Recent content by Bill Kane

"The Game Remains the Same" Season Opener 9/19 ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER: “Yo, it’s not yer turn” Hah! This show’s richly layered script (novelistic, as today’s New York Time arts article describes) shows us again that no episode will be easy to watch, or follow. At the minimum, I find...

Obviously, you’ll want a surge protector, and, living in no-lightning-storm SoCal, just about any under-$100 unit is sufficient, say Panamax MAX 8 DBS Plus 3, even the RadShk $49 hometheater model. Nearly all surge suppressors contain filters for RF and EMI noise; some even configure separate...

There's nothing "wrong" with your electrical power out of the wall outlet (tho Monster Corp. wud have you think otherwise, thus their monster black box solutions in search of a "problem." At the elemental level, your Denon rcvr is sensing some sort of overload, heat or elec'l short and is...

Try RadioShack Part 278-290 here

It's impossible to say whether your particular unit has developed a power-cycle glitch over the years, but I tend to doubt this, given Yamaha's overall record of reliability. Like you, I have MEMORY GUARD set to OFF, which I did on out-of-the-box setup, so I've forgotten the rationale then...

There is a 3rd choice, especially for economy and for folks starting-out -- this sounds like you, Jean-Pierre - it is the Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-up disc It's about 3 years old and mostly adapted from AVIA, just not so extensive on the video side of things. S&V offers Dolby...

Mark, Don't worry, hardly any "average" home systems are played at Reference Level, but you may be cheating your audio enjoyment by selecting such an artificially low level as 55dB. Let's take a quick tour of where Reference Level derives... Based on Dolby Lab standards from the early/mid...

James, take a look at this recent thread... HERE

Mark, why not order the Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-up disc (2001)for $16.39 at amazon.com. I imagine this is the 6.1 chl disc you've heard about. (Yes, the Ovation company which makes Avia, headed by audio scientist Guy Kuo, contributed to the S&V disc). I have both Avia and S&V and...

Walt, If you did not have the rcvr plugged into a surge protector (and especially if the system had been left turned on during the power outage) it’s likely that a surge did do some rcvr damage. If there WAS a surge protector, look at the LED lite for PROTECTION ON – is it now off or...

Walt, If you did not have the rcvr plugged into a surge protector (and especially if the system had been left turned on during the power outage) it’s likely that a surge did do some rcvr damage. If there WAS a surge protector, look at the LED lite for PROTECTION ON – is it now off or...

As an ex-newspaper reporter, I always watch with glee the inevitable leaving-the-courthouse scene where the antihero is pursued by a howling mob of elbowing "reporters" with outstretched microphones, braying: "Mr. Gotti, did you kill (insert here)?" Of course, they never get enough film or a...

As an ex-newspaper reporter, I always watch with glee the inevitable leaving-the-courthouse scene where the antihero is pursued by a howling mob of elbowing "reporters" with outstretched microphones, braying: "Mr. Gotti, did you kill (insert here)?" Of course, they never get enough film or a...

Are you saying their cabinet extends entirely across the wall, leaving no little corner for the sub? Up in the cabinet isnt such a good idea, but one wud have to try it. Obviously, a smallish wooden cube model is what's needed. Hsu may have a faux-ottoman model; it cud be placed along a side...

Yes, RadioShack has an F-to-RCA adapter for ~$3 -- 3/4 in. long with RCA male on one end and F-style clamp (outer knurl and female w/inside threads) on tother. Ideally, given sufficient length, it wud be cleanest to have continuous RG-6 run straight to the SW, just passing thru a wall plate...