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Old 11-13-2020, 09:20 AM   #10976
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Got an email from Best Buy about Black Friday deals, they have the 10" Klipsch subwoofer on sale for $50 more than the Costco deal on the 12". I spent a little bit of time on the BestBuy chat yesterday to see if they would pricematch the 12" sub. I got to 3 agents who all got the SKU and said they needed 3-4 mins to check and all 3 times, I got technical issues.

I'm going to be stopping by the local BB near my work, which is minutes away from the closest Costco, so If they'll pricematch, sweet. IF not, I'll drive over to Costco and get the sub there (if they have one in stock!)
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Old 11-13-2020, 09:49 AM   #10977
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Got an email from Best Buy about Black Friday deals, they have the 10" Klipsch subwoofer on sale for $50 more than the Costco deal on the 12". I spent a little bit of time on the BestBuy chat yesterday to see if they would pricematch the 12" sub. I got to 3 agents who all got the SKU and said they needed 3-4 mins to check and all 3 times, I got technical issues.

I'm going to be stopping by the local BB near my work, which is minutes away from the closest Costco, so If they'll pricematch, sweet. IF not, I'll drive over to Costco and get the sub there (if they have one in stock!)
BB will usually pricematch in person no problems, even against listings on Amazon. We actually got like half off the Big Jambox years ago when they pricematched amazon.
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Old 11-13-2020, 09:53 AM   #10978
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BB will usually pricematch in person no problems, even against listings on Amazon. We actually got like half off the Big Jambox years ago when they pricematched amazon.
Yeah, in the past I've had pretty good results on them pricematching in person.

I was hoping to just order the sub online with them yesterday at the pricematch and be able to walk in today and just pick it up.

Edit: I don't have a Costco membership, I thought I could walk in and buy it for that non-member price in person, turns out that's only Online. I hope Best Buy will pricematch and I can walk out with the sub tonight and set it up when I get home.
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Old 11-13-2020, 10:10 AM   #10979
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there'd be regrets here either way... either a CC bill or wondering what could have been...
There's always something better if you just wait 6 months or spend $500 more

At some point you just have to bite the bullet and enjoy your purchase. Or never buy anything, save a boat load of cash, and retire early.
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:01 AM   #10980
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I'm sure the silvers are very good and you would be happy with them. I think you are well into the point of diminished returns. Gold series have that planar/ribbon tweeter which is probably where a lot of the cost difference comes from. Lots of people love ribbon tweeters, I dont have much experience.

Silver series seams to be high sensitivity and 8 ohms, while gold is moderate and 4 ohms. Probably the avr is fine for either but if you will need an amp is will be more likely for the golds than the silver.


Then again quality is remembered after price is forgotten. My mains have a similar MSRP to my daily driver so I am a bad reference.

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Old 11-13-2020, 11:10 AM   #10981
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Looking at Sony Z9F soundbar/subwoofer plus the wireless rear speakers. because of the setup of the living room, running wires to rear speakers are proving difficult.

It's reduced to $996 from $1199. Hmmm.... And it seems to have good reviews.

Then all I need is a 55" Sony X90 from Costco and that should complete the setup. And a specific Kallax shelving unit that seems to be out of stock at any IKEA near me... I need to to meet in the corner it to the other one I have and place the TV in a corner (to reduce glare and face more of the sectional seating head on, if that makes sense.
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:12 AM   #10982
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Yeah, in the past I've had pretty good results on them pricematching in person.

I was hoping to just order the sub online with them yesterday at the pricematch and be able to walk in today and just pick it up.

Edit: I don't have a Costco membership, I thought I could walk in and buy it for that non-member price in person, turns out that's only Online. I hope Best Buy will pricematch and I can walk out with the sub tonight and set it up when I get home.
You should be able to walk in to Costco and shop as a non member!

In other news
My son broke the needle on the record players cartridge..anyone have a spare one I can consider buying? Standard half inch, 4 prong. On a Audio Technica.
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:19 AM   #10983
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My son broke the needle on the record players cartridge..anyone have a spare one I can consider buying?
Check out your local orphanariums they should have several replacement sons available.
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:19 AM   #10984
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Anyone here with an LG C9 using audio ARC? I can't get it working properly with my Denon S540BT. Reading around the internet makes it sound like an LG firmware update broke ARC
HDMI 2 is the audio ARC input, not HDMI 1
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:23 AM   #10985
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These guys seem pretty good for replacement stylus and AT in general. Think some of it is grey market imported or something. I ordered a moving coil AT cartridge from them a few years ago and they were 30% cheaper than anywhere else.

