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Hey, Easy:
Nice-looking setup. I, too was wondering about your fish and the SVS Sub. That thing must be like a defibrillator to them. They probably think that you are always watching episodes of 'ER'....
"CLEAR!!" .......SPLOOOSH!!!!
-Picky
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m00n:
You may remember that you and I were discussing the subject of bass trapping off-line, via email some time ago. This was right after I'd told you that I'd had that meeting with an acoustics specialist over at Memtech. They handle Sonex and other Illbruck acoustics products. One of the things you and I had discussed was the idea of trapping the bass in the room corners and plane intersections rather than mid-way along the wall as you had began to do beneath your surround speakers. That was something that this specialist had related to me at that meeting. Well, because of your diligence, tenacity, and ingenuity, we all can now witness through your design and installation that the corner bass traps are most effective after all!
Way to go, dude! Nice job! -Picky
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No, m00n! THESE SPEAKERS are just about as wide as your room! (see attachment)
Subs are the middle portion!
Like, "CAN YOU HEAR ME KNOW?"
.....GOOD (Lord)!-Picky
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Scott:
How to tell if your subs are pissing-off your neighbors:
We have a gigantic salt mine under the ground (International Salt Mine) just north of us that is 1,400 feet deep. At one time, is was the largest salt mine in the world. At night they used dynamite to blast the salt loose so they could collect it and bring it up from the ground to ship and sell. Sometimes, late at night, those blasts were audible and shook some of the homes just north of here. The mine has now been closed for a number of years and when it closed, the blasts stopped. Well, about the time we got our Klipsch's, including our RSW-15 Sub, stories of shaking homes and the sound of blasts in the area returned. The mine remains closed. Hmmm.....could it be????
-Picky
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Michael:
Yep, Thunder Bay is a long drive, or a bit of a boat ride, from my home for sure. Beautiful country up where you are! My hat is off to you for being fortunate enough to live there.
Unlike most of us here in Michigan, what a lot of people in our country have yet to have the opportunity to discover is just how beautiful your country of Canada is and how wonderfully-warm the people are who live there. I have spent a lot of time in Ontario, primarily across the Detroit River in Windsor and I have done a lot of work for Ford up in Oakville near T.O.. So, I know the area well. I love the fact that we are all neighbors and that our hockey & baseball teams compete with one-another. It's all great fun! So, certainly, the door here is always open to you and we'll keep the light on for you! -Picky
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Hey Noz!
Nice going! T.O. isn't that far from Detroit (just 4 hours on the 401!). Next time I'm up there, maybe we can hook up for some Stella's and a test drive around that theater? Nice-looking theater, man! I'll have you over (Michael, Reactor and m00n are welcome, too) (sorry, I didn't know you don't fly, m00n) to our place next time you're in Day-Twah if you'd like (beer, too and HOCKEY anybody?), just as soon as the room is completed (hopefully done by Christmas week): http://mywebpages.comcast.net/smallhousetheater/index.htm Let me know. We're south of the city about 15 minutes from the bridge!
-Picky
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AV MAN: Good Boy!!!
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Scott:
I just KNEW you went outside to see how loud your system was!
See? You're as anal as I am! (I've done the same thing)-Picky
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I know it hurts. I hope this helps: http://www.excedrin.com/
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HOLY-MOLY, SCOTT!!!! Them's some BIG GUNS you're a-sportin'!
Nice going! How's your relationship with yer neighbors? You may want to talk to m00n about that "VOICE" he's been spoutin' about from 'Matrix: Revolutions'? Maybe them "guns" of yours could reproduce it like he was hoping? m00n? You our there?His post: When Matrix Revolutions comes out on DVD it will be bitter sweet.
-Picky
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m00n:
I'm still going! Pa-Leese buy me a box of Kleenex for my home-coming! {Sniff-Sniff!!}
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Well, I finally did it: My wife and I are re-doing the living room and now that we have the HT in the basement we both were getting tired of all the room those two monolithic-Polks SDA-2A Towers took up in our tiny home's living room. I was able to sell them to a couple of friends of ours out in Nevada who have a much-larger home than we do. I shipped them out yesterday via UPS-Ground and they will have them on Friday. The shipping from Michigan to Nevada was a killler, and our friends didn't seem to mind, but by the time we figure in the purchase price and buy our down-sized replacements, we're pretty much at the break-even point, which suits us just fine. We are picking up a pair of speakers we ordered from the local store tomorrow. At first, we were going to go with Klipsch. But, we really liked the B&W LM-1's. They hang on the wall, come in 5 colors (we choose white) and will mesh well with our Polk CS-350 Center and our Polk PSW-350 10" Powered sub. A friend of ours has the B&W LM-1's in a much-larger room (approx 18' x 25') than our 12' x 13' living room and they are really able to fill it with clear, airy sound, save for one thing....they've got NOTHING below 75 Hz and I have told him numerous times that they really could use a subwoofer! I don't see how he can stand it, but it is his house.
