michaelstano

Not sure of the technical explanation, but my SW-10 has always "popped" at both start up and shutdown.

As noted above, there are many jazz styles. My preference: "smooth jazz," to include David Koz or David Sanborn or Candy Dulfer or Richard Elliot (sax), Chris Botti or Rick Braun (trumpet), Peter White or Joyce Cooling or Marc Antoine (guitar), Wayman Tisdale (bass), Ramsey Lewis or Greg Karukas or Bobby Lyle (keyboards), Urban Knights or The Cruasders or The Rippingtons or Spyra Gyra, and others.

I bought the "Lovers Live" Sade DVD concert (yeah, I know, a little embarrassing). It is generally terrific, but "Slave Song" has the most amazing bass I've heard on a music CD, DVD, or audio DVD. Maybe I'm just not listening to the right stuff otherwise. The SVS was set on 25Hz, and could have listened to that one cut all night.

Not sure if it would work for you, but I am using rope light inside my gear closet. Nice, soft, evenly-dispersed light. Not harsh or glarey like a light bulb. My single strand is vertical, but a shorter length could be horizontal, on the bottom of a shelf. With an x10 controller, it can be dimmed.

Any see this from Windows XP News? Looks interesting. "How to Record Old Vinyl Albums to your Computer If you're an "oldie but goodie" like me, you probably have lots of old vinyl record albums stored away somewhere, with hundreds or thousands of great songs going to waste. In many cases, these albums aren't even available on CD. How can you enjoy them again? By recording them to digital media (your hard disk and/or writable CDs or DVDs). Not only does this put your old music in a more convenient to play format, but the software used for recording can even take out the "snaps, crackles and pops" so that the music actually sounds better than on the original records. You'll need some equipment: a good turntable and something called a phono pre-amp to flatten the signal from the turntable. It's a bit of work, but when you're done you'll be able to bring all those treasured old songs back to life again. For more info on how to do it, see: http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=040127TI-Vinyl"

I own an Outlaw 950, and previously owned an Outlaw 1050. The rest of my gear is below. Check out the great forum and the super reviews at Outlawaudio.com. Regarding SVS, again, read the reviews at svsubwoofers.com. As for me: Klipsch + Outlaw + SVS = one great combination.

Those of us in Oklahoma who are not OU fans, don't call it "The Sugar Bowl." Rather, we call it, "The Sweet-n-Low Bowl," as in "artificial championship."

I own an Outlaw 950, and I previously owned an Outlaw 1050. Both are great products. Many, many positive reviews--the 950 pre/pro was just named "2004 budget product of the year" by Stereophile Guide to Home Theatre. They just announced a Hsu-designed sub (don't tell EARS). Also, a terrific forum. See outlawaudio.com.

To connect the sub to the receiver, you simply need a "Y" cable to split the single RCA output on the receiver to the dual RCA outputs on the sub. Use the RCA connections, not the "from amplifier" jacks. Never used the "to speaker" jacks, and don't have a manual to further advise. However, my belief is the "from" and "to" jacks merely pass a signal on to the regular speakers if that is more convenient than running wires directly from the receiver to the speakers.

I have 3 Parasound 1000A amps driving my older speakers, and I think the sound is great. With Klipsch speakers, one doesn't need tons of power to get terrific performance. The Pioneer at 100 watts is prefectly adequate (IMHO), and the Parasound at 140 watts is more than enough. Accoriding to Klipsch, your RF-3s have a maximum power rating of 600 watts, and I doubt you'll ever get close to that unless you listen at extremely high (read: ear-bleeding) levels. As for receivers versus separates, people will argue both ways. I think my Outlaw 950 with outboard amps is better than either the Outlaw 1050 or the Yamaha HTR 5250 that preceeded it, but I haven't done an apples-to-apples comparison.

Check the PB2-ISD manual--I am pretty sure it says to set the sub to "by pass" and use the receiver/pre-pro cross-over. The "baffles" are 2 cylindrical foam plugs that are inserted into (or removed from) three ports on the back of the sub. 0 ports blocked = low of 25HZ, 1 blocked = 20Hz, 2 blocked = 16Hz. I usually have 0 blocked for music, 1 blocked for ordinary movies, and 2 blocked for movies I suspect have a really low end (T3, U509, etc). Also, in setting up your PB2-ISD, be sure to always, always set the subsonic filter to match the number of ports you have blocked--this was a lesson I learned the hard way, because I could have damaged the sub.

