Recent content by Shane Harg

You can get this from Dolby Labs for 5 bucks:

How old is the receiver? I'm not 100% sure what "THX 7.1" is, but I would imagine it's more of a matrixed decoder, kind of like PLII or IIx. I personally wouldn't bank on one outdated receiver to determine the validity of 7.1 surround sound. In my own setup, I have my surround back speakers...

First of all, there are no discrete 7.1 formats (with the possible exeption of TrueHD and DD+). There is a DTS-ES 6.1 format, but in 7.1, the 2 surround back speakers are generally mono. I don't really use any DSP modes, but I do use PLIIx with 5.1 to give me 7.1. It works great. The other day I...

Here's a place with the best deal I've ever seen on Omnimounts. seen:http://www.sjgreatdeals.com/20-0-wall-b.html I can't vouch for the quality of the dealer, though, since I haven't ever done business with them.

You will be sorry (as I am) if you skimp on speaker mounts. My B&W DM600 S3s are not even 10 pounds, so I figured buying mounts rated at 20 lbs. would be plenty strong and I found some that were really cheap. But I also found that you get what you pay for. I really had to crank the holding screw...

Four words: "Is that hair gel?" :laugh:

Thanks, Chuck. That was the kind of answer I was looking for.

I have a sort of unrelated question (but related because it all started by reading this thread) for those who have read the book, Gates of Fire. I bought this book after reading some reviews of it early on in this thread, and because I wanted to read it to get an overview of the history...

If you are looking for a Home Theater in a Box solution I would refer you to Cambridge SoundWorks for about the best quality systems in that price range. http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/s...tegory=ht_htib

As I understand it, Denon switched from Faroudja to Realta chips (this year) because Faroudja chips just aren't as cutting edge as they used to be. Faroudja used to be the reference by which all others were measured, but there are now others out there (like Realta) that are just hands down...

I gave you some placement options on your other thread, here: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...d.php?t=253618

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Doesn't a "soffit" generally run the perimeter of a room, or was this something done to accommodate a heating/air duct? No matter. How wide is this soffit? Since you say the the projector would be mounted "beside" the soffit, I'm assuming that it is almost half the width of th room. If that's...

I concur with Jeff. It does make a "HUGE" difference. Just because the specs say your receiver delivers equal power to all channels doesn't mean you'll have exactly the same volume coming out of each channel. They may differ vastly. And even if there is equal volume coming from each speaker, it...

Yes. Unless you have one of the players, which features Denon Link (2930 or higher), you will need to use analog audio cables for SACD. This is not Denon's fault, however (unless you fault them for not using Denon Link in lower-end products), it's Sony's for hesitating to support HDMI from the...