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  1. KevinMcL

    DTS wall plaque

    Talk to a poster/framing who does plaque mounting. If you can provide a good color pic of the logo you want, they can make it look just like the commercial plaques you can buy- but there is one catch: it costs less.
  2. KevinMcL

    My TV blew up!!!!

    If it's only 9 months old, why can't you exchange it? I'd be upset if that happened to me. You should have some sort of warranty with the purchase of the unit.
  3. KevinMcL

    PE 150W plate amp

    Wow- I'd like to see that, too! Do you get a better bass response if you flush mount yourself into the sub? Wouldn't that block the view for others? j/k
  4. KevinMcL

    Why do I need a receiver?

    Very few HT speakers are self-powered. There are some out there, but they are the exception rather than the rule. You need the receiver to power the spekaers, as tey are passive. Let's ask this to clear this up: are the "speaker outputs" on the rear of the DVD player a speaker-wire typ...
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    Dvd Etc. Magazine Poll: All Members Please Respond

    1) Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon(SuperBit) : Stunning picture and sound quality 2) Matrix (same as above) the classic DVD to show off to friends. 3) Star Wars- Episode 1 (same as both above)
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    Passive sub question

    That depends on how happy you are with the current setup. The only person you have to please is you. Are you aching to upgrade, and have the means to do so? Then I'd hold off. If you're satisfied that a little more low-end would finish the equation for you, I'd look at the price of sub...
  7. KevinMcL

    IR Questions

    Unsolder the IR eye from the circuit board, and put a length of wire between the baord, and the eye! I did that to control my 2nd receiver (shaker amp), and it works like a charm. It's not as intrusive/difficult as it sounds, and can easily be undone if desired.
  8. KevinMcL

    Ideas on improving my mains...need input.

    Have you tried all the easy fixes already? Adding bracing, damping, internally/externally re-wiring using top-quality wire (preferably DIY Cat-5 braided!), upgrading the x-over components, or adding a bag of sand to the bottom of the enclosure? I did these to my towers, and it opened the sound...
  9. KevinMcL

    help with bass shakers

    Geez, I wish I had a dig. camera. You'd make a mess in your pants if you saw the underside of my couches. One has 2x10" shakers, the other has 1x12". Use this link, and you'll laugh at any previous attempts at "shaking" your couch. My stove across the house shakes violently...
  10. KevinMcL

    How can I cool my cabinet?

    I bought a variable power supply from a dollar store for $9. I use it for exactly the same purpose, but for cooling my Rx which I use as a shaker amp. I have it at about 4.5V, but can increase or decrease it at will. I had to cut the supplied power plug off- the round one which accepts the...
  11. KevinMcL

    Those nifty plaques

    Or, you could always make'em yourself. (heehee) Use a good color printer, have the prints laminated, and/or plaque mounted, and voila! Super-cheap. I even made my own DVD-case matinee sign, like the ones they sell on the 'net for $30. I used the above technique, but laminated the small...
  12. KevinMcL

    What are the following drivers like?

    I'd use the Morel given the choice, but both are fine drivers. I'm looking at both as possible drivers for my DIY as well. Love the Dynaudios, but too much $$...
  13. KevinMcL

    HELP upgrading speakers

    Ryan, Asking for everyone's advice is all fine and good, but remember who's paying for, and has to listen to these new speakers. Everyone's opinion is subjective, and should be taken with a grain of salt. What it really comes down to is; whatever sounds good to you, and is affordable to you...
  14. KevinMcL

    How do you wire your rack?

    How 'bout cutting a semi-circle the same circuference as a 1/2 piece of abs plastic out of the middle rear of each shelf? Cut the abs in half, run the wires up and down the middle, then cut the abs to length for each shelf, hiding the wires. Of course the pipe would be painted... and it could...
  15. KevinMcL

    Is it possible to transplant the driver and amp in an underachieving sub?

    Well, supposing your existing box is of suitable size and build for a powerful sub, for $275, you can't really go wrong. One thought: If you believe the existing sub and amp are sub-par, why do you think the box they are mounted in is any better? If your enclosure is a touch over-sized, I...
  16. KevinMcL

    Demo Discs...

    Matrix U-571 Ronin Haunting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  17. KevinMcL

    plywood for speaker?

    I second the undercoating idea. It makes a box seem much more solid, without affecting the internal volume.
  18. KevinMcL

    Can someone explain how an external adjustable crossover works?

    I believe when x-overs are cascaded, the more extreme of the two would be the set point. i.e. in a low-pass, the lower of the two would be the cutoff freq.
  19. KevinMcL

    Little DIY sub, some pics...

    Jack- have you considered moving the IR eye to the front of the remote? When I removed my IR eye from my 2nd receiver, I hot-melt glued it to the front of the remote, and added an umbilical cord betwen the circuit borad, and IR eye. It works perfectly, and allows me to hide the remote, because...
  20. KevinMcL

    Adding bass shakers to an HTiB...

    If you're not using the sub out on your RX because your sub has only low-level inputs, use the sub out to the 2nd RX!! Using the 2nd Rx has the added benefit of an idependant volume for the shakers, too.
  21. KevinMcL

    Are you right or left eye dominant?

    Annie. The sun'll come out tomorrow...
  22. KevinMcL

    Directors Any annoying habits that you do that other people find disgusting?

    My assistant eats apples really loudly. He just can't get enough in his mouth at once. It drives me up the wall.
  23. KevinMcL

    DIY audio cables

    I'm not sure if you care, but I made the CAT-5 speaker cables, and being that it's 9 AWG, it's thick, but relatively bend-able.
  24. KevinMcL

    Adjusting signal to sub and shakers....

    I tapped off my front speakers for the shakers' signal, and literally turned speaker-level to RCA. No converter, just spliced RCA connectors onto speaker wire. During loud passages, I have a little over 10V of signal going into my shaker amp(10 year old Technics 70w/ch)with no problem. I have...
  25. KevinMcL

    Speaker matching

    I wouldn't put that thing near my tv! Personally, I'd open the other two up, and see if I could'nt change out the cap on the x-over. This can make a difference. Are your cables equidistant from your receiver? Just ideas.
  26. KevinMcL

    Polk speakers...Harsh?

    I can't get over that fact you can turn the volume up to 12:00!!! I've never been able to do that with any receiver I've ever used- for 2ch. music, or HT. I've read that after the 10:00 position, the Rx doesn't really make any more power, so maybe you're maxxing the amp. Regardless, it sounds...
  27. KevinMcL

    Bass Shaker questions

    Or, you could always make some- for WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY less than anyone charges. I'd challenge anyone out there, with 5 pairs (or less)of any brand of commercial shakers to a shake-off. My 10" monsters shake the my oven, on the lower floor of the house!!! Here's the link: I've kept it kinda...
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