Jason Hicks:

masswood:

Thanks Caleb, Could You do me a favor and look into the Bravus8 That I returned and see if something was wrong with it. I know the remote did not work for one thing. I'M just curious, I could not get the same amount of bass as the s8 and I had it at level 20. Also I had to turn it up thru the reciever. Thanks

 

Joe 

 Hmmm. . . sounds like you might have benefited from Caleb's post here:

http://www.aperionaudio.com/community/forums/1/7490/ShowThread.aspx

We have not been able to replicate any issues with the Bravus 8Ds that we have here, but rest assured we inspect and test every return once we receive them.  We are aware that the input sensitivity of the Bravus line is somewhat low, but altering the settings at your receiver should take care of the problem.  As for the remotes, a few have been sent out that were indeed defective, sorry about that.  

Jason,

First off I love my new toys.  I am going to write up a complete impressions post Monday but I though I would say something about the Bravus 8D here.

I got every thing hooked up late Friday evening.  I am using a lowly Onkyo 503.  I used the sub out on the Onkyo, reciever crossover set to 80 to match the 5B recommendation, eventually settled the volumn to -5 on the sub, everything works perfect.  It is always on when it should be and shuts off sometime after it is no longer needed.  That was my total setup procedure, the only thing that took some time was deciding on the volume setting, which I finially settled by Saturerday evening after listening to a lot of music.

At first I though my remote did not work, and I thought oh no I got problems as well.  I decided to check the battery and noticed the little plastic tab, that I thought was to help me pull the protective cover off the top, actually came out of the battery compartment.  Gave it a yank and all is well.

Cheers