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All, A complete in-wall DLP 84" screen system. This has been out for some time but I have found very little on it. Any comments? http://www.hometheaterwall.com/what-is.html Thanks, KenRen

Right you are Wayne, sorry about the confusion. All ceilings throughout the house are 10 foot, so no real celiing height changes. I took a snapshot of the diagram with the three narrow wall locations drawn in. They will extend floor to ceiling. (The fouth narrow wall nearest the fireplace is...

OK folks, Have a house plan I like but it does not have an obvious layout in the family room for a HT. I really am not going to compromise on speaker locations, all will be acording to Dolby lab 7.1 specifications. The prime viewing location be approximately 12 feet from the fireplace wall...

OK, took the set back to the retailer, who had to open 3 boxes to find one a complete set without "stained" disks. New set works fine. Judging by the responses here, could just be a local problem. KenRen

Anyone had a problem with the MacGyver disks? My neighbor bought the set from a local retailer and disks 3 and 5 will not play. Thanks, KenRen

Don't make me go to eBay! Bueller? Beuller? Beuller???

Well, Looks like I missed two recent chances to pick up the THX Ultimate Demo DVD right here on the forum. Rats, I have to watch these threads more closely. Anyway, still looking for this DVD and a DVD of the Dolby trailers, not sure if they are on a seperate DVD. To trade I have...

Greg, Went out to the Good Guys web site and the C9s are listed for Your Price: $649.99 (Each) So again, at the price you saw them, great buy! I payed $750 (US) each for C7s from a local HT dealer, with his added profit and all. Guess I could have saved some money if I drove to Good...

A spanking from Cees, whoa! Anyway, I think there are threads on this forum about speaker placement for rear ports. If you put them too close to the wall, they muffle the lows and get "boomy." The Energy manual that came with the speakers will have information on distance from wall. As...

Well, I have had a full Energy Connoisseur (Connies) set for over 4 years. C-7s are my front speakers. He made a very good buy. Since the C-9 usually go for almost 1,000 each, I'm not sure how he got them at a price so low, but keep them. He will want the C-C3 center, no exceptions...

Hey, I have the same problem. Insulated glass with those faux mutton in-between the panes of glass. With my SVS 25-31 located right below the window, serious buzzing at sub frequencies when the rest of the ssppeakers are relaltively quiet. Big ship coming over the mountain in Close Encounters...

Hey guys, you were right. Put in Gladiator and choosing DTS, blink, on comes the signal detect light. Same with LOTRs. Deleted the sat reccording but it was pointed out to me that it was probably Dolby Surround source, hence the PLII demod by the receiver. By the way, the PLII wasn't bad...

All, Finally added my rear center channel (2 speakers). When watching DD EX and DTS ES DVDs, the 6th channel signal detect light on the reciever never lits up. Currently Auto detect chosen for all inputs. Yes, I get sound to the rear center speakers but I think the receiver is just...

Excellent review, especially the soundtrack tidbits. This Trilogy offering started me down the road to upgrading to 7.1 some weeks ago. I read that the soundtrack was going to have the ES flag for thr rear center channel and decided, this was the time. It will be the first DVDs I watch on...

Thanks Wayne, excellent posting. By the way, the wires are 14 and 16 gauge. I overstated in my original post. Have the endemic male problem gauging size some times. KenRen

Haven't seen this come up yet. I need to add about 6 feet of length to my speaker wire runs. Repulling whole new cable runs would not work since they were stapled in and are run througout the walls and molding. They are 8 or 10 gauge wires. Trying to avoid soldering. Can I use the solderless...

Duncan, Well I didn't want to say so for fear of getting beaten to death on the forum, but I did change it to zoom to watch, cutting off portions of the right and left side. Ducking and running for cover now........ KenRen

Kirk, Special Access insinuates that the position requires additional security clearance investigative actions. All standard within the government. Usually for what is called 'collateral" classified information access such as access to confidential or secret information, the requirements...

Anyone screened the director's cut version of Peckinpaw's The Wild Bunch? When I watch it in full mode on my Pioneer 643, the picture fills less than 1/3 of the screen. Man it is small. And it looks stretched as all of the characters seem wide and fat. It is a flipper with no video or audio...

Well, I think that is 70-80% of the movie dialog is from the center channel. Hence, the center is important for movies and fronts important for music. Though, movie scores and sound effects do occupy the fronts also. If you find yourself watching a movie and are turning up the volume because...

I agree with Drew. Go with C1s upfront and use your current fronts as the rear center speakers. You are already going to expand your rear soundfield by adding the rear center so moving to the C-R1 or C-R3, using their dipole construction to expand the soundfield, would be redundant to some...

I FOUND IT!!!!!!!! Ain't the Internet wonderful. The two-part Disney show was "Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove" It played in Oct-1971. The synopsis is "In this children's adventure, three kids try to save the good name of a teacher who swears he saw a sea monster, and they end up...

All, The books are very close but these are not it. I remember the book covers were glossy and the art was well done. But, the Disney show, maybe it wasn't Disney. Can;t imagine it wasn't. The adult character I talk about earlier was in his early twenties and later he played an ensign...

Sorry, only snippets of memory. Anyone remember a Wonderful World of Disney series (or single show) that aired in the mid-late 60s following the exploits of some kids who solved mysteries that the adults couldn't figure out. Sort of young detectives in a small town. I think there was at least...

You guys got it. Thanks much. KenRen

All I remember is the end, hence the spoiler warning for the text below, if it is indeed the spoiler. It ends with 2 lovers, each buried up to their neck on a sand beach, each watching a closed circuit monitor of the other drowning as the tide rises. What was the movie? Thanks...

Just got my cables, via FedEx, this week. 3/7/04 Very nice cables, very price worthy. I will never buy a cable from anywhere else. So long Monster/AR and B* Buy and C* City. Try a couple.

Oops, I should mention that Avia uses 85 as the reference level, but the sound source during the tests is 10 dB louder than the VE disk. I think VE uses 75. In the end, both calibrate to the same loudness level. Or did I just confuse or mistate the issue? Apologies, KenRen

I also agree with everyone, about -10 , and let me add this. I am now using the Denon only as a pre/pro, with a parasound 5 channel amp to provide the amplification. I used Avia and a Radio Shack meter to set the speaker levels. With the Denon at 0dB, all speaker were calibrated using the...

All, Just heard that the Parasound 1205A is going out of stock and being discontinued for its new model. Not that it's all bad, new is good. Supposedly the new model will not be ready until Nov/Dec timeframe so I thought I better get a 12005 before they are all gone. Picking up a model this...