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  1. Jeff_Sm

    Dual Sub Placement

    Also take into consideration that if you stack your subs you have one sub elevated off the floor which will have the effect of evening out the floor/ceiling axial nodes to a certain degree whereas side by side would have the effect of evening out the side wall axial nodes.(also to a degree)...
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    Long sub cable = bad??

    As long as you use a quality cable, anything up to 25ft. shouldn't degrade the sound. I am not familiar with your jbl sub, but with my subs, I have always noticed a small but noticable gain in output with a Y connector. If radio shack is willing to let you return the Y adaptor, it wouldn't hurt...
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    To extend the warranty or not.... (and a gaming question)

    Hey John, Neither the xbox or PS2 has the ability to display 480p(progressive scan) for movies. Xbox does have the ability to progressive scan games though. Also a good number of xbox games have 5.1 audio if that is of interest. Both are good systems for games and as a dvd player.
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    Any consensus? BestBuy extended service plan for 32 Wega?

    Steve, I totally agree if your buying something relatively inexpensive and you can get a warranty for $10. Heck that's great piece of mind. The most expensive thing on a tv is going to be replacing the tube itself. My friends dad bought him an inexpensive 32" w/warranty from BB for like 50...
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    Any consensus? BestBuy extended service plan for 32 Wega?

    I wouldn't purchase the extended warranty myself unless you were buying a product that was REALLY cheap. Sony makes pretty consistant products and I wouldn't think this was an issue. Like the store owner were I get my gear says "9 out of 10 times if a TV is going to break, it will break in the...
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    Reference Books

    Thanks Pat, I was looking on Amazon and people had conflicting views on the books they had. I thought this forum would be a better source. I am really curious if I can build a sub w/tempest and see how good it is. I currently own 2 Definitive Tech powerfield1500 (no longer made, but awesome...
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    Reference Books

    Hello all, This is my first post, but I have been reading many of the topics posted in the last month. This is an excellent forum and hope to provide some thoughtfull input such as those that I have been reading. Now to my question. I have recently ordered the master handbook of acoustics due...
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