Greetings from Central Valley CA!

GFOviedo

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Gustavo. I moved to the Central Valley CA in 2001. To be more specific, I live in Visalia, CA, where the temperature gets 115 degrees during summer time! It is pretty difficult to find any decent home theater system in my area. So, I've got to rely on the internet for such things. This is my 4th HT set up. I used to change HT equipment yearly, but after having 3 kids and one on the way, HT equipment has been put on hold. Furthermore, I've been getting into woodworking and that's expensive as well.

My current set up:
AVR: Denon X4200
Amplifier: Emotiva LPA-1
Speakers: L/R Chane A5rx-c, Center Chane A2rx-c and surrounds Cambridge Minx 21
Subwoofer: Power Sound Audio PSA-XV15

2 Channel set up:
Patio: Denon HEOS Link
Amp: Still looking for a two channel amp
Speakers: Polk Audio Atrium 5

Garage:
Bluesound PowerNode G1
Speakers: Pioneer SP-BS22

Bluesound is going to go on sale pretty soon. It's an excellent sounding unit, but my wife uses Pandora and Amazon Music, and she doesn't like Spotify interface. For some reason or another Bluesound doesn't support Pandora or Amazon Music yet. So, I'll probably sell it and get a Denon HEOS Amp or Sonos Connect Amp.
 

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Hello Gustavo and welcome to the forum. :wave:I know all about not having enough money for hobbies as I also have four children. Slowly but surely seems to be my motto. :greengrin:
 

GFOviedo

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Hello Gustavo and welcome to the forum. :wave:I know all about not having enough money for hobbies as I also have four children. Slowly but surely seems to be my motto. :greengrin:

Thanks. My kids are on their summer vacation and wow can they eat! I joke about them eating my HT money lol!
 

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Thanks. My kids are on their summer vacation and wow can they eat! I joke about them eating my HT money lol!
I hate to imagine four of me eating when I was a kid. Luckily for me none of my kids have my eating habits. :)
 

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Gustavo! Welcome!

Nice home theater rig! Thanks for sharing. Fun hobby, eh?!? Expensive, yes... but so rewarding!

You should build a home theater thread... talk about your journey and the kind of equipment you've had in the past. I'm sure you have a lot of knowledge to share. Would be a great read.:T
 

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Gustavo! Welcome!

Nice home theater rig! Thanks for sharing. Fun hobby, eh?!? Expensive, yes... but so rewarding!

You should build a home theater thread... talk about your journey and the kind of equipment you've had in the past. I'm sure you have a lot of knowledge to share. Would be a great read.:T

Thank you for the idea. I will do that in the near future. I've learned a lot specially after buying our first old home....don't get me started talking about that lol. That's how I started getting into woodworking.
 

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Welcome Gustavo! Nice to see you here. I've been seeing/reading your posts for a while over @ Chane's site. Always nice to have another enthusiast on board!

How did you hear about this site?
 

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I hate to imagine four of me eating when I was a kid. Luckily for me none of my kids have my eating habits. :)

My kids are 11 yrs old, 8 yrs old and 3 yrs old. The 3 yr old eats just as much if not more than the older ones. I don't know how he stays so skinny either! He's like a duck....eat...poop lol
 

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Welcome Gustavo! Nice to see you here. I've been seeing/reading your posts for a while over @ Chane's site. Always nice to have another enthusiast on board!

How did you hear about this site?

I heard about this site at the Chane Forum. The Chane Forum is pretty dead though. I'm a member at the AVS Forum, Polk Audio Forum, Emotiva Forum, Audioholic Forum, and here now.
 

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Glad to have you with us Gustavo... and what we hope you notice here is how friendly we are. We are new, but we have also been around in other places for a long time, so we are not new to forums, even if our site is new. Sounds like you have a nice home, a nice family and we certainly hope you'll stick around and help us make history with the best AV forum on the Internet. :T
 

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GFOviedo

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Glad to have you with us Gustavo... and what we hope you notice here is how friendly we are. We are new, but we have also been around in other places for a long time, so we are not new to forums, even if our site is new. Sounds like you have a nice home, a nice family and we certainly hope you'll stick around and help us make history with the best AV forum on the Internet. :T

Thank you Sonnie. I will be around for as long as I live and can still post. I've noticed right away that this forum is much friendly than others. Pretty much the reason why I became a meme ver other thank HT talk!
 

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Glad you found us, Gustavo! Good to see you again.
 

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Hello Gustavo, welcome to the forum.
 

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Welcome to Nirvana Gustavo!
 
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