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There is a lot of decent software that simulates the two deck setup and/or allows mixing but this is obviously very limiting for any sort of performance and more suited to production. I would suggest starting out with a pioneer CDJ player, a cheaper basic CD player and a 1200 or a slightly...

I'm not sure there are any acoustic benefits to studs vs. furring strips but I would expect that you might have a difficult time meeting current building codes for R value of insulation with anything smaller than about 2" of rigid insulation. Also keep in mind that you need to wire an outlet...

"which sounds better"...it is completely subjective. The only advice I will offer is that you should remember that the Technics 1200 has for quite some time been a turntable designed for DJ's Vs. a turntable designed for home listening. While built like a tank the 1200 is not meant to be...

Why not just save the cash and get a Denon 1600, no chroma bug, excellent picture and audio and they can be had for under $500. If you don't need SACD the 2900 seems like you are wasting a lot of cash on a feature you will never use. Tom

I purchased some step lights for my stairs from Home Depot. They are made by Juno and with the covers I think they were about $30 a piece. These are lights that go in the wall and throw light down onto the stairs that are made for installation before the walls go up. Tom

Nice setup Kevin...I especially like the way you have mounted the rear surrounds within the limited space...is the middle one for 6.1 surround? I also like the lost highway poster (one of my favorite directors) and the very funky lamp. :) Tom

Thanks Chris, I've heard about wall treatments but I'm hoping to avoid them for aesthetic reasons. I had not thought about delaying the other speakers so that the rear surrounds match, that makes sense. I'm wondering though how you keep the picture in sync with the sound when using this type...

Hi Folks, I'm just days away from the installation of my new HT setup and have a question about how I might compensate for the shape of the space. The HT is basically in one corner of my basement so two of the walls are much further from the seating position than the front or right. You can...

Hi Glenise, With regards to your questions: "Would Dick Blick be able to mount my posters with the crescent perfect mount self-adhesive mounting board and by using a burnisher or press? " Some Bilck shops have mounting services and some don't. You should call your local one to see if they...

For what it is worth I went from Analog to Digital Cable (AT&T, St. Paul, MN) and finally to Direct TV once I got my first HD monitor (Panasonic 36"). I was thoroughly disappointed with Digital Cable on the video front but as others have mentioned the audio is better. However, both cannot...

Most likely the Miles CD did not sound better for the following reasons: 1) You are used to the way it sounds on CD and have this sound as your only "reference point". 2) The original recording was done so long ago that the original tape format did not have a high enough sound quality to...

If you really want DVI output you might want to consider a Home Theater PC. By the time you get done modifying a regular player I would imagine you would spend as much and have a voided warranty. There is a section here on HTPC's if you are interested. Though it is personally not the route I...

After operating costs retail margins are more like 5-10% than the %40 over cost that people here are talking about. The discounted products you see in retail shops are often discounted at wholesale so the store is left with a similar margin to non-sale items. In other cases the retailer just...

First off, a lot of the feedback here seems overly negative to me. In my humble opinion DVD Etc. is nothing short of the best publication available in the category loosely defined as A/V enthusiast. The mag is very well written with a humorous, refreshingly honest, straight forward and no BS...

Maybe it is worth pointing out how it is that one DVD player might be better than another at playing damaged discs. All optical disc players have a tolerance for what is called "block error rate" which is best translated into layman's terms as "how many errors can there be while still being a...

"if you have a DirecTiVo receiver, I don't think that there would be any additional MPEG compression taking place since the DBS signal is being recorded directly to the HD without the need for the signal to be encoded first, unlike most standalone PVRs;" True...but a DirecTivo is hardly "a PVR...

If you are willing to consider a computer based PVR you can get much better picture quality than any of the other units mentioned here by getting the Format DV/TV device. www.formac.com I personally find the picture quality of all PVR's leaves a lot to be desired which is why I am essentially...

I'm willing to bet the belt on this table was slipping before it was shipped. A close friend had the same table with the same problem. I don't want to rain on your parade but sinking a lot of money into this table with new tonearms, cartridges etc... is a waste IMO. If you can get a decent...

The easiest stuff to use for mounting is Crescent Perfect Mount Self-Adhesive Mounting Board When it comes to mat board you could check and see if there is a Dick Blick store in your area and have them cut it for you or if you are handy and want to do more than one poster by a good mat...

Glenise, Yes you are correct the matting will cover the poster so you need to purchase the mat and the frame large enough to accommodate the poster you want to frame. With a 27 X 40 piece of artwork a 3" mat would look good so you would need a frame that was 6 inches larger than the poster (33...

I had not thought of the Digital 8 route. I'm sure it will be around for a while (Did anyone else notice that Betamax was just discontinued this year) but make sure you can go direct out of the Firewire (uh, sorry "iLink") port when playing analog source material. I would think it is...

To elaborate, what I'm saying is that the frames themselves are not so much of an issue as the framing techniques. Most frames are fine if they are used with UV protective glass, acid free archival mounting board and mats around the edges of the poster so it's face does not come into contact...

WIth all due respect all of the framing methods you guys seem to be using are going to destroy your posters over time. If you care about the posters you have...and given the value of some classic posters these days I would think you should...have them professionally framed or learn proper...

I would strongly encourage you not to encode and edit in MPEG 2. Tools to edit and encode in DV format are actually more common, cheaper and provide much better quality. You can get a great real time DV encoder from Formac. www.formac.com There are other brands available as well but I know...

Upsampling does nothing other than make up stuff that was not on the original recording, period. Some things might sound better with a little luck and many are likely to sound no different or even worse. Getting more information on the disc makes sense to me...trying to get more than what is...

I see...well structurally your receiver should be able to handle having stuff stacked on top of it if you distribute the weight correctly (e.g. on the edges) so if it is just air circulation you are concerned with I would suggest pieces of hard rubber placed under the feet of each component to...

Issara - There are certainly plenty of nice component racks available at retail from companies like Room and Board and Audio King in our area. Kind of depends on your decor I guess. Since you are in Mpls I'll recommend something a bit different. I have had all of of our component furniture...

It sure seems lately that the concensus value favorite for DVD players is the Panasonic RP82...just a couple hundered bucks so not much $$ compared to other players with similar technology innards. Tom

JVC has the widest selection of SVHS players in all price ranges...all of which are pretty good build quality. http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?productId=PRD4602000 Tom

"i do have a complaint about how badly the menus render out. while clear and crisp on the computer, the text and images using Apple's canned templates appear fuzzy and small once burned." If you do all of your menu graphics, including the text, in an application like photoshop and save them...