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Too bad Toto's score for Dune is not isolated on the DVD. I do have the original soundtrack on cd but there was a different release some years ago that included more songs that I can't seem to find anymore. That later release had some sound problems that I read about somewhere. I liked the movie...

I currently have a Yamaha YST-SW320. I like this sub for movies but it can be boomy for music. I can hear, more or less, different bass notes when listening to music but is is just not as sharp as some other subs I have heard. I have had it for a few years now and I am looking to upgrade my...

Still waiting for Universal/A&M to release some Styx in 5.1 sound. I know I shouldn't hold my breath though. PAT

Thanks for the input. I have 2 weeks left to decide if I am keeping it or not. Can any 2300 owners tell me how they have speakers and sub hooked up? I get great Bass out of DVD's using the digital connection, much better than my 5240, but no that great out of the 6 channel analog inputs. In...

I was able to pick up a Yamaha RX-V2300 as a open box last week for less than $600. I am upgrading from a Yamaha HTR-5240. While I do hear a difference with the 2300 over the 5240, this beast might be overkill for my setup. Are any other owners of the 2300 finding out that you have to have...

I had last years Sharp 32" model flat-screen. I took it back because of bad convergence. You could not even read any small white type on the screen from sources like a THX Optimizer section found on some DVD's. The picture has very "sharp" even with sharpness turned all the way down. Even the...

Steve, Yea, it's a mess, but it seems to work! The Yammie is model 5240. My sub is a Yamaha YST-SW320. High Cut goes to 140hz. I put the interconnect cable to the sub just to see if I was indeed missing some LFE as Brian said, and I was, but only with the analog connections on the 45A...

cartoonresearch.com has more info! PAT

Thanks for the tips. Well I now have more bass out of my sub using the analog cables on the 45A. I re-connected my sub coax cable to the back of my Yammie and sub. I still have speaker level connections also, mains set the LARGE. It's very non-scientific, but I tested this by putting the...

Brian, I am pretty sure I am getting LFE out of my Sub. How can I be 100% Sure? If I turn the Sub OFF in the 45A I get no deep bass, even with speakers set to large. I ran it speaker level because I did not want to change the settings for each media, as I was getting way too much bass with...

I have his "Dream" CD. Great stuff. I hope it comes out on either format one of these days. PAT

I get around not changing the levels for various media on the 45A by using my external decoder on my Yamaha Receiver. I switch over to my Yamaha Bass Management to watch movies with the added LFE impact. I do have my sub hooked up speaker level so I don't know if that makes any difference. I...

Steve Jobs had this to say during the press event launching the new music service: Taken from Macnn.com (although I think they forgot to include a word or something) "some of the sound better than CDs because we went back to the master copies." I too wish Apple would mention what songs are...

Mac user here. The AAC files that Apple offers sound better and are smaller than MP3 files. The AAC files are even from the original masters where available, not just ripped from CD. The songs that I bought do have the artwork with them and it is viewable in iTunes. I too hope the lyrics come...

"Best Of Both Worlds" is a great place to start. It's a best of with both Fish and H on two CD's. Another older best of is "Six of One Half-Dozen of Another", single disc with both singers. PAT

I have my Def Tech BP1.2x in the corners on my back wall with the couch up against the wall. I went out and bought a couple of corner shelving units at Home Depot and the speakers just fit for the most part. The front just hangs over about 1/4 inch or less. My back speakers are white so you...

I am on a Mac and got the survey to work using the Apple Safari web browser about 20 minutes ago. A few images where not correct though. Got through the whole survey too. I am/was a collector of Looney Tunes merchandise when the WB stores were around. I would buy the 4 DVD version in a heartbeat...

John, The remastered Greatest Hits (part 1) cd sounds so much better than the material off of the original cd's. Bob Ludwig I feel did a great job bringing those songs back to life. Whatever "Audio Master Plus" is/was that A&M was using to master the songs on cd made the songs sound kind of...

I am still waiting for Universal (A&M) to re-master the back catalog for STYX. I would love to hear them on DVD-A in 5.1 surround if Universal decides to release any of there past albums. There music would do well as DVD-A or SACD as it is very layered. As I have a Pioneer 45a I can play...

I don't know how your TV is but mine also has sharp contrast on peoples faces, the Left side mostly. Curious, in the THX setup, do you have the rainbow effect on one of the screens where it shows you a bunch of tight horizontal lines? Also when it shows the circle with the box, does it have...

I have the same problem with my 32 inch Sharp Flat Screen. I had a tech guy out today and he said it was a convergence issue. Could not fix it on site. I have a bad moire effect, especially on anything with tight or small horizontal lines that have contrast. This happens on Cable and DVD's...

Chris, thanks for the info. I see the rainbow/shimmering effect on whole DVD's. If there is anything in the picture with vertical lines I see it. When I run the THX Optimizer from Star Wars, when it gets to the one screen about sharpness with all the lines at the bottom all I see is one big...

Chris, So are you just putting up with the rainbow shimmering? I have turned the sharpness all the way down, but it has not helped much. Are you using component cables? I am still trying to figure out why my component output is so red. I too bought the Sharp because it fit on my stand. I did...

Time to bring to life an older thread: I just bought the Sharp 32UF500. I can't seem to get rid of the shimmering colors in any DVD picture with high contrast and hard horizontal edges. I have both S-video and Composite cables hooked up. I have it hooked up to a Pioneer DV-45A Player. Also...

Thanks for the comments. I could keep adjusting my sub for different sources, but I find it is a pain to keep messing with the sub. It is pretty easy to just switch on my "Both" settings on my Yamaha Receiver to watch DVD's, using digital inputs, if I want the LFE channel to have any balls to...

Thanks for your replys. I have not calibrated my system with anything but the test tones. Brian, How did you adjust the "trim" for all sources? How do you compensate for the stero sources having more LFE than other sources. I guess I compensated by letting my Yamaha use the "Both" for...

Maybe someone can help me also, it's all about the Bass... I have the 45a and my 30 day trial is up in one day. I don't know if I am keeping it. It might be overload for my system. I am using it with a Yamaha 5240 Receiver. I have tried using the Yamaha's External Decoder setting for...

Any of the Styx or Marillion stuff that might come out on DVD-A would keep me happy for a while, as long as they don't butcher the recordings doing it. I don't have a DVD-A player but I do enjoy listening to the DD 5.1 mixes of the two titles I own, Rumours and "4". PAT

As a huge Styx fan I love this DVD. My only problem is that I get no center channel in 5.1 mode. Is this normal? PAT