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Before I found an Academy I too used a Quartet as a center for my Fortes. I had it positioned horizontally on top of a big rear projection TV, sitting on a wooden platform to help distribute the load. However, if that were not possible, I think you can use a TV mount, either one for a flat screen TV in which you screw an attachment panel onto the back of the speaker and one into a wall stud, or the style which consists of a swing arm attached to the wall stud and a shelf on which the speaker sits (like TVs in hospital rooms and such). Any clearance between the speaker and the wall will allow the passive radiator to work just fine. You can take the base off the Quartet, and reposition the name badge for horizontal symmetry. W/O the base, I think the Q weighs around 40 lbs, and some TV wall mounts are made to hold much more than that; you just have to know that you are fastening it to a wall stud. Check out www(dot)standsandmounts(dot)com, although I am sure there are many other TV mount sources.

I seen it many times in the past two weeks, and listened closely, and I have to agree with Oldtimer: "[snort]...heh-heh." On a related note, sometimes commercial dialog gets into the final edit w/o being clear. Remember the ad with the woman who dropped her preschooler off at a preschool staffed by robots? Originally she exited and said what absolutely sounded like "Floss? Maybe." What the heck did that mean? After a few weeks they re-worked the ad so it was much clearer that she said "Flaws? Maybe."

Thanks greatly to all. So, do I understand correctly that, even though the LG does not have analog MC outs, its optical output will carry DD5.1 to optical input on the receiver?

First question? does the LG BluRay player have audio analog outputs? Do you mean the 6-channel analog connections, like for an SACD? The LG does not. Also, as that is analog, I did not think that any digital signal (DD5.1, etc) went through those inputs. ..if not your best bet is to just connect via optical and you will get regular dolby digital and dts tracks as if you would watching a regular dvd. So this is a "yes" to my question #2? That all Blue-Ray discs also have DD5.1? Sorry, still need some clarification. Thanks for your response.

I need some info to help out a less-well-versed friend who just got a new TV and BD player. I do not have a BD set up, and am not fully versed as well. He only has an older Yamaha receiver with optical, composite, and analogue MC inputs, and decodes DD5.1, DTS, and the analog surround modes (DPL II, etc). He did not realize that it would not decode Dolby Digital True HD from his LG BD player. The LG does decode DD5.1, DTS, presumably for playback of regular DVDs. What I don't know is: 1. whether any "down-converting" from True HD to DD5.1 can be done by the BD player, which could be decoded by his receiver. 2. whether any BD discs also have separate DD5.1 soundtracks that his receiver could decode. 3. If neither of the above are true, what is his best option for HT surround from BD discs? (hopefully not just DPL II). Thanks for helping us out.

The wide end of a 55-200mm is not very wide; it becomes an 83-300mm on the DX 1.5x sensor size of your camera, which is squarely in the short-to-long telephoto zoom range. The range wide enough to get most of the inside of, let's say, a 15x15 room, or a wide angle landscape, would be closer to 18mm, hence the popularity of 18-xx zooms: 18-55, 18-70, 18-105, 18-200, even the extreme 18-300. The most versatile of those would be the 18-70, 18-105, or the 18-200. Now, if you got the 55-200 for a good price, you could complement it with the $100 18-55, and cover it all. As for sources, definitely B&H or Adorama (don't use any other NYC sellers; many are outright crooked), or Amazon, if actually sold by Amazon and not an 'affiliated seller.'

I know there was a thread in the last year or two regarding how to connect individual driver leads on a 3-way crossover, but I could not find it using the search function. I seem to recall that the individual drivers are not connected to the crossover in the same way, perhaps with one of them being out of phase relative to the other two. I have Belles in a stereo set up in an office (not my main HT set-up), and they sound very poor (imaging and balance), even with new Crites crossovers. Maybe I don't have the drivers connected correctly. Thanks for any help.

Are you kidding? With their skills I'd have them doing carpentry, painting, landscaping and er..laying carpet. Your thread title sounds like some sort of political demonstration.

But I've always heard that tube amps only make things "warm."[]

If we are listing errors on famous albums, I'd like to note the awful mic distortion on The Who's "Who's Next," cut "We don't get fooled again," when Roger Daltry comes back in after the synth break with the screaming "YEAHHH!!!!" just before "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.." This is also heard on the CSI:Miami theme as well as an older Nissan commercial. Don't you think they could digitally edit/manipulate that, especially on the remaster, to remove the overdriven mic distortion? I say studios ought to clean up such things if they have the chance.

