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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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?

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...

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...

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...

They should be roughly ear-level, and not more than 2' higher or lower than the center channel for optimal imaging.

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.

As seen in the Wall Street Journal and MTV Cribs. That's classic. :)

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.

As an alternative to painting, I'd recommend stripping off the old laminate and applying a new one. It sounds like the look you're going for is this one: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=260-010 Pull out the drivers, remove the old laminate, and sand them smooth. Then simply...

Ideally, the wall behind and around the TV would be neutral. Black and white are both neutral, as well as a number of (but not all) shades of gray. Kodak 18% gray would be the reference standard, but that's too dark for most people to want on their walls. In practice, unless it's a dedicated...

The optical cable is for digital audio (it hooks to the receiver, not the TV). Whether the analog cables or digital optical cable sounds better depends on which device has the better DAC. Try them both and use whichever sounds better to you. Since the PS2 doesn't do DD, it's not going to make...

Just cover it in plastic (cut and tape a couple of garbage bags to it) and you'll be fine.

Over-the-air HDTV will give you the best picture out of all of them, with the right antenna and a good signal. My cable HDTV looks great, but it does indeed appear to be re-compressed from the original HD feed (Time Warner cable). Does DirecTV allocate enough bandwidth for HD channels? I do...

There are a plethora of "Soundfeeder" type devices that broadcast short ranges over FM that you could pick up on the FM dial on your receiver. If you don't want to use an FM one, Radio Shack sells a 2.4GHz A/V extender that you could just use the audio portion of. I've never used any of them...

Sunny, $500 is about the top of the "commercial" grade receiver level. Many HT snobs wouldn't dream of buying something like this, but in many (maybe most?) cases, they'll work great, especially if you're not pairing it with $10k in speakers. :) However, for that much money, you can often...

Frankly, I'm sold. I hope none of you work for Magnepan. :) I managed to get hold of my audiophile buddy today, and he said that in-wall speakers would be fine for my application, but I might want to build some sort of half-cylindrical pivoting mount so I can spin them out in the right...

Throw length calculations for various projectors can be found here: www .projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator.cfm (Still not allowed to post URLs, even though I've posted on and off for a couple of months. Grr.)

It all sounds good. I think I'll audition a pair (and I can even do that before I move!)

For my application the size of the standard stud cavity isn't important. There'll be room around this room for whatever I need (hopefully). Imagine cutting a hole in the wall and sliding a speaker of any size into it such that it's flush with the interior of the room. That's basically what I'm...

Those Magnepan MMGs have 86dB efficiency and 150w max recommended power. Would they have the punch needed for HT?

Since you already have feedback from Safari, I moved over to the PC, and it works great (and looks fantastic) in both Avant Browser 9.02 and IE 6 under XP Pro.

Nice to see all the geeks in here... my plates say DEV NULL

What good is a dedicated home theater without front projection? :) My current HD-RPTV will go in the living room when I move, as will my current surround setup. (Harman Kardon 7.1 receiver and JBL speakers.) It sounds like you're doing something very similar to what I'm planning. Would you...