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Now THIS is where an A/C line Conditioner / Filter would help. Just make sure the front controls on the filter are set for "Ex-Lax" to smooth those electrons.



Gawd, do we have to bring that thread into this too? That A/C thread needs to die.

That's a sweet setup for an apartment. Congrats on that!

I have a VSX-43TX too. When you say that it's taking an hour to pass audio, what is actually happening? Everything else looks good, just no sound? Can you switch inputs? When you adjust the volume, do the volume numbers change but no sound? Have you checked the A>B speaker switch? Does the receiver make the second 'click' a few seconds after you turn it on? Make sure you don't have a bad or crossed speaker wire somewhere, as maybe that would cause it to go into a safe mode.

I think it's still a great receiver and still pretty competitive compared to most others in its class. The only things about the receiver that I dislike are the lack of on-screen setup, it isn't XM-ready, it isn't iPod ready, and no HDMI. Lacking an HDTV, the HDMI isn't an issue yet for me, but it sounds like it is for you. Other than that, it's a pretty solid receiver. As far as fixing it goes, it's one of those 'where's your limit' kind of questions. Personally, I'd spend up to about a hundred bucks or so to fix it, but after that, I'd start to take a hard look at just getting a newer receiver with a more current feature set. The 43TX is 4-5 years old.

Oh, and be careful using the words 'sonically superior'. There are several sensitive people around here that will tar-and-feather you if you even suggest that different receivers produce different sonic characteristics in your music. My opinion is that they do make a difference, but I won't go any further than that.


Last edited by PeterChenoweth; 03/16/07 01:24 PM.
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