Recent content by Joseph Sabato

I would also go with option 1. While my S-Center matches well with the S-38's, it does not have the bass capability of the S-38s (If I could have bought a single S38, I would have)and I can sometimes hear it strain while the S-38's are just cruising ( I like my movies loud). BTW, this is with...

The S38's make no provision for mounting, you need a sturdy shelf to hold them. I have S38's in front and S36's for surrounds and there is a huge difference in bass capability between the two. I knew that going in, but did not have a place for S-38's that would work since my surrounds needed to...

We have LCD business projectors at work that are more than 6 years old (they are beasts in size compared to the newest ones) and they are still working. The issues I have seen with them are dust (just a maintenance issue, could be fixed) and two of the oldest 3M units now have a slight purplish...

Unless you have a lot of flexibility in placement and a lot of time and patience, having multiple bass sources will more likely give you worse response than a single source in an optimized location. I have had that experience and will be moving both drivers to the same location as soon as I get...

Another factor in deciding screen size is how much control of ambient light the is in the room. I looked at a Sony HS20 on a 110" Firehawk screen today at a dealer that had a pretty reasonably set up room; dark walls, controlled lighting with dimmers etc. The demo started out with a few...

The Bozaks were great speakers in their day. They used "infinite baffle" woofer designs (very small Vas) in their systems. The ones I remember hearing were the Concert Grands; (4) 12 woofers, several midranges and a line array of tweeters firing through a slot. Their main competition at the time...

If you have the room and ambient light control, you can buy a Sony HS20 LCD Front Projector, a 92" to 106" Stewart Firehawk Screen and a Sony HDTV Satellite/terrestrial/NTSC receiver for $5000-$5500. The HDTV Quality was outstanding at 13 feet from a 106" screen with no "screendoor effect". I...

I also agree with a stacking or side by side arrangement; I have 2 identical subs and I would be much better off having them both in the same location if that were possible based on measurements I took. I can not do that with my current "box speaker" setup, but plan to switch to an IB setup to...

I also have a rotozip tool (the Advantage saw) and recently used the circle cutting fixture for it to cut a hole for a Tempest; ended up with a perfect circle.

You may also want to check out the 12" Dayton Titanic, I think it works well in a smaller enclosure

The other issue with having 2 subs is that unless you have a lot of flexibilty in placement and the patience to measure and check things out to optimise the in room response, your results may be worse than having one. This was the case for me; on sub was pretty flat down to 20Hz, the other...

Has anyone done (or seen) a comparison of picture quality between the 2 systems? Since both now cost nothing for equipment (current offers on 3 room systems) and the programming is a wash for me, the key factor is the picture quality that I will get on my RPTV. I currently do not have an...

For a sanity check, I called a couple of pro gear suppliers this afternoon that advertise that they carry both lines (as well as many others). Both reps that I talked to said to buy the QSC because it was a much better amp, despite the lower power rating. One of the guys was a repair tech...

Thanks for the info Wayne. It sounds like it is a well built amp. They even give it an FTC rating of 400W in to 4 ohms (unusual in pro amps); 450W EIA at 1KHz; you have to go up to the next amp in the RMX line for that power. I asked about Behringer (in general) at our local Guitar store...

Has anyone used a Behringer EP 1500 for driving passive subs? I was looking hard at the QSC RMX 850 because it seemed like a quality amp at the ~ 300.00 price point, but it seem like you get more amp for the $$$ with the Behringer all other things being equal. One of my old audio power...