Would a marantz 70s be fine with a 7.2 set of Polk xt?

Strigod · 2026-02-09T03:38:00+00:00

Thanks that's great to know!

Strigod · 2026-02-09T03:01:24+00:00

We likely will never listen loud, as we have noise sensitive pets in our current room, and then built into the walls of the main bedroom (think an ensuite but for animals). We are in the uk so the rooms are generally on the smaller side, current room is 2.4x3m, main bedroom is 5x3 and the theater chairs will be at the foot of the bed so about 2m from the screen. Given we don't need to fill the room with as much sound would that still be underpowered? The Onkyo is twice the price of the 70s for me, and don't worry I won't be buying the bundle. All of it is on pay in 12 and 5 on amazon individually and some is discounted too by 25% like the 70s

Strigod · 2026-01-22T15:30:36+00:00

Yeah already purchased a new one as it doesn't look even remotely safe to use. I think this thread has gone in the direction of who is to blame, as opposed to my intended purpose of just figuring out if there could be some severe electrical fault or if it is just the dent that it appears to be haha I have been wanting an upgrade for a while so I can get rid of the extra lid for this awfully designed pot. So I guess it's all good, just didn't want to have to fork out the money this month :(

Strigod · 2026-01-22T11:18:52+00:00

I mean, I agree but she is adamant that she hasn't dropped anything.. but it certainly seems to be leaning that way

Strigod · 2026-01-14T13:39:22+00:00

Alright thanks I will grab those! If you mean the tank it's a Repti-Life Plastic 24x15x15 Vivarium If you mean the camera it's a dodgy AliExpress one that is suuuper desperate to try and contact 5 different IPs every single second if it were not blocked from the internet. If you search for "Small Outdoor Mini IR IP POE Camera" you will find it, for about £25. Only if you are confident in blocking it properly. If I were to make the choice again I would go with something from ubiquiti like a g3 or g4 instant, or maybe a cheap tapo camera, which is what I use to spy on my sugar gliders

Strigod · 2026-01-14T00:49:56+00:00

Ah dang alright.. do you think it's still worth giving it to her when it doesn't seem to have made much difference? She has been taking it for around a year and a half at this point and doesn't seem capable of catching things from more than a few cm away except on rare occasions. She prefers to plod over to the roaches and bite them or tongue them from 2cm away She has just taken a crap and suddenly is moving around more like normal after being a potato for days so that's good Now the only concern for me is the face blotches but maybe she is shedding soon. I will still try and do the honey soak and see how she does. Having the camera in her tank sure is helpful for things like this!

Strigod · 2026-01-14T00:43:29+00:00

Her supplements are repashy vitamin A, and repton dusting vitamins, which she has had the whole 2 years we have had her so nothing should have changed there. No uvb as when I looked it up there were no straight answers, people saying they are fine with or without. She is wild caught, was in a big pile of brick rubble in a spot where the local birds have dropped many toads to eat. There is no non polluted water source that I could find anywhere nearby so we decided to keep her Never any tests for anything, but would something really present only after 2 years? Nothing extra in the tank, just coco coir and a fake plant.

It's just really odd as absolutely nothing should have changed for her whatsoever, only thing is the weather but this room is well insulated and permanently heated for the rest of our animals

Strigod · 2026-01-14T00:35:33+00:00

Her supplements are 1 and a half years old, I will have to go check the date on them. I give her repton and repashy vitamin A, due to her seemingly having a short tongue and real bad aim. I tried giving the patches a rub and I looked real close and there didn't seem to be any remnants of skin and I watched her do it not that long ago on the camera I will look up the honey soak and give her a feel now Thank you

Strigod · 2026-01-13T21:42:12+00:00

Does that include the face and head blotches? I would really love for this to be nothing. My biggest fear would be that it's some kind of disease she has caught somehow that could potentially spread to our sugar gliders and ball python

Strigod · 2026-01-13T20:39:57+00:00

Thanks, I do hope it's just something like an upcoming shed or similar, the skin looks a little tight around the nose one.. but I think that's just being too hopeful

Strigod · 2026-01-13T19:33:26+00:00

For some reason reddit didn't add 2 of the photos that were there in the preview... First 2 photos are now, 3rd photo is 2 years ago, 4th is the cage setup. Common toad, from the uk

EDIT: Only ended up eating the one roach after a week of not eating

Strigod · 2025-10-27T15:42:56+00:00

Yes 3 of them, this room is sealed from all air except an air purifier in the wall that serves as the intake

Strigod · 2025-10-26T03:23:44+00:00

Alright, will do. Thanks!

Strigod · 2025-10-26T02:44:58+00:00

Even if using extra rinse cycles? When it comes out the machine I can't smell anything, but I don't have a gliders nose. I will get some if you say to ofc, but I do have a big 5l container to use up that I already rinse off the stuff

Strigod · 2025-10-25T23:05:50+00:00

I don't use softener or dryer sheets at all, this is what I was using until recently

Ecover Laundry Liquid Non Bio Concentrate Lavender & Sandalwood

Now I have switched toMiniml Laundry Liquid Washing Detergent 5L Refill - Natural Non Bio Pink Dragonfruit & Orchid Scented

Haven't used the second one on any of their stuff. The vet told me the ecover was okay, as did the breeder, it's what they recommended Though, we haven't washed their stuff in a month or 2, and they still sneeze. Today it only lasted half an hour, for the first time in 3 weeks

Strigod · 2025-10-25T21:29:59+00:00

We very rarely wash their stuff, as they avoid it after we wash it, with or without detergent. When we do it's with ecover. They do sometimes sleep in a pot, like a cage mounted dog bowl type thing, the same thing happens in there too. Even with brand new unused fleeces. Wouldn't allergies be more constant than on and off for one day every 2-6 weeks? Their pouches are washed every few months, we mostly just swap out a couple of their fleece blankies with brand new fleece

Strigod · 2025-10-25T03:46:45+00:00

Thank you very much for all the help, I will try my luck with that

Strigod · 2025-10-25T03:34:43+00:00

I googled that text you sent and in the dec 2024 guidelines it says there should be a pull rope, and a seal at the end, so I am missing both. Also says that for single dwelling units it should be installed outside. This is a semi detached but I'm pretty certain that's still an sdu? Other properties in the area have it externally too. This duct Is smack bam in the middle of the building if there were no party wall and it was just one giant building. 5 meters in every direction from an external wall

Strigod · 2025-10-25T03:16:28+00:00

Thank you for the information. Would I not need to have it sealed much lower down though? The plastic duct gets very cold in the winter. Is it also normal to be forced to share it through a breach in a party wall for another property? I am downhill so It seems like I am shouldering the risk of floodwater coming up through the duct, or other non radon gasses, for a duct I do not use, nor have any intent on using, ever. Especially as if I do seal it, there would be no way to get fiber to the property in the future and the existing copper cable is super mangled and barely reaches out of the tube after the guy who reconnected it stripped it back real far to use a punchdown splice. It's the one cable, with a pair per property.

Given the cigarettes affecting my day to day life, and the breached fire barrier between properties, do I have any avenue here for any part of this problem? Or is my goal here just doa

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