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Hi all I have a soundblaster live and I want to run sound to my reciever downstairs. I bought a converter that converts from the end that goes into the soundcard to rca jacks. So I have run to sperate wires downstairs into the reciever. My question is which port does it go into on the back...

Is it possible to hook up speakers with different impedances? If it is, what effects would this have on my system? I think my receiver has a selection for two different ones. I think it is 4 or 8. Some of the speakers are 4 impedance and one 16 and the others are 8.

Hi all I have a Yamaha system with 5 small satellites. I am having a problem with hearing the dialog sometimes. When I turn up the sound to hear the quite dialog it gets way to loud in other scenes. Is there any way to correct this? Suggestions please? Jasong

Hi all I am going to be rearranging my living room. I would really like some help with the placement of my speakers. I am including a link at the bottom of this message with a diagram of the layout. If you could also suggest where to put the furniture I would love to hear your ideas. I...

Hi all I was just wondering if anyone knew who I would contact about a problem I am having with my Blade 2 DVD. I bought the disc awhile back but have used it maybe once or twice. On the first disk near the center of the hole it seems to be flaking/chipping. Also the dvd itself seems to have...

Hi all I have a Yamaha Rx-v430 receiver. Now I have been reading on the forum about selecting a delay between the speakers and the listening area. I have not done this. Plus I am not sure how to do this! Could anyone with experience with this please respond thanks! Jasong

Hi all I have just moved into a new house and my neighbor does metal work for a living. He has offered to make me a rack/stand for my dvd's. Now the question I have is I want the stand to be able to accommodate everything from a single dvd to a box set! If anyone has any ideas or plans they...

Hi all I am a big Sarah fan and I just purchased her dvd Mirrorball. Now It has a DD 5.1 track for the songs and I was going on a review from Link Removed which said it sounds awesome. But the problem I am having is it seems to have no bass or very little. The cd of the same name sound...

Hi all I hope I posted this in the right forum. But my question concerns a feature I came across on my RX-V430 Yamaha reciver. It is called Cinema DSP and it can be used with Dolby Digital or DTS. Now my question is, should I be using this feature when I watch a movie in either of these sound...

Hey All My Samsung dvd player looks like it might be on its last leg. So my question is what would you suggest for a good budget dvd player. I want it to be able to read cd-r, have componet video, and excellent image quality. Can you suggest a standard player and also one that can hold may...

Hi all Does anyone know how to activate the silent receiver mode on a Yamaha Rx-V430 receiver. I couldn't see anything in the manual about it but Yamaha's website says it has it. Thanks JasonG

Hi all Quick question. I have a 32" Sony Wega and I also have the Sound and Vision calibration disc. Now I am doing the contrast test. It tells me to adjust the contrast to the point just before the top boxes on the test pattern bleed into each other. My question is even if I turn the...

Hi all I have the reciever listed above can you tell me if there is an on screen menu and if so how do I hook it up and access it. Thanks JasonG

Hi all Just bought a Sony Wega 32" FS and a Yamaha home theater system. I have a couple of questions. The first one is regarding the subwoofer. Where is the best location for it. Right now I have it behind the couch. Also how do you know what volume you should have it at. Because right now it...

Hi all When I play movies through my dvd player they usually play in dd 5.1. I only have a 2 speaker setup at the moment but I can still hear sound through it. But is it possible to hear a dts track through a 2 speaker setup(without receiver). Because when I select dts I hear nothing out of...

Hi all I am going to be buying a HTIB set up because from what I have seen thats seems to be what I can afford(700 Canadian). So from what research I have done on the internet I have narrowed it down to these three systems. Which one do you think I should go with? Kenwood Htb-505, sony...