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"Anyone knows if these speakers need "breaking in" ? "

That all depends on who you talk to. In my opinion NO, they dont need break in.

If you find they sound harsh and edgy play them for a few days and then you won't think they sound harsh and edgy any more. It works even if you aren't home when they are playing.

But it's not break-in.

You want to hear something even worse. I bought my receiver online and it will not be hear until Friday. The speakers are staring at me like eye candy. I saved money but am kicking myself now. Believe me, it's worse actually having the speakers and not being able to listlen to them. I think something is wrong with me. No one should be thinking about speakers this much...Ray

OK, how's this one? I have ALL of the components for my new gaming rig--except the motherboard. That's at the post office. I can't get it until Saturday, due to their ridiculous hours and forwarding policies (and the fact I don't trust my neighbors). I got all the rest of the stuff last Friday. Arrrrg! Recommendation-pay attention to the shipping policies on eBay BEFORE you bid...

I understand the "Not all the parts for the computer arrive at once" problem. I love assembling machines, it's my first expensive hobby.

Now, I'm trying the home theatre thing.

Hijack. What did you get K? I'm looking to do a major upgrade (almost build a 2nd PC). Athlon 64, pcie, etc. What mobo/proc/video card are you going with? I'm just afraid to start buying as what I want to get is going to cost a bit over $1000.00

jr

Mine cost just over $1500. Bargain shopping is a good thing, my friend.

Here's the rundown (thanks for giving the opportunity to talk about my new baby!)

Athlon64 3200+ Socket 939(couldn't rationalize a 3500+)
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (hard to find these days, but know as the best mobo on the NVidia Nforce3 Ultra platform)
2x Crucial Ballistix 512 MB DIMMS (2-2-2-6, natch)
BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra OC AGP (on sale, couldn't resist)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200 GB SATA (zzz)
NEC Dual Layer x16 DVD+-R drive (silver)
Antec NeoPower 480 (not too sure about this one, but it's too late to return it now)
Silverstone Temjin TJ05-SX case (silver, side window-sigh, termal monitoring unit)
Zalman 7000B cooler

For $1000, I'd still be looking at the 3200+ or maybe the 3000+, but I'd get a cheaper case, a 6600 GT card in PCIExpress if you can stretch it. I'd still probably go with the pair of 512s. You can definitely get a good power supply for less, but be careful to read the reviews on those. An Antec Sonata case might be nice, and then you've got the PSU unless you're going to be running a high end video card. HD-get SATA.

Gee, can you tell I've been doing massive amounts of research?

Hmmm. I need a new proc/mobo/ram/video card (pci express here I come) and debating on just getting a 2nd case and taking what I have an putting it into that (HTPC perhaps?).
I've been eyeing the 3200 as well as the 3500.
I DO want PCIexpress though. That I am sure. I try to only upgrade every few years now and it's getting pricey. To get the minimum of what I would like will be at least 1k. 1 gig of ram is required for any MMORPG these days if you want to NOT drop to .5 FPS when you run into a town. WoW is better than SW:G was but I still here lots of HD accessing when I fly to a new place. I'm set on SATA. I have two 120g drives in my machine now (holds a lot por-- I mean family photos and mp3s).
I'm a bit up in the air on the mobo/video card as SLI was all the 'rage' (pun intended) back in Voodoo's day, but it flamed out fast so I don't know if it's here to stay this time or not.

ARS is working on a new recommended guide so I might hold out for that.

Did you buy all from one place or varios places? NewEgg? ZipZoomfly? Froogle?

jr

Man, I wish I could monitor termals!

Newegg for the DVD, ZipZoomFly for the critical bits except the mobo and memory, memory direct from Crucial (no tax is cheaper than free shipping), case from eastluna.com (good price, seem like good folks), mobo from eBay.

oops.


Put it together tonight, no runnie. WAAAAAAAH!