drew_eckhardt
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| scaler vs. doubler- what is the difference???? I run a 9" Sony 1292 on a 87x49" Studiotek 130 screen, and 480p is unwatchable (the black lines between picture lines are about as big as the lines of picture, and are clearly visible even 11' out).If you aren't having those problems, you might wa... | |
| Why Veneer? MDF is more dimensionally stable, more uniform, stiffer, and better damped.On top of that, it machines better and is a lot less expensive.Void-free birch plywood is a good choice for braces and sub-woofer enclosures (it's even stiffer, and in a su... | |
| How much power do you need for realistic HT? It depends on speaker efficiency, how far away you sit, and how reverberant the room is.Dolby Reference level requires peaks of 105dB at the seats from the screen channels. Near-field, 1W would do this with 105dB/1W/1m horns; although in an acoust... | |
| Screen Size vs. Room Size/Viewing Distance Placing your seat 1.5-2X screen widths works well for scaled DVDs. Personally, I'd try for something in the 6' wide (80" 16:9 diagonal) range.I'm currently running a 6' wide screen with seating 12 feet back, and find it a bit small at more than 11... | |
| Good used surround processors?? 1. Get a Lexicon DC-1 THX AC-3 DTS v4 for $1200-$1700 or a DC-2 for $2000-$2500. Logic 7 is a substantial improvement over the stock AC-3/DTS/Prologic decoding algorithms especially if you run both side and rear surround speakers (I really recomme... | |
| I need to add a SUB. Please HELP ME Sure. You have several options:1. You can use a sub with speaker level inputs and a high pass crossover which works with those. Note that the cross-over will be fixed though, so this may be sub-optimal.2. You can feed your pre-outs to the line lev... | |
| Dipole or monopole speakers With my DC-1 I'm running bipoles with the drivers firing fore-and aft for side surrounds and find that preferable (less localizable) to having the drivers pointed at me, but suspect that dipoles are a better solution.People claim that DTS/Dolby di... | |
| Denon AVP-8000DTS or ? If you want DSP on Music, you want a Lexicon. | |
| 2-Channel to home Theater I figured that I was happier watching movies with my 32" Wega and 2-channels of acceptable audio than on friends' setups with bigger screens and lower-grade multi-channel, was used to a certain level of performance for audio, and would be disappoi... | |
| TV and Tube gear. You have a ground loop caused by components that are grounded at different potentials. If you have cable TV, that's the most likely candidate.Connect a pair of 75->300 ohm Baluns back to back, and put that in the cable line. |