A few months after the youngest child moved out during college, my wife suggested we turn his old room into an office for me. In turn, I suggested a 2-channel stereo room instead, paperwork is so 1980's. She is a wonderful lady and got fully on board. Built on a relatively modest budget in a...

I'm trying to decide which I should spend about $350 on: acoustic treatments or covering the walls in black velvet. Right now, acoustics aren't bad but I'm sure they could be a ton better. Watching dark movies is often irritating because I know my RS20 is capable of getting really dark blacks...

Two more major conferences abandon EA Sports’ college football efforts King SEC’s decision today to have all their logos and trademarks removed from future iterations of the newly renamed EA Sports’ College Football (RIP NCAA Football) was just the beginning, as both the...

I'm looking for recommendation for an HDTV. My son is headed off to college this fall. :yikes: He's living on campus his 1st year. The rooms are 9x12 or 10x14. Not sure of the layout. So the viewing distance could range from 7' to 12'. That's assuming 2' seating distance off of the wall. Here's...

my first thread and looking for a home theater system for a small room. i live in a college apartment, about 600 square feet and have about $300 maybe $400 to spend on an audio system. i have read on the forums that most of you guys do not recommend buying a complete system in a box, so should i...

The year was 1988, and the original Ensemble were two subs and 2 satellites. I was a poor, married college student who couldn't convince his wife to let him spend $500 on a speaker system. I had burned all my capital on convincing her to let me spend $200 on an entry level NAD receiver, but...

Right now i have a panasonic 7.1 surround sound, its been decent but i wanna piece together my own system that sounds the way i want. My problem now is that i dont have enough bass and i would like for teh sound to be cleaner through out the speakers. My problem is i dont know what brands are...

My living room at my house is approximately 16x18 or a little less. Im currently running a panasonic 7.1 which is decent but of course it has a small sub and everything and it has plugs on it so you cant replace speakers so im gonna complety redo everything. I dont know where to start should i...

Hello everyone. I just found this site earlier today, what a wealth of information! I will definitely be using this for years to come. I have started to search through the stickies and FAQs but its going to be awhile before I find my footing in this sea of information. As such, I was hoping...