john_z
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| Satelite/S Video/Stereo Pre-Amp Connection Questio I had a similar situation awhile back when I had to connect my Hifi VCR (only 1 set of audio outputs) to both my Sony TV and my Pro-Logic receiver at the same time. My wife didn't want to mess with firing up my whole system just to watch her time-... | |
| Should audiophiles be disappointed?... Rives makes a very valid point regarding "the better the speaker".. Regarding passive designs, I think in general the tighter the tolerances on driver matching, crossover tuning, and all the many design elements in a speaker design the more reveal... | |
| Why no "speaker B" connection on many SS power amp Thanks for the recommendations above. The 3-channel Arcam unit is looking better and better as the "right tool for the job" for my particular needs (music and HT). It would keep things simple and still be a nice upgrade sonically (I should hope!) ... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Here we go again!.. I've been pondering much of what has been said above on this subject and decided to do some more checking on the matter. Here's an excerpt of an email I sent my friend regarding this dilemma and his reply. Said friend works ver... | |
| Center channel speaker which excels at dialogue Prior to my current center-channel speaker (Hales Revelation Center) I was using an Infinity SM-Video made in the late '90's paired with Infinity SM65 studio monitors. It had dual 6.5" woofs which flanked a single 1" polycell tweet in a fairly big... | |
| Another Bi-Wire question, Denon AVR-1803 Swampwalker is correct. Just use your main L/R speaker outputs on the receiver to bi-wire your Missions with the appropriate cable. You may be confusing "bi-wiring" with "bi-amping". If you want to bi-amp, you'll have to find out if your receiver ... | |
| Favorite all-in-one remote control? Harmony SST-768. I've owned one for about 7 months and am very happy with it*. It's compact, (one-hand operation), easy on batteries, huge memory (2MB), easy to program and to change the settings via your own personal page that you set up at Harmo... | |
| DVD recomendation Winded? Do you mean "long" or "full of hot air"?Hopefully the former and not the latter. ;>) JZP.S. I'm not against progressive scan DVD, I was just trying to cover some general points of "what to watch for" from Aniesen's original question and... | |
| DVD recomendation There a several things you should consider. First, what type/model of HDTV do you own? Second, do you currently own a (non-progressive) DVD player? If so, have you tried it with your new HDTV? I, for one, am getting tired of the marketing hype whe... | |
| Phantom Center sound better than a center speaker? Hiroshima - See my $.02 on this subject under the "Question re: HT furniture setup" thread. I vote "yes" for using a center-channel speaker for HT! Incidentally, the "LCR" model designation for that speaker stands for "Left-Center-Right". You can ... | |
| Question re: HT furniture/set up While I agree that a phantom center image can sound terrific on a properly set up stereo pair AND it can be very challenging to get satisfactory results from a physical center-channel speaker relative to your mains, I think it's important to remem... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Exertfluffer- I agree with your points above and I have very much enjoyed your posts. I just mentioned the speaker-level connection scenario in my post to illustrate a point that Polk makes that there are often several options available for workin... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup Distortion- I'm glad to hear you heard a difference trying it this way. It never hurts to experiment! It's just good advice I wanted to pass along that I came across on Polk Audio's website. Although I do not use Polk speakers or a Polk Sub, the i... | |
| Question re: HT furniture/set up I'm using a Synergy "Twin 30" rack by Salamander Designs in the same configuration you want and it looks/functions great! The only difference is your center-channel speaker is taller than mine, so you would have to use slightly taller uprights tha... | |
| where do you cross over your ht setup I'd like to add that in addition to the importance of room acoustics/speaker placement discussed above, it is also extremely important to avoid "double filtering" the audio signals to your active sub. The results can be very unpredictable if you f... |