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I actually ended up buying the SVS PB-1000 and couldn't be happier with it. It's hard for me to understand, but the 10" ported SVS sub sounds as good - actually BETTER - than that 20+y/o Paradigm ported 12" sub, especially in my relatively small room and average to low ceiling. And it can...

I talked with SVS this afternoon, and asked about the PB-1000 and whether or not coming from a 20-year old Paradigm 12" I would feel shorted - the guy was very helpful, explaining that with these new generation subwoofers, the response is very accurate and FLAT, rather than boomy, and that some...

OK so I've got a *bit* more money to play with on this, but I'm down to deciding between an SVS PB-1000, SVS PB-2000, SVS PC-2000, or Rythmik LV12R -- keep in mind I'm coming from 20+/- years of having a Paradigm PDR-12 12" sub, which isn't repairable for less than $170. I'm leaning toward an...

I was thinking of buying an SVS PB-1000, but it's at the outside of my budget and I'm not sure how a 10" sub will sound compared to my former 12" Paradigm... I like the idea of the BIC PL-200, but can I be sure that the amp won't go within a year or 2? Reading reviews makes me crazy, because...

So I finally heard back from the store - I didn't ask specifically what the problem was, but Paradigm said it would be around $130 to fix, plus maybe $40 shipping back and forth, in the end the estimate was $170 to $190 - would I be crazy to invest that much in fixing a 20+ year old sub? I know...

Took it into the audio specialty store where I originally bought the sub many years ago, and it turns out the foam surround is intact (after 20+ years!)- seems like a couple of capacitors on the amp board are swollen/looking unusual. I basically just told them that I'd have to make a judgment...

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It's a PDR-12 model. I bought it from a sound specialty store locally 20+ years ago. I'm not sure I would have the know-how to re-foam a sub myself, but they tell me they have a guy who comes in twice a month to do such repairs on subs. At first I didn't think it would be worth repairing a...

I've been told by Crutchfield that I should get a Definitive Technology ProSub 800 - anyone agree with this? How will this compare with the older Paradigm 12" front firing one?

My current subwoofer, which is an older Paradigm 12" front firing model (have no idea as to the wattage - I've had it for decades, literally), has, I think, bit the dust. I'm getting a rattling sound from it when it's in operation, so I'm guessing something tore or separated in it. It sounded...

Just came away from having a DLP TV for 10 years, and have replaced it now with an LED 4K set (Samsung UN55JU6500). When watching non-HD broadcast TV, the TV automatically puts gray bars on the left and right, as well as (smaller) black bars on the top and bottom of the image, unless I...

Jason - it doesn't happen all the time but I'm finding that sometimes I just get *nothing* from the rear speakers at all - when that happens you can hear, if you put your ear close to the speakers, a faint, rapid "tick, tick, tick, tick, tick" sound - I'm not sure what the issue is. I know...

Does ANYBODY have any idea why this occurs?? I'm not an electronics expert, and it's very annoying... Please help!

Anybody know why I occasionally get this annoying, loud "popping" or "clucking" sound in the rear speakers on a Kenwood Wireless Rear Speaker system? I acquired this some years back, and the receiver is a Kenwood RFU-R6100.... there is a transmitter attached by wire to my sound system receiver...

Whew!... thanks, Leo - that definitely makes me feel better. I know they do haz-mat collections twice a year up here, but I don't think they're doing a general mass collection again until next Spring. I suppose there's GOT to be some place that will take spent lamps - I'll just have to do some...

I have a Samsung HL-R5667W DLP TV and the only big problems I had with it were just before the extended warranty expired last Fall, so I ended up basically getting virtually the entire inside of the TV replaced under warranty. I purchased a new lamp because at that point (4 years out) I figured...

I notice when I play back discs from my Blu-Ray player, using only the HDMI connector to my receiver (Sony STR-DH700), that the display on my receiver doesn't show the audio format being played (i.e. Dolby Digital, or DTS etc) when I have the sound output on the Blu-Ray set to PCM. If I set it...

Yes I did - they seem to have firmware updates only up to and including the BD-P1500 so maybe they consider the 1600 to be all caught up in firmware to begin with? It may have just been the disks - they were both rentals and the one causing the greatest problem had considerable smudge...

OK OK so I cashed in my reward points to get a Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-Ray DVD Player, and it seems to have problems... about 1/3 of the way through discs it seems to start stalling and skipping on the video.. very disconcerting... in fact, one movie in particular ("The Day The Earth Stood Still")...

Just acquired a Samsung BDP-1600 Blu-Ray Player and have an older Sony Receiver that doesn't decode DTS ... have been trying to get a "Discrete" audio signal but to no avail, even using optical digital outputs... I do have a new Sony Receiver I haven't hooked up yet... will that be necessary to...

The only one the catalog offers from Panasonic is the BD30... so I assume it's better to go with the Sony rather than the Samsung 1600 - would Sony be quieter while operating?

I currently have a Samsung 1080i HL-R5667W DLP television and am operating just a Panasonic regular DVD player with HDMI upconversion technology. Am planning on finally acquiring a Blu-Ray player but am going to need to use some reward points rather than cash to get it - as such, I only have 6...

Robert, thanks for the great advice - is this the antenna you're referring to from RS? : RadioShack.com - Home Entertainment: Accessories: Antennas: Indoor: Indoor VHF/UHF/HDTV Antenna with RF Remote Control Also, is it better to place the antenna near a window looking in the direction of...

Hi thanks for the input - nobody actually took the time to get up to roof level and check the declination, positioning, etc ... they get here late in the day, and want to get home, and so just make "guestimations" of whether it will work or not. Anyway, I called DISH back and they agreed to send...

Recently I received both a phone call and a post card in the mail from DISH stating that because of "improvements" in their HD technology, they were going to upgrade the receiver I currently have to a newer model and that if I didn't upgrade, I would lose whatever little HD programming I had (I...

I recently purchased a Gefen HDMI 2x1 switch so that I could connect both my DISH Satellite Receiver and my Panasonic S97S DVD Player to my Samsung TV, which has only 1 HDMI input. The output from the satellite receiver is DVI, so am using a DVI-to-HDMI cable for that connect into the switch...

The other thought I had was that maybe it was dust particles on the bulb itself .... not sure if that would produce a similar effect on the screen? I would think that if dust was the culprit, it would not be permanent, but these markings do not seem to ever change from day to day...

I just acquired a Samsung HL-R5667W DLP set and today noticed (never really saw this previously) that there are 4 or 5 small dark flecks that appear to be coming from the inside of the screen. Most of them are tiny, barely noticeable, but one looks more enlongated, maybe 1/8 of an inch...

Is there a rule of thumb as to how far a Samsung DLP TV should be from the wall in front of which it is placed - assuming there is no floorboard heat to worry about?? Just was wondering if there was a minimum # of inches..

Thanks for all the great input! I was thinking of putting it under the TV on one of the TV stand racks, but that will put it a lot lower than it has been in the past. I like the idea of tilting it upward. It I did put it somehow on top of the TV (a Samsung DLP) I'm not quite sure how I'd...