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  1. Chuck Bogie

    Possible Release of Disney's "Song of the South"?

    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...
  2. Chuck Bogie

    "You're going to hate that movie." - subtitles/captions

    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...
  3. Chuck Bogie

    DISNEY: Song of the South (or explanation why rights can not be sold)

    You wanna talk stereotypes? Lady & The Tramp... Sheesh. Was that guy supposed to be Italian or French?
  4. Chuck Bogie

    Possible Release of Disney's "Song of the South"?

    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...
  5. Chuck Bogie

    Debbie Does Dallas:UE and The Devil in Miss Jones

    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.
  6. Chuck Bogie

    Upgrading...what should be the next step

    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...
  7. Chuck Bogie

    Insignia 6.5" *coaxial* bookshelf.......50 bucks a pair

    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...
  8. Chuck Bogie

    $1200 To Spend on Home Theater Speakers, spend my money.

    Dude, you've got a PM with a few links...
  9. Chuck Bogie

    $1200 To Spend on Home Theater Speakers, spend my money.

    Chris, pm me over at Oleg's... I can make some suggestions, maybe get you some better gear with a little beer money left over.
  10. Chuck Bogie

    stop the subwoofer madness

    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...
  11. Chuck Bogie

    Suggestions for a set-up for good sound quality- limited budget

    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...
  12. Chuck Bogie

    15" Subwoofer recommendations

    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.
  13. Chuck Bogie

    Problem with Aura bass shakers

    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...
  14. Chuck Bogie

    In an HT system, you don't HAVE to use a center channel *or* a subwoofer

    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...
  15. Chuck Bogie

    DVD Review HTF Review: Aeon Flux

    To me, I thought the sound just sorta sounded kinda dull - Kinda like one of those albums that you _know_ was mixed for the ipod generation.
  16. Chuck Bogie

    Active equalization?

    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...
  17. Chuck Bogie

    Need Power Amp for Shakers

    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...
  18. Chuck Bogie

    DVD Review HTF Review: King Kong (2005). Very highly recommended

    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.
  19. Chuck Bogie

    Want to do DIY sub but have worries.

    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...
  20. Chuck Bogie

    Trash those clunky separates - the iPod Hi-Fi is here :^(

    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...
  21. Chuck Bogie

    Want to do DIY sub but have worries.

    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...
  22. Chuck Bogie

    "Tiny Mighty" gets a facelift?

    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.
  23. Chuck Bogie

    Help me build some reference subs.

    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...
  24. Chuck Bogie

    Things erotic and HT related - (mostly)

    Steely Dan's Aja Brubeck's Take Five For film, Coppola's Dracula... Okay, that's a little weird...
  25. Chuck Bogie

    Want to spend $300 for a sub HSU or Outlaw

    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....
  26. Chuck Bogie

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Constant Gardener

    IMHO, another case of the book being better...
  27. Chuck Bogie

    *** Official BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Discussion Thread

    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...
  28. Chuck Bogie

    how to decide on speakers

    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...
  29. Chuck Bogie

    True value of 20A circuits?

    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...
  30. Chuck Bogie

    Middle Atlantic Racks - Recommended Accessories & Finishing

    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...
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