New house, new HT basement (Soccer palace) build!

[Almadacr]

Originally Posted by EMAGDNIM

Well, I just placed an order at Monoprice and I still need more things. I decided to split it up because there's items that are not in stock that I need (such as the new Redmere HDMI cable that I'm planning to run to both the projector and the TV).

Also the shipping costs were out of this world!? If I would have ordered all of the items at the same time, the shipping would have been as much as all of the items.

It's crazy how many small items can add up to the total amount. Once you start, it's hard to stop.

I also need to buy pot light boxes for the ceiling since I'm planning to sound proof the walls and ceiling and you can have roxul close to lighting without it being contained.

Your place is coming great . What kind of Roxul are you planing to use ?

It was scary when i tried to order stuff from Monoprice , with the shipping cost's , i was able to buy everything locally and saved some money .

Just a small note that everybody should be aware . Estporters are not authorized sellers from Epson and i would confirm with other brand company's if they are so . Epson don't cover products bought at Estporters .

[EMAGDNIM]

Originally Posted by roar

Oh come on... it wasn't that bad out today! (Says me who spent the entire day in my folks pool! )

Yeah it was crazy hot both Saturday and Sunday so I didn't get much done I do plan to mount the boxes this week for sure. I got to get the ball rolling since I decided which projector to buy

Originally Posted by Almadacr

Your place is coming great . What kind of Roxul are you planing to use ?

It was scary when i tried to order stuff from Monoprice , with the shipping cost's , i was able to buy everything locally and saved some money .

Just a small note that everybody should be aware . Estporters are not authorized sellers from Epson and i would confirm with other brand company's if they are so . Epson don't cover products bought at Estporters .

I'm planning to use the Roxul Safe’n’Sound for wood. I'm hoping to have this electrical buttoned up within the next few weeks so that I can get to the itchy stuff.

As for monoprice, I love their stuff but I can't get over the shipping. I still have some items to buy from them so I guess I just have to suck it up for the next round of items

And there was few posts about the Epson issue over on AV Science forums. FYI to people who don't understand why they are $400 less then the competitors. I was told that they are not officially able to carry Panasonic as well. I was told this by a major distributor for Ontario.

[Almadacr]

Originally Posted by EMAGDNIM

I'm planning to use the Roxul Safe’n’Sound for wood. I'm hoping to have this electrical buttoned up within the next few weeks so that I can get to the itchy stuff.

As for monoprice, I love their stuff but I can't get over the shipping. I still have some items to buy from them so I guess I just have to suck it up for the next round of items

And there was few posts about the Epson issue over on AV Science forums. FYI to people who don't understand why they are $400 less then the competitors. I was told that they are not officially able to carry Panasonic as well. I was told this by a major distributor for Ontario.

Nice i did my acoustic panels with Roxul S&S and tested them in from of my guitar amp .

Regarding Estporters maybe they are getting the PJ's truth a 3rd party and maybe ( i'm guessing here ) from the US . Epson Canada states under every model when you open the specific page in red about Estporters , maybe other's will do the same i don't know .

I saw that they had great deals but when i contacted Epson they told me right away about Estporters and since there have been some lemons regarding the model that i wanted i didn't toke the chance .

[roar]

Originally Posted by Almadacr

Nice i did my acoustic panels with Roxul S&S and tested them in from of my guitar amp .

Regarding Estporters maybe they are getting the PJ's truth a 3rd party and maybe ( i'm guessing here ) from the US . Epson Canada states under every model when you open the specific page in red about Estporters , maybe other's will do the same i don't know .

I saw that they had great deals but when i contacted Epson they told me right away about Estporters and since there have been some lemons regarding the model that i wanted i didn't toke the chance .

This is going to come off as me being an Eastporter supporter which I have no reason to be but I thought I could add some perspective.

When I bought a Denon AVR from Costco I was told that Costco was NOT an authorized Denon dealer and that Denon would not honor any warranty on the unit. Now, with Costco having the worlds greatest return policy and being a rather large national company the concerns of not having Denon stand behind my product was really rather moot.

I would imagine Eastporters would tell you that they will look after you for any warranty work but being what I gather is a small company with a single office you obviously run the risk of that support actually being there for you when you need it. I think this one would fall under the category of 'buyer beware', understand your risks and if saving $400 means a lot to you and you have some confidence in Eastporters supporting you then take the plunge and hope for the best.

I know I will consider them when it is time for me to pull the trigger, being down the road from me for whatever reason gives me a little better feeling, knowing that I could go knock on the door if I felt I got a lemon, but if I went to knock on the door and nobody answered obviously I would be out of luck.

[EMAGDNIM]

I don't want it to seem like I don't like them in general. I REALLY liked the demos that I've received from them. They have a great understanding of the products that they sell. Heck I'm buying my screen from them for sure!

As for the projector, I don't think I'd buy it from them. I understand that they've been around for a VERY long time (I remember when I was buying a Panasonic AE700U many moons ago, and their names was on the short list of places I'd buy it from). Back then they were BIG into grey market imports (HK/Asian models). That being said, they would list it on the site. It was totally up the the end user to roll the dice if they would want to save money. Back then it would have been a difference of about $600 CND. In the end I bought it locally for a great price and didn't look back.

I double checked to see if they were authorized by JVC since I'd be spending $4K+ and they were. Epson and Panasonic they are not (though they are adamant that there's no issue).

Anyways, I had to buy a dehumidifier because my walls were sweating because of the humidity down there.



I picked this monster up and it's been working well. Because of the crazy warm weather, I have to drain the water out of it almost daily.