Paducah Home Theater

Sounds that way but I can't find anything on google. In regards to the cheap thing as it relates to this forum, at least here people have a little bit of taste and know what works in a technical way. Elsewhere I usually end up thinking I'm primarily surrounded by 17 year olds. Which, may be true.

Projector People are saying bump up to the Sony HW55ES for better blacks than the 40.

Try this.... If you are using Photobucket: 1. Pull up the photo you want to post; 2. To the right side of your screen you will see several hot buttons, click on IMG. It should indicate to you "copied." 3. Next go to the "forum" thread that you want to post in and paste your photo info in the box "Reply to Topic;" 4. You will not see a photo at this time but rather a string of words and possibly numbers. 5. If you want to post any comments at this time you can do so at this time. (either on top of or below your photo entry) 6. Hit post and now your photo should appear.... I mean I couldn't figure out how to upload pictures to the site, and started using PhotoBucket as an alternative. Yes the process you describe definitely works.

I say calibrated because straight out of the box those numbers won't be right. For example after running Audessey, my mains were turned down to -8 db and my center was at -10 db. Running -25 db out of the box before I did this was actually more like -15. Scrappy had to turn his LCR's down -12 db. An actual -30 and -25 is pretty mild and will not do damage or even shake your seats good.

Probably a dumb question, and I know it's generally better set up three identical LCR's at the same height, but with actual centers for TV use with towers, most people put it right under their TV and call it good, which varies based on seating, TV side, whether they're using an entertainment center, and other things. However is there an optimal height for the most seamless integration if the TV placement wasn't an issue? Directly in line with the horns is probably not very doable but otherwise I'm wondering if there's a best practice for this.

I couldn't figure it out, just signed up for photobucket.

Custom molded is the only way to fly. I have some Hear-Pro's now. Once they are made they can put a plug in them for music use, or an amplifier for hunting use. The problem I have is that my ear canal opening is apparently smaller than usual so unless I have some stiff plugs, they don't want to insert correctly. That's a non-issue with silicone molds.

IF calibrated properly and IF you really are listening at -25 to -30 on a properly calibrated system that really is that level as you claim, then this won't be an issue even with subs. If you have to raise your voice it will be because of all the other speakers, not just because you added a sub or two. You can talk over bass easier than anything else anyway even if it was louder.

I keep thinking about this. After calibrating with Audessey XT32 and setting up the sub levels to where they're supposed to be, I have watched "Non-Stop", Transformers 4, the Metallica concert movie, Pink's concert, and Tombstone, all between -30 and -25 db. It's literally barely tickling my subs even on bass heavy sequences, yet I can hear even the deepest frequencies. The only thing that gets them going at all is the intro to Transformers 4 where the spaceships appear to be rumbling right past the camera's but even then they are just at a light jog. I just think you're over-thinking things if you're truly after this kind of volume and also wish to have your subs be integrated properly and not have a blaring sub on top of mild sounds from your mains. If you want your seats to shake, you're going to have to get a heck of a lot louder than that. You're going to have to add a bass shaker or something, because this volume in a properly calibrated system just is not going to cut it. Damage to the room as you were asking before before just isn't even on the radar if it is set up properly.

It's usually a mono signal regardless of whether it is 7.1 or 7.2. The only difference is when you have SubEQ on Audessey XT32 systems, you can equalize each output separately to fix problems. EDIT: as mentioned above, just use a splitter to get two RCA outputs from only one coming out of your receiver. It's a fancy and short way of saying close to the listening position. Anything is possible and doable, but keep in mind that mixing sub types can open up a whole new can of worms, especially if you start mixing up sealed, ported, and passive radiator setups, just potentially makes things more complex and can cancel each other out due to phasing issues.

A couple during the building process: All my networking is in here. I have well over 5,000 feet of low voltage wiring including surround, hard wired Ethernet, TV over Cat-5, Cat-5e for backup HDMI signals, distributed audio, and old school coax just in case I want DirecTV, whatever that is called. My wife helping me install base boards.

Sony forgot to make the PS4 be able to play CD's unfortunately. Pretty sure they blocked it on purpose actually. I haven't been able to listen to a CD in quite some time.

Yeah it's from another company but this is an interesting article. Starting at page 20 it hits on why two subs are recommended. If you're too lazy to read that much, they measured a 16 db gain for the important seats at 36 hz plus being much more uniform up to 55 hz. http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurCompany/Innovation/Documents/White%20Papers/LoudspeakersandRoomsPt3.pdf Pop quiz on this in the morning.

I'd be telling my dear old dad that he can move out.