https://www.lpgear.com/category/ATBC.html


Edit: if it is a standard moving magnet AT cart, it probably has a replaceable stylus
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:23 AM   #10986
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HDMI 2 is the audio ARC input, not HDMI 1
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:24 AM   #10987
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Check out your local orphanariums they should have several replacement sons available.
Thanks man. Gotta go check them out today - I wouldnt be surprised if we close retail next week.
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Old 11-13-2020, 11:27 AM   #10988
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Just the needle, or did he toast the whole cartridge?
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Old 11-13-2020, 12:30 PM   #10989
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You should be able to walk in to Costco and shop as a non member!
I thought so too, but some quick searching, looks like no:

https://customerservice.costco.com/a...d/855/kw/guest
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Old 11-13-2020, 12:39 PM   #10990
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So the smaller BB sub is $50 more than the Costco
Just go get a Costco membership, buy sub, profit on cheaper gas etc.

https://www.groupon.com/deals/cpn-co...tar-membership
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Old 11-13-2020, 01:09 PM   #10991
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Just the needle, or did he toast the whole cartridge?
Just the needle. It's "disappeared". It's his favorite way of explaining what happens to things that he ate, or literally thrown away.
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Old 11-13-2020, 01:16 PM   #10992
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I thought so too, but some quick searching, looks like no:

https://customerservice.costco.com/a...d/855/kw/guest
Oh yeah - Covid changed that.

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So the smaller BB sub is $50 more than the Costco
Just go get a Costco membership, buy sub, profit on cheaper gas etc.

https://www.groupon.com/deals/cpn-co...tar-membership
This or just buy it online , it ships rapidly.

I see no reason why one would NOT have a costco membership. I've got their exec and their 2% cash back has already returned me 2x the membership fee.
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Old 11-13-2020, 01:32 PM   #10993
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So the smaller BB sub is $50 more than the Costco
Just go get a Costco membership, buy sub, profit on cheaper gas etc.

https://www.groupon.com/deals/cpn-co...tar-membership
Yeah, I saw that. If BB doesn't pricematch the 12, then I'll order it online from Costco.

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Oh yeah - Covid changed that.



This or just buy it online , it ships rapidly.

I see no reason why one would NOT have a costco membership. I've got their exec and their 2% cash back has already returned me 2x the membership fee.
This. The closet Costco is the one that I'll be near tonight, it's about 10-15 mins away from work kind of sort of on the way home, but not really. SO it's not worth joining. We used to have a Samsclub membership back in day and we rarely used it.
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Old 11-13-2020, 02:21 PM   #10994
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Related: sounds like one of the used VRS surrounds is blown

Rattles pretty good when loud things happens. Might take it apart and see if it's something obvious and repairable.

Edit: do I build a speaker stand/rack and use these studio reference monitors I have, or wait a year and get some different bookshelf speakers for rear channels....

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Old 11-13-2020, 03:58 PM   #10995
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HDMI 2 is the audio ARC input, not HDMI 1
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Old 11-13-2020, 08:20 PM   #10996
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while that might work, it might not be ideal since box volumes and such really ought to be tuned to the QE values of a given driver.
so- this was all moot since the replacement was umm a bit wider than the interior of the subwoofer enclosure.

So back to where I started / umm a little bit behind because my son has chosen to push in the nose of the cone I took out.

I guess I can always call Polk or Parts express to figure out a replacement driver here.
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Old 11-13-2020, 08:40 PM   #10997
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Looking at Sony Z9F soundbar/subwoofer plus the wireless rear speakers. because of the setup of the living room, running wires to rear speakers are proving difficult.

It's reduced to $996 from $1199. Hmmm.... And it seems to have good reviews.

Then all I need is a 55" Sony X90 from Costco and that should complete the setup. And a specific Kallax shelving unit that seems to be out of stock at any IKEA near me... I need to to meet in the corner it to the other one I have and place the TV in a corner (to reduce glare and face more of the sectional seating head on, if that makes sense.
Update: Found open box satisfactory unit at local BB for $440 and grabbed it tonight. Also ordered open box excellent rear wireless speakers and having them shipped. I think they're $221. Best of all still returnable if I don't like them. Also stopped by Costco for the TV, but they had no 55" X90.
I guess I'll have to order it online.
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Old 11-13-2020, 09:11 PM   #10998
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BB would not price match because the sku at Costco is different. Lame. My buddy’s wife works at Costco, I didn’t want to bother them about it, but I did. She’s working again on Monday and I’ll meet her after she gets off work and go shopping with her. Win/win
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BB would not price match because the sku at Costco is different. Lame. My buddy’s wife works at Costco, I didn’t want to bother them about it, but I did. She’s working again on Monday and I’ll meet her after she gets off work and go shopping with her. Win/win


dude at this rate I could have ordered it for you.

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My Vizio E55-E1 TV just developed a dark lower right corner...looks to be the LED strips are dead.

Ugh...there's videos out there showing how to replace them, which isn't tough, just time consuming.

And replacing them all seems to be the way to go, because the rest are probably right behind it.

Apparently, this may be a common issue as Vizio uses a much bigger power supply than what's needed and over-drives them, leading to premature failure.
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