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For sale is the Harman Kardon PA-5800 mint condition. I'll post some pictures up later (my camara is out of battery). I'm currently using it to drive my front speakers (GR A/V-3) and the surrounds (Paradigm). This is the 5 channels amp 80Wx5@8ohms or 110Wx5@4ohms high current power (very...

Here are my 2 new born A/V-3 speakers. They are in red oak veneer. The finishes are cardinal red dye (4 coats) and 3 coats of Urethane (purchased in Rockler store). I'm extremely satisfy with the finish. And this is my first time doing veneer (getting kinda hesitant). Kit from GR-Research 1...

Hi all, My friend is considering a DIY sub. Either 15" or 18" sealed sub. I've noticed most of the driver are not in stock. I recommended him the avalanche 15 and 18. But I believe those are not in stock anymore. Can anyone tell me other drivers that are currently in stock? He's willing to...

Sup all, I'm in a process of putting together my main speaker cabinets. The question is if I round up the edges of the two sides, how hard is it to wrap the veneer over the rounded corner? I would like to round off the edges but I'm afraid it might be difficult to wrap the veneer around it. This...

Hi all, It's being more than a year now since my DIY tempest sub. Now that I am itching to build the 2 front speakers. But first I have a few questions. I'm considering the A/V-3 from GR-Research. The pricing there is $329 for the kit and $64 for the sonicap upgrade. Other than that all I...

I'm looking for an over-ear headphone for about $50 to use at nite time. This is 70/30 movies/music. It has to be over-ear type and comfort. Any suggestions? Thanks. Al,

Hi all, My friend recently purchased the HK PA-5800. The power output of it is 5 x 80W @ 8ohms or 5 x 110W @ 4ohms. I'm a lil confused and so did he regarding the power output (his first ext amp). How does the amp know what to load? 4ohms or 8ohms? His main speakers are 4ohms and his center...

On the past weekend, I went to demo a few speakers at thegoodguys. I spent about 45 mins demo their speakers. I didn't plan this or anything. It just happened that thegoodguys was near by. I demoed the Energy C-5, C-7, C-9, audio monitor gold series ($2450/pair), and Klipsch. I was kinda of...

I've just purchased a mainboard and cpu combo from fry's electronic (the Elitegroup KT600-A + AMD cpu Sempron 2800+). Installed it and everything is running fine other than my cpu speed isn't showing correctly. When I boot up the computer, it shows only 1200mhz. I'm want to know if there is some...

Mods: Feel free to direct this thread to a correct forum as I don't know where to post it. I got a few questions about karaoke setup. Here is a list of my equipments: Pioneer 1014 receiver JBL studio all around + Tempest sub Pioneer 563 dvd player Cheapie Apex dvd player with karaoke...

Hi all, I've just ordered the BFD DSP1124P. It will be here sometime next week. I've just measure my sub's freq response. I need help on how to flatten out my freq resp as I'm totally new on BFD. I read/printed the BFD guide on snagbug site. Here is what I've got so far. This is for my diy...

Hi all, I saw this speaker wire on ebay. It's 12ga 50ft, but it said car audio wire. I want to use this speaker wire for my 3 front speakers. Does it matter if it said car audio? Here's the link to it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...67514&tc=photo I've asked this on Tweak forum...

I want to upgrade my 16ga speakers wire to 12ga for my front speakers. I've search ebay, found 1 spool of 50ft 12ga from audiopipe for ~$20. Is that good? Anyone else can direct me to a good cheap 12ga speakers wire, locally or online? Thanks in advanced.

I don't know if this had mentioned it. Anyway, I just went to Discovery Channel Store and bought a 5 dvds set for $10.83 tax included. Below is the info on the set. The Best of Discovery Channel - Vol 1 1. Living with Tigers - 98 mins 2. Dinosaur Planet - 98 mins 3. Nefertiti Resurrected -...

Hi all, I have a question regarding receiver's fuse. My yamaha htr 5560 died 4 months ago. Now that I want to fix it up, first w/ the fuse. I took the fuse off my receiver, it shows 8amp 125v. I went to radioshack and couple other electronics stores. They don't have 8 amp. I remembered that 1...

I'm planning to modify the 250W PE amp mod, adding 2db to 20-24hz region. 1 question, I bought the 2 resistors from radio shack, 47k ohms and 220k ohms. I didn't know that the 220k ohms from RS is 1/2watt. According to PE instruction, it said 1/4watt. Is it matter if I use 220k ohms 1/2watt...

Hi all, I ran into a few situations regarding crossover and settings of receiver. First of, I have a pioneer 1014 and a Sealed Tempest sub. My main speakers rating down to 38hz, my center and surround speakers are down to 70hz. I'm trying to tweak my system to have the best settings possible...

I have a DIY sealed Tempest sub in a 15x15x9 room with 2 openings (1 to the kitchen and 1 is a hallway). I'm trying to achieve a flat response for my sub. So far I have moved the sub in 2 different positions and have noticed a huge different. 1. First position, sub is right next to the right...

Last night, I recalibrated my sub again. First of, I ran the auto MCACC on the pioneer, then I ran the calibration w/ the DVE disc. I've noticed that the different between them is roughly about 15db. I've measured the level with my SPL meter. On the pioneer auto MCACC, the sub level measured in...

I've recently purchased a pioneer vsx-1014. This receiver came with auto mcacc. After I ran the auto mcacc on all the speakers, I've noticed that the speakers level doesn't match w/ the DVE disc + SPL meter. My question is which source is correct? Which settings should I use? Thanks all... Al,

Hi all, On the past Saturday, I think that I've fried my receiver for cranking the volume up too loud? What I did was doubling speaker wires (16ga) for my mains and center. Popped in "Masters and Commanders" and crank it up to -10db below reference level. It was at chapter 4 of the movie...

Hi all, I have a Yamaha HTR 5560 receiver for about 18 months now. Today, as I was watching "Masters and Commanders" the receiver froze on me. I can't turn down the volume nor the power through the remote control. I also can't turn off the volume and power on the receiver. My volume is at...

I have a receiver that supports both 4ohms and 8ohms speakers. My 5.0 speakers are 8ohms now. Is it possible to rewire them all into 4ohms? If so, what are the advantages/disadvantages? Thanks... Al,

I'm thinking of veneering my sub. Currently, it has a truckbed liner finish on it. I have a few questions be4 I sand out my truckbed liner. 1. How hard is to apply veneer on the cabinet? I am totally new at this. 2. With 4 legs on the bottom side of the sub, how am I to apply veneer on that...

Hi all, I'm currently have JBL studio speakers and DIY Tempest Sub. Running them with Yamaha HTR 5560 receiver and Pioneer 563A dvd player. I'm using an optical cable to connect my player to receiver. I believe that the pio player has a very high crossover like around 200hz? And my Yamaha has a...

Hi all, I've just messed up my cabinet... I have a tempest sealed sub. I took out the driver and the amp to repaint the cabinet. When I put them back...I over-driven 2 screwed holes on the amp and 1 hole the driver. I use wood screws on both driver and the amp. Now that I have an air leak on...

I decided to get a BFD to tame my AA Sealed Tempest Sub... I've got the SPL meter and burnt some sine wave tone on the CD already. Now, I have a couple questions: 1. When measuring the SPL responses, do I turn off all my other speakers (mains, center, surrounds) or do I leave them on? 2...

Hi all, I'm planning to buy my gf 6.1 speakers set. I've heard the JBL S38II speakers as the main in my friend's house. Unfortunately, he has a diff brand speaker as center so I can't really justify my purchase yet. That's y I am turning here for help. I am considering of getting 3 pairs of...