For Ron/Tom I was curious as to whether SVS would be selling a box sub utilizing the PCi guts in the near future? And if so, would you be making just the cabinets available for those of us who might be interested in that sort of thing?
LOL @ Jeffrey. I'm from the ATL and I hardly understand you. Oh well, feelin the SVS love is a different experience for everyone. Word to your moms. :D
I'll chime in on the PS2 as a DVD Player. It performs about as well as a very basic player but most of today's $99 models should stomp it in the performance dept. I use mine in the bedroom and dont have any PQ issues but it's a 20 inch set and we are about 12 feet away. As far as DTS is...
Try Polks. They are rather mellow sounding. I have Boston Acoustics CR series. They use a fabric tweeter and while they arent necessary a laid back sounding speaker, they don't have the shrill ring of a metal tweeter when combined with a Yamaha reciever.
Steve means actually pulling the speaker out of the cabinet and switching the positive and neagative leads. I had a nasty cancellation problem when I had my sub in a corner behind my right main. The remedy was to place it along the front wall. The dip in response disappeared and all I had to...
It's the first scene where the lights go dim. Mike and Sulley are in Sulley's apartment and trying to figure out what to do with the little girl (Boo). Right after Mike falls in the trash can, the lights dim and a wave of bass hits. Made my backside tingle. :laugh:
What the heck was that?! Sounded like the end of the world to me. Yet I played it over and over and over until my wife made me stop. :D
Anyone else play this scene at reference level?
Also saw "I am Sam" this weekend. Pretty good flick with a very dynamic music mix. Mostly Beatles covers so...
Most tv broadcasts are in stereo or surround. I just leave mine in Pro Logic unless it sounds really bad. Most of the info will come out of the center channel in this mode. If you listen a 5.1 source, such as a DVD, in stereo, all the information will be directed to the main speakers. Glad...
If memory serves me correctly, the entry level Kenwoods cross over at 120 hz. Convention says that you should turn the crossover off on the sub and get its crossover out of the equation since you're already using the one on the reciever. Leave it off and make sure your speakers are set to small.
OOPs! That makes sense because I measured peaks upwards of 100db during the THX intro. I think I badly misinterpreted what Vince was saying Link Removed.
So, to make sure I understand, the calibration tones are attenuated a certain amount (20 or 30db) but actual program material should peak...
Reference level, as we refer to it here, is actually a reference point -20 or -30 decibels from the movie theater reference level of 105db. For example, if you calibrate all of your speakers to 75db using Video Essentials and proceed to watch a movie at that level, you will actually be -30...
Maybe those cradles could also be used if someone wanted to lay an SVS on its side. Just a thought.
Manny, I wouldnt worry so much about the position of the gain. It's really a two part equation between the output level from your reciever and where you have to set the gain knob to achieve...
No. If you like them, then they don't suck. Personally, I like the way some Bose speakers sound. A friend of mine has some 301's and they sound pretty good to me. You aren't gong to get the twinkly highs of a pure metal tweeter but some people don't care for that sound anyway.
Assuming you're using Bose 201's or 301's as rears, you should be just fine for the time being with your current speaker setup. I'm sure they can handle bass down around the crossover point with no trouble. In your price range, also be sure to check out recievers from Yamaha, Denon, and...
The acoustimass unit should work as is for dolby digital. On a dolby digital reciever, just wire the bose unit as normal with the front left and right speakers passing through the bass module. Set the front speakers to large and select turn off the subwoofer. On most recievers, this is something...
Our Dish Network audio is all over the place. On really compressed channels, it sounds like the surrounds are underwater.
As a wise man once said, "Crap in, crap out." :)
Huge difference. The Sony is a nice sub but pretty boomy. The SVS will sound a lot less boomy, go a lot louder and deeper with less distortion. It will be weird at first because the response of the SV is so flat, you may percieve it as tame in comparison to the Sony. Throw in a good action movie...
I doubt you have a damaged speaker if listening at those volumes. You're probably just noticing the crappy audio in some discs. It happens to us all. The Sorpranos discs are particularly nasty. Think about it. They put 4 hours of video and audio on one disc. Corners had to be cut somewhere. Ever...
Mu metal is used to make a "cap" for the driver's magnet.
Shielded. Notice the silver cap for the magnet.
Not shielded
Cancellation, or bucking magnets, are sometimes used too. Just depends on the manufacturer.
Still no response from Boston.
I'll agree with Ron on TS2. It's definitely right up there with LOTR. Made me giggle like a school girl before the movie even started. If you get it, watch the monsters inc. preview before the movie and crank it to at least -10 dbfr. When the big monster (John Goodman) knocks on the door, you...