The first sequel is "The Girl Who Played With Fire," and the second sequel is "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest." All three have 2009 release dates. Of note, a Hollywood remake of "...Dragon Tattoo" has been made, to be released soon. Why mess up a good thing? I predict more violence, less sex, dumber writing.

All 3 in the trilogy (same characters, same male and female leads) are available on Netflix (on DVDs, don't know about downloads). I liked the first one a lot. The second one was not as good. Haven't seen the third, but probably will. Describing it as containing mindless, sadistic violence is not very accurate. I definitely do not seek out violent movies, and the first one, at least, did not contain that much violence. What was there was highly relevant to the plot. It is not unlike some of the revenge themes in Asian movies.

Apparently there is no door in the Smithsonian large enough to move it in, so they're going to have to tear the roof off the sucka. [] Haw, haw haw! Truthfully, in the last two months I have purchased Parliament's greatest hits, Funkadelic's greatest hits, and James Brown's greatest hits. From the looks of this thread, there seems to be a funk zeitgeist.

Amazingly, two episodes of BH are among the top 50 highest-rated TV shows (Neilsen, that is) of all time. Of course, it was on when there were only three networks/channels to watch, before 100+ cable channels came along.

I'll bet she looks like "Peggy" in those Discover card commercials.

Several have used the KG 2.2 or 2.5 as a center for Fortes. It's not a perfect match, but is of the same vintage, and perhaps the size you need. There are usually some available on the main auction sites.

"Give Peace A Chance...All You Need Is Love" Quite seriously, Shake, I have considered both phrases for my headstone, maybe with a little image of the earth. They say it all.

Wasn't such a thing coveted by Al Bundy in an episode of "Married with Children?"

I have used NF for about 5 years and have the 3-out-at-a-time plan. I have rented hundreds of movies in that time, and my defect/unplayable rate seems to be about 1%.

Touché, sir, touché.[]

It would seem that the answer to your problem lies in your username. How close are you to said river?

If you favor classical then you have many more SACDs to choose from, compared to popular music or jazz. For whatever reason, many more of that genre continue to be issued. Some modern popular music is still released on SACD in Japan. Regarding the old recordings, there is so much digital processing possible now that could easily clean up hiss and leave the rest of the sound alone. That is why I can't understand hiss on re-engineered recordings on SACD. it's not like hiss is part of what should be preserved, even if it was present in old recordings. What will succeed is obviously market-driven, and the general public could care less about sound fidelity. Audiophiles will always have equipment companies to feed the quest for greatest sound, but the software (music) will come only in the form that the general public will buy. Blue-Ray format itself may be obsolete in a few years, as most movies and music will soon come purely in downloaded digital form. However, as there are still those who prefer vinyl lps, and some artists/studios still release an occasional lp, mechanical devices like CDs and BR disks will be here for a while, although they may be regarded as anachronistic forms like the lp is now.

I don't have any MD SACDs, but it will likely sound no better than the best remastered CD release. On older recordings, and even some not-so-old recordings, little will be done to remaster/re-engineer the recording for SACD release. Most flaws will be there, if present in the original. SACDs of old recordings are still stereo, not multlichannel. I was amazed, in a negative way, that my SACDs of Santana-Abraxas and Allman Bros-Eat a Peach still contained tape hiss. Wouldn't hiss be the easiest thing to remove, if one were doing such a substantial re-engineering for re-release? I don't get it. If you are just buying an SACD player, you are very late to the party. SACDs, and DVD-As, are a failed format of the late '90s. The notion of multichannel sound appealed to many, but certainly not all, audio enthusiasts. However, most of the buying public yawned, or were not even aware of it. The new technology of MP3/IPod players came along at the same time, and you can see where it went from there. No multichannel audience, no support. A very few artists and labels still produce multichannel/hi-rez SACDs/DVD-As, but most major labels no longer make any. Classical music labels still produce some SACDs, but very little popular music is available. Many of the true multichannel disks produced in the 90s are collector's items, and can command extremely high prices. I love multichannel, but essentially cannot buy any more disks that I really want, due to ridiculous prices.

Timbre Match Oh...I thought you were talking about something else entirely....nevermind.

I know someone who worked at Taco Bell, and he said the boxes shipped in are labeled "taco filling," but nothing is labelled as taco meat. That sums it up pretty well.