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I would like to find over ear headphones for the following application with the following criteria Application: Home Theater in bed listening Criteria: Volume control on the head phones or the wires feeding the headphones Under $150 If this is a subject that has been covered before please help me find the thread that covers this. Thanks!

and leave the crossover for the mains at 80 hertz and surrounds at 100 hertz?

Do I set my crossover on my subwoofer to couple with my front speakers ( set at around 80 hertz ) or do I set it to match correctly with my rear speakers at around 100 hertz? Or do I just set the crossover for the mains and surrounds at 100 hertz and the subwoofer at 100 hertz. Thanks guys!

YOWSER! lol, yeah I know... I used a rubber rod to push and prod at it first, figured out how I had to push it to make it work then shut it down and did the final adjustment.

I had the unit on when I did my "adjustments" of the circuit board, I hope you figure it out.

To go the quick cheap route just get a movie that is encoded with THX and somewhere in the setup menu there will be a video calibration walk through. Works pretty great for being free.

That "fix" is still working without a hiccup. The perimeter screws are the only ones that fasten the amp to the box. You may have to get something to pry up the edge of the plate to get it to come, if memory serves me right there is a very thin gasket type material on the box that can kind of stick to the plate a little.

What are the downsides of a horn loaded subwoofer, looking at the reviews of this sub, frequency range, COST and ouput, it sounds great to me! With a modest 100 watts this sub can hit around 130 db!

I have the gain level set at about 10 oclock, and the amplifier gain set at 0. I listen to my system as loud as +10 on my Denon. My room is huge, multiple openings, I don't even know how to calculate all of the air space. I think that I am going to build the Table Tuba at this link http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/TT.html Quite an impressive subwoofer!

I love the bass ouput of my SUB-12, but it's ideal spot is right next to one of the listening positions which makes port noise audible. I know that if I went with a sealed box this would obviously be fixed, but what internal volume would I need to achieve? Is this even an ideal option? Would it improve or inhibit frequency response on the low end?

A while back I posted about piecing together a SUB-12 from parts I bought online. About 3 months ago suddenly there was no sound or movement from the woofer, so I started fiddling with it, and found that if I wiggled the on/auto switch just right I could get it to pop on momentarily, the status light was lit as usually a bright blue, so everything seemed fine, just no sound. I took out the amplifier, and found that if I lightly pushed on the circuit board that was attached behind the on/auto and 180/0 degree switch I could get the sub to kick back on. I then pushed harder sideways on the circuit board (same board that sits attached to the main amplifier panel in a perpendicular fashion) pushing the circuit board towards the opposite end of the amplifier panel. I did put a good amount of force on it which must have slightily bent and solidified whatever lose connection was the culprit, because now over 3 months later the SUB-12 is still working without a hiccup. My SUB-10 that I have in my bedroom home theater had the exact same issues that the SUB-12 had. I know that SUB-10's are notorious for having issues with their amplifiers, so I was not really hopefull that the same "fix" would do the trick. CLARIFICATION: The SUB-10 status light was not in a protect mode, it was acting completely normal, just no movement AT ALL from the woofer. So I thought I would give the same "fix" a try on the SUB-10 amplifier, and to my surprise it worked! The SUB-10 has now been working great for over a month now. I know that these "fixes" have not had a long time to be tested, and I will definitely post back on here if either of the subs go silent again. Please only venture to do this at your own risk. I know this is a pretty low brow type of thing to try, but it sure has worked well for me so far. For those that otherwise have silent subs, it may be something to try. Again, do so at your own risk, please be aware of voiding warranty if still within the warranty period.

My main issue is the receiver I have in my bedroom 2.1 home theater. My yamaha R-V1105 receiver from what I understand does not have a variable crossover point when setting the front speakers as "small" which is what I would LIKE to do since my front speakers are Boston 90x. The Boston 90x speakers are very small bookshelf speakers that only go down to 120 hertz, which just so happens to be what the SUB-10 will go up to. So since the yamaha has an unknown crossover point that probably is not 120 hertz, can I / should I just set the front speakers as large without the system sounding odd and without hurting the boston speakers?

