Recent content by Ronnie1a

I have a set of Bose cube speakers well over 20 years old. They no longer have the sharpness or fullness that they used to have. They are used all the time. Is there such a thing as speakers wearing out or slowly dying because of age?

My tv is capable of showing 3D but I cannot find any 3D broadcasts. Roku used to have a 3D station but it disappeared. Do any 3D broadcasts exist?

My receiver is a few years old but works ok. I just acquired a turntable with the traditional red and white RCA pin plugs but there is no connection in the back of the receiver for this. Or a ground wire. I looked at a couple of used receivers for sale and same thing-no input for a turntable...

The inst. manual with my new flat screen tv warms against prolonged images in the 4:3 format. I assume it refers to the black bars on each side of the screen when watching something in that format. When I watch something thru Roku I typically get a black bar either on the side or top and...

My Pioneer VSX 7300 is over 25 years old and getting tired. I have it connected to Bose Acustimass 5 system (the large cubes + base. I do not have an interest in a surround sound system. This receiver is 125w per channel. Some reasonably priced ones like the Sony are rated a little lower...

My amp. a 10 year old Pioneer has outputs for connecting speakers for surround sound. I'm looking at Brookstones cordless speakers. The manual says to use the RCA pin plug output on the amp to connect to the input on their cordless transmitter. In the absence of that I can use a 3.5 mm...