On Saturday October 21, 2012 I went to IKEA and purchased the EXPEDIT bookcase for storage and prefect rear placement of my rear surround speakers. I purchased the 2 x 4 bookcase in Black-Brown color. I have it on the floor long way. I will post pictures under the Current Equipment List.
Much like the component cable for the Wii and the purchase of a Blu ray player, I should have done this a long time ago. Watching sports and movies in surround sound is truly a different experience than 3.1 or 2.1 systems can provide.
I still have to run the Audyssey room correction on the Onkyo TX-NR609 now that I have all six speakers connected. I am still playing with which settings I like the best for sound on movies and sports. I ran a test with Avatar which I only have on DVD (purchasing Blu ray soon) and I was impressed with all the sound that was presented in the rear channels.
Right now I am using Monoprice 18AWG CL2 Rated speaker wire that I had left over from the installation of the front left, right and center speakers. After reading some reviews and technical information on speaker wire I will be replacing the 18AWG with 12AWG on the fronts. I found some flat wire that I can route under the carpet to the rear channels. For now the wire to the rear surround speakers is run under a rug in and the couch that backs up to the bookcase.
When I replace the front speaker wire I will also be replacing the HDMI cable the runs from the Onkyo TX-NR609 to the TV. I am going to use the Ultra Slim Series High Performance HDMI cable with RedMere Technology. This is a much thinner cable than the current Monoprice 24AWG Category 2 Certified cable I am using now.
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