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I have two SVS CS Ultras in a big great room with a 17-foot cathedral ceiling. The kitchen, den, foyer and dining room are all part of the same space, with ceilings ranging from 12 feet to 17 feet. Total volume about 9,000 cubic feet. My wife had a wooden dove sitting on top of a plant shelf...

I have the same problem with my Denon 4800 and posted a question similar to yours. Someone told it me it was probably a faulty muting circuit in the receiver, and I think that is indeed what the problem is. Rather than packing it up and sending it off for repair, I just leave my sub amp (Samson...

Thanks for the excellent advice Tom and Andy. I had already tentatively concluded it was the receiver, but was hoping for something simple. I will probably try pulling the equalizer out just in case, but I fear you're right. Maybe now is the time to go to separates (I already have a parasound...

eaving the sub amp and equalizwer on won't affect anything. The popping happens when the source selector knob on the Denon is turned. I need some advice on how to identify which piece is causing the problem -- the reciever, the sub amp or the equalizer.

All of a sudden, my twin SVS Ultras have begun to make a loud popping noise (they feel like they are bottoming out) everytime I turn the source selector knob on my Denon 4800 receiver. They even popped a few times when the knob wasn't being turned. Nothing is coming out of the center and mains...

Bruce--the tNTs are two way vented box with the port in back. They go down to 40 at -3 hz. I am not sure what the Xover rolloff is, but I like your idea of buying the different resistor sets. Thanks. I appreciate all the help. Can yu suggest a Web site where I can buy the Xover?

Bruce -- That -3db measurement is not in the manual, but I believe it is 35hz. My room is a high-ceilinged, Florida-style great room open to the dining room, kitchen, foyer and den and even to the great outdoors in the winter when the sliders are open. Best guess is 9,000 cubic feet, which is...

Bruce -- the equipment list won't come up either. Thanks for the diagram. It helps, but I still have some questions because I am confused by your terminology. When you say analog outs,I take it that's the pre-outs. If so, this is how it would translate to my equipment I run interconnects from...

Bruce--I couldn't get your equipment link to work for some reason and could use more info on your connections. I assume you are sending full-range signals from the receiver's main speaker pre-outs via interconnects to your pre-amp and from there to your power amp. Does the crossover sit between...

With the lash up recommended in this thread, is there any way of integrating your sub with the 2 channel part of the system? If your sub is hooked up to the receiver's sub out jack, there would be no way to get the signal to the two channel music system. Right?

Heck, for that kind of money, you can almost buy twin Ultras and the Samson. I originally had a Velo HGS-10, which is admittedly not as powerful as the 15, but I thought the 15 was way overpriced and not worth the difference in money. I later bought the twin Ultra/Samson combo, and the 15 isn't...

Like Aaron, I got my B&Ws at Sound Advice in Florida. I purchased the 7NTs for $1,500 at one of their preferred customer special sales; list was $2,000. Got the same percent off on the CNT. After being bought by Tweeter, sound Advice, although swearing it wouldn't sell out of its teritory,was...

The double bass sounds like what is happening with my Denon 4800 in direct mode. In stereo mode, calibrating my double SVS Ultras with my mains was no problem. In direct mode, no matter how low I turn down the sub level control on the 4800 compared to the mains, CD music sounds way too bassy. I...

I have the B&W LM1s (paid $350, a little pricey) in pearl white as surrounds also. Very cute little speakers with a high WAF that come in several colors and with their own mounting bracket as part of the speaker. They are on my ceiling about 12 feet up and pointing down toward the listening...

You might try the B&W LM-1. They are direct radiating, come in 5 or 6 colors, have a built in mounting bracket, and most women like their looks. They also can be put on a shelf or desktop. I paid $350, which is admittedly a little pricey, for a pair last year. They don't have much bass but the...

TV--I just received my second Ultra today. My first one was purchased last fall and is, I presume, one of the older drivers. Will the different decibel outputs give me any trouble when I calibrate. They are sitting about 4 1/2 feet apart on either side of an entertainment armoire in a very large...

I have a 36" Sony xbr450 and the CNT. I put the speaker below the TV and raised it up a little with rubber feet and the results have been very good.

I have two sets of side surrounds (one for 5 channel music and one for movies) and a set of rears for movies. The sides are 11 feet up; the rears are at 13 and 15 feet. The results for music surrounds vary, depending on your location. In the sweet spot for stereo music, you definitely get the...

If your SO is into antiques, you might try buying an old pair of shutters at an atique store. Most are made up of at least two sections with hinges so they stand up and can be folded into a V shape to fit the width of the sub. Some have attractive carvings or cutouts on them. The other advantage...

Thanks to all for the advice on rehabbing the ancient JBLs. I was afraid to perform surgery on the family jewels myself so she took them to a repair place. For $70, they were refoamed and she swears they sound better now than when they were new. Haven't listened to them myself yet, but Merrily...

bump--anyone else?

A close friend of mine has a set of ancient JBLs. They are currently in storage 3,000 miles away in Seattle, so she is not sure of the model number. She thinks they are L110s, fairly large bookshelf speakers manufactured more than 30 years ago. They worked great until she had to put them in...

I concur with Greg. I was having the same problem with my Denon 4800 while trying to calibrate my SVS Ultra sub. I was getting totally different results depending on whether I was playing in direct, stereo, or 5 channel. You may have different speaker/sublevel settings for the various listening...

Yes the ART can do this. I just received my single Ultra/Samson 1000/ART 351 equalizer package. I am still in the process of testing/calibrating and have not hooked the equalizer up yet. The ART does have a high pass filter that lets you roll off lower frequencies. Its range is from 10 Hz to 250...

Parker--I tried to donate on PayPal, where I have an account. Both times I tried PayPal, my browser shut down in the middle of the operation. I got an error message saying the program had performed an illegal operation. Happened at two different points in the transaction. Don't know what the...

Audio advisor sells Niles, Parasound, and a couple of other kinds of speaker selectors through their catalog and Web site. I believe that is the best solution to your problem, Most sell between $125 or so and up to $200.

Larry--if you end up selling your SVS subs and are interested in a great deal on a small sub, I am selling a mint condition, one-year-old Velodyne HGS-10 for $700 (lists for $1600 new). It packs 1250 watts in a box that's only 11" on all sides. Great musical sub that goes down to 21 Hz in my...

Lisa -- FWIW, I have had a Hughes Dolby Digital receiver(model HIRD-D45)for two years and have gotten very little use out of it. Just about the only programming in DD is on HBO, Showtime, etc. If you have a DVD player and a DD receiver, I can almost guarantee you won't want to watch movies on...

Her's a little piece of logic I tried. It didn't work for me but it might for somebody else. I pointed out that our great room/kitchen/foyer/den area contains more than 1,000 square feet. Out of that amount, my two BMW 7NTs (also called the ugly things with the eyeballs on top) take up less than...

Jerry -- you obviously don't understand female logic. In her logic, the SVS is for me and the furniture is for us! Ergo, she is not spending money on herself; I am the one spending money on myself. Ron -- she will never admit your subs are not ugly. Every time in the future she tells me she...