My New SVS Twins Have Arrived!... (1 Viewer)

[frank manrique]

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"Any luck with pictures Frank? I can't wait to see all those SVS's!"

Oops! Have forgotten to cajole my "kid" into taking pics of the 16-46 octet...that with all the latest excitement of finally getting to hear the B4+ twins do their thing for the first time...auditioning the Rocket 750s for the first time...attempting to learn the complicated set up procedures of the Pioneer VSX-49TX receiver (something that's totally driving me nuts!)...posting on the "Web"...and been recently visited by an army of relatives...is all I could to prevent me from going insane! I will ask her again, though, I promise...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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"Ferdinand,

Thanks for applying the pressure! We're still waiting for pics of the SVS octets!"


:b :b :b :b :b

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

While is taking my "kid" a bit longer to take and post pics of the 16-46s than I wished or wanted to--and by Thor, they will be shown!--in the mean time please visit my thread in AV123's Forum (speakers, etc.) about the Onyx/Rocket RS 750 Signature Edition loudspeakers and what I have to say about them in relation to my initial aural impressions of those transducers along with the B4-Plus twins...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS

 

[frank manrique]

Hi, folks!

Just wanted to let you know I have posted a movie "review" in the HT DVD and Film Forum in HTF. What follows is a "teaser" of such review:
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King of Kings: Another Great Film Epic of the Past...

"The scale is huge (7,000 extras in the Sermon of the Mount alone). The mood is reverent. The music is another milestone in the career of composer Miklos Rozsa. The performances of a splendid cast—with charismatic Jeffrey Hunter at the center—are real and moving. From the producers of the epic spectaculars El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire and the director of Rebel without a Cause and 55 Days at Peking comes a vivid retelling of the world’s greatest story, the saga of the Nazarene who would be King of Kings." ...so the DVD’s liner notes states…

Released in 1961, King of Kings practically came out striking the heels of the superb, magnificent, and highly successful (won eleven Oscars!) wide screen epic: Ben-Hur.
However, unlike Ben-Hur whose plot line merely suggests Christ’s humanity, King of Kings places more emphasis on the latter by giving Jesus (played by Jeffrey Hunter) a real face, flesh and bones, while his divinity and all that entails is somewhat played down.

Actually, the general mood of the plot line is more of an odd mixture of religious fervor, thirst for freedom, as well as the raging complex politics playing throughout Judea at the time.
To ascertain this simply note how the ruling Romans, centrally depicted in the character of the new Governor to Judea, Pontius Pilate, relates to and deals with their puppet king Herod Anthiphas, son of Herod “The Great,” the Hebrew ruling elite, the Pharisees, a “rubble rousing” John the Baptist (played by Robert Ryan), a most discontented and highly disappointed rebellious population whose most salient example is best personified by Bar-abbas (played by Harry Guardino), a popular Jewish leader of sorts, Pontius Pilate’s aid ‘d camp, a man who secretly admires the monotheistic religion practiced by them, Mary, His Mother, and ultimately the very person of Jesus Christ himself.

Film Technology...

King of Kings first saw road show presentations in 70mm Super Technirama, but was actually shot in Technirama 35mm, an 8-perf horizontal camera negative format system that yielded extremely sharp images (something akin to the VistaVision photographic process), also using special Delrama optics that added a 1.5x anamorphic squeeze factor that yielded a theatrical 2:35:1 aspect ratio.

In order to obtain 70mm road show release prints the 8-perf 35mm image had to be vertically placed within Todd-AO 70mm stock (Eastman Kodak). Six-track magnetic sound was added to the Todd-AO 70mm frame to complete the road show package. Projected aspect ratio: 2:21:1 (spherical; anamorphic 70mm aspect ratio was 2:76:1, but was mostly projected around 2:55:1).
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that King of Kings looked absolutely phenomenal in 70mm.
Visually sampling the ultra-sharp, super bright, and deeply colorful images displayed on very large screen venues truly describes what it means to be “wide-screen film epics”: an experience not soon forgotten!