To complicate matters even more, Outlaw just released specs on its Hsu-designed LFM-1, and it should be shipping by Christmas. See outlawaudio.com.

My best pawn shop find was my first Parasound HCA 1000a, which I bought for $99. They said it was working, but it wasn't. The people at Parasound went through it for nothing, and merely replaced the fuses. I paid shipping, so, for $125, I got a GREAT amp. This buy, plus the terrific help I received from Parasound, caused me to build my whole system around Parasound. Unfortunately, I had to pay a bit more for the other amps.

Opps. Sorry.

I am considering swapping out my KV-2 center surround for another KV-3. Any ideas on whether this would be a waste of money? TIA for any adult supervision.

I have an HTS 2500MkII which is essentially like the 2600 except for cosmetics. I have cable tv, with a 25 foot run of coax and s-video to my tv (plus component for dvd). I think (THINK) I see a slight (SLIGHT) improvement in picture quality in the form of less ghosting. Past that, I agree with all the forgoing posts. I paid $150 for my 2500 on-line (but not sure I got a warranty or equipment protection--not a big deal because no way was I going to spend $350 + on the box). On thing not previously mentioned--the box looks really good in an equipment stack!

These comments are just getting "worser" and "worser."

If you ordered an SVS sub, you may order a Better Cable sub cable from SVS to go with it. The price is better than retail--my 15 ft. cable was less than $35. Another alternative for a high-quality, relatively low-cost cable is at bluejeans.com (yes, they make cables).

My PB2-ISD is only about 2.5 feet away on my right (the best/only place for the beast). My old SW-10 (which sat in the same spot) was very directional and bass was clearly localized. With the PB2-ISD, I can't tell where the bass is coming from. Despite being close, the SVS is truely "omnipresent." At about 1/3 up on gain, the remote vibrated off the wide arm of a leather chair in front of the box, and I can feel the hair move on my arms. Haven't experience teeth chattering yet.

Not to confuse the issue, but I think SVS will tune a 25-31 to 20 Hz at no charge. Also, as you calculate freight and compare prices, don't forget SVS is shipping the PB2-ISD for $50. I have had my PB2-ISD for several weeks, and I love it. Be aware that both the cylinder and the box are very large. I suggest you build a model of approximate size to see where the sub might fit--with a more-or-less accurate model, I think you'll be surprised at what spaces won't work. Whatever you do, you won't regret going with SVS.

The NPR story I remembered is here: http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1264976.html

mOOn, Someone who is a better student of the movie (or the Bible), or who can watch it again, might laugh at this (and I may be just flat WRONG), but: Was The Matrix previously destroyed 6 times? Would that make the next incarnation the 7th? If correct, what are the theological of that ("and on the 7th day....)?

As an old guy, I'm not in the target market for The Matrix, but I am a bit fasinated by it. I have not studied the explanation linked by mOOn, so what I am about to write may be addressed by the explanation and I missed it. On NPR, I heard an article that indicated The Matrix was intended by its authors and producers to communicate to young people a religious message--i.e., it is an attempt to use the action/sci-fi genre to get through to people who would not ordinarily expose themselves to a "believe-in-Christ" message. If this is correct (and I am less interested in The Matrix if it is correct (no offense intended)), is Neo "Christ the savior," and is the Architech "God"? Surely I am not the only one on the forum who heard the NPR story or who could better confirm or deny the Judeo-Christian explanation for The Matrix.

My new PB2-ISD is in a 20 x 20 space, open on 2 sides to other rooms, with a ceiling that is 25 ft. high at the top. The room is almost all glass on 2 sides, and the floor is quarry tile. SVS considered the PB2-ISD adequate for me. I am bass hungry, and I am completely satisfied, even with the gain set at about 1/3rd. During "The Italian Job," the remote vibrated off the arm of a leather chair, and I could feel the hair on my arms moving. I can't imagine more sub for this space. But, if money is no object, the PB2+ would be great.

Craig, I live in Stillwater. If you ever plan to be in town, let me know. Mike michaelstano@hotmail.com