Actually I had a brush with another wrestler. There was a guy called Nailz back in the 90's, he "fought" Sting, and Big Boss Man was his arch-enemy. Dude just calls me up out of the blue one day trying to order something. Didn't realize who it was at the time. He didn't exactly talk in his wrestling voice, however awesome that would have been.

It's not really. A rifle can easily be over 140 db, maybe significantly more. What screwed me up was compensators, which basically directs all the gasses and therefore the concussion right back at your head, plus standing around watching my buddies shoot was as bad or worse than if they were shooting at my head at close ranges. I plan to put suppressors on everything I own next year. It's not worth it. Probably going to quit competitively shooting when compensated rifles are involved, the concussion rips right through your whole body if you catch it just right, it's insane.

She bragged to a friend about how awesome it was and it got back to us. I checked all of our Netflix profiles for recently watched shows and found it. It's not like I care, I told her how to turn everything on, I just can't believe she watched it that much, I don't watch TV but that would be like me watching five full length movies every day.

For anybody who thinks they binge watched Breaking Bad or something by watching 3-4 episodes at a time... last night we just found out that our house sitter watched 39 episodes of "One Upon A Time"... in less than 4 days! She was there 3 days and 4 nights, 39 episodes at around 45 minutes each, nearly 30 hours. Jeez.

I know a great source but refuse to spam the boards. People are free to PM me though. Klipsch guys are fun... call in to parts to get a replacement driver and you might end up talking about Atmos for half an hour like I did. The second level Denon tech guys are like this too.

What equipment rack is that? I like it.

My thought was that since it went away when he unplugged the RCA cables, it sounded like a ground loop. Plugging in the RCA connections is obviously completing a circuit. Lots of people have this issue, would be worth researching the most common fixes: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=subwoofer%20hum%20after%20turning%20receiver%20off This guy had a problem with his surge protector, which, was probably a grounding issue. Replaced surge protector, no more hum. http://www.seaton-sound-forum.com/post/Hum-in-Subwoofer-5416649 Another recommendation for ground loop isolator: http://community.crutchfield.com/car_audio_and_video/f/26/speakers/t/5177/need-help-with-sub-humming-very-loud-when-i-turn-off-my-stereo Interesting, a ground loop isolator fixed it: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/113-subwoofers-bass-transducers/1198863-subwoofer-hum-receiver-off.html If you notice, some of the isolators I previously posted have a boost on them, which should help with the last guy's problem with peak output.

Maybe that would make it worse but what I experienced was literally non-stop, sounded like somebody was talking through a tuba. Female voices were fine but low male voices just wasn't right. Part of my problem may be my center channel "stands" though, I have not had time to build a proper shelf/stand/box/whatever so I've been using other speakers. It may be possible that box resonances below 80 hz are actually coming through the cabinets they are sitting on. I would really like to run the center on a isolation stand to rule this out. Dunno, but SVS pushes this. Call them up and say you're debating one ultra or two pb2000's, they'll tell you to get the two mediocre ones hands down. Other people have confirmed this. HOWEVER, SVS also highly recommends a receiver with XT32 / SubEQ if you run two. They told me to stick with one nicer one if you can't run a nice receiver that has Audessey with SubEQ. Two with SubEQ can apparently smooth things out but without it two might just make things worse.

My closest experience with what I considered to be hell on earth was right about that time I had 17 leaks in my roof, a guy down the road who got fired for "homicidal leanings" chased me with a shovel, and I suddenly figured out that ripping up my carpet and installing hardwood made the acoustics of my listening area be about the worst you can imagine. I took #3 the worst.

That's like every other day for me.

I have seen several DIY jobs in hunting forums but the ones I have seen have been fairly ghetto. Thought maybe some audio guys might be able to build a better mousetrap. Basically I need a small full range horn that will carry for a long way, weatherproof if possible, need to be able to hook it up to a small preferably weatherproof amp and self contained battery, and need to feed it somehow, worst case via my phone but ideally with built-in MP3's, would be awesome if it had a hand held remote and didn't require my phone to be on especially during night hunting. Any ideas? This is what one typically looks like: http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/forums/93-how/92685-how-building-predator-e-caller-pics.html Basically typically revolving around the Radio Shack horn and mini-amp. I just can't imagine that a 9v battery would last long or be very loud though. I need to be able to blast this across a field that is 3/4 mile long. That mini-amp is made for in-room listening of an iPod with a buddy. That horn may be perfectly fine but feeding it with a tiny amp powered by a tiny battery that is fed by a bright phone that isn't exactly weatherproof could probably be improved upon.