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| Beginning projector... Front projection can give you an immersive experience that otherwise seems unattainable. I've been thinking about a replacement for my excellent 36 XBR, and have come to the conclusion that a front projector needs to be supplemented with a flat pa... | |
| Home Theater help? lel,I'd go with one of the higher-end Denon receiver (3800 series) and a Denon CD, SACD, DVD player that links to it for surround SACD sound. I think 5.1 is the way to go, expecialy for movies and certain TV shows (CSI Miami is especially appealin... | |
| Unsteady SPL Readings Chrisla,C-weighting is supposed to be essentially flat, whereas A-weighting is supposed to simulate hearing sensitivity whether its a RS, B&K, or GR sound level meter. I've used them all, but now as a retiree I use only the RS, because Breul &... | |
| Importance of warm up. I hope this helps someone Blueranger writes:"Most big recording studios still use analog tape. If they record in digital, the digital recording can never be improved upon. With analog they can have it digitally recorded as better digital machines come into being."I'd ask i... | |
| Senior Audiophiles - Audiophile since the 60-70's? My first interest in HIFI as it came to be called began in the mid-50s; I was just out of high school. A neighbor (Stanford EE grad) had built his own amp, had a Gerrard, and, IIRC, a JBL corner-loaded horn. I had never heard anything like that so... | |
| Law of Diminishing Returns - CD/SACD Players Calgarian,You may be happy with your new unit, a self-fulfilling prophecy. But to get back to the subject, I suspect a plot of audio goodness against cost would show a curve that started to reach asymptote a bit about a few hundred dollars and tha... | |
| Wilson Puppy 6 vs Wilson Puppy 7 Peter wrote: "So who cares as long as I can afford it and enjoy it."I've made the distinction between the abilty to afford and the ability to buy. Afford means to me that it fits in with your larger plan, e.g. retirement funding, etc., and does no... | |
| watt puppy 7 / sophia? Karmapolice,Some of us who bought a Porsche Boxster S over a 911 did so because the Boxster handles better than the 911, and is an attractive roadster rather than a chopped coupe. Just look at the R&T sallom speeds, where the Boxster S is a st... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Exlibris All this stuff about the superiority of vinyl and tubes over CDs and solid state and it turns out you only listen to rock! Who the hell cares how accurate the audio as long as it blasts you away. Do you ever have any idea what the intent ... | |
| Plasma mounting info In addition to the oracle's advice (can't vouch for Richard Gray, because of lack of experience and general skepticism about such things), I'd advise making sure your visual center is no more than horizontal, preferably a bit lower. Bending your h... | |
| LCD Screen Size Doak,Is it HDTV with HDMI interface? Please keep us informed about your state of contentment. Under $2K for a 50" plasma seems too good to be true, but I hope it is. Our local dealer has a beautiful 50" Panasonic that I'd love to use as an intermi... | |
| SPL meter subwoofer tuning I'm surprised you big buck guys don't advocate the use of Breul & Kjear (B&K) or General Radio (GR) sound level meters. Sure the Radio Shack unit might be OK for setting up speakers, but have you ever held and carressed a B&K meter? It... | |
| best Direct TV HD receiver I've used Sony HD-100 and 200 receivers with separate Sony TiVo units. The Sony TiVo units do not record HDTV. We found that given the choice of TiVo or HDTV, we opted for TiVo, and rarely used the HDTV feature of the receiver. Now we have the HR1... | |
| Does it make sense to buy SACD of old recordings? I suspect it depends on what source was available at the time of recording. If the performance was capured in much higher fidelity than the distribution medium, e.g. standard mass produced CD or vinyl -- send hate mail elsewhere, then DSD remaster... | |
| How big should center spkr be to set to "large"? Could part of the problem be putting the center channel on top of the RPTV? Putting the speaker on a stand in front of the RPTV just below the picture might improve performance. I favor a good sub, and crossing over the other speakers at 80Hz.db |