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  1. ChrisWiggles

    Sicko

    Didn't see anything come up about this movie here. I'll avoid the politics, but say that it was a very engaging film. It was better than F 9/11 which I remember being weak and kind of scattered. Sicko has a very simple message, which is basically advocacy for a national healtcare system. As...
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    Advanced Guide for Common Source Options

    Background Guide to Setting Source Options Why am I writing this guide? Simple! There has been a great deal of confusion about the settings and ‘calibrations’ of source devices. Well-intentioned users commonly misunderstand the functions of some adjustments, and end up unintentionally...
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    Oh NO!

    OMG, it's 2:30 in the morning and AVS is down! Whatever will i DO! :frowning:
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    A Forum Observation

    This is not in response to any specific thread, or post, but a general observation, and a plea for perhaps more helpful posts and threads: I don't know how many hundreds of threads I've read over the few years, which basically go like this: "My component X is shipping!!!" "yay, I just...
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    *** Official THE LADYKILLERS Review Thread

    I saw it, and I am a big coen brothers fan, I think i've seen every one of their movies. That all being said, I found it dissappointing, as dissappointing as their last one, intolerable cruelty. It was funny, and entertaining, but it seemed kind of dumb. It had the coen strangeness of humor, but...
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    Sheetrock Acoustics

    Got a quick, somewhat urgent question about sheetrock and acoustics. Due to severe height limitations, it isn't feasible to have any kind of quality ceiling, so noise control attempts are not even an issue. However, for the walls, all the information I read about is about building sound...
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    Antennas?

    even more advanced members gotta have newbie questions from time to time ;) : I've got dedicated HT going in my basement, but I also do a LOT of radio listening, and will be using OTA HDTV. What kind of wire do i need to run, and where/how to get good radio and TV reception. It is possible to...
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    Ceiling Acoustics

    I saw the other thread on basement ceiling acoustics, but it's more about sound insulation/isolation. I really don't care (well, not willing to) about sound proofing my HT room. It's a low ceiling, and after putting in a floor, and carpeting and the like, then trying to add in double layered...
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    Strange format, what is DSSR Stereo?

    I noticed this logo on a movie preview sheet in a film magazine, and it caught my attention. I think i remembered it right, perhaps it was DSST.. can't quite remember, I'll have to go look again. Anyone know what this is? I assume it's a matrixing format, probably foreign, I was just curious...
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    RatShack Fusion A/V?

    I noticed these cable at radio shack the other day, and I remember hearing a lot of recommendations for some solid and cheap cables going for the gold series. The new Fusion AV series looks pretty nice. Are these cables good for the money or just average? Is spending more on some custom...
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    Digital Television: What's the Gov's motive?

    I'm writing up a simple paper on the transition to Digital Television, and realized I never really figured out why the FCC and Congress are mandating the move. Sure, being a HT buff, I appreciate the technology, but what does the Government have to gain by mandating a switch to digital? Any...
  12. ChrisWiggles

    Coax for speaker wire?!? :confused:

    So, I am not a speaker-cable expert by any means, but I was taken aback by what one local store had rigged up for speaker cable. Not necessarily in a negative way, but something I never would have thought of, which was that they were using a single coaxial cable for each speaker. Needless to...
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    Auditioning electronics?

    How should I audition the electronic components? I guess I hadn't really though of it before, but after basing my receiver decision on reviews, and speaker decision on auditions.... I realized i have 3 different cd players in mind for about $300, from 3 different stores that I would like to...
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    BTW, Marantz updated their website

    Marantz USA site updated with the new x300 line. Looks nice! There were a lot of folks round here asking for all sorts of specs, so they're up now. I found a few inconsistencies. It seems the european versions had detachable power cords but not the US? :confused: The 4300 on the european site...
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    Pro-logic receiver with sub out ???

    I've got a freind with a bizarre situation. He has a Teac receiver, model AG-V8500. I could hardly find anything more than a picture on some random russian site. Well, the receiver has Pro-logic, but it apparently also has a sub-out jack(rca). :confused: I was baffled, I assumed only digital...
  16. ChrisWiggles

    Theater Audio?

    Well, only recently have I really gotten interested in the whole HT "thing", but I was in listening to some PSB and MOnitor audio speakers at one of the local hifi shops, and I was trying to imagine what they would sound like compared to a real theater. Mistake #2 was going next door for fun to...
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    Dts96/24?

    Ok, the first part of my question is about dts 96/24. I went on dts' website and read their little explanation, which made sense, but i'm confused as to what formats use 96/24. I thought at first it was on dts music discs, but it seems not so. Where do you find dts 96/24? And secondly, I'm...
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    New Paradigm Monitor line? oooOOoo

    I just went on their website to drool over the monitor line, because I was thinking about buying a pair, and WOW they look all different. It looks like they came out with a new line. Same names, but the 3 and 5 are different, the 3 looks like the same as the mini now, but with a bigger...
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    Primer and FAQ

    I was just reading through the Primer and FAQ, which is all great and everything, except that i stumbled across this: I do beleive that's incorrect, and quite confusing. People are COMMONLY confused when they venture into the realm of "6.1" and are easily fooled into buying stuff they don't...
  20. ChrisWiggles

    digital out from computer

    Ok, I've got a sound blaster live! value sound card in my computer, and I originally planned just to go to radio shack and get a few 1/8" headphone to phono plug adapters, than run a bunch of cables to my receiver 6.1 input and get like 4 channel surround. I decided to see what all was back...
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    wiring back speaker

    Ok, I did a search here about wiring two speakers together for the back channel in a 6.1 setup, and it reaffirmed my idea of wiring two speakers together in series. It's recommended, i think thx and dolby recommend two for the back instead of one, i forgot where i read that, so i thought i'd...
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