Recent content by twa5786

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    Home Theater/Surround Sound Recommendations?

    @aeroclone here’s an example of what I have coming out of the walls…
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    Home Theater/Surround Sound Recommendations?

    1) Denon AVR S960H Receiver $750 2) Definitive Technology High Perf Bookshelf Speakers $600 3) Definitive Technology CS-9060 Center Speaker w/ 8” subwoofer $600 4) Bowers & Wilkins 4” 100W Satellite Speakers $300 5) SVS SB-1000 Pro Subwoofer $700
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    Home Theater/Surround Sound Recommendations?

    Great questions. I’ll take some pics tonight and post them. Long story short, there are loose wires coming out of the wall at each speaker location but no plug ins. There is an HDMI cable ran to the TV location already. I’m confident the previous homeowner have hardware connected and was using...
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    Home Theater/Surround Sound Recommendations?

    Absolutely! Happy to share what they quoted (this was after I told him I didn’t want top of the line): 1) Denon AVR S960H Receiver $750 2) Definitive Technology High Perf Bookshelf Speakers $600 3) Definitive Technology CS-9060 Center Speaker w/ 8” subwoofer $600 4) Bowers & Wilkins 4” 100W...
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    Home Theater/Surround Sound Recommendations?

    Thanks guys, this is awesome info. Definitely reinforces my thoughts about looking elsewhere following the original quote. I really appreciate it. Since all the wiring is there, how easy is it to simply buy the equipment myself and hook it up? I’m a pretty decent DIY’er but no expert.
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    Home Theater/Surround Sound Recommendations?

    Fanatics, I’m sure there are a few techies on these forums that have nice in-home game day setups and I’d love to get your input. We just moved into a “new” house that is wired for surround sound in the basement. Sounds like the wiring is in good shape and up to par. Mind you, we just got our...
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    *** Official #20 IOWA STATE vs #23 Texas Game(Day) Thread ***

    Why do Oklahoma and Texas play such annoying filler music between every dead ball? Anyone else notice this?
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    WTB: 3 for ISU/Okie

    Cyclone fan, looking to buy 3. Taking my four year old so not overly concerned about location. Looking to spend around $40 apiece.
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    Recommendations for Road Trip from Des Moines

    Thanks for all the great recommendations, guys! We’ve been to NE IA, Dub/Galena, Door County, and Madison before, so as much as I appreciate the intel there, we’re going to pursue a few of the MN recs. I appreciate all the info!
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    Recommendations for Road Trip from Des Moines

    Agreed, Door County is great. We’ve been there a few times. Unfortunately, the 3YO is toilet training and we’d probably turn it into a 10 hour drive!
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    Recommendations for Road Trip from Des Moines

    Agreed! Lots to do up there. We have family up there, so we’ve spent a lot of time in that region.
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    North Shore MN recommendations

    Any unique, non-mainstream hotel lodging recommendations in this area? Hoping to keep the budget around $150/night.
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    Recommendations for Road Trip from Des Moines

    The recent thread about North Shore, MN has us feeling like we need to schedule a 4-5 day road trip this summer. Problem is, I try do this every summer, and get intimidated once I start trying to search through seemingly hundreds of different towns with lakes in MN and elsewhere. We’re looking...
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    401k Changes

    As I understand it, this is much ado about very little for the time being. It’s unlikely that individual participants will be able to invest in PE like they have some sort of brokerage window or something. More so, it’ll probably look like Target Date Fund managers baking PE into their...