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    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    After reading through the thread, I was getting geared up to write a bad review of the review. Instead, I went back and read through the review, and other than the CGI section which I could probably care less about (and don't agree with some parts... especially praising Minority Report), it was...
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    Car repairs due to bass?

    Guys, caps are band-aids for a gashed up wound. If your lights are dimming, get a better alt. Check out all the research Richard Clark has done on this subject. Andrew and Stephen also had good, informative, truthful posts. As a little side note: if you don't know what you're talking...
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    B&K AVP4090 Pre/Pro tweak: Need help!

    Got a scope? Go from the output and work your way back till you find the signal.
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    Anyone plug their ports for music?

    My thoughts: The sound might be tighter, but the enclosure is far from optimal for a sealed box. You have less chance of hurting a sub in a sealed box than a ported box. With a ported, the vent allows for higher excursion at the lower end and this might cause a problem if the sub goes into...
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    Internal wiring question

    Sound King 12 guage or some cheap equivalent. That's my opinion at least. 10 guage for a short run to a woofer? That seems overkill for smaller guages being able to handle the amount of current that would run through it.
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    Free Hollywwod Video Coupon

    They technically should allow this every day for the next month and a half. If not, since it says "one per customer per visit", it would be false advertising. This is about as good as when amazon had "buy 2 get one free" video games. Too bad the first game that shipped was the free one. Lots...
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    Adire Sadhara

    Sheesh Dan, do you just spend your days viewing various audio forums?? I see your name popping up everywhere I go! haha
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    Reading Materials

    Yea, there's a large shelf of the library taken up by AES papers. Too there isn't a way to download all the papers like IEEE (or for free at least since the school pays $100,000 a year for access to those papers).
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    Reading Materials

    Exams have been done for two weeks. I need my thermal overload fix... link away!
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    Reading Materials

    The Audiophile Project Sourcebook has some great info, but the projects are a little over the top. Only a couple have a practical use. I would just buy the amp book by the same author (name escapes me right now). A good portion of the book is on amps and the amp book is much more in depth...
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    Denon AVR-4802R now available from Crutchfield.

    You can get it for at least $400 cheaper at a handful of other websites. I'm sure the other places don't have the customer service of Crutchfield, but some people would take that chance.
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    XBOX Price Drop?

    When's the next generation of consoles coming out? I lost interest in my PS2 when it became a Grand Theft Auto and EA football machine.
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    For you EE freaks :P

    The 6A switches are basically overkill. You receiver is never going to put 100W out per channel (unless you clip it like crazy) Don't get the WBT overpriced binding posts. Just get the good ol PE gold plated ones. Call it a day and then look at your fatter wallet. Still lost on this whole...
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    Hot deal sites

    I like slickdeals. Too bad I missed the $30 MIB rebate at office max for a maxtor 80GB HD.
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    diy power cable

    As long as you're using decent cable, I have never heard or seen results from a good scientific process showing that using all high end parts will yield a better sound. I steer clear of the whole "upgrade" thing since there is such a decent amount of distortion added to the signal while its...
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