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Well, in another kind of bang, it looks like my receiver is toast. When the storms came through on the weekend I didn't unplug my equipment and it looks like something in the output section is gone. my input indicates when it gets a signal from the HTPC, but there is no sound. Nothing on the tuner either. I haven't tried analog in yet.

Looks like I need to go shopping.

I am looking for one too what is the best AV right now for $2000 and under. Denon avr4310CI $1999 perhaps I really dont know too much about these

Hi Fred:

Sorry to hear that..did you check if HTPC is on Mute?
My HTPC does that to me sometimes.

--Avi

Hi Avi. I did a cursory check, but haven't dug deep into the bowels of the OS. The receiver changes from a flashing to a solid lignt on the input indicator when it gets a signal. I assume that mute cuts the signal entirely. I guess I should test that out.

I will take the receiver in to a store later this week to get independant verification that its pooched.

Best really seems to depend on what you are looking for. Denon is well loved here because all their models seem to have such a robust power supply. There are some here using higher end Onkyo receivers with good results as well.

I'm relatively new to HT and only have experience with my Sherwood.

If you want the best of the best, get a pre-pro and the Axiom class-D amp.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, that sucks! I do have to hand it to Denon, they make a solid piece of equipment! My 4802 has made it through two electrical storms, one that knocked a 36 inch TV out cold, and a second that sent a computer to the electronics grave yard. On top of that it survived a fire that totally destroyed every other piece of electronics I had in my basement... simply amazing! So I absolutely give Denon my recommendations. I only wish they made televisions and cheaper amps. As much as I love them, I can't justify $7500 for an outboard amp!!!

On a related note yesterday our Maxtor One Touch file system crashed taking our last years worth of photography work along with it. Now we get to send it off for data recovery which is not only tricky, its EXPENSIVE!!! Technology can be a real buzzkill sometimes! =(

As cheap as hard drive space is these days everyone should have a backup drive or two for safety...

You should do offsite backup for photos, videos, and documents. It isn't that expensive considering the pain it can save you.

Telling someone what they should have done after data loss is kinda rough. We all know what we should be doing, and it is all the more obvious at these times.

Well here's the real topper 2 this story, the Maxtor One Touch III Turbo WAS our back up system. Two weeks ago the power supply on our 650 gig FreeAgent went out and we're waiting on the replacement to arrive. In the meantime we have our Maxtor set up on Raid1 where one disc (it's a two Terabite unit housing two one terabite discs. You can set it up as Raid2 that uses both discs as one big disk, or Raid1 where one disk is an exact mirror of the 1st disk) is a back-up of the other disk. So just two weeks ago we had everything backed up three times. Then like I said the power supply went out on the FreeAgent and so we've just been using the Maxtor as a stand alone unit until the replacement arrives. Of course we knew we were taking our chances this way, but what were the odds lighting would strike twice so close together right... well now we get to be the example they always use when they say, "you never want to risk it". We risked it, and we lost.

But here's the thing, we still did have everything backed up twice. So the odd part is, if one disk went bad, why can't I access the back-up??? What's the use of having a back-up if its going to crash the same time the main disk crashes? And who on earth has all three sources crash within two weeks of eachother???

There are only so many safety steps you can take after all. I felt fairly secure with having three copies of everything. So what am I supposed to do now? What if I get an off-site back up and right after my hard-drive crashes they have a fire & they lose all of my stuff as well? Then everyone can say, "well you should have kept back-up disks in a fire proof safe"... But what if a meteor the size of a Buick crashes through my roof and lands on my fire proof safe turning it into rubble... where does it all end???

BTW I don't mean to sound crappy or ungreatful for anyone's advice, I do appreciate it, thanks. I'm just feeling sorry for myself and my dumbass decision to risk it until our replacement FreeAgent comes. I figured the risk was small, but its going to end up costing us dearly!!!