I have a pair of Allison 7 that are around 23 years old. The woofer surrounds finally rotted out and I replaced them with a pair of woofers from Parts Express. They sound really good.
With subs as good as the HSU and SVS, set up is the most important thing getting them to sound good with music. If you run your subs +5dB 'hot', it may not sound good with music.
7 Triad in-room platinum models. 3 Stacked Genlec large subs. Meridian Surround processor. Mark Levinson amps Sony Front projector Stewart Screen Room design/implementation: Dennis Erskine(?sp)
I'd probably stop at 2 of those refrigerators.
The dispersion is limited vertically, not horizontally, so if the height of the speakers is the same as ear-height, it shoudn't be a problem. I agree with the OP that people prefer a uptilt of the mid-bass and treble and high-end speaker companies are more than happy to provide it.
I've been waiting to see this movie for a while. Looking forward to it. I particularly like the fact that some of the fights are short(for example, in the trailer where he knocks out the other guy with one kick
) just like real martial art fights.
Make sure you get SACD and DVD-A capable player. If I were you, I would also get a 480p or even an up converting player because when you get another display, you will won't have to get another DVD player. If you are about 3-5 years from getting a new display, then a 480i player makes more sense.
I would suspect that there would be a significant improvement if you used a separate amplifier. The Studio 100 are hard to drive becuase their impedence drops at certain frequencies and receivers have difficulties driving low impedence speakers. You could always try them with the Elite and...
Wayne, I have a peak at about 40 Hz. I did the eq yesterday using a CD that I burned with the correction factor for the RS meter. I was able to get to within about +/- 2 dB from 16-80 Hz using the 5 band parametric EQ. What I didn't realize is that I had a +6 to +8 dB peak at around 16 Hz which...
Yes, I know that. I made a test tone CD with the compensation. I don't get the point of testing it with your receiver to see if there is internal consistancy.
I think you went to too much trouble. The test CD is to set EQ levels at different frequencies in a relative(not absolute) fashion(that is relative to each other and doesn't really matter what you receiver volume level is). Once that is set, then you can calibrate the subwoofer(or LFE) channel...
Well I have a parametric EQ so what I will do is first equalize the subs(I have 3) to be within 6dB(+/-3dB) using the RS adjusted tones. Then I will calibrate the sub channel using the old Video Essentials and see what happens.
How would you compensate? Do you set the tones above the really low bass at a lower level? Or, do you set the really low bass at lower levels on the test tone disc?
THX speakers are a way to set and forget. You are pretty much guaranteed that the fronts will match the center and rear speakers. Also they will be timbre matched so that despite being in different locations(free-standing fronts, rears on walls about 6 feet off the floor). Plus, they are...
I actually know a guy from Hong Kong who talks like Chow Mein and then gets exasperated when you ask him to repeat what he said. After a bit, he gets frustrated and says: "What's the matter, don't you understand English?".