Help me with what wires to get from monoprice. Please Help! Need to order soon!
Nostalgic
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Hi all.
I'm about to join Team Polk and I need some help on what to order from monoprice.com with the following setup:
Fronts: Rti8
Center:CSi5
Rear: Rti4 or maybe some towers such as Monitor 40's (asking about the mismatch of Rti and monitor in the speaker forum as we speak).
Sub: EIther an HSU or SVS (no more than $300 or $400 model)
Receiver: HK 435
Everything else that probably doesn't matter: Samsung 4095 1080p LCD, Vip 622 HD DVR from Dish Network, either a Samsung or Oppo upconvert DVD player.
The longest run will be about 20 ft.
My questions:
I have never had a speaker setup in my life. I don't have the HK AVR yet so I haven't been able to take a look at it. I need to know what wires to buy from monoprice.com.
I have no idea what gauge to get (16?) and what type of connectors I need for the Polks or the HK receiver. What are bananas/spades etc? Is one better or easier?
Should I get a specific wire for the sub?
In other words, TELL ME WHAT TO GET AND HOW TO HOOK IT UP.
Also, having no experience with this stuff, should I even attempt to bi-wire at this point? I hear that there isn't a diffence to most people's ears.
Thanks all!
P.S. For the other cables, I will be ordering 2 HDMI's for the DVD and DVR directly to the TV. Also, 2 opticals for those 2 to the AVR. Anything else I need besides that and the speaker wire?
I'm about to join Team Polk and I need some help on what to order from monoprice.com with the following setup:
Fronts: Rti8
Center:CSi5
Rear: Rti4 or maybe some towers such as Monitor 40's (asking about the mismatch of Rti and monitor in the speaker forum as we speak).
Sub: EIther an HSU or SVS (no more than $300 or $400 model)
Receiver: HK 435
Everything else that probably doesn't matter: Samsung 4095 1080p LCD, Vip 622 HD DVR from Dish Network, either a Samsung or Oppo upconvert DVD player.
The longest run will be about 20 ft.
My questions:
I have never had a speaker setup in my life. I don't have the HK AVR yet so I haven't been able to take a look at it. I need to know what wires to buy from monoprice.com.
I have no idea what gauge to get (16?) and what type of connectors I need for the Polks or the HK receiver. What are bananas/spades etc? Is one better or easier?
Should I get a specific wire for the sub?
In other words, TELL ME WHAT TO GET AND HOW TO HOOK IT UP.
Also, having no experience with this stuff, should I even attempt to bi-wire at this point? I hear that there isn't a diffence to most people's ears.
Thanks all!
P.S. For the other cables, I will be ordering 2 HDMI's for the DVD and DVR directly to the TV. Also, 2 opticals for those 2 to the AVR. Anything else I need besides that and the speaker wire?
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Found their site and this relatively quickly ...
http://manuals.harman.com/HK/QuickStart%20Guide/AVR435RearPanel.pdf
All sorts of other related material here ...
http://www.harmankardon.com/product_support/support_detail.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&cat=&prod=AVR%20435&sjump=om&#active -
PolkWannabie wrote:Found their site and this relatively quickly ...
http://manuals.harman.com/HK/QuickStart%20Guide/AVR435RearPanel.pdf
All sorts of other related material here ...
http://www.harmankardon.com/product_support/support_detail.aspx?Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&cat=&prod=AVR%20435&sjump=om&#active
Thanks. That does help but I'm dumb with this stuff so could still use some stuff explained. -
Subwoofer cables.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236&style=
interconnects
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021803&p_id=2864&seq=1&format=2&style=
Optical cables for dvd,cable or sat boxes with digital audio,
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10229&cs_id=1022901&p_id=2764&seq=1&format=2&style=
Speaker wire, and bi-wiring will not yield any difference.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239&cs_id=1023902&p_id=2748&seq=1&format=2&style=
Banana plugs for speakers
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10401&cs_id=1040115&p_id=2801&seq=1&format=2My gear,
Acer PH530 720P PJ
100 inch Da-Lite Video Spectra screen
Yamaha HTR 5790
Toshiba HD-A3
Denon 1600 dvd player with sdi out,
DVDO iSCAN HD+
Panasonic Dmr E-80H
Dishnetwork HD pvr
1 Audiosource amp300 150 wpc Fronts
1 Audiosource ampone bridged 200 watts powering center
1 Onkyo M-282 105 wpc amplifier sides
polk cs400 center
polk RT400 mains
Polk mkII back surrounds,
Polk FX300fxi dipole surrounds
Velodyne DPS-10 sub
Klipsch KSW-10 sub.:cool: