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As long as you don't have the volume high enough to hear audible distortion you'll be fine.
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Thanks! I love Google SketchUp. Once you get the hang of it it is very easy to use.
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If you buy used you're going to have a ton more options to pick from. Otherwise if you insist on buying new RF-82s are excellent - you can pick them up on eBay at a buy-it-now for around $850 with free shipping.
If you're planning on spending $1500 I'd recommend spending $1000 +- on the speakers and the rest on the receiver.
$1000 will get you a LOT of Klipsch in the used market.......
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in HT receivers, if you turn those channels off (not just disconnect the speakers) it SHOULD reroute the signal to the front main L/R's. Should work, someone try it with a really discrete recording or movie and tell me how it works out.
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Of course that's the way it works. I don't have a center speaker but that doesn't mean I don't hear any of the information that's from the center speaker mix. My receiver knows I don't have one because its turned off in the system menu so it routes the center info to both L and R front mains. Same is true if you don't have surround speakers.
Nothing fancy needed, just turn any surround speakers off in your system menu and you'll be fine.
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Welcome to the forum Flowmaster!
Just to let you know, optical digital cable doesn't transfer any of the HD audio formats. Also, there are many companies that make digital audio cables, not just Monster. [
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You definitely take better pictures than the seller! Congratulations and I'm glad to have tipped you off about them. I knew they'd be a nice upgrade over your previous surrounds. They look beautiful!
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Wuzzer, how difficult was the upgrade to titanium diaphragms? You did that on your Forte IIs, right?
Ridiculously easy. Bob has a step-by-step guide on his website on how to do it. Took all of 10 minutes per side. The only thing that's slightly difficult is installing the horn back in the cabinet because it has to be inserted at just the right angle.
It does help to have a needle nose pliers as stated on his website to remove the screws holding the horn onto the diaphragm/magnet.
Here's the link:
http://critesspeakers.com/replacing_the_diaphragm_on_.html
Well worth the money in my opinion.
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Definitely set your speakers back to small.
As for calibration, most people are used to watching TV with settings way out of what they ideally should be, thus their eyes are accustomed to that.
Case in point, I have the detail, or sharpness setting on my HDTV at -25 now when I used to run it at +10 or more. I figured crank up the sharpness, crank up the image quality, right? Wrong.
I would give your eyes time to get accustomed to it.
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Generally this is what is recommended:
Phase at 0
Gain at 10-11 o'clock position
Crossver as high as it can go (120-150Hz)
On your receiver, set the subwoofer crossover to 80Hz.
Two subs would not be overkill for your room. I would start by setting both of their phase controls to 0 and then adjust one of them to 180. Whichever position produces the most bass at your main listening position is the one you want to choose. If they positions sound the same, leave them both at 0.
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I didn't think Eddie Murphy was doing product placements as his Coming to America character?
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I felt that there was a much more noticeable upgrade when I installed the Ti tweeters compared to the crossover networks.
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Also - Playing Devils advocate- with the Ecomomy being what it is..............will you be able to pay this off within a 1 year time frame?
Yes. For what I should be able to get for my current TV and from selling a few things around here it'll help pay for most of the new TV.
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Best Buy emailed me a 3 year no interest coupon on any home theater purchase over $999. I've had my TV for nearly 3 years and am thinking about getting something newer.
What do you think of this Mitsubishi DLP?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9300455&type=product&id=1218079753886
Dollar for dollar its a lot of TV for the money. I like the fact that is has the 120Hz refresh rate and is 1080p/24 rated.
One drawback is that none of the Best Buys within an hour or two of me have one to be able to see. I really liked the look of DLP TVs when they first came out. I know DLP is being phased out but that doesn't really bother me.
I had a Mitsubishi RPTV before my current TV and really liked it. So far the 12 reviews on Best Buy's site have all given the TV 5 stars.
I'm going to poke around on the AVSForum and see what they have to say about it.
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Hmm, possibly distant relatives of mine!
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you got ripped off on those Boston records
$1 is ripped off?
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While you won't have to get rid of your current pre-amps, if you want to make any upgrades to your setup you'll want to.
Best thing to do would be to find a receiver in your price range that has the features you want and also has pre-amp outputs. You'll still be able to use your Denon POA-2400 for your front mains and the receiver will power your center and surround speakers.
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A lot of speakers have plugs in the holes that are intended for banana plugs to go. They usually just pop out.
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You mention calibrating with 6 seating positions. I'm assuming that you placed the mic in one seat and ran the calibration, then moved it to another seat and ran the calibration etc. Is that correct? Wouldn't the final seat that you use to calibrate the system override the previous 5 calibrations? Maybe I'm understanding this wrong. Just curious
What Audyssey does is this: The initial test-tone sweep identifies how many speakers you have set up and also the distance from the main seating position. They recommend having the first measurement taken from the main listening position. Subsequent measurements are taken at different seating areas to measure the speaker and subwoofer interactions with the room and EQ'ing the signal accordingly.
I personally don't care for what Audyssey does for the sound. Be aware that Audyssey will limit how loud you can turn up the volume and I believe it also introduces a sort of dynamic compression to the sound.
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Thanks guys! It was fun looking through them. I'm a big Boston fan so I definitely bought those to listen to if I ever get the phono stage and turntable. Well, I'll probably never listen to the Third Stage LP since its brand new. I bought the Aerosmith 45 because I'm also a huge Aerosmith fan, plus the record came out in 1975 which was the year I was born.
I bought the Johnny Horton 45 because it was the oldest of the bunch and I thought being the DJ copy it might be worth a few bucks at least.
The records were all really dusty so I was wondering how to clean them when the time comes to play them. If I have a microfiber cloth and cleaning solution for my HDTV screen. Will that work or what exactly is a record cleaner?
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Brandon,
Would you be able to type the subject of your postings in lowercase letters instead of yelling in caps? Thanks. [Y]
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seti,
What are your thoughts about finding an old receiver/integrated amp that has a phono input and pre-amp outputs and using that?
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It would work well as long as you have RF-3 front mains. Wait, you don't?? [
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Thanks seti. I didn't think there was anything too rare but I'm not familiar with vinyl at all. The story of the guy from St. Paul who bought a 45 for 25 cents and sold it for over $10,000 on eBay did excite me however!
I realized if I get a record player I'm going to have to get something to plug it in to - I don't have a phono input on my Marantz. Would something like this work?
I'm assuming the above item is designed to integrate a record player into a system that doesn't have an input for it?
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Thinking of a new TV
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Thanks for all the advice everyone. At this point I'm looking at maximum screen size for the money. Requirements I have for the new TV are:
At least 60" screen
1080p/120Hz
No off-brand
$1500 tops.
That's about it. There are some LCD TVs out there that will be close to $1500 in that size but not by brand I'd want to own.