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  1. I was wondering if any of you are upconverting your 480p to 720p via an HDMI or DVI interface. If so, can you tell me if it is worth the cost of the cable. In my case, it is a long cable to my projector, so the cost is close to $200 with shipping.
  2. My wife always said we should go to estate sales and such...I guess I will have to reconsider my opposition to such wastes of time. Nice score, congrats.
  3. Oh boy AL, you are going to start a member war!
  4. Just saw these 1974 Teak Khorns, good price if they are in good condition. http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1110768885
  5. ---------------- On 1/13/2005 5:34:00 PM Al Klappenberger wrote: Guys, Don't short out the woofer fuse! It adds something like 1/10 of an ohm to the woofer which measures about 4 Ohms anyhow. It contributes even less than the big 2.4 mHy inductor. That extra resistance (DCR) is totally insignificant. It could easily save you replacing the woofer drivers. Shorting it out is extremely foolish! I had one customer call me and thank me for the fuse when he blew both of them! Al K. ---------------- Al, I for one am one of those guys who is grateful you put those fuses in there. I know I contacted you a while back to thank you for that protection. In my case, a bad "power" switch on a SS amp tried to fry my Klipsch. Thanks to Al, all I was out was a run to the store for replacement fuses.
  6. ---------------- On 1/12/2005 7:42:33 PM dbflash wrote: Rudy81, Hate that you had to sell them. They were/are beautiful. I have a question for you. Did you ever use the Belle as a center and if so how did it compare with the LS? The reason I ask is I'm planning on the future and I want to go "3 channel" stereo with Khorns and a Belle. Thanks and again sorry about your loss, but glad for someone else's gain. Danny ---------------- Danny: I did not use a Belle as center, only a Chorus and the LS I use now. I would think the Belle would be a very suitable center. Just minor differance in the squawker horn is all. My Khorns and center LS are a perfect match. I honestly don't think it would be that great a differance. Good luck with your setup.
  7. In order to make myself feel better I hooked the Khorns back up and cranked some good music. I am still amazed at the fantastic imaging produced by the Khorns, not to mention the bass they produce. Now, to set up the Cornwalls as side effects in the HT, replacing the Belles.
  8. Well, the Belles just got picked up. I am sad they have left, but I sure did enjoy them. The good news is that the buyer is an extremely nice guy and will also truly appreciate them. He drove a long way to get them. I've had them since 1988, I guess it's time someone else enjoyed them....
  9. Rudy81

    help me

    Be careful with thumps like that...good way to trash a speaker. I once had a bad integrated amp that fried a tweeter and would have fried the woofers had it not been for fuses.
  10. Wow, now I feel better. Just got The Doors' LA Woman and Yes Fragile. Both very good recordings with the type of mixing that both surrounds you with music, but steers sounds well. I also have DSOTM in SACD and use that to demo the multichannel format. Turns out things were set correctly from the start, but I picked two DVD-A's, that in my opinion are poorly mixed. Riders on the Storm in LA woman is extremely good in that DVD-A. Thanks for all the help guys and gals. I appeciate everyone chiming in.
  11. I'm going out a little later to get some others. I will look for Gaucho, since I have the SACD and CD version and can compare.
  12. ---------------- On 1/9/2005 10:12:34 PM Fish wrote: I don't know about your set up but my pre/pro does NO processing,its strictly a volume knob.The 5.1 dvd-a is sent ready to go into analog and bypasses my processor,to knob and to amp. ---------------- I have asked that question to the Parasound tech guys and they indicated that in the case of the 7.1 analog inputs, the HALO C2 applies the individual speaker trims, volume and distance, and then sends that information to the speaker. So in a way, it does not "process" the information, it just properly sets each channel to match my system and room acoustics. Otherwise, the signal is not processed or modified. The Denon allows me to send the "raw" signal to my C2 if I choose, as opposed to using the Denon's processing for muli-channel sound.
  13. Well, I am now convinced that I have everything set up correctly after checking and double checking my settings, comparing with CD, SACD and DVD-A. I now have to stand by my original thought that, for me anyway, these two Santana recordings, on DVD-A are not up to par. For those of you that own Shaman in several formats, try this. Listen to track 7 "Victory is Won" in two channel and you can easily hear Carlos at center stage playing the intro guitar work. My Khorns do a magnificent job of imaging and soundtaging this track. Then, go to the same track in DVD-A 5.1 and you will see that you can't precisely locate his guitar. It is as though the recording is out of phase! At least on my system this is clearly audible. During the DVD-A portion of this track, there is virtually no center channel information. Track number 4, by contrast has more music in the center channel. However, most tracks on that DVD-A use the center very little if at all. By contrast, my Michael McDonald "Motown" SACD does a great job of using the 5.1 to steer a much better soundstage. I will have to pick up a few more DVD-A's and see how other groups have done their recordings. For now, I much prefer my CD, or the DVD-Video of Santana's recordings. Anyone want to buy two barely used DVD-A's?
