Posts by JohnEF

I've never heard of the BFD and so I'm going to do some research on it. What I did (and as recommended in the SVS manual) using test tones and the Radio Shack sound meter I first balanced out my 7 speakers (7.1 system) at about 76 db...

Thanks for the reply. I have made some further adjustments to the SVS. As the manual suggested, I raised the difference in sound level between the sub-woofer and the rest of the speakers to about 5 decibels to the 2-3 I originally had...

Some years ago the the Secrets of Home Theater and HiFi website (http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/main.html) had, I believe, an answer to a question concerning this very issue and their recommendation was that in the best of all worlds...

As I posted elsewhere-my search for a new sub-woofer has a happy ending. My wife pushed me off the fence and surprised my with an SVS 20-39 PC plus for Christmas (12/25/2006). It's already set up, balanced with my radio shack sound...

Yesterday morning I set up the 20-39PCPlus by using the cable from the old sub-woofer. I do have a Radio Shack sound meter so I realigned all my speakers including the new sub-woofer (everything 75-76 decibels except the new...

My wife surprised my this morning with a huge box by the Christmas tree. When I unwrapped it to my surprise I found an SVS 20-39PCPlus. My wife heard me obsessing about a new sub-woofer for months and I had mentioned this svs speaker...

I have seasons 1 through 7 (mostly gifts from my wife and daughter) and am currently seeing them for the second time (the 40 minutes plus per episode is perfect for my treadmill workout while watching an episode). My problem is that...

We saw the film with another couple and one of them (the guy) turned to me at the beginning and whispered "super chick flick." In a way it was but as a history teacher I like this sort of period piece and I thought it was well done. ...

In one of the responses above there was referral to problems caused by a concrete florr. My home theater is in our family room (15 by 22 with an 8 foot ceiling) and it sits on a concrete floor covered by thick carpeting (with a pad...

During the Christmas break we had our second annual Lord of the rings extended edition marathon at our house. I have a front projector system (Infocus 5700) with a 110" diagonal screen and a 7.1 surround sound system. We began our...