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Sound Advice, a local audio retailer, is already advertising the Panasonic DVD 61. It retails for $299. Hopefully it will use the Sage chip like the 56.

Thanks for the suggestion but my speakers have been calibrated using Yamaha's test tone. The center channel has been set 1 db higher than the other speakers. I still notice that at low volumes stereo mode out performs dolby pro logic for dialog clarity. I was wondering if DPL 2 is any better...

Does anyone who has DPL II notice any improvement in dialog clarity? I have a Yamaha 995 and none of the DSP modes including Yamaha's enhanced prologic seem to help with dialog clarity. I sometimes have trouble understanding dialog in action oriented programs like Farscape and X-files where...

I had a similiar problem with a Klipsch 4.5. The 10" driver went out after 3 years. The local Klipsch dealer replaced it for free because it was within the 5 year warranty. The warranty was honored even though my receipt was from Audio Excellence, a mail order dealer. Since you have an...

I'm curious if anyone can answer Kimmo's question. This fix only applies to receivers with THX settings, doesn't it? I have had problems with dialog in Dolby Pro Logic with both a Marantz receiver and my current Yamaha 995 and these don't have the cinema EQ settings. I have suspected the...

The report is now online at the following address:http://www.consumerreports.org/main/...=994786633036. This report can be accessed for free until mid-August. The online report includes the response curves. It's interesting how some of the lower rated speakers have smoother curves than the...

Some of the responses here to CR's ratings are what I expected from this forum, i.e. Bose speakers are #$%^, therefore CR's rating are #$%^. I subscribe to CR and found the speaker ratings to be quite useful as long as you understand the measurements and their limitations. Even CR tells you...