The LED flat screens are just an LCD TV that is backlit with LEDs instead of fluorescent lights. So no HUGE difference in my opinion, and when comparing the two.

If you thought the first one was stupid, then you're going to think this one is a B movie. Don't take my word for it guys, if you are honestly wondering if this movie is any good, then go to some online movie critic websites, most of them feel much more strongly about how bad it was. Very sad []

I just saw it last night. I kept thinking to myself "the dialogue seems muffled... this would sound so much better on my system" Aside from the awesome audio of this movie, I was actually pretty disappointed. You can't bring your little kid to this movie like you could with the first movie- illegal drug use that is placed in the movie for humor, quite a bit more swearing, sexual jokes throughout movie. They sold out just like Star Wars did with Jar-Jar Binks, they placed twin robots that are doing slap stick comedy throughout the movie. They made horrible use of time in the movie. They let side stories take up too much of the movie and then wrapped things up quickly in the end. Over all I was pretty disappointed with the movie. I wouldn't pay more than $5 to see it.

Yes you can turn them sideways.

I got a set of the RSX-5's refurbished from Klipsch off of ebay just last week. Here is a link to my thread about them. Pics of them installed are on the second page. http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/121176.aspx

So far I am very impressed with the RSX-5 speakers, much more hefty then I thought they would be. The wife doesn't like the looks of them, but she isn't fussing too much. I love how much I had to turn dow the gain, about 4 db to get them to match witht the KLF-30's (from where I had it set for the boston speakers)

Thanks for the recommendations, but I would rather buy a car instead of paying all the money in upgrades needed to run the speakers you are talking about. Pretty content with the amazing sound I now have with my present set up.

I am crossing over the KLF30's at 60 hertz, will have the RSX5's crossed over at 110 hertz since they can only go down to about 90 hertz. I am letting the sub do a lot of the heavy work to avoid clipping in my main speakers and surrounds. Thanks for the specific questions and recommendations colterphoto1 !

The real question is why do you want to Bi-Amp?? Until you are at a much higher level then you are now in the speaker department, you will get alot more sound improvement by upgrading your speakers then spending the money on extra amps and wire, and then you have to get everything set up correctly with the active cross overs and amps. It is your money, so spend it how you want, but alot more is to be gained in the speakers. Roger So considering that my main speakers have 102 db sensitivity, what speakers are you referring to that would be "at a much higher level". I understand that the KLF-30's aren't the best speakers out there, but they are definitely not slouches. My main question was not about biamping, but was about gain control.

If you run Audyssey it will equalize your new speakers to your fronts as you've described. Audyssey turns DOWN the main speakers to match the rear speakers instead of turning up the rear speakers to match the more efficient main speakers. So I am trying to bypass Audyssey and make the correct adjustments. I guess I will just experiment with the gain settings and still err on the side of conservative to avoid clipping.

I am still wondering about my main question about gain adjustment.

I have had Boston micro 90X speakers as my surround speakers for a while now, knowing the whole time that while they are good speakers, they don't come close to matching my KLF-30 main speakers. I just bought a pair of refurbished RSX 5 speakers to use as my surrounds. The RSX 5 speakers are 4 db more efficient than the bostons, have a larger woofer, and are generally speaking a more beefy speaker than my bostons. My main question is this : Since the RSX speakers are 4 db more efficient than the old surround speakers, shouldn't I be able to lower the gain on my new RSX-5 surround speakers and raise the gain to my KLF-30 speakers? I am also reading a lot about passive biamping my main speakers with my Denon receiver, but you all know how confusing that can be with all the varying opinions, may be a project for a rainy day to see if there would be any audible difference.

Definitely a must buy once it comes out on DVD, can't wait to hear it on the home theater! As long as you are ok with a totally different feel than the first three movies, then you will be entertained. If you like the sometimes corny feel of the original three, then you will be disappointed.