Recent content by scott>sau

If I could have done it over I would have saved up for each component, including the component called the room and installed it as a system instead of constantly upgrading. Does anyone ever do that? Maybe Bill Gates with his personal theater?:D

Ear level directionality is so important to be locked dead center that they use microperfed screens to get it at commercial theaters. So, I like the dialogue from the center aimed directly at me. In installations where the cabinet is below the screen it is often aimed upward in that case.

I would reccomend www.designcinema.com and ask Dennis for his free white papers he will send you, a booklet entitled: "The imprtoance of plannning and designing home theater". Other good resources are Polks Guide to Home Theater, Dolby's Guide to Home Theater and Crutchfields Guide to Home Theater.

You can use three runs of RG6 to make your own Component video cable. Here is the link for the RCA fitting crimper: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...number=360-046 You could use red, green and blue electrical tape or shrink wrap tubing to ID the ends. You could use one run as yellow RCA...

Who in the world would use a Bass Tech 7, or SPL B-DEAP 32 cabinet in a vehicle? Has someone really done this for personal use, or was it a gig for WCES or an IASCA competition? Could any car audio amplifier control such subs?

CEDIA is the industry leader for credible designers and installers, because they take standardized tests to establish knowledge in the low voltage specialty. They offer a free dealer locator finder of certified installers in your area. http://www.cedia.net/homeowners/finder_form.php p:star:

I do not know of fuses in changers, but there may be. Try removing all the CDs from the magazine and inserting the empty magazine into the changer. Now turn on the unit and see if the cd goes back into the magazine. If it does not, look for a reset button on the changer. It will be a tiny hole...

Denon's are something else. I chose the DVD-5900, very well built players.

True, they do not have the longevity they used to. You may have had your horizontal oscillator do the light bulb effect and go out. It may be more in order to get another display with a warranty. Have you considered any other technologies beside direct-view (regular television's)?

Wall-mounting and stands gives freedom to mount at the height you want. The RT251's have a good bass response provided by their rear-firing port built into the speaker's back plate, which doubles as a convenient keyhole wall mounting bracket. So, Polk implies wall mounting is okay. Both wall...

If a player does not display the DTS logo on it, it will not decode DTS.

If you replaced your car battery with an Optima ( I would and I do use Optimas in both our cars), use a red top as they are starter batteries. A yellow top, being a deep cycle battery is good as a second battery with an isolator and a high output, or dual-output high-output alternator (for those...

Joe, you will be happy with the BR-1 tweeter. I have 7 BR-1 cabinets in a 7.1 in one of my systems and it reproduces the highs silky and lifelike. They are less harsh then Peerless tweets and and cost much less than Scan-Speak, Dynaudio, or Morel tweeters. For the money the Parts Express tweeter...

Yes, and the crossover assembly, although the most labor intensive part of the kit teaches one about crossover design and the need for proper polarity and soldering skills.

"you don't gain anything in SPL by adding that clamshelled second sub. In other words, there's no real reason to use an isobaric enclosure of that sort. It doesn't gain you anything over a single 12" and you'd get more out of just having the two subs in their own sealed boxes. All you do...