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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html about 20 hours later and a cramped thumb I got a set of these! Fortunately, being a telecommunications technician everything was free and readily available. I'm now looking to terminate the cables. One end will be banana plugs, but my speakers...

My center channel (Athena AS-C1) seems to be very bright. It has alot of sibilance and female voices sound bright and harsh. My receiver has a center channel equalizer, I'm curious as to what frequency produces the most sibilance and female voices. Is it more midrage (3k-5k) or higher (10k...

I've been trying for years to replicate the sound i want from my home theater. I have yet to find it. I'm looking for a nice balance between all freqencies without any gaps in the range. Right now I'm using Athena bookshelves as fronts and the AS-C1 center. I've never felt there was a good...

Hey guys, this is what my system consists of to start off... Athena AS-B2 bookshelves as fronts Athena AS-B1 as surround Athena AS-C1 center Dayont DLS-10 Sub Yamaha HTR-5640 Receiver. I bought this set-up a few years ago without knowing much about HT. Now that I am more knowledgable I...

I just moved into a small apartment and my system wont fit, so it has to go. Here's the list: Athena AS-B2 bookshelf mains. (299 CDN new) 1" tweeter, 6.5" mid. http://www.athenaspeakers.com/model-AS-B2-2-specs.htm Athena AS-B1 rear surround. (199 CDN new) 1" tweeter, 5.5" mid...

Hey guys, I'm moving into a small apartment in 2 weeks and my baby can't come with me :frowning: So she's up for sale here. (Box not included) Adire Shiva Mark III (198 CDN retail) (selling for 100 CDN) Dual 8 ohm, here's some more info...

Hey guys, the time has come to move out on my own. I'll be moving into an apartment building and unfortunately my current sub cant come with me. I'll be selling the Shiva and amp on Ebay and looking for a much smaller 8-10" sub for around 250 CDN. On Ebay I found a Velodyne VA-810x which i am...

I've always had this question and it never been answered. How is an actual movie theatre (famous playes, silver city etc...) set-up speaker wise? Wheres the placement of speakers, how many, size, power, etc... I've always been very curious. I like to use movie theatres sound as a reference point...

Hey guys, I have kind of a weird situation here. I completed my sub, had a vinyl finish on it. I then noticed an air leak at one of the joints so the vinyl had to come off. Now the box is raw MDF, but, theres 3m glue and pieces of cotton all over the box. Is there a way to take it off? I want to...

I finished building my Adire Shiva project a while back. I've had alot of time to play around with poisitioning and settings but it never sounds the way I want it to. Out of the sub I wanted a very smooth, controlled (tight), and defined bass. Instead I got a sub with peaks at all different...

I wanted to experiment with stuffing my Shiva sub (3cu ft tuned to 19Hz) With polyfill stuffing. I stuffed the box with approx. 1.1 lbs of fill and turned the sub on. The output was terrible. The port wasn't blocked, I left little space from the fill. I'm curious, how do you properly fill a box...

Ever since I have been into home theatre I have been trying to obtain a "deep" soundfield. I want it to seem like the speakers arent there and they are farther away then they are. I am using Athena AS-B1's as fronts, AS-b2's as rears and an AS-C1 as a center. The sub is a custom built ported...

Hey guys, I've been having this problem since day 1 with my shiva. It seems to constantly bottom out at frequencies in the 30-40 range. I've tried many different enclosures which include 3 cu ft ported to 22hz, 3cu ft sealed, 2 cu ft sealed. None of the boxes were braced nor did they have any...

Hey guys, Right now I have my LG 7830 dvd and PS2 hooked up directly to my Panasonic 47" RPTV. My receiver is a Yamaha 5740 (could be wrong) that has component video in and out. I'm wondering, if I hook up my PS2 and DVD to my receiver then from my receiver to TV would I lose noticeable quality...

Hey guys, I'm designing a new box for my Shiva. It'll be ported with a 4" flared port and a 250 watt amp. Theres a boost of 4db at 25hz on my amp that I think is giving me problems. The sub right now is in a 3 cu ft enclosure tuned to 22hz. The sub bottoms out at frequencies around 30-40. Can...

Hey guys, I bought a Panasonic PT-47X54 recently and without a digital cable source or quality DVD player (just a PS2)I haven't been able to test the quality or set it up properly. Anyways, on regular cable, the picture seems grainy, inside the colors you can see the pxels kind of move with the...

Hey guys, I'm looking at building a new box for my Shiva, it's the 142.5L ported design. The sub is down firing along with the port. The question I have is the box is 20" high, my flared 4" port will sit 17 1/4" inches inside the box leaving only 2 3/4" between the port and the box wall. Is this...

Hey guys, I just built my first home audio sub. It consists of an Adire Shiva in a sealed 3 cu ft box and a 360 watt amp. After I put everything together, I fired it up and decided to test it with some Matrix. To my disappointment the sub was bottoming out constantly at low frequencies, the...

Hey guys, I noticed something today with my 3 way home speakers. All three of the drivers are 8 ohm, yet the final impedance is 8 ohm. How are they wired or crossed over to cause this? I thought three 8 ohm loads would yield a 2.66 ohm load? I'm going to be building my own speakers and I'm...