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New member Username: DobyblueSt. Catharines, Ontario Canada Post Number: 5 Registered: Oct-05 | I bought my Pioneer 1014TX 7.1 receiver with Sony 7.1 satellite speakers. The speakers sounded great but the 135W 8" subwoofer was a disaster!!! I took the speakers back and for the same price got a JBL 5.1 system. I didn't have the money to get the Infinity modulus 5.1 that I wanted but my roommate that had recently moved out (April 2005 we're talking here) had the same JBL speakers and I knew I liked them. The subwoofer which is 35W less than the Sony sounds 27 times better. Anyway I missed the fact that I couldn't appreciate my Dolby 5.1EX and DTS:ES 6.1 discs the way I should be and looked forward to the day I would get back to 7.1 Yesterday was the day. I bought a pair of Paradigm Monitor 11 speakers that list at CDN$1669 but were on sale at Gibby's Audio 39th birthday weekend sale for CDN$1295 They are nothing short of AMAZING!!!! I listen to my audio through Pioneer's DV-45 player which support DVD-Audio and SACD. I have my 6 channel cables hooked up to the multi-channel inputs on my receiver, but when you use multi-channel in you cannot utilize the properties of the receiver, such as 7 channel stereo. Hence when I listened to Peter Gabriel's "Us" in SACD stereo I was only able to hear it through the front left and right JBL satellite speakers - NO BASS! You cannot use the subwoofer using multi-channel in unless the disc you're listening to has a .1 track on it. Well the speakers I'm using, hooked up with Ultralink's Excelsior 2.4 bi-ready tasty speaker cable, sound absolutely stunning!!!! If you're shopping for a nice set of high fidelity speakers and you want the sound of $2,500 speakers for just over a grand, go and have a listening demonstartion of the Paradigm Monitor 11 series loudspeaker. It's pure listening bliss. Speakers - Paradigm Monitor 11 http://www.paradigm.com/Website/SiteParadigmProduct/ParadigmModels/MonSeries/Mon itorSpecs.htm Surround speakers and sub - JBL SCS 145.5S - http://www.jbl.com/home/products/product_detail.aspx?prod=SCS145.5S&cat=SCS&ser= SCS Amplifier - Pioneer VSX1014TX - 2076_4153_209686388%2C00.html,http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/deta il/0,,2076_4153_209686388,00.html DVD Audio/Video player - Pioneer Elite DV-45A - 2076_15020671_35168%2C00.html,http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/deta il/0,,2076_15020671_35168,00.html |