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I've attached a rough drawing of how I am planning to setup 5.1 speakers in my living room/home theatre system. The way its currently drawn is probably the most convinient for everday use (thought maybe not the best for home theatre?) Any recommendations etc? The main issue i will be having...

Also I am planning bipole/dipole speakers for the rear surrounds in a 5.1 setup....

I'm about to setup my surround speakers and am curious to the same question...my room is fairly small and the seating is right up back against the rear wall, one side wall is right next to the seats and the other about 5 feet away from the seats......i read the main problem is having surrounds...

Ok just planning my future home theatre room/living room for when i move into my new place :) The living room i guess would be on the smaller side here are the measurements: 14.44 feet long by 11.82 feet wide Total squared feet approx = 171 feet squared Would this be considered...

Any other brands/recommendations? :)

I'm in the market for some new HT speakers, and would like to select a brand/series that has dipole/bipole speakers for surrounds, as opposed to plain bookshelfs (this setup would be 90% HT..) I am looking around base model up to mid range but not too expensive...what are some brands other...

Basically I just want to see how low the bass gets in certain mp3's :) not sure if cooledit will be accurate enough or show me exactly what frequency notes are hitting? I know some people do this with DVD movies.....

Is there a program that allows me to measuring frequency response of mp3 songs? Similar to the waterfall graphs people get in bass heavy scenes in movies? :)

I think I might give a step-down transformer a go as they aren't too expensive... Here are some specs from the receiver... Power requirements: AC 120V, 60hz Power consumptions: 300W, 420 VA Not sure what wattage transformer i need?

Would a step-down convertor add any sort of noise both electrical to the receiver and sound wise? ...

Importing a receiver from America is nearly 50% cheaper :) Do many receivers have a switch to change the voltage from 110v to 240v on them?

I am from Australia and wanting to import a receiver from America. I have since found out from a Pioneer receiver I was about to order needed a step-down transformer as American power is 110v and Australian is 240v....But I have been told some receivers have a switch from 110v to 240v and then i...

Anyone know how much internal volume a PB1-ISD has and also the 25-31PCI?

This is what I am considering also :) I'm after the lowest bass extension possible....I'm thinking maybe the Dharman can do it just abit better down around the 20hz mark...although both great subs (thats why I can't decide)...but then again if its not really an audible difference I am leaning...

Didn't know the HK 325 was that popular :) starting to change my mind now..... :)

Thanks for the recommendations....the HK 325 sounds good but is a little over budget....Might go for the Pioneer D912 as I can get it for a fairly decent price and haven't heard anything really bad about it, so hopefully it won't be a bad choice :)

COnsidering the Pioneer D912 is a higher model along the line and costs abit more then the Denon 1604, how do they compare side by side? I would be happy to pay the little bit extra if the Pioneer D912 is slightly better or go for the Denon 1604 if it is preferred for quality/functions? :) From...

Just as i thought...I'm in Australia and normally get R4 but with most titles having DTS are R1....got myself the R1 Finding Nemo and for once its the opposite :angry:

Does anyone know which regions of DVD Finding Nemo have DTS? I'm pretty sure R4 does and some of R1 and some not?

Another question, the Pioneer D912 or the Denon 1604? .... the Pioneer is a higher model but then the other is a Denon which I have only heard good things about...

Thanks for the recommendations... I'm in Australia and wondering if anyone might know some online places that deliver hifi gear internationally and have fairly decent prices?

What A/V Receiver's should I look at the $300 mark? From what I have seen although I'm not sure if better deals can be had are the Pioneer D912 receiver and Denon 1604. Any others and cheapest prices to be had?

Thanks for all your replies :) It has been a learning experience, and when i do get my new receiver, I'll definately do some more testing....

Yea, I thinking most likely it is my receiver, who knows how my Pioneer Lifestyle receiver is already crossing-over/changing the sub signal inside by the time it reaches my SAWM40. Time for a proper receiver :)

I put in quite abit of polyfil, but then i tested without aswell and the readings may have changed by 1db or so only if at all...

I was thinking it could be sub positioning also...it is corner loaded, but i tried the SPL at various distances such as 1 meter away to the middle of the room, and it generally dropped off quite badly after 40hz.... Not to be knocking PatSloans results either, but from the figures I am quite...

The subwoofer signal comes straight from the receiver to the passive sub via speaker wire, so my sub is connected to the speaker wire. Considering it is a 6.5" passive sub, the signal would most definately need to be crossed-over quite high for the 6.5" passive sub? If that is the case I have...

Just thinking now and can't really pick a reason why my sub would respond so low even with different mods..... I don't have a proper receiver as such, it is a Pioneer DVD Lifestyle system DVD player/receiver, it comes with a passive sub and I just opened up the passive sub and it had no...

Just did some more testing and I'm wondering whats wrong now.... Original results with modded port: 40hz - 85db 35hz - 76db 30hz - 64db Which is pretty bad compared to Patsloans results...I removed the port and it was pretty much the same....now I'm thinking this doesnt sound too...

Those settings should be right PatSloan, did you take those measurements from 1 meter away? with the SPL meter mic facing the sub?