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need advice
Unclejeff is correct. Good speakers come in traditional boxes with 3 channels per box -- hi-range tweetwer, midrange, and woofers. Expensive ones have huge handling power and big channels. Therefore, forget wall speakers.Your case is similar to mi... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
HDTV plasma looks sharper if it receives HD signals from HD decoder currently costing from $600-$900, depending on how fast it can change channel as the primary costly feature. Add the price of HDTV, HD decoder, well insulated component video cabl... 
For those of you with power problems....
Awe. I was hoping that it would be a huge round half-dome nuclear power plant with lots of hot urinium rods like the one in Chernobyl, not just some of your ordinary power plant.Such power plant is only sufficient for my amp to drive 3 speakers. I... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
Htsteve,I am just as confused as you are. Perhaps if you can answer these few questions, may be you will have a sense of direction which you want to go.1) "What do I want?" EDTV or HDTV. You mentioned Panasonic EDTV and Fujitsu HDTV. What would di... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
Gateway 42" unit is currently offered for $2700. For few hundred bucks extra as Semi saw on plasma house.com, I said the new Panasonic model is totally worth it. Cost is the major factor, but not the only factor. One must look at brightness ratio,... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
There was a typo. Justsayelectronics.com. I forgot the letter s. Anyhow, the price I just check is $3359. The older model, which I have, is about $300 less. My recommendation is to go w/ the new model since so much more features are offered. My mo... 
component video question?
Just another thought, in case you decide to upgrade AVR as more component video inputs are needed, check out Authority Video switcher. It offers many models w/ auto detection feature so that no remote control is needed. The price is less than $200... 
component video question?
I have the same setup that you do. Even though my AVR has component video input, I bypass that. I hooked up my progressive scan DVD player w/ Faroudja chip directly to my 42" plasma via the IXOS component video cable.My AVR component video input h... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
This new unit is much better than what I have. Mine is an old model that is replaced by this model. This new model has 2 more S-video inputs, 2 more component inputs, built-in NTSC, closed caption, scalable P-I-P, brighter ratio, over billion colo... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
Just pure opinion from doing research. I forgot that Htsteve has $6K to spend. 42" HD unit costs around $6K + S&H. If there's no money left, he can charge a Sony HD decoder for $700 + few more $ for good cables."For a beautiful picture, it's p... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
Gateway 42" plasma is actually made by Sampo. They just slap the brand on. Brightness ratio is not as bright as that of Panasonic (3000:1 even though a somewhat unreal number). Moreover, blackness level is far from par of Panasonic. It's grey.If y... 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
First of all, check out www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com (plasma tv buying guide.com) to educate yourself. I spent countless hours on there, and I have owned a 42" Panasonic for about 6 months.LCD is supposed to last longer than plasma. However, it has... 
To Bridge or Bi-amp Klipsch speakers w/ Crver Amps
I'm second in Edelson. 
Personal speaker evolution
1998, $400-Phillip-Magnavox-all-in-one HT system box. 4 yrs later, the active subwoofer suddenly sounded so muddy as if it had been stuffed with Lego blocks by a 4-yr-old boy and a 1-yr-old daughter. Started to remodel the home. Self installed woo... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
1) Take Metrolink train. 2) Any thing but the unreliable-as-always-late public transportation. 3)I'll figure this part out once I pass stage 1 and get to stage 2.