Just remember that there are millions of people who have never read one of the most powerful abolitionist books out there who object to it on the basis that one of the characters is known as "Nigger Jim." I actually saw Song of the South on a big screen. From what I remember, it wasn't...
I got that from the mangler... er... manager at my local Big Chain Video Place. I was renting Babel. Why did she say it? "Nothing's in English - you have to read everything!" (and I'm not even gonna state the obvious about the theme of the flick...) Welp, my girlfriend's kinda sorta...
So, I'm gonna assume that the DVD's I've seen for auction are boots of the video? Not gonna pay that much for a boot, but I would like to have something on the shelf... When I innocently watched the movie, I thought it was good. Also, when I innocently read Huck Finn, I also thought it...
1) NEVER, EVER watch some pornos on a big screen. You'll be scarred for life. 2) Pirates ain't bad, except that it takes itself too seriously in spots, and not seriously enough in others. 3) It's a heckuva industry. And it isn't just in the valley.
IMHO, see if you can buy some bookshelf speaks made with the same drivers as your floor speaks... Having the same general "sound" all the way around _really_ makes a difference (been there, done that...). I think that'd give you the biggest bang for your buck sonically... Next, I'd look toward a...
Yeah, the things ain't bad... I may dump some goo in the box, but that's about all they're getting. I think that three pairs of these puppies would go a LONG way toward a home theater setup... My father has a pair of Sony _transmission lines_ that are pretty darn nice. I've found a little...
Don't completely discount building something yourself... I put together my twin 5.5 cube sonotubes in the basement. And to get 'em out, they're gonna be taken apart. Also, if you have the option to build into the back of a bookcase or something like that, well, that could go a long way...
You don't need everything at once... 1) Get a good AVR with preamp outputs. Last year's or even the year before's model isn't going to have much different functionality than today's... And $300ish is a lot easier to stand than $900ish... 2) Stereo is okay for starters... If I was limited...
Just remember - there is no replacement for displacement... FWIW, just modeled 4 Peavey 18" Lowrider pro speaks in a sealed 44 cubic foot box, and with under 300 watts total, they looked darn interesting.
The amplifier only has ONE output... That's the wires (or maybe you just have some ears on that one - I dismember) that are coming out the back/bottom... The left/right speaker outputs are for when you're feeding the thing a speaker-level signal. It cuts out the low end, and passes it to the...
For a movie (and I sit 12' away from a 92" screen), I prefer a center channel. But for music (and that includes DVDs), I think things sound better without it. And while my HT speakers are low/mid-end (Infinity Entra Threes for fronts, the larger of the two centers for the center, Entra twos on...
I impulse purchased a Behringer FBQ3102 the other day... Main benefit is that it's going let me cross my mains to a pair of subs (in addition to the LFE subs), while running them large. So I've got the benefit of treating the speaks like "large" speaks, while not having to worry about...
IMHO (I have four standard shakers mounted under my front sofa), the best results are a fairly low crossover point (i.e., below 60hz, so you miss a lot of "music"), and a bit more volume than you'd guess on. You've gotta calibrate the things by the seat of you pants (literally) and I just like...
Whoopee. Only gonna watch the movie anyway. I guess I'm some sorta knuckle-dragging big ol' ape... Now, is this thing gonna kill my subs? Just bought a 1600 watt amp, but there's no rumble filter.
Okay - the Home Depot guys won't take tips. Guy just cut 4x24x48 pieces and 8x24x22.5 pieces, and I'm going back tomorrow for one more set of the 24x48s... Not sure if they're exact size, but they're consistent, and I suspect, given the care the nice young man was giving the project, that...
Who wants to bet that there's a steel plate bolted to the bottom of the thing? I think that the majority of folks wouldn't know decent sound if it reached out and slapped 'em on the butt... A conversation from my living room.... "It's not loud enough!" "What?" "It's not loud...
If having the guys at Home Depot cut the stuff, try to make as much stuff "line up" as possible. For instance, on my 3 cubic foot sealed boxes, I had 'em do a cut to get the piece that would be the sides, top and bottom all the same length. Then set the saw to length, and did widths. Since...
My old Tiny Mity started dropping at 30hz, and more or less quit around 25... Yeah, something was there. Sort of. But I'm guessing that the amp may have had a good rumble filter in it... Thing is, in its range, it rocked quite nicely.
Just remember to model your cone excursion - I've got a friend with a DVC in a 340 litre sonotube - he used to have a Tempest, but he launched the voice coil. Right now, he's got the thing wired in series until I can build him a box that's smaller and ported right. I've got a pair of sealed 3...
Home Depot or Lowes can cut the MDF, and all you have to do is figure out how to cut a 13 5/8" round hole, and how you want to paint the thing. For $300, a Parts Express 240 watt plate amp and a Quatro 15" sub in a 3 cube sealed box will leave you enough cash to blow some serious change....
I work with a fellow who is _very_ into cowboy movies... He had a two word review... "They're sheepherders." Needless to say, he didn't like it. Now, you gotta wonder... Would this thing be getting the press that it's getting if it'd been a guy and a girl? Or if they'd been...
A center isn't necessarily necessary... A lot of it depends on how far you're sitting from the screen, how big the screen is, and how good your speakers are... For instance, if you've got a pair of maggies or some line arrays up front, the lack of a third speaker in the center likely isn't going...
Odds are that you're not going to break things, even with a single 15 amp circuit. I've got a friend who runs a stack of Phase Linears off a single 20 amp circuit. And he's never popped the breaker. I've got two 20 amps and two 15 amps in The Bunker, and they work fine. I'm running two Hafler...
I've got mine built into a wall that backs into my laundry room. Everything's accessible in the back, but it's a rat's nest... Some rainy day soon... I just ordered the rack rails, and mounted them to spacers, which were in turn mounted to 2x4 wall studs. Bigger is better than smaller...