Upgrading your gear and where to buy high end audio in Canada - Blu-ray Forum

ROSS.T.G. · 02-06-2017, 12:24 PM

I thought it be cool to hear peoples past experiences upgrading their HT gear.

I live in Canada and it is so hard to find stores that sell high end HT gear at a reasonable price. I haven't purchased anything from a big box store in the last decade. Last year I bought my first house and my dream has been to have a dedicated theatre room which was daunting. My HT at the time wasn't dated but my equipment was entry level and due to the size of my room I new I had to upgrade. The first piece of equipment I upgraded was my BD player. I went from a Panasonic to Oppo 103 and purchased the region hack chip. A few months later I decided to ditch my 55 Panasonic ST30 for a Epson 2030. I thought a larger screen was more important than quality. I then started looking at Dolby Atmos AVR's and stumbled on the Gibby's Electronics Supermarket website and found some great flagship AVR's at half price. My AVR at the time was a Denon X3000 which was a great unit. It was my 3rd AVR in 5 years, before that I had Yamaha, and Onkyo. I called Gibby's and spoke with a sales rep names Shawn, he recommended I look at the Marantz SR7009. It was Bstock and sold for $1,200. MSRP was $2,600 here in Canada. I pulled the trigger on that deal. I was never really happy with the Epson 2030. The black levels were too washed out so I decided to purchase the Calman software and calibrate myself. It did improve color and greyscale but it was still lacking. Last February I decided to jump on a great deal and purchased the Epson 5030 which is the best display I have owned hands down. The last thing I wanted to upgrade was my speakers. I had owned my Paradigm Monitor v.6's for 8 years. I had my eye on Klipsch being that I only use my HT for movies, TV and gaming. I called up Shawn from Gibby's again because they had the Reference II line on sale since it was discontinued. He ended up giving me an incredible deal on the Reference Premiere line. I purchased the 440c, 250f and 240s. If you live in Canada and want high end gear I strongly recommend asking for Shawn and Gibby's Electronics.

02-06-2017, 12:24 PM	#1
ROSS.T.G. Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Ontario, Canada 4K collection:393 Blu-ray collection:1549 Blu-ray reviews:16	Upgrading your gear and where to buy high end audio in Canada I thought it be cool to hear peoples past experiences upgrading their HT gear. I live in Canada and it is so hard to find stores that sell high end HT gear at a reasonable price. I haven't purchased anything from a big box store in the last decade. Last year I bought my first house and my dream has been to have a dedicated theatre room which was daunting. My HT at the time wasn't dated but my equipment was entry level and due to the size of my room I new I had to upgrade. The first piece of equipment I upgraded was my BD player. I went from a Panasonic to Oppo 103 and purchased the region hack chip. A few months later I decided to ditch my 55 Panasonic ST30 for a Epson 2030. I thought a larger screen was more important than quality. I then started looking at Dolby Atmos AVR's and stumbled on the Gibby's Electronics Supermarket website and found some great flagship AVR's at half price. My AVR at the time was a Denon X3000 which was a great unit. It was my 3rd AVR in 5 years, before that I had Yamaha, and Onkyo. I called Gibby's and spoke with a sales rep names Shawn, he recommended I look at the Marantz SR7009. It was Bstock and sold for $1,200. MSRP was $2,600 here in Canada. I pulled the trigger on that deal. I was never really happy with the Epson 2030. The black levels were too washed out so I decided to purchase the Calman software and calibrate myself. It did improve color and greyscale but it was still lacking. Last February I decided to jump on a great deal and purchased the Epson 5030 which is the best display I have owned hands down. The last thing I wanted to upgrade was my speakers. I had owned my Paradigm Monitor v.6's for 8 years. I had my eye on Klipsch being that I only use my HT for movies, TV and gaming. I called up Shawn from Gibby's again because they had the Reference II line on sale since it was discontinued. He ended up giving me an incredible deal on the Reference Premiere line. I purchased the 440c, 250f and 240s. If you live in Canada and want high end gear I strongly recommend asking for Shawn and Gibby's Electronics.

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