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I have Pulp Fiction the rerelease.It sounds and looks very good.If it is wrapped in a 2-pack make sure it is not the original. The newest one is a 2 disc collectors edition with DTS on Miramax #23541 with Uma Thurman's picture on each side.

I like Onkyo products. I have a 989. Both the 989 and the 898 you are looking at have Dolby Digital 5.1 audio dropouts along with a few other Onkyo lower priced models. Onkyo has admitted that this happens on a few DVDs BUT that is not the entire story. Here is part of a letter from Onkyo that concerns the dropout issue with the 989 which applies to the 898. The latest upgrade will fix the audio drop outs on DVD movies with the Dolby Digital problem. It does NOT address the issue with Satellite drop outs. Dolby Laboratories and the satellite companies are researching the issue right now. However Onkyo is offering another fix for owners of these models that supposedly covers the DVD and broadcast DD 5.1 audio dropouts but they are handling it on a case to case basis with a chip replacement. NO total recall here folks. Thats not the deal they are offering. In other words unless the 898 you are purchasing has had the proper chip replaced you will experience audio dropouts on SOME DD 5.1 DVDs AND various broadcasts of movies that are aired on pay channels such as HBO. If your dealer tells you it does not have the problem try to bring with you ,rent them if need be, copies of the Jurassic Park 3 and Pearl Harbor DVDs to their show room. These are the only two titles that Onkyo admits publicly have audio problems with some of their units and may be exactly what your dealer will tell you but there are others. The dropout issue is widespread with many titles that are broadcast such as Evolution, The Heist, Planet of the Apes, and most HBO airings of movies in the last 6 months. It also has reportedly happened on Cinemax , Starz, and more. People have been buying a new 898 only to learn they need to order the chip and bring the unit to their authorized service center for installation which has been reported to take a few weeks. If your dealer tells you the 898 you are looking to buy has no problems then break out the 2 discs I mentioned and test it. Onkyo will tell you to use the DTS tracks or Prologic instead but you will be using the discs in the Dolby Digital 5.1 setting just to see if the unit has been fixed. If there are audio drops out on these discs then it will happen on much more material then they care to talk about. The TX-NR900 is this years model that replaces the TX-DS898 . It should not have the same problem.Unfortunately Onkyo makes a great product with a chip goof up produced by Cirrus and a miscommunication problem between them an Dolby Laboratories that has to do with their new EX decoding. Its involved. I will back up the Onkyo name with the overall satisfaction I have had with their products and at the same time like the user friendliness of their receivers compared to the Denons. The Denon specs on the new 3803 look good versus the reliable 3802. It has bass management crossovers to add 40/60/80/100/120HZ options , improved 100MHz bandwidth component video switching with Video Conversion(composite to S and/or component)with on screen display, Burr-Brown 24/192 A/D and D/A conversion, Dolby Surround EX mode, 2nd optical digital output, 3 digital inputs for a total of 7, assignable 12V trigger for the main AND second zone. Looks good on paper at a MSRP $1,200 and the 3802(a Klipsch forum favorite) can now be picked up for around $750 versus the Onkyo 898 for around $1,000 and the new NR900 lists for $1,500. Im just offering a little advice before you make your decision about a deal that appears attractive to you right now. Good Luck and be careful out there. Vrooooooooooom

Trouble? A riot ? Put 'em up, put 'em up! Whoever has the most wins the game. The most of what? Why money is what. MONEY! What makes a king out of a slave? MONEY! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? MONEY! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the Discount Disc, or the Toys R Us? What makes the executor guard his trust? MONEY! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? MONEY! What makes an H-bomb come up like Thuuunnnnnnder? MONEY! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What keeps the politicians in office that aint so hot? What have they got that I ain't got? MONEY! Should I say that again! Huh? Ha haaa .Live and earn and only then youll learn that the only thing that allows a system of checks and balances to work is Da CASH. Try to run for office without it. I cant do it. No MONEY. I did hear of a race for dog catcher in Jabip within the Tibet province of China that I might be able to afford to enter. It includes a doggy-bag lunch and the fireworks are legal. Oh boy ! Rice cakes and I get to eat them too.I better lay off the soy sauce and stay on the band wagon. Somewhere over da rainbow................

LOL Randy, I won't bore anyone with details, but vinyl + tubes + horns > sex. He he. I wont bore anyone here either but once I had a blind date with a girl who insisted on bringing her own vinyl, tubes and horns. It sounded strange at first. On the other hand the punch added to my midrange response remains unsurpassed and the experience definitely fried my oxygen free homegrowns. Wheres that dry ice?

Sorry Justin. I keep getting you mixed up with Jason and the Argonauts and their never ending quest for the Golden Fleece of speakers.

Jastin(This way we cover all the names) you need the KLIPSCH Colossal Cathedral Mansion Home Theater Package. Its a complete 100 speaker, 1,000,000 watt, 10,000 square foot walk in model. All you do is pick out how many bathrooms and bedrooms you want with your choice of color schemes. Just alert the local power company when you move in and youre off visiting our friends on Pluto.

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Hey EJ, from your description it looks like you got a pretty good deal on your Khorns. The rest of your Klipsch set up looks like it must sound very sweet. Nice. Very nice. Those 89s must be impressive in your room. I would love to have some with so few hours on them. I suppose you need luck to land a good pair of used horns. Happy listening.

Holey Moley Ears! With a system like that all you would have to do is throw a bunch of kernels on the floor and the corn will be popping at your feet. Badda Bing. Badda Boom! Cluless: If you you have any trouble with the little critters I'll fix you right up and down with some.

