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  1. RossB

    Help me please----In regards to building permits

    Around here (in Alberta Canada) you only need a permit if you are adding a room or changing the structure. If you are putting in a theater though you will want to give some thought to beefing up the electrical system, especially the power for the tv/sterio and perhaps more lighting. although...
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    spousal speakers...really

    For surrounds I have quest q2.6 speakers and a 12 inch sub woofer. I know nothing about them but they sound cool. I was thinking of trying these other speakers ( I also have some altec lansing speakers and another theater setup upstairs with wharfdale surrounds, centers and a passive...
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    spousal speakers...really

    There are a number of things my wife didn't come with (like a manual) but she did come with a really nice sterio...albiet older. The amp is a great old yamaha, as are the speakers. In fact from years of accumulation I have several old sterios's computers...sets of speakers...(but thats another...
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    Speaker Grilles: On or Off and can you explain?

    Well there is the other reason no one touched on also... the spousal override..."why did you take the covers off your speakers...I don't like it...they ruin the look of the room...put them back":angry:
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    To go progressive or not to go progressive

    LEO I just purchased the toshiba 4700. I bought a home theater set up in January and elected not to go with the progressive scan DVD palyer and choose a 5 disk DVD player instead (the concept being a CD/DVD in one). Well the toshiba SD3205 suffers from artifacting ... just enough that my wife...
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    new remote or wife

    I'm really realy glad that I am not the only one with the spousal delema. Although she is remotely challenged she is quite happy about the theater set up NOW. (I still recall the "you're not spending $10,000 dollars on a bunch of black boxes!!!"). With all the black boxes I have I have like...
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    new remote or wife

    Well I just explained how to use the remote to my wife for the 337th time. I have tried various univeral remotes, I have programmed macros...I have drawn maps...and as soon as I leave the room...and return...there she is playing remote bingo (that would be picking a random remote and pointing...
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    progressive scan dvd..is it worth it

    I have a toshiba sd3205 5 disk DVD player. It is connected to a toshiba 50hx70 through a Harmon Kardon AVR510. I have been condsidering a toshiba 4700 progressive scan DVD player and was wondering if it would make much of a difference. I am not unhappy with the current DVD player but I have...
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    New room power requirements & setup

    one last long comment Code here allows a 14/3 for two runs. I used 14/3 for my outlets, but I used the 3rd wire to beef up the ground (except for one run at my computer..for a printer and a scanner and yes on opposite phases). Of course it is over kill to have one breaker per duplex plug, and...
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    New room power requirements & setup

    Tough call. It is entirely possible that at some point in the future you might need a 20A service just for an amplifier. As it is not that expensive to run the wire in now ( you can actually use two 14/3 and use the third wire for the second breaker, and a 14/2 for the 20A service). You...
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    New room power requirements & setup

    If your electrical panel can handle it I would run 1 20A service to one duplex plug (for the amplifier), and up to 3 15 amp to 3 other plugs. When you start looking at the components you are going to power you will have a VCR, DVD, TV, digital descrambler (satelite or cable), amplifier(s)...
  12. RossB

    Heating my new theater in the basement?

    In my basement I have in slab hot water heating (in concrete). Is it cold here..well parts of Alberta have perma-frost...and the lakes freeze thick enough to drive semi's on...so we understand cold. With the slab heating it is easily the most comforable room in the house. I set the...
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    Avia and Video Essentials Question

    Howard I was also looking for a Canadian source for AVIA...no luck. If you go to DVDExpress.com you can get this for around 39 buck US with a $2.49 shipping charge to Canada. This is about $67 CDN. If you want to try Video Essentials you can go to http://www.pricegrabber.com and get a used...
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    What's left?

    Equally facinating things happen both inside and outside of the box. Some engineers and scientists are content with what is in the box, others look only outside of the box and others look both inside and outside. We really them all!:b Back on the power cord subject...when I wired in my home...
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    What's left?

    I could be missing the point here but if the 6 foot power cord could make a difference, why wouldn't you just extend the 14/2 electical cable from the outlet right onto your amp. It would take just a bit of figiting...but at a saving of 47 bucks a foot...that a bit of a savings. Perhaps even...
  16. RossB

    anyone heard of quest speakers

    When I was purchasing my home theater equipment I had the opportunity to listen to a bunch of speakers. Although I am sure my old ears are not what they use to be, I settled on some speakers made by Quest. I have 4 surround, a matched center, and a 12 inch subwoofer. I was looking for a...
  17. RossB

    Toshiba 50HX70..fast action

    yes and yes. I have change the setting and will check it out. thanks for the tip!!
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    Toshiba 50HX70..fast action

    For my home entertainment system I have a Toshiba 5 disk DVD (the model escapes me), a Harmon Kardon AVR510 and a Toshiba 50HX70 (plus some other stuff naturally). It is about 10 months old and is a great system except...on some DVD's the movement is sometimes distorted. It is almost like...
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    Can Bass make you feel sick?

    For some reason I was researching the natural harmonic frequencies of objects. I highly recommend that you don't try this at home. During my research I stumbled on an article about car sickness and natural harmonic resonance. You can calculate a humans natural harmonic frequency, and you...
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    Help! Looking for speaker wire other then white or dark brown

    When I was wiring my basement I went to a sterio store ( A&B color and sound) and they had this great retro wire. It was about 1/2" thick by about 1/8", flat and was paintable. It was designed to go just above the baseboards and was self adhesive. It looked like once it was painted it was...
  21. RossB

    Info on 20 amp circuits

    Although you can use a dedicated 20 amp breaker for your entertainment system it is unlikely any single component will use 20 amps. Instead what you might consider is a couple of 15 amp breakers...each dedicated to a single outlet. To do this you need to make sure that you have sufficient room...
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