  14. ---------------- On 1/8/2005 8:02:52 AM sivadselim wrote: what do you mean by this, exactly? is the player set up as having a sub? do you bass manage your processors external inputs at all? are you sending a 5.0 signal instead of a 5.1 signal from the player? many (if not all) players will NOT reroute the LFE channel the way that pre/pro/receivers will; instead they drop it altogether when configured with no sub. perhaps your sacd mixes are 5.0 but your dvda is 5.1. ---------------- I do not the Denon's speaker or sub settings, I let my Parasound processor do all that. However, I will check that side of the equation as well. My Denon has symbols that indicate what channels are being sent out and it indicates that it is sending out 5.1
  15. Well, back to square one. I am now back home and re-read the Denon manual. All the settings were correct. I am using the analog outputs and have used the "pure direct" function to ensure the denon has the digital output turned off. I played with the "Video" and "Audio" settings. The Video setting allows me to get Dolby Digital in 5.1 via the digital output. The audio setting (for those that have a Denon) gives me analog 5.1 multichannel. Of course, I can select two channel PCM. I have not, until now heard DVD-A and so was surprised to hear that at least on these two disks, there is very little sound from the center channel, particularly in the first three tracks of "Shaman". Not to confuse this issue, but it sounds great overall, and the Khorns image so well that I have to have my ear up against the center to know that not much information is coming from that speaker. I am just surprised to "hear" that the mix did not make better use of a 5.1 system in terms of creating a bigger and more precise sound stage. I have some SACD's that do that very well with some excellent channel steering. I will get some other DVD-A's in the next few days. I guess my whole problem stems from the fact that I expected more steering, say with voices, to the center channel rather than relying on the mains imaging ability to create that aspect of the performance. I will give the DVD-A a chance. It does sound very good, not quite as good as my SACD's, but I guess it is what you are used to.
  16. ---------------- On 1/8/2005 4:35:18 PM RickB wrote: I don't know about the 2910, but on my 3910 you have to go into the etc. part of the setup menu and set player mode to audio. If it's set on video your playing the digital setup. To my ears, of the SACDs and DVD Audio discs I own I think DVD Audio sounds better. ---------------- Aha! I know the setting you are talking about and I am sure it is set to Video. I am new to both that DVD player and DVD-A, so it is likely I have made a setup error. Do you have to switch back and forth between video and audio just to listen or view either source? If so, that is not very convenient for someone like me who does quite a bit of both. I look forward to checking this out as soon as I get back home. The more I think about it, the more it has to be a setup error on my part and not the DVD-A. The way it is now, it sounds like a really poor mix, unlike my video DVD's or my SACD's. Thanks for the tip.
  17. I'm not at home right now, so I can't check. But it just occurred to me that I may be using the wrong input to my processor for the DVD-A. I have been using the 5.1 analog inputs just like I do with SACD. Perhaps I should be using the digital input? Can you guys shed some light on this?
  18. My DVD is the Denon 2910. I am using the analog outputs direct to the HALO C2. I do not use the Denon bass management or sound processing. I recently stated using the Denon, so perhaps some setting is not correct. However, it should be the same as the an SACD, and they sound great. I wonder what could be the issue????
  19. I spent a few hours critically listening to my new DVD-A's and find the mix to be really poor...at least for my taste. "Shaman" has virtually no center channel information. I started to wonder if my Denon 2910 or the HALO C2 were having problems. I put in the Supernatural DVD-video and the Eagles Hell Freezes Over to check. Those sound just phenomenal in my HT. Particularly the Eagles release. I also put in some SACD's to check the system reponse to other 5.1 source material. Fortunately all is well with the hardware. The tracks on the Supernatural DVD-A and the video sound very different. The Video has a more realistic, you're in the audiance, sound to it. I will have to find some good surce material for the DVD-A before I give up on that format.
  20. My main problem with these two was the mix. It doesn't sound natural. For a while, I thought my center channel La Scala had problems. I put in several SACD's and realized the problem was in the mix of those two DVD-a's. I put in the same albums in CD format and they sound great, image is perfect and I guess that was the sound for those albums I was used to. I found the DVD-A's not at all like their concerts, I have been to about 6 and the Cd's are more lifelike. The DVD-video is very good however.
  21. I just purchased my first DVD-A and am rather disappointed with the quality vs. an SACD. Perhaps it is the mixing of the recording, but Santana's Shaman and Supernatural in DVD-A are disappointing. The stereo CD is much better and the DVD-Video is superb soundwise. I expected DVD-A to be similar in quality to the SACD's I have, but have come away less than impressed. Anyone have a similar experience?
  22. ---------------- On 12/31/2004 7:43:47 PM lipinski wrote: damn. that happened fast. austinite here who had some interest. Dallas isn't that far. Congrats on the fast sale. ---------------- In case this falls through, drop me an e-mail. This gentleman had a standing request for notification of sale and he replied immediately. You never know.
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