Thanks for the link JM. I was wondering where my old neighbor finally moved to when he was shaking his fist at me in his moving van yelling I hate you BBB. Youre crazier than me!

Oh cluless. You must of heard of our R&D work on the new Hot-Diggity-Dog-Im-Gone model. We wont be releasing any info on that brown-out-special until we have completed Beta tests presently being conducted in a few participating state run facilities around the country. We are bzzzzzzzy collating the data now. Ooooch ! Ouch ! Ooooch! Ouch!

Maybe Klipsch is launching a new world wide ExBose-ure marketing campaign. You know. Just doing their part in supporting the clean air acts of many countries while giving some of these national chains a little artificial respiration. In with the good air. Out with the bad.

My pacemaker is made out of wood.So is some other stuff hanging on me me but I can't find them.

Oh yeah. Just plug those brain phones into this baby. Fix ya right up. Yes, a single machine, a cube 20 miles on each side. You ought to see my new mind. Up there in lights. Bigger than his now. Morbius was too close to the problem. The Krell had completed their project. Big machine ... no instrumentalities ... true creation. But the Krell forgot one thing. Monsters. Monsters from the Id. As though his ape's brain could contain the secrets of the Krell !!! Sorry. Further information is forbidden on this planet. Vroooooooooooom

Malev,did you post this question on the AVS forum today ? Because someone by the name of steel asked the exact same thing there who has the same speakers.

Lets approach the problem logically. Im a firm believer in the saying Where theres smoke theres a Sony Just kidding. Now to be serious . Unplug everything from the receiver. The antenna wire. The whole works .I can hear you now I did that. Well do it again. Now the only wire that you have hanging from the back of the receiver is the power cord that is NOT plugged into the outlet . Reconnect all your Klipsch speakers one by one. Do NOT hook up the subwoofers. Do NOT have a sub out cable hooked up. Eliminate that factor. After you have checked your fronts, center and surrounds connections plug the receiver into your outlet. Turn on the receivers power and select a source like cd or dvd. See if you have the hum. If you do THEN toggle through all of your sources and see if one has a hum and others dont. If the hum persists find the longest extension cord you can and plug the receiver in other outlets in your home. If the hum is still there but its volume varies from outlet to outlet try getting a ground lift or cheater plug. Its a 3 prong to 2 prong adapter and use it on your Sonys power cord. If the hum disappears BEFORE changing outlets then try hooking up your subs. If the hum returns try the cheater on the subwoofers amp and replace your cabling to them. If you kill the hum start hooking up your outboard equipment one unit at a time. The bottom line is those Klipschs you have should not be introducing a hum as loud as you have described. If all you have is the speakers hooked up to the receiver and have that much noise it may be the amps or the 2 processors in the DA-4ES giving you the problem. I would return it to where you purchased it and if you take no for an answer from the dealer then you will never solve the problem. Some of these electronics outfits have a The customer is always wrong once the bill is paid. attitude no matter how good the reputation of the equipment youve purchased has. I have a few thousand watts of juice being pumped through my Klipsch RF-7s and only experience the very slightest hum when my receiver is full up WITHOUT sending a signal to them. Good Luck. PS: Insults can be provided for a small fee.

Whoa Cluless, thats some heavy duty piece of ..ughhhhhhhhh equipment! But not for me . I wont have my RGB flompies selected just to be subjected to being injected, inspected, detected, infected and then neglected .Id come off looking like some sort of herch louse. Jeeez. I gots some scrables, you know. Ill just give them a gentle Old Bay Seasonings bath. Maybe it will get those little whipper snappers under some pest control. I have a few last resorts in mind but their hotel restaurants cant pass a health inspection so they shall remain as unmentionables on this carving board.

I cant get an accurate reading on my system even with a $2,000 ANSI approved digital SPL meter no matter what I do. The fronts never match the surround rears . Maybe I should get somebody else to wear the dosimeters instead of using these two characters at each side of my room. Hold on a minute. Im getting a sound wave! Nope. No good. Bummer. This is costing me a fortune! Now I have to have my flompies calibrated. Where does it end !?! Ahhhhhhhhh!

I may be a bit confused again(what else is new?)but is this recording the same as the Blue Note release with their calalog #24547 The Great Summit: The Master Takes or is this yet ANOTHER release of this album in 24bit/96Khz digital on their Roulette Jazz Label? Are they identical recordings as far as the 24bit/96Khz is concerned?

Straying from Klipsch? Thats it! Turn in your bass and SPL meter .Your frontal and temporal systems have been permanently suspended and you will get no References from us. See the disc sergeant on the way out. Youre next beat will be installing drive-in theater speakers after this mistake. Youre dismissed.

It' the Greganator , Gregarooshki, Greg Allman. Greg and Duane's first recorded band. The Allman Joys.

Zandern, you mean to say you sat through that entire presentation without purchasing one thing from Bose? I don't have that tpe of nerve. I would have at least made them an offer for the foam balls.

No problem AR. The powers that be have generously booked you on an Everlasting tour of the Willy Wonkas Chocolate Factory. Our Oompa Loompa limo driver will be at your door any moment now. Oompa Doompa Doopity Doo, Weve Planned a Trip Especially For You

WHOA! Chill out with those going soft on us wise cracks around us older dudes, would ya ? I always manage get my facts straight before I probe into any delicate subject. We dont need any help from the younger generation to keep up the good works. Who said Viagra Calls !?! Slooooooooowly I turn, step by..

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