pmcneil
Responses from pmcneil
| Stereo Imaging I agree with Cdwallace3...."If your center channel isn't improving the quality of your soundstage, you're system isn't set up correctly."I'll just add that I have been fooled many times into thinking I was watching a movie in Dolby Movie IIx mode ... | |
| Is Krell onto something? Peurto, The center's importance, I should have emphasized (but this is the home theater section!), is, in my opinion, most obvious for movies (DVD and BluRay), especially with discrete multi-channel sources, and it also contributes positively for ... | |
| VPI to Symphonic Line Yes, they should be shielded, such as the Kimber KS-1016, because otherwise they are unshielded, and naked.And, you are right, the Cardas golden 5, do NOT age well. It's all that oxygen. | |
| Best U.S.A. speakers? OK, why not weigh in on this one...VMPS!Certainly, where value matters, and it does for most of us.My RM2s are a thing of beauty, especially in the midrange, the treble following in close second. But, alas, I have not heard most of the above...and... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The best speaker I ever heard was my own (VMPS RM2) AFTER I replaced my expensive box subwoofers with an IB system(http://home.comcast.net/~infinitelybaffled/).Suddenly, clarity (the most amazing thing, which I did not expect) from the l/r and cen... | |
| Can back surrounds smear the front image? 'Of course'.OK, then 7.1 processors ought to come with a warning! 'WARNING: THE TWO ADDITIONAL BACK SURROUND CHANNELS SHOULD ONLY BE USED WITH DISCRETE 7.1 SOURCES'. | |
| Explosive Pops from Pre/Pro I get small ones from my Onkyo pre/pro, during the 'handshaking', but nothing alarming. | |
| Can back surrounds smear the front image? Just to clarify things a bit...when I wrote 'rear' surrounds, I was not referring to side surrounds, which I also have, and are not a problem. Rather I was referring to two additional speakers located on the rear wall of the listening room (= 7.1)... | |
| Two Revel Centers Redux? Greywof00, Please let me know what is your experience. I'm convinced that, compared to a lot of the other stuff people spend money and time on, this is important.Movie theaters get rock solid, in the middle effect by placing the speakers behind th... | |
| What to do, what to do.. oh God, what to do? Sealed or not is irrelevant. Room acoustics are. Get a sub with an equalizer, then you can match it to you room. | |
| Does power conditioning really matter? It does matter to every objective person out there once blind listening tests verify what engineers are skeptical l(strongly) about : that a difference can be heard.Speakers, yes! Cables, power supplies...not verified scientifically. Hey, faith st... | |
| Two Revel m20s as center: good idea? Thanks, Kal, for the input. I like the idea of one above and below, IF i can just figure out how to place the speaker above a plasma monitor 3 feet from the wall behind...As for the interaction problem (phase cancelation(, couldn't the same proble... |