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  1. Jin E

    Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

    An interesting take on the subject. But isn't the #1 selling Blu-Ray Player selling at a loss as well? And has been from day 1?
  2. Jin E

    Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

    I know the small sampling of my office had 6/6 people in my office of about 50 people buying into HDM for the first time with the $99 A2. I bought an extra for my brother for Christmas, so that's 7/7.
  3. Jin E

    Will ripping your power pole down fry your electronics?

    Rooms to Go was delivering some furniture to my brother's house when they somehow knocked the power out to his house (ripped the incoming service line out). After getting the electric company out there to restore power my brother finds that every piece of electronics in his house is now fried...
  4. Jin E

    Kill Bill: Volume 2 Teaser Trailer

    You have a full res version of that Wallpaper? Where can one score such an image file? :)
  5. Jin E

    need 7 speakers (excluding sub) for $500 - any suggestions?

    HTD Level III bookshelves on clerance direct from the vendor. Old style ones are $150, while new styles are $179 for a pair. Two pairs = $360. Add a level III center for another $150... or you can get the Level II Bstock on clearance for $60. The setup should run you a little over $500 at most...
  6. Jin E

    What Did Y'all Get For Christmas???

    Western Mountaineering Megalite Sleeping bag with 2oz overfill. Can you say 1lb 10oz with a Pertex Quantum shell and 14oz of 800+ fill down. WEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Montane Featherlite Smock (3oz windbreaker) Cash! Brookstone thinggamagiggy that has four "beepers" that attach to my keys...
  7. Jin E

    Any inexpensive red wine suggestions?

    Well the Cab Sav will be drier then the Shiraz... I'll second a couple of Neibaum-Coppola wines. The Black Label Claret is an excellent Bourdeux style wine, and the Coppola Rosso is a very easy to drink table wine.
  8. Jin E

    Any inexpensive red wine suggestions?

    Charles Shaw Merlot from Trader Joes. If you can find it that is. It's gotten such a fan base now that it goes out the door as soon as they get it in. Best wine in the world? No. But at $2-3 for a bottle it is worth 4-5 times it's asking price. At a little over $10 a bottle I really like the...
  9. Jin E

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    Well our RotK anicdote of the day: The Carmike theaters only sell tickets on the day of the show. So this morning a friend of mine went to buy us tickets. As as soon as he gets up to the booth and starts handing the girl some money a big-rig slams into a light pole in front of the movie...
  10. Jin E

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    Man what a ride. The first 30-50 minutes felt a little off kilter. It's odd describing it as rushed, but too slow. It was as if the editors found the beginning too slow, cut it to speed along the pace, but didn't acheive their goal. I cannot stress how incredible the cinematography was. I'm...
  11. Jin E

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Review Thread

    Too tired to make a long drawn out review. I'm sure this thread will quickly fill with the deservedly great reviews. Content and excecution were top notch. If I were to find flaws in the film it would be a little gripe about the pacing, and the extra 10 minutes that could have been removed from...
  12. Jin E

    What do you want for Christmas? (non-HT)

    Snow Peak Titanium Flask
  13. Jin E

    Suggestions for auditioning material

    For HT material I like to use the openeing sequence to Lost in Space.
  14. Jin E

    Suggestions for auditioning material

    I suggest using material YOU are familiar with, with a broad selection of the type of music you are looking to listen too. Why audition speakers with a list of great classical music when you listen to Jazz or Rock? Personally I use a CD I burned from various CD's I have to which contain variety...
  15. Jin E

    Looking for very slimline wall mounting speakers

    Besides the electrostatic speakers, Acoustic Research used to have a line of speakers called the Phantom Series, which was a thin design that could be wall mounted.
  16. Jin E

    What's the cheepest one could build a DIY sub?

    And it soundsmuch better then those >$200 subs out there too ;) But throw in the price of an amp and you're close to $200...
  17. Jin E

    Box or cylinder: Does it really mater?

    Bass is about Volume, number of drivers, ports, and wattage. A cylinder has two advantages. One of course is ease of manufacturing. If you've ever made your own sub you know it's MUCH easier to make a Sono-sub then it is to make a boxed sub. One of the reasons a sono is so much easier is that it...
  18. Jin E

    What's the cheepest one could build a DIY sub?

    Ahhh... I remember now. The second higher SPL run was a measurement of the near-field response. The first was from the Sub's position i the corner of the room.
  19. Jin E

    What's the cheepest one could build a DIY sub?

    I bought a cheap used JBL 10" DVC Driver from a friend for $10 and built my first sub with it. I use 12" Quickrete tubes available from Lowes for something like $12 each. Even though they are listed as 12" they nest within each other, so I bouhgt on which was the full 12" and one that was a...
  20. Jin E

    Phase Technology PC 8.5

    When I was auditioning the Teatros was the first time I noticed a particular sound on one my Diana Krall CD's... sounds like she was depressing the pedal on the piano. It was quite distracting! ;)
  21. Jin E

    Attn Crap Code (red dot) studios:

    These are worse then those stupid anti Piracy commercials they play before the movie IN THE MOVIE THEATER IN FRONT OF PAYING CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE OBVIOUSLY PAID TO SEE THE MOVIE. I don't have a problem with the concept of what they are trying to do, just the excicution. How hard would it have been...
  22. Jin E

    Mario master beats Mario 3 in 11min

    Completed Super Mario Bros 3 in 11 minutes. Unbeleivable. http://www.stanford.edu/~jmpark/moSMB3.wmv
  23. Jin E

    Phase Technology PC 8.5

    I auditioned a pair of the Theatro floorstanding speakers. They were exceptional speakers. Like James said, they are wonderfully smooth and IMHO very musical and very easy to listen too. Very high quality speaker. If I had to try to find fault with the speaker it would be a slight lack in detail...
  24. Jin E

    Most original/unique finish/material you've seen on a speaker/sub?

    I just started reading this thread... but I second the Corian suggestion. When properly glued together, there is zero seam in the stuff. You can sand the seam down or route it out and will never tell it's there. When in your hands it has the feel of marble. I have seen "craft blanks" for sale on...
  25. Jin E

    WIP: DIY Marble Base Speaker Stands

    Started a new speaker stand project tonight. I wanted something a little different from the PVC/MDF/Plywood stands I've seen DIY'ed. At the local kitchen supply house at the local strip mall I wound some marble pastry boards (12" x 16") for $12.99 each. I thought they would make great looking...
  26. Jin E

    Jessica Alba single now?

    Mike took the words right out of my mouth. Back when I first started lurking the HTF in the end of '99 when you saw a thread on the After Hours Lounge with a particularly attractive female's name in it you were assured to see an accompanying picture or two. The membership has increased... but...
  27. Jin E

    Do I really need DTS???

    I still regret "upgrading" my Denon 2801 to a DP-II capable Marantz SR6200. I'll never again upgrade just to get one DSP mode I hardly ever use. I wish I had spent that oney on a nicer Amp instead.
  28. Jin E

    The most important speaker in a HT is....

    If you don't want to agree with Mr Knapp... you can always say you agreed with my post ;)
  29. Jin E

    Needing a cheap receiver for my computer room

    http://ww2.onecall.com/PID_20408.htm#
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