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How long is too long of a throw? I don't want SDE to be a bother...which if I notice it, I am sure it will be. How far back vs. how small a screen will I need to be able to have it NOT be a problem?

I am looking at replacing my Sony 46" set. I am sitting 7.5' from my screen now, but would be around 11-12'. from the projection screen (screen would be around 96"). My ceiling is around 7'. My room is roughly 20' long. I am thinking I would need the projector around 3-4' behind me. How is...

Rolando - I don't know if thye have fixed the ghost line (raster ringing issue). I had it with my Tosh and it was returned almost 2 years after purchasing it...with many e-mails and phone calls with my store. I saw the line on all Toshiba sets at the time, and it got to the point where I was...

SD viewing will be less than 5%...if that even. Generally speaking, I am not so concerned about being too close to the screen. Just being too close to the physical TV (the psycho-visual effect of being too close). I guess I won't know until I do it...but I was looking at the environmental...

Here is my dilemma. I currently own a 46" RPTV and sit 7.5' away. I had to get something that "small" while in my last house. I have since moved and I am in a larger dedicated room with complete light control. While this set still looks good, I want MORE of the HT experiece and I want to go...

I know you are supposed to try and keep your tweeters at or near ear height/height of your mains. I am on top of my 46" RPTV (on stand). It is fine for me now. Question is, how high is too high? I am looking at picking up an LCD or DLP in the 60-62" range and sitting about 8' away. That...

Dan - I completely agree...but this is farther away from anything I have seen before after setting it with the disc.

A friend of mine just got a 50" Samsung DLP delivered to his house. He was all set up, and asked me to come over with Avia to tweak it (I do the tweaks on my buddies' gear). I went over there, turned the lights down...and BOOM! I got hit with train headlights. That set is BRIGHT at standard...

I made some homemade wall treatments out of foam, cotton batting, wood and a canvas type cloth (beige/natural). Since filling out the room with them, my darker walls are lighter...and the side walls are now a little refelctive from my RPTV. Any idea if black speaker cloth would be very...

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That helps visually...but how do I translate my environment into degrees from sweetspot?

Searched but couldn't quite find an answer. I have my surrounds essentially in a null posisiton (beside me...perhaps back 6 inches or so). Unfortunately, with my room placement, I can't get a fantastic front stereo image where my seating is. If I move my seating forward, my soundstage improves...

Wayne - I am have JM Labs Cobalt 816 S up front, the SR 800 at the rear, and the CC800 for the center. I have a Paradigm PW-2200 sub. You are correct in your assumption of speaker distances. I am sitting 8.5 ft. from the fronts, and 6 from the rears. I too think that reducing their treble...

I am always tweaking my system and moving speakers around looking for the best configuration. Recently, I have started making my own accoustic panels and setting them up around the room. I have drawn a diagram of my room, and I have shown the panels in grey. The ones near my fronts are 2x4...

I have had my HD receiver for about 10 days now. I have been blown away by HD content for the most part. I am absolutely in love with Monday Night Football...it is unbelievable quality. Coming off watching a game of MNF last night, I was wondering if the poor looking HD broadcast on Fox was...

My room is in the basement. I have it sealed and insulated very well (sound insulation). I have also installed a solid core door. I have one vent leading into the room, and no return. The room is 19x12. When I have a few people in the room for more than an hour, it gets a little stuffy. The...

What would you think a good seating config for a theater this size is? I sit about 8-9 feet away from my 46" set and have only one sofa in there now. Any suggestions about adding another chair? I don't want to add another seat and throw my acoustics off (ie. heavy sound to one side), but if I...

I am insulating my basement ceiling this week for my HT, and I am almost done (except around pipes and hvac). I am not sure how to do this as a pipe almost fills the entire cavity of the joist (at least on one side). Do you just fill the other side? Doesn't leaving the pipe bare allow sound to...

I am putting insulation in my ceiling joists. They are 16" on center. I have purchased insulation that is about 4" high...while my joist is 9.5" deep. That means my insulation will not fill the entire joist cavity. Should I be doubling it up to fill the hole left in the relatively empty stud...

I just moved into an old/new house (40 yrs). I tore out the carpets and am getting hardwoods installed. My gear is out of the house except for my RPTV. In the kitchen ceramic tile is being pounded out right as I type. There is a ton of dust all over the house (specifically in the basement where...

I own a Sony 46" HDTV. I just moved houses and in packing up the set, the shelf that housed the center channel slipped off and banged into the back of the set. The speaker was not on the shelf, and the shelf just slipped off and hit the back of the set (glanced). I turned the set on and...

I agree with Kevin. Unless you are sitting 5 ft. away from your set, then I think 36" is too small to get the theater out of home theater.

Another suggestion would be what I am about to do in my basement...very similar scenario. I have an open ceiling and a drywalled area. I am going to add a solid core door to close the opening. I am then going to stuff insulation into the joists in the ceiling. I am then going to zip up drywall...

Ethan - Sound transmission upstairs is still a concern, but not as much as I had been fearing before (based on lots of reading). I still want to keep it quiet, but I don't feel I will need the double drywall. The insulation and caulked drywall + drop ceiling will do me OK I think. Probably...

Ethan - Sound transmission upstairs is still a concern, but not as much as I had been fearing before (based on lots of reading). I still want to keep it quiet, but I don't feel I will need the double drywall. The insulation and caulked drywall + drop ceiling will do me OK I think. Probably...

I am a little confused. When I started looking at this for a new house, I was thinking we were going to get a ranch style. I was figuring that my son's bedroom would potentially be directly over the home theater. The house we ended up buying is a two storey. The living room is directly above, as...

I am a little confused. When I started looking at this for a new house, I was thinking we were going to get a ranch style. I was figuring that my son's bedroom would potentially be directly over the home theater. The house we ended up buying is a two storey. The living room is directly above, as...

I think I have made my mind up (at least as of today). I think I am going to do a drop ceiling. My main concern is having a quiet second floor when watching and listening late at night and good in-room acoustics. I am going to put up a solid core door and I should be fine for sound containment(I...

I think I have made my mind up (at least as of today). I think I am going to do a drop ceiling. My main concern is having a quiet second floor when watching and listening late at night and good in-room acoustics. I am going to put up a solid core door and I should be fine for sound containment(I...

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