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Sometimes, when the chapter on my DVD changes, the sound stops. If I switch the receiver to another source and then back to the DVD input, the sound is back. This happened once to me at the Fry's store as well. Does this happen with other receiver brands as well or did I buy very expensive crap...

Hi. I'm starting to think about giving my old 5.1 Sherwood the boot and getting a new receiver. I have done most of my looking at the Fry's electronics store where I have worked since the start of the summer and I see that there are now three manufacturers with receivers that use digital amps. I...

I was in the new Fry's Electronics store in Fishers, IN and saw some speakers that had sort of curvy cabinets with real nice woodgrain finish. They have a modular tower speaker where the powered subwoofer is the speaker stand for an MTM monitor speaker, with two 7" woven-Kevlar drivers, a...

Latest news update: AE Speakers has finally put up the AV series woofers for sale at long last. As you may remember, the AV series woofers have 23mm Xmax and full aluminum cones/cast frames. The new frames are black but use the same 12-spoke casting. The first fifty-unit production run of each...

I just stumbled across this while looking for answers for someone who wanted to inquire about servo subs. You may remember that Rythmik used to use a rather generic-looking 12" driver that looked a lot like the older Dayton Titanics. The new driver is a real beauty, with a dark-gray one-piece...

Here is an eight-page crash course in subbass enclosure design: Selecting an Enclosure

http://www.directproaudio.com/produc...directid=13499 Has anyone ever seen this amplifier? It appears to offer an awful lot for very little: 870 watts bridged into 4 ohms. This would be a great option for subwoofer guys, and I don't think I've ever seen anything that can beat it for its price.

Well, finally, after much beating of fists, swearing, and throwing of tools, my Thunder 12.3 cabinet with AV12 driverand 500w Parts Express amplifier is finally finished. It was a tremendous chore to move the beast upstairs (I discovered that the corner had been digin into my hand and cut it)...

Well, my new subwoofer WOULD have been finished today except that some of the screw holes were not dead-on and as a result my T-nuts got cross-threaded and started spinning in the MDF. My screws got ruined as well. I have heard people say some things about T-nut alternatives but the best one to...

Let all other subwoofer companies take note... http://www.aespeakers.com/ ...the SMACKDOWN has been LAID. [was formerly Stryke Audio] [new logo design by me, eh] John (aeproprietor?) was asked to comment for the members of CarAudioForum.com on the current state of the company and...

This one's for all you PA-amplifier-powered people. I read somewhere that one could get more power from a two-channel amplifier by hooking up the first channel of the amplifier to the first speaker normally, but then invert both the input polarity and output polarity of the second channel so it...

As you all know, someone would have to be completely deaf not to hear the enormously loud word-of-mouth for SVS subwoofers. A product has to be good in order to develop the sort of cult following (people who will instantly rush to the defense of the product when its detractors speak) without...

Today I recieved the two 15" passive radiators for my subwoofer. Now I can get started with rabbeting out the holes in the enclosure to be the correct size, and finally paint the enclosure. The passive radiators have a textured black finish on them, and build quality appears to be superb, with...

It's In. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=264-832 Who wants to be the first to build the world's smallest sonotube subwoofer?

How long until we get to hear about this little marvel? I've heard some exceptional things from people who have seen this driver, but I have yet to see a picture.

Ok, so I have been home from college for about the past two weeks and I have been running my music through a pair of old Labtec speakers. When most people think Labtec speakers, they think cheap crap speakers, but these were really something else. Forone thing, they only featured 3" drivers, but...

Ok, I am looking for some expert advice on this one: I am designing a vented enclosure for a Stryke AV12 woofer. I am wanting to get this design as "right" as possible before I build. Right now, the design is a 2 cubic foot enclosure vented to the exterior via three 3" flared ports. I have...

I recently came into a set of the 2-channel version of the Henry Kloss-designed Ensemble IV speakers from Cambridge Soundworks. Since there have been some questions asked about small speakers, I thought I would write about this set. This set has been discontinued, but can still be found on eBay...

I am looking for some speakers for a friend of mine. He thinks he blew his old Sony "APM" speakers from the 80's (the ones with the square woofers). It might be another problem but I am just researching stuff for him. I'd roll him a DIY design but I won't have very good access to a wood shop...

I am just looking into this and wondering what features you look for in your speakers, and specifically what you would think of these three test cases. Assume that they are designed such that the crossovers integrate the drivers properly, etc., and that the speakers are decently efficient...

I think that Cambridge Soundworks is trying to get rid of the last of their inventory of Model 88 table radios (now that they have the Radio 740) because I was in Wal-Mart one day and I stopped in their electronics department and I saw the Model 88CD sitting on the shelf with the other...

How come I never hear these talked about on here? I had a chance to audition them and even at volume levels where my ear was saying "turn it down", the sound was still clear and coherent, and the system didn't lose control of its BMs in the bass section even though it faithfully reproduced the...

My friend is looking for a good 5.1 reciever at or under $250. While poking around on Crutchfield, he and I found the Pioneer VSX-D712K reviever for $250. Well, as you know, Radio Shack sells some rebranded Pioneer stuff as RCA and we believe we've found the same reciever in the RCA STAV-4090...

I think I've finally developed a good hypothesis as to why people think the Bose Acoustimass sets actually put out bass. You know when you've been to rock concerts and heard the sound systems with their huge bass enclosures? If not, then you've never experienced the feeling of a bass bin. As...

What other 12" woofers could one theoretically slam in their SA-WM40 enclosure and experience an increase in output and quality?

I'd like to see a line of XBL^2 drivers for building full-range speakers (I mean a tweeter, a couple woofers, and a full-range driver). One driver I'd like to see is a 1" silk dome tweeter. You could make an incredibly-detailed tweeter with such a powerful motor structure. Another idea is a 4"...

Hi, I am looking for a pair of bookshelf speakers for my grandparents. I have looked at the Definitive StudioMonitor 350 and I found its sound very pleasing to my ear, but it seems pretty steep for a bookshelf speaker @ $500 a pair. The Def Tech StudioMonitor 350 has an aluminum dome tweeter...

I have a question about subwoofer cone materials and how they affect certain things like transient response. Now that I'm thinking about my woofer, I'd like some information about this. How does a poly-cone subwoofer compare to something like the Kevlar-impregnated pulp cone used on the SVS...

Got to hear the new designs at Best Buy on the day after Thanksgiving. I thought they were an improvement over the older designs. Strengths: -Niche product - Still the smallest thing out there so if it has to be invisible these are the smallest speakers -New Transmission Line Acoustimass...

I modeled my Blueprint 1001 woofer in a 1-cu.ft. sealed enclosure with the Parts Express 300-796 plate amp (the one that actually develops 272 watts @ 4ohms with 6dB of bass boost at 30Hz) and I found that I could get a Qtc of 0.52 and flat response (at -1dB down to 30Hz, with an F3 of the total...