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quote: "How will there be legal issues Steve? You're in Canada, I'm in the US. I'll take my chances using the codes on the receiver. It's not like I can break it anymore than it already currently is, lol. This receiver is only 6 months old. I don't want to wait until Sept for parts and really...

Okay, Guys! Here's the real deal. Some pioneer amps have this mcacc deal as a protection feature. In the event of an electrical surge, the machine goes into this mode. It's a protection mode and the idea is that if full voltage was allowed into the amp it might cause further damage. Pioneer has...

Hey Chris, If you want to continue this discussion, perhaps we should open up a new thread. The original post here is WAAAY off topic, and it was a newbie question. Perhaps out of respect for this guys post we should stop bogarting his page! :D What do you think?

Quote: "As for your understanding of hwo DTS-ES discrete operates, I'm a bit confused about what you were saying:" Let me clarify. I was trying not to get into too wordy of a discussion, since we are already writing a novel. :D Also it was way past my bedtime. It was poorly worded...

Okay, Chris! I have done a bit of research into some literature on the subject. The information I have found shows that we are both right on certain points, so I will explain as best as I can. It's a little heady (this stuff I've been reading), so putting it into something coherent here is going...

Apparently the button combonation is NOT listed in any manual. Our service manager actually called pioneer. When he got them(pioneer) on the phone the conversation wen something like: "I have this problem with a pioneer 1014..." Pioneer says:"Lemme guess, you had a power outage and now the mcacc...

Grant!...."Why their $2k Bose sounds like crappy $59 Chinese knock off.":D I don't think I'm allowed to comment on this, since we sell bose at our store.:b What I can say is: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.... For the record, I don't sell a lot of bose product(personally). What you guys...

Shane, you wrote: Quote: "No but moving my sub to the opposite corner fixed the lack of bass issue I was having. It was very apparant that my bass level dropped considerably when I moved my sub to that corner." If this is the case, then there is a reason for it other than the room modes...

I agree. Also depending on the speaker, you'll probably find about a 4 or 5 db/octave drop in frequency above 15khz. Typically the respnse pattern is 60* x40* or 90* x 40*, so dispersion for the home is poor. These speakers are designed with live sound reproduction in mind and the requirements...

Good news for all your guys! I was just talking with a tech in our service department. We had the same problem come into our store and found the solution. When the power is shut off while the amp is on, the amp will always come on with the mcacc lioght flashing. There is a reset procedure(not...

Chris Wiggles: I still have problems with your information about the procedures surrounding mixing 6.1. I may be misunderstanding your information, but I will tell you straight up what I think and give you the opportunity to respond. I am not trying to heckle you, so please don't take this...

Jame: It was developed for long room applications. It just so happened that theaters were the long room application at the time. The idea was that in a long room, you could not have even sound dispersion for the whole room with one set of rear speakers due to the inverse square law. With every...

Did you know that you can't just have a room mode problem in the corner? It may be most apparent to you there, but if you walk around the room and listen you'll find it exists along even divisions of the rooms dimensions. If you like, post the dimensions, and I'll figure out the axial modes and...

Quote: "Further, the mix engineer *does* determine what is in the mix in the matrixed form." Please tell me how the engineer does this without encoding. Until this year I was employed as a studio recording engineer. Although I have not mixed for surround, I have a good knowledge of what it...

Good post John. The pic says it all. I would like to point out however, that there is a difference between dolby digital ex and dts es(6.1). Although with both formats the two rearmost speakers do act as a mono channel, with dolby this channel information is sent to the speaker by the reciever...

The thing you need to be careful of is source and load impedance. A balanced circuit (xlr)has a 600ohm impedance. An rca jack is rated 75 ohms. If you have a 75ohm source and a 600 ohm load, watch out! The signal level will be seriously degraded. As for overall sound quality, if you were to look...

The amp wont break, but you should have a listen. The lower impedance affects the high frequency response. Also, if you decide to do this, make sure the amp has full access to all the electricity it wants. A separate plug maybe? 20amp feed? At the very least put a line conditioner so you can...

7.1 was developed for theaters, where the rooms are typically longer. The second set of rear speakers recieve the same information as the first set of rear speakers. In a 6.1 situation the two rear-most speakers are matriced to produce the rear center information from the 6.1 encoding. Dolby 6.1...

Floating the inside walls is a good idea. I think it would be appropriate to consider acoustics step by step, in addition to soundproofing, since you are currently in the design stage. If you consider these things now, any costs incurred would be signifigantly lower than if you were to modify...

Al: Are the dimensions you posted the dimensions of your intended ht area, or are they for the air volume in this area? If you can tell me the dimensions of the acoustic space you are working with I can give you some feedback on acoustics.

Brad, I agree with your points, they are valid. I suppose I should have clarified more clearly what my objectives were, and how I wish to accomplish them. I primarily want to help educate the consumer. People of all levels of knowledge. For this I need to consider a complete explaination of...

Brad E: You wrote:"That's a good idea, but my initial thought is what can you teach me that I can't readily find on this site, or one of the many other sites?" I don't know how to respond to this, since I don't know what your current level of knowledge is. I may not be acle to teach you...

I'm new to HTF, so I'm unsure as to whether or not this is the right place to post. I've recently changed careers. I was formerly an audio engineer working in recording and live sound re-enforcement. I am now working for a local(Kitchener-Waterloo region)independent home theater retailer. At...

Your best bet on finding a good sub, is to first contact JBL and obtain the Thiele-Small parameters for the speaker you have now. Enclosure calculations are done with these specs in mind, so by finding another brand with similar characteristics you will have a similar sound when you place a new...

To further explain the phoenomenon that John mentioned about wattage ratings, you should know that RMS vs RMS is a comparison of average and constant power based on an average and constant input. If you compare the RMS rating with a peak power rating from various devices you'll note differences...

IF watts are your concern, I wouldn't suggest a digital reciever as the answer. These can't perform as well in the uppermost reaches of the amps headroom. There are very clean, but whereas a class a, a/b, b, amplifier has direct voltage amplification, and a sufficient power supply to match(in...

Watts are somewhat of a misleading spec. Really the difference between 90 and 100 watts is negligable. Let's look at it from the perspective of sound intensity. The human ear percieves about 10db(decibels) as twice the volume level. Decibels are a logarithmic function. If you go from 100watts to...

Music is not typically mixed with high levels of bass. The reason for this is that when bass is too present in music it effects the calrity and separation of bass drum, bass guitar, and other low sounds like tom toms etc. In a movie there is usually a lot less happening in this range, and the...

Pixelating could be a result of signal strength with a digital signal if it's also accompanied with an "image freeze". With digital signals, the information is transmitted as a package. Either the info arrves, or it doesn't. In the case of low signal on digital the image will pixelize and freeze...

For this question there is a proper technical answer, and a proper answer for real life. They are different, and it depends on how particular you are as to which answer is yours. To have all of your speakers on axis with your ears is best, because the speaker is most accurate on axis in the...