For CinemaScope-compatible showings, 35mm anamorphic reduction release prints that received a 1:33:1 squeeze factor and 90 degree rotation placement (vertical) within the 35mm frame had to be created.
Road show IB Tech 35mm prints were endowed with 4-track mag sound, while general release prints utilized either 4-track mag or monophonic optical tracks. Projected aspect ratio: 2:35:1 (anamorphic scope).

Examples of films exhibited in Super Technirama 70mm include superb epics such as El Cid, Spartacus, and 55 Days at Peking, and to a lesser degree–but still great movies in their own right--Sleeping Beauty (Disney), Zulu, Circus World, The Magnificent Showman, and Solomon and Sheba.

Examples of films shot in the 8-perf 35mm Technirama process include other great movies as well…namely: The Big Country, The Vikings, Sayonara, et al…

The DVD transfer (Region 1)...

The purveyor of the extremely high quality imaging contained within this DVD transfer is the high-definition master produced by Warner Brothers from which it originates, although am not sure what film element source or sources (i.e., 35mm or 70mm IP low contrast print, etc.) were used to derive the video master from...but I’m getting ahead of my self...
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-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

Happy New Year, 'ya all!...

:star:

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[steve nn]

Hey same to you Frank I hope and pray it's a good one for you.

>>>"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[Craig Chase]

Happy New Year, Frank. Looking forward to seein what you purchase for new subwoofers this year !

 

[Thomas Nichols]

I got super excited when I saw this thread pop up again thinking we were going to FINALLY see the 'octet'.... Maybe next year....

 

[Parker Clack]

Happy New Year all.

Frank:

I hope your recovery from all is still going well. BTW, what all did they find out with your endoscopy, etc?

Parker

 

[Craig Chase]

Parker ... Frank is a bit embarassed ... it turns out he accidently ATE a Sunfire subwoofer. Next to his 10 SVS, he thought it was a small block of chocolate ...

 

[Robb Roy]

I'm sure one of Frank's resolutions is to get pictures of the Octets.

-Robb

 

[Rob Tomlin]

LOL!

 

[Bhagi Katbamna]

Bartlett, IL(western suburb of Chicago)

Hopefully, your health will continue to improve and everything will work out for you.

 

[frank manrique]

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Looking forward to seein what you purchase for new subwoofers this year!
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Who knows, Craig...who knows!...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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I got super excited when I saw this thread pop up again thinking we were going to FINALLY see the 'octet'.... Maybe next year....
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:b :b :b :b :b...nope, don't have to wait that long!
I'll try taking some pics of the 16-46s meself if it kills me. I promise...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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I hope your recovery from all is still going well. BTW, what all did they find out with your endoscopy, etc?
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Parker,

Is so nice of you to remember about my little bouts with illness...
The endoscopy results showed that what the CT scan technicians though to be a tumor mass in the lower portion of my stomach actually turned out to be a heavy mass of blood vessels (some also located in my esophagus), something akin to varicose veins or so am told, so am greatly relieved it wasn't cancer after all.
However, because of this "new" problem (something that must to have occurred prior to my February hospitalization due to having an extremely low percentage of oxygen in my blood--all internal organs were beginning to fail, including the liver--which is why medical specialists continue to be concerned about) I still need to have my blood tested monthly.
And then there is the matter of the proposed gastric bypass surgery. Oh, well...that's is another matter.

Happy New Year, my friend!...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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Parker ... Frank is a bit embarassed ... it turns out he accidently ATE a Sunfire subwoofer. Next to his 10 SVS, he thought it was a small block of chocolate ...
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-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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I'm sure one of Frank's resolutions is to get pictures of the Octets.
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Indeed!... :b :b

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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LOL!
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Oh, ye man of little faith!...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."

 

[frank manrique]

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Hopefully, your health will continue to improve and everything will work out for you.
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Thank you indeed for the well wishes! Happy New Year, my friend...

-THTS

"...hi, my name is Frank...and am an SVS bassaholic..."