but lol with that "I was sure I wasn't going to win".....it has happened to me...more than once.....damn ebay....

Mike682

FutureAudio wrote:

Can you please let me know how much was it? :-)
Thanks

I paid $237.50 for mine, plus tax and shipping.

Ron Temple

Mike682 wrote:

I paid $237.50 for mine, plus tax and shipping.

****... :mad:

:cool:

Ron Temple

HTrookie wrote:

Congrats on the new receiver; I couldn' but lol with that "I was sure I wasn't going to win".....it has happened to me...more than once.....damn ebay....

I did the same thing on a couple of hk630s, 430s, 235s and subs. Just going through the motions, then "POW", I won.

This is probably just what I need, so I'm glad it wasn't more.

Thanks for the moral support

Mike682

I am banned from bidding on ebay for a while... I get myself into too much trouble

FutureAudio

Thanks guys.

Ron Temple

After a couple of scratches my head(s) "Why isn't this working, I've got the 235 up and running. The EZ Set really made a difference in balance, very nice. The sound is amazing, smooth, no noise floor, very detailed and alot more headroom. I had to bring down my sub to better blend. My surrounds have come alive.

The Onkyo receiver is a nice entry level piece and did a great job for both the 770 speakers and my Polks, but the HK is a definite upgrade. The rated power of the Onkyo 520 is supposedly 130w/6 20/20. In whose marketing dream was that claim made. In general most peoples comments I've read are correct comparing Onkyo and HK. The Oink was brighter and not as detailed. Probably wasn't pushing more than about 30w X 5. I'm sure their mid and high end receivers are much better.

I can't wait to let her rip. I'm just listening at very low levels. I want to see how much heat and of course, make sure there are no issues.

The unit was perfect, looks brand new. So Mike, I guess it's worth $5.00 more than your first one was This has been another inexpensive, but profound upgrade.

You don't have to spend $1000s to have a nice sounding rig Course I am now sending my wife to CO to visit her mother with a new digital camera .