What do you guys think of this setup?

Spliffstarr

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So over the holidays with all the sales going on and my old receiver dying i decided to upgrade my audio setup. I grabbed the Energy take classic 5.1 while it was on sale for $499 here in canada and also grabbed an additional pair of satellite speakers from energy (take 20) for a $120. I went with the Sony STRDN840 7.2 $495 shipped from ncix as a replacement for my old Dennon avr-788 that died. I know 7.1 isn't absolutely necessary but the cost of $120 for two additional speakers was too hard to pass up.


http://www.futureshop.ca/en-ca/prod...spx?path=4e77ac193099109ed134cc86edff58feen02

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...elf-speakers-take20-pair-take20/10240390.aspx

http://products.ncix.com/detail/son...t-a-v-receiver-dolby-truehd-df-90218-1546.htm
 
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Energy speakers are pretty good. I'd say better than polk audio and all the other name brands. On another note, I would have gotten a Yamaha receiver though.
 
I went with the Sony receiver based on the reviews it got on cnet as the best receiver in it's price range (500) plus all the features where also a huge selling point for me..
 
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I have a Sony STRDN1040 - the 840 is the same receiver without the fancy UI. Excellent receiver, outstanding sound quality with plenty of power.

I did have some issues on setup with my Harmony remote. It didn't have buttons to select specific audio modes, and the remote that the receiver comes with doesn't either.
I got around this by adding the STR-DN1000 as a device, used my harmony to teach the commands (Music, Movie, and ADF buttons) to a generic universal remote, then used the generic to add the commands back to the harmony as STR-DN1040 commands.
 
Thanks for your response i will be getting the receiver today and I am looking forwards to setting things up. Thanks for the tip about the harmony remote i have one as well and i was planning on using it. That is a very big design flaw with the included remote.
 
Got to say that my expectations were exceeded once i got everything hooked up, thanks guys.
 
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