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thanks for the grounding advice, I'll definitely look into it, my friends a certified electrician so I'm sure he'll help me out for a couple beer :) What I'm more concerned about is why didn't the fuses in the receiver blow and how only the amplifier portion isnt working. I find that...

Hey guys, after a recent lightning storm, I found my receiver to no longer play any sounds. It's a yamaha HTR-5640. I checked the fuses inside and neither of them are blown. The unit powers on fine and I can control all features, etc.. it's as if just the amp is blown. Any ideas on how to...

DVC subwoofers provide more flexibility for installations using multiple drivers. It really doesn't matter which you chose as long as the amp is compatible with the speakers impedance. Amps that handle bridged 4ohm loads tend to be easier to find and are generally cheaper so either a 4 ohm...

For a low price solution, I'd say try out a couple Adire Tempests powered by a QSC or similar pro amp. Tempest can be found here at creativesound.ca for a great price and a pro amp (QSC, Crown, etc..) can be found on Ebay for less than 200 bucks. I don't think you can get much more speaker...

Nice choice of sub. What kind of power are you planning on using? I'm assuming your looking into a 12" driver by the enclosure specs. You might also want to look into an Adire Tempest which can be had for very cheap and are very impressive. It doesn't really matter where the port and sub...

The QSC does use an 80mm 24v as well. After opening the amp up to clean it out of dust etc. I noticed the aluminum heat sink is fairly large. I decided to try the amp without a fan and put it through it's paces with a couple bass heavy films.The heat sink never reached above luke warm! For home...

re-calibrated = re-equalized I actually just moved my sub around and I'm not using any equalization. Not the smoothest respose but not bad for it not being corrected any.

Finally got all the kinks out of the set up. The Behringer feedback destroyer has been re calibrated and now the subwoofer is rocking. I found the best way to do it was turn the amps gain to full and then control the output by the receiver sub out level. Everything sounds great. There is...

The Shiva would have easily taken the power it was being given and then some. It was not getting the amplifiers maximum output. I've had the EQ playing along with the 400 watt plate amplifier and it sounded great, flat response and big spl. I was using the same EQ setting with the pro amp...

Wayne, I never use boost when equalizing a sub. I gives an inconsistent response when in different seating positions around the room. I basically equalize any large peakes. If I have dips, I find another place in the room for the sub or found out whats causing it. I'm only using 4 filters from...

Well, my BFD is definitely cutting alot of the output, but it' much needed to flatten the frequency. I believe your Correct Wayne, my receiver isn't putting out enough voltage through the sub out. I tried turning the volume up on the receiver to unheard of levels and the sub did get louder...

Hey, I just got my QSC MX-700 amp and excitedly hooked up. I grabbed the remote, turned her on and played some music. To my disappointment there was barely any output! I had both chan 1 and 2 gains full on the amp and there was barely any bass going to my sub. I checked all my connections and...

Thanks John, good idea. I checked out a few car audio places and Ebay and theres a few for around 10 dollars. Since this is just a temporary set-up, unless I really like it, I'd like to go with one of the cheap car audio ones. Anything I should look for in a converter or will any of them work?

Hey guys, after having a few complaints from my neighbours (apartment living, home theater don't mix) I've decided to disconnect my Shiva subwoofer and use my mains for bass and LFE duties. They are Athena as-f2 and with room gain can easily extend into the mid 20Hz range which I am happy with...

Thanks John, I figured my receiver didn't have the compatability. I am able to just use the left/right speaker in "B" but the subwoofer stays on. The 2 different speaker sets have very different characteristics. My HT speakers are more oriented to that "impact" sound. My quarter wave TL's...

Hey guys. I just set up my HTPC and have it networked into my main PC. Now I have 100's of MP3's going into my HT room as well as online radio. I'm in the process of building some full range QWTL speakers. I'd like to run these speakers as "B" on my receiver and my HT setup as "A". Is there a...

Easy enough... I've been reading up on transmission line eclosures and they seem to be a great idea even though they also seem overly complicated to design. After all the reading I've done I'm still left with questions. Now I'm not a math wizard so designing a transmission line from scratch is...

http://www.pmillett.com/tqwp.htm This design here is VERY intriguing! I might go ahead and just make a pair of bi poles with the 4 full range drivers and use them for music listening. I've found quite alot of information about bipoles, but I have a few questions. David, you mentioned...

Thanks for the link Robert. Like I said I'm just learning so every bit of information helps. Although it seems that the only thing that helped his crossover was the Zobel filter. The frequency response w/ the stock xover and just a zobel looked great to me? The bi-pole idea is a great one...

Nicely done, I like em! I'm not the greatest at woodwork either and these look well worth the effort. It's amazing what you can find at craft stores. My old speaker stands were actually 24" high small cabinets from a crafts place. How sturdy are they seeing as they have to support heavy...

Hey guys. After much planning with a few drivers I have laying around I came to designing something I've always wanted to try but could never afford (Definitive Tech stuff comes to mind). Basically it's a full range center channel. I have 4 Tangband 3" full range drivers (W3-926S) and a Tangband...

Those towers look amazing. The bedliner gives it a nice textured matte black. I didn't expected it to look that smooth. I'm going to head over to Wal-mart to see what I can find.

Spray on liner is an excellent idea. You wouldn't happen to know the price or brand of the product? We don't have autozones up here. Have any pictures of your finished lined sub?

Excellent, ended up using the dremel and alot of 20 grit sandpaper. Turned out very nice. Got another problem that came up. The plan was to finish the box with a brown hammer finish to match the living room decor. Turned out to be a disaster. The paint turned bright silver on MDF that was...

Hey guys, my sealed Shiva is finally coming to an end, tommorow I should be putting the finishing touched on her. I plan on putting a nice black hammer finish on it but alot of my edges are uneven and rough looking. I would like to round the corners of the box for a cleaner look. How do you guys...

I just finished my sealed shiva box and noticed while building I made the box a little smaller than what i was intending. I was going for a 2.4cu ft box but ended up with 2cu ft and a qtc of .747. I was aiming for an even response of .707. Now I plan on adding some polyfill to help make up for...

I don't mind a 4:3 projector since technically it'll still show the 16:9 picture much larger than my current TV. and the black bars wont be noticeable. After researching the the 50c further. You are quite right about the low contrast. How about an Infocus X1? Contrast ratio is 2000:1 and has...

The H31 looks perfect but still pricey. Should be around 1050 to my door CDN. I found a mint Epson Powerlite 50c projector for a very attractive price. Any thoughts on it? Using a calculator on the net, at 16 ft away from the wall (screen) the size will be 120" diagonal! That's insane! Is...

Thanks for the input guys. I want to keep the budget below a thousand. I'm using a Yamaha HTR-5640 with a few component inputs. I'm not sure if a 720p or 1080i signal can pass through it though? A 90" screen would be just about as big as I'd want it. Also 16:9 would be nice. Any projector I get...

Hey guys, I've been looking into a used projector for my next home theater venture. I don't know much about them and would like to learn as much as I can before dipping in. Anyone know of web sites for projector beginners. Is there anything I need to know about them? I plan to use it for only...