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    Picture Noise and other various questions......

    I'd just get the chapest gold-plated shielded ones I could find. I'm assuming this is a short run 3-6 feet, and spending big dollars on expensive cables for stereo audio for a cable box seems like a waste of money to me. The shielding might help with your noise problems, though. If that...
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    Picture Noise and other various questions......

    Does the the noise go away when you unhook the s-video from the TV? How about the RCA cables from the cable box to the receiver? Leaving the box hooked to the TV but disconnecting the cable box from the cable outlet? If you can figure out where the noise comes from, you can probably take care of...
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    DIN and RMS

    RMS stands for Root Mean Square, and is the best way of measuring amplifier power. It's basically the average amount of power an amplifier can put out over an extended period of time. I've not seen the term DIN before, but you'll sometimes see ratings listed in PMPO ("Peak Momentary...
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    Directors What were your first titles/players?

    My first DVD player was a Sony DVP-S3000, purchased in the fall of 1997. It's still in use in my living room (replaced by a HK DVD25 in the theater), and according to the service menu it has nearly 3500 hours of DVD watching and 900 hours of CD playing on it. That thing is a tank! I picked up...
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    What can I use to measure the frequency in my room?

    Bill, I think you may have mistaken my joking first sentence as me being serious, but I definitely was not. In fact, I have a hard time being serious even when I try to be (please note the the above Ford Pinto comment). As for actual measurements, it seems to me (and I'm a self-certified...
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    What can I use to measure the frequency in my room?

    That's a good thinking, Bill. Why figure out something yourself when you can have someone do it for you? :) All kidding aside, as an engineer (not audio) turned management-type, it doesn't make sense for me to spend a couple of hours figuring things out on my own if someone has already done...
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    Pioneer Elite Hum

    You get hum with no sources connected at all? That doesn't sound good. Have you tried plugging the receiver into a different circuit? You might also try a power conditioner of some sort and see if that helps with the noise.
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    MAJOR bass cancellation probs.(bass traps?) HELP PLEASE

    Okay, I'm a relative newbie, not audio engineers like you guys ;) but couldn't there be additional cancellation problems caused by both the mains and the subs puting out bass? Mike, have you tried crossing over your mains higher to see if that helps?
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    RF Modulator and Receiver problem with sound. Need help.

    I'm confused, does the TV have no sound, or is it not in sereo? If the former, double-checking that the audio cables are connected correctly to the RF modulator, TV volume is set corrently and not muted, etc would pretty much guarantee that your RF modulator is defective. If it's the...
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    7,1 and 9.1 question

    Ideally they'd be the same, but given the amount and type of sound coming from them in a 7.1 HT setup (as opposed to a 5.1 music setup), I'd recommend you try them out and see if you're satisfied with the sound before you invest a good deal of money in new speakers. (I love 50+ word one...
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    Anybody set up Yamaha Receiver for SACD?

    The digital output won't be affected by the player's bass management, instead relying on your receiver or pre/pro to do that work. More importantly, I don't think your player will be able to pass a SACD signal to the receiver for decoding. If you want the "real deal" SACD version of your...
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    speaker placement

    They should be roughly ear-level, and not more than 2' higher or lower than the center channel for optimal imaging.
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    RG-6 A/V Distribution Network in New Home

    I know this doesn't answer what you asked (I don't know much about satellite) but you can run 2 ethernet or 4 phone lines (or one ethernet and 2 phone lines) over each cat5 cable. Ethernet uses only 2 of the 4 pair, and phone lines use one pair each.
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    Now showing stands

    As seen in the Wall Street Journal and MTV Cribs. That's classic. :)
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    A/V connector problems...

    Ah! The little box that comes with the HD pack has a little slot in it (by the component jacks) for a digital optical cable. You need to hook that to the receiver to get DD.
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