Recent content by GregLee

I bought a 1017 a couple of weeks ago, which I'm very pleased with. It does not play or process audio from its HDMI inputs, which is not a problem for me, but is for many. My speakers are cheap and disparate, my room a little peculiar, but the 1017's MCACC auto-calibration copes really well, I...

After you've figured out how to get bass from both sub and fronts, you'll want to consider going back to the setup where all low bass goes to the sub only. Prevailing opinion is that gives you the best sound. The fronts will play with less distortion if they aren't called on for bass, and with...

A large LCD for $1500? How about a rp crt, instead? Arguably, you get a better picture anyway. Panasonic PT-53x54 is at your price point, from Sears.

The Earthquake guy is saying that he suspects your 8 ohm speakers have a very low impedence for some part of the frequency range, hence are drawing too much current for the amp to handle. At least, that's my interpretation. He chose to illustrate his point that 8 ohm speakers may have an...

If you get a subwoofer, it brings you an additional set of options for the other speakers, since you don't have to pay for bass capability that you won't need.

If the speakers from your old Sony system aren't powered, maybe you can just cut off the connectors, strip the wire ends, and use those speakers. Well, I suppose you've thought of that, but just in case, I thought I'd mention the possibility. The Salvation Army and Goodwill in my neighborhood...

I've never heard any CB or other spurious signals from the SA-WM20. Maybe because there aren't any such signals around where I live (sort of in the country). A possible place to get a good price is my.sony.com which has some sort of point game you "play" by exposing yourself to their...

This constraint is not "a Dolby thing". I have no problem defeating ProLogicII decoding of DD 2.0 signals on my Kenwood VR-6070.

The weight I reported for the Sony SA-WM20, 10kg, does not include box or packing. Just the sub itself.

I think the Sony SA-WM20 goes down below 40Hz by a fair amount, judging from listening to the 200-20Hz frequency sweep on the HTT dvd. Sony's spec says it goes down to 28Hz. You know, I think you ought to be careful about offering advice when you haven't heard either sub, looked at reviews...

My sub, a Sony SA-WM20, weighs 10 kg, or 22lb 1oz. I bought it for $100 from Circuit City, undiscounted. It's not a great sub, but I think it's ok for the price. I had never thought of its light weight as being an advantage. It's not very big: 270 x 325 x 385 mm, or 10 3/4 x 12 7/8 x 15 1/4 in.

When you have both the analog L/R and digital coaxial connected for a given device, the receiver has to decide which one to use: analog or digital. Most receivers don't select digital automatically when there is a digital signal coming in. There should be a receiver key or button that lets you...