Mike, I have an older (2000 model) Toshiba 55" 4:3 TV, and I use a Samsung Sir-T165 box. The real solution is to re-adjust the 1080i mode (or have someone do it for you) to 16:9 by adjusting the HIT and WID parameters in Service mode and re-converging the set. When I feed the set a 480i or...
Thanks, Stephen. I use your spreadsheet all the time. My TN55X81 has been in your column 'O' for years. I guess I forgot about that geometry tab. When I look at the tab though, the PARA parameter appears to be able to hold separate values for 1080i and 480i. However, when I changed the screen...
I have an older (2000 model) Toshiba TN55X81. I recently picked up a Samsung OTA HD STB. My convergence board had been replaced 2 years ago, and the techs that replaced it only converged the 480 mode, so the 1080 was a mess. Since the set is 4:3 with no squeeze mode, the only sensible thing to...
Evan, I had tried my SVS PC+ 16-46 behind my 55" TV in the corner. I don't think there would have been any problem, but the lower front panel of the TV rattled too much with every low note. That made me think that I didn't want the circuit boards in the TV vibrating constantly either. Ron
Patrick, From a sound standpoint, the only reason to go with the 602.5s over the 601s is if you intend to listen to some straight 2 ch. stereo without the sub. In that case, though, you might want to try and move up to the 603's. For movies, with the fronts set to small, there would be little...
Brian, I use DPLII Music mode with the width parameter set up 1 notch from default. I have listened to P&P as high as -6db, but that's about as loud as I care for. I also use a Behringer BFD to equalize my 16-46. I remove a couple of peaks in the sound so that it is essentially flat within...
Greg,
Yes, Track #4 was the first one I looked at the other day. It has several places where he plays that group of 3 or 4 notes on the bottom. The longest one is at about 6:10 or so, where there are 5, I believe. This is it:
When you consider that each one of those 5 notes is created by...
Chris,
I installed SpectraPlus last weekend. You can download it here (runs for 30-days):
Sound Technology
You can either use it with a RS Sound Meter, or you can feed the audio output of a CD/DVD player directly into the PCs line input.
Ron
Greg, I'm not exactly sure how the HDCD process works, but yes, I play it as a regular CD. I play it on my Panasonic RP-82S DVD player, which doesn't have HDCD decoding. I DO play it through my Pioneer VSX-45TX receiver, which is set to use 88.2khz up-sampling for CD playback. Ron
Erik,
Here is that picture from track #9:
I'm not sure if it's the same spot you were talking about, but it occurs at about 6:15 into the track. The 2 notes (an e flat and an e natural, actually) are quite loud and they appear that way on the chart. Real floor-shakers.
Lewis,
You can...
Erik, I know the exact spot you are talking about on track 9 (Schwanda the Bagpiper). There are 2 notes there kind of "walking" up the scale. They are about 19hz and 20hz and quite strong. You don't actually hear them, you feel them and think, "What was that?" I actually did save a chart of...
On my Pioneer VSX-45TX, after calibration with the built-in MCACC system, 0db on the volume control will produce 85db SPL at the listening seat. If I verify this with Avia, it is within 1db or so. Also, I believe that this "reference level" is produced when the recording engineer gets a reading...
The CD Pomp & Pipes! (Reference Recordings RR-58CD) has some of the loudest, deepest bass you'll hear on any recording, thanks to the combination of the Dallas Wind Symphony and the giant concert organ in their hall. The ending of the Widor piece on track #8 (about 5:50 into the track) is huge...
I did some measurements using a copy of SpectraPlus to see what the LFE looked like near the beginning of SW-AOTC, when the ship is landing. Most of the bass is at high levels, but not extremely deep. The explosion of the ship, for example is centered around 28-32hz. The deepest bass that I saw...
I knew there was a difference in the LFE tracks on the LOTR-EE disk. As listeners have pointed out, the DTS track is at a slightly lower level than the DD track, about 2-3db. But in at least one spot in the caves where there is really deep bass (~18hz), it seemed that the chair-shaking echos...
No..the BFD does not have a rumble filter. You could put a deep cut at 20hz (lower limit of BFD), but it would be too high and would affect the bottom octave. Ron
Myron, I like pipe organs also and I use a single 16-46 PC+. I don't know how big your room is or how loud you listen, but it's my impression that organ pedals require deep extension, but maybe not as high output as say, a large explosion. Like 18hz @ 105db versus 18hz @ 115db, but YMMV...
When I bought my Pioneer VSX-45TX about a month ago, I had listened to the 45TX and a new Yamaha 2300. Both units were in 2 channel mode playing an older classical music CD that the salesman had. Both units sounded similar in terms of a fairly neutral sound. Interestingly, the Yamaha sounded...
Try to get a test tone at or around your sub crossover frequency. Use an SPL meter to measure the level at the location where you sit. It will probably be higher one way or the other. Higher is "in-phase". It's a little trickier if you run any of your speakers as "large". In that case, you...
Casey, I feed ETF into the CD input (R ch.) of my Pioneer VSX-45TX, which then goes through a Y-splitter into the BFD and into 2 subs. I set the receiver volume at about -10db, and I set the RS meter on the 80db scale. I adjust the mixer controls on the PC for about -6 db, and I get a...
Jeff, I would move the surrounds forward about 4-5 feet, so they are more directly to the side of the couch. Then I would put one back surround on the front of the closet, and the other back surround where it is. Your processor/receiver can adjust the delay to compensate for the unequal...
For most cable manufactured in the past year or two, there isn't much difference in Cat5 and Cat5e. the Cat5e was just Cat5 that was measured and verified for a little better ACR. Anything marked Cat5e is guaranteed to meet the spec, Cat5 PROBABLY does. In reality, if you have a question, your...
Chris,
I didn't try the phase, and I'm not convinced that's it, but I will try it out. Also, I did try the sub behind the TV, and it was just too much. The front of the set vibrated and I didn't want all of that going through the set's chassis. The room actually opens out to another room, so...
I've had my PC+ 16-46 for about a week now, and it is a remarkable machine - like a "big shuddering column of air". The listening room is 19x13x8 set up diagonally with the TV in the corner, and the seats in an 'L' shape. I used to have my PW-2200 sub in the front next to the TV, but it was...
Alex, "Does the remote permit increasing/decreasing the output level of individual channels (including the subwoofer) without using the on-screen menu?" Yes. "If yes, are the +/- db changes shown on the unit's front-panel display?" Yes, in lower right corner. "Does the remote...
I don't know how Pioneer implements their upsampling, but upsampling can't add any more detail to the digital signal. What it CAN do though is allow the analog ouput of the DAC to be rolled off at a higher frequency. If you sample at 44khz or 48khz, you have to begin rolling off the analog...
Mike, Hope this makes sense - someone correct me if I'm wrong. Remember that the 120VAC from the wall goes from 0 to 120v sixty times every second. The current (A) reaches a max of 6.5A under full load, but it ALSO goes from 0 to 6.5A sixty times a second. So 120 x 6.5 = 780 watts? But the...
Matt, I use 601S2's (x4) with a CC6S2 and 600S3's as back surrounds. I use a Paradigm PW-2200 sub but I'm adding an SVS PC Plus 16-43 soon. I've always used the 601s as small and never "missed" any low end since the PW-2200 blends extremely well with them. In fact, when I got the 600S3's...