Recent content by Zac_F

If my usage is any indication it was dead before it started. I have an early Panny 3D set and can't say I've watched more than 2 movies in it. I forgot that it even had 3D. It was a gimmick that basically sucked on the small screen, and by small I mean anything smaller than an IMAX theater...

You need a projector now to go with the speakers. Spend the money you saved by building your own on it.

I don't know what did it, but its working now. Dowsn't sound like I did any damage either, but I'm not stressing it yet. I must have had a bad connection, but I was able to get my main to respond to the signal without problem, and when I reconnected the sub I couldn't. Go figure. On the...

Hmm. It read 3.4 ohms. So I don't have an open circuit, nor do I have a short.

Question: Does gently pushing on the driver cone generate a grinding or grating sensation, or does it move smoothly back and forth? -Pushing at the driver is smooth as silk. Question: Is this an original CS driver, or an Improved Standard Driver (shipping since mid-December 2001)...

My 20-39 cs has stopped making any sounds. I checked the cabling, the sub amp, the receiver, all by unplugging the speaker cable from the SVS and plugging it into the woofer input of my bi-wireable main speaker. When I did that my main worked as expected with a test tone. Swapping directly back...

Funny thing is, my 20-39 sub is never noticed by ANYONE. Even my wife admits it "hides in plain sight". Mine is in the corner behind my main. It is unfortunately out of order at the moment. The receiver I used as a sub-amp blew. A PE 250w plate amp is on the brown truck. Good thing I have mains...

For practical reasons, I do the veneer last. You'll be handling the box a lot during construction and you don't want to mess up the veneer. That being said, it is easier to veneer first, then cut the hole, since then all of your measurements include the veneer thickness, and the circle gets...

Have you considered a front projector? For $2500 you can get the Sony HS-10, which is WXGA true HD widescreen. Or for even less, the Panasonic L300u which is 960x540, less resolution but also very nice. Or for $1500, you can get a Sanyo Z1, same rez as the panny, or the infocus x1, DLP at...

There is also the Audax center, with the w/tm/w design. This has a tweeter above a 5" midrange flanked by 6.5" woofers. It is said to avoid the lobing problem in the critical frequencies since these are produced by the single midrange. I've built one myself, and I sit off-axis frequently and...

Rosenzwieg Lumber in da Bronx, or Rode & Horn Lumber in Brooklyn are the only places I know in the NY area. There must be someplace on LI. There's a woodworkers warehouse on Sunrise Hwy in Suffolk, either Patchogue or Sayville. They might have, but I've never been in there. On line check out...

J&R has the CP72 for 229 in black or silver. This was not a hard to find item in NY. Panasonic has been shipping in bulk. and it is appearing in stores. They even had it at a WIZ store that was closing up (for much more money 279 i think.)

I just picked up the Panny CP72, a progressive, dvd-audio, 5 disc changer. I am only using it in interlaced via s-video mode and it blows away the RV30 it replaced. Even my wife, who couldn't care less about most of this stuff commented. She said now we need a big TV to appreciate this. For $229...

bought my CP72K at J&R in store. They had the harder to find black version.

I put some router bits into my router and it kept screwing my network up... :D