So, knowing we already have the sub, I think we'll be happy. And because the LM-1's have dome tweeters, they should work fine with the center which also has a dome. As for the two rears, they are Radio Shack and don't matter much for us as this is Pro-Logic set-up. It will still be enjoyable as a second-system. We'll do our "critical" listening and watching downstairs on our 7.1 HT Klipsch's! Although the Polk SDA-2A's were wonderfully music-oriented speakers that we'd enjoyed since 1986, it was time for a change, and I would be very surpirsed if the LM-1's even come close to the quality the old Polks produced. Sometimes, compromises are the best way to go. Hey, the wife is happy! -Picky
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m00n:
I live and work very near the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. They have an IMAX theater there that is now showing 'Matrix: Revolutions'!! My wife and I are planning to go see it soon. The screen is 84 feet wide (8 stories) and 62 feet tall (6 stories). The sound system is a six-channel discrete system with more than 12,000 watts of power and a sub-bass unit with 8-18" drivers!
That voice you are talking about will probably melt the wax in our soft drink cups! Our son went there and saw 'Matrix: Reloaded' over the summer. He hasn't been the same since! I'll let you know what it was like!-Picky
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Nope. Nor have my guests noticed anything. Sharp XV-Z9000U DLP
-Picky
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Have you considered going with Klipsch Architectural speakers installed into the walls (presumably, above the book shelves if that is feasible) such as the RCW-5s?
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So.....I guess you're okay now? That's great!
Would you mind please detailing what you had to do to resolve your issue of: No on-screen menu display on your Pioneer Elite Receiver for the benefit of the rest of us on the forum? Thanks in advance.
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Just remember: NEVER puke on your own shoes!
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Roystr:
I have the Pioneer Elite VSX49TXi receiver and according to MY Pioneer owner's manual, the on-screen set-up menu will only display if:
1) The "Monitor Out" connection is properly connected to the televison monitor. - it sounds like your is.
2) If the TV is connected to the receiver using a "Composite Video Cable", the receiver's "Color Burst" switch should be set to "ON". I believe the shipped default setting is "OFF". - Please give this one a try.
Hope this helps! Best of luck!
-Picky
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Oh, man! m00n's right! You look lousy! You'd better {**COUGH**} go home and {*#COUGH**HACK*#} get some {HACK**COUGH} rest!
CONGRATS! -Picky
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Hey Guys:
Yes, I cannot wait for this last Matrix movie either! I loved the first two and I am hoping this one is the best yet. I used the 'Lobby Shoot-out' and 'Helicopter Rescue' scenes from the first one to help us choose our projection equipment and speakers. Klipsch Reference 7 Series won, hands down (of course!)
If there was anything I could change about the first two Matrix films, I might have not have spent so much time on the re-birth/metamorphosis segment in the first one, and in the second one I think the martial-arts footage got a bit tiring to watch 2/3'rd of the way through the movie. But, I mean this on a VERY-LOW level of criticism. No offense to anyone. -JMHO.
I'm with m00n: the critics will probably rip on 3 and Neo will not get to carry the Oscar (my OWN nightmare). They'll probably give it to Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) instead!
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mrt:
I have the same receiver as you and I am also running it in a 7.1 config. Have you considered mounting the rear speakers "IN" the walls? I'm using two RCW-5's for my two rear channels and they sound awesome! They balance-out real nice with the RF, RC & RS-7's elsewhere in the room! I hope this helps.
-Picky
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Orange:
Sorry dude, No Dice on the trade!
Vader:
Hmmmm. Interesting concept; buying equipment by-the-pound. "Yes, I'd like 6 pounds of Yellow-Fin "Tuner" and 2 pounds of your finest Head-"Amp" Cheese, sliced thin.
Yeah, I know....that was a real stretch! (Sorry!)Actually, I do believe that weight does play some importance on certain components, especially on amplifer power supplies.
-Picky
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Hey m00n:
Maybe she's just hot for H. Ford? {Tee-hee}
(Apologies to Mrs. m00n.)
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Burtlively:
Gosh!
I had no perception as to how large the Cinema sats were! If they are as big as you say, I may be forced to consider something else as you'd mentioned. After all, "space" is what I am trying to save. And, it doesn't sound like I'd be "saving" any money-either, judging from the price of the Cinemas. Thanks for the info.-Picky
Way to go, dude! Nice job! 
.....GOOD (Lord)!
(Never saw her movie....by the way.)
General SACD questions...having probs
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Space:
Nope. Not all SACD's are 5.1. In fact, I own a 'Journey' SACD that is totally Stereo. However, it is some of the best 'Journey' my wife and I have ever heard for stereo and we have heard them live. That's her favorite group. Be sure to read the label before buying. I was fooled too, and wound up enjoying the improved sound anyway.
-Picky