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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    Well out of curiosity, i went and got the top of the line omni-c2. this is a really big center channel speaker thats 2ft across and 12 inch deep i placed the omni-c2 om top of my 36" tv and fired it up. i used the same dvd scene to test out the center channel w/c is a scene from pixar's...
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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    heres an old photo of my setup http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/b9086...tEcr9AHapxbHMq i may be able to take out the dvdplayer, cable converter box and vhs player underneath the tv and put the omni cc speaker instead
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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    well heres an email from mirages customer service Bently, after sitting down with our x-over design engineer he explained what is happening: As electrical current travels through the coil in the x-over it becomes magnetized. As the volume goes up, so does the electrical energy and magnetic...
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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    well i returned the speaker and they just gave me another one to try out but the same thing happened. so it is a design problem. now i have to look for an alternative center that would match my omni 250 fronts. i would like to stick with the omnipolar technology so my options is either...
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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    okay i took a big towel, folded it to give enough cushion between the speaker and the TV but the ripple was still there. so i lifted the speaker from the TV to about an inch or two so there would be no physical contact, but the ripple or distortion was still present. so tomorrow, i'll be...
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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    i just spoke with customer service of mirage speakers and they said that their engineers are kinda buffled by this. but they are guessing that power on the crossover maybe generating magnetic fields. some how this seems logical since there is no distortion when i have the center channel in...
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    Help! my center speaker is distorting my display!

    yesterday(3/30/03), i upgraded my mirage frx center to a mirage omni cc center channel speaker. and it was causing some distortion on my 36" sony xbr direct view display (36xbr450). when i increase the volume to around 80 to 90 db, i would see some wavy lines from the upper portion on my...
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    Mirage Omnisat heard them?

    Just got a flyer from Tweeter, and it has the omni 60 listed @ $499/pair :) i'll probably check it out this weekend!
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    Sopranos Season 4 Review and Discussion Thread Shows 1-12

    Just switched cable company and was happy to view this weeks episode in DD5.1, but i was a bit dissapointed since i heard nothing much w/ my rear speakers. isn't it quite ironic, that w/ all the misdoings of ralphie, that he gets wacked because of a horse...:rolleyes
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    Mirage Omnisat heard them?

    WOW! this new omni speaker rocks! and the prices are very reasonable:
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    Mirage Omnisat heard them?

    i have a cathedral ceiling in my 25'X 15'living room, Will the omnisat still work for me? thanks bently
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    Sony 36XBR450, Advice Please!

    life is short go for it! i've had my 36xbr450 for about 4 months now and i'm still amazed by the picture quality every time i watch my dvd movies! i have att digital cable and have no problem with the picture quality
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    WEGA 36XBR450 owners: how does your (digital) cable programming look?

    I have att digital cable and when i 1st hooked it up to my 36" xbr450 the picture looked terrible, i was forced to use the twin view (pip) since it improves the picture qualtiy dramatically. searching to improve my cable signal i bought an ac line conditioner and the diference is day and night...
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    I just a bought a Sony XBR2! (16x9 Direct View HDTV)

    _you may want to try "ultimate platinum dvd" since it has test patterns for anamorphic or 16x 9 display, another plus is that this disc also calibrates dts sound systems __________________________________________________ _________ QUOTE: Ok, now for my question. I have Video Essentials, and...
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