Well that was a fun episode, I mean, not as fun as last time when you had that one really neat dude on but good none the less.
With all that info you guys gave you did a really good job, it's like you know what you're talking about
I did catch one thing which may need a little clarification. The advertised refresh rates between LCD's and plasmas are not really comparable. I think the 600Hz they through around on plasmas is mostly a marketing trick. Most plasma screens refresh at 60Hz, some a little higher but either way less than 100Hz. I heard a really good explanation of this on another podcast but can't remember the exact episode. I did lots of hard research for about 1 minute, then got tired but did come up with these references:
http://www.avsforum.com/t...-images-plasma-or-lcd-ledhttp://www.avsforum.com/t...ave-a-higher-refresh-rateThat podcast I listen to, there is a new one each week, is called Home Theater Geeks and is part of the twit network. Nearly every item you guys talked about they have a whole hour show on. Want to hear an interview with the president of HDMI standards? A discussion on audio cables? Projector screens? There might even be an interview with an engineer at Klipsch. All sorts of good stuff.
http://twit.tv/htgAs far as my own setup, I am an aspiring audiophile, or as I typed out in chat once, an inspiring audiophile. Ah, spelling mistakes. Since I'm kinda cheap when it comes to entertainment, buying audio equipment has so far been mostly minimal. Mostly. I run a stereo setup simply because the equipment I would want to get to be past the point of thinking, "If only I'd spent a little more I could have gotten something better" would be, well, as Luke said, "Well, more wealth than you can imagine!"
I do want a surround sound toy, I actually have a HTIAB thing that was given to me, it's the garage radio as I don't care for the quality. But for now, I use with our TV/game setup a stereo Harman Kardon HK3490 reciever and Infinity Primus 162 speakers. After I got those I kinda leapfrogged in level with the subwoofer. I got one that would fit in with pretty much any level of audio gear. I'm going to go out on a short limb and say, "I bet its the best of anyone who posts here"
My sub is a Hsu VTF-3 MK4. It has flat response down to 15 or 16Hz (depends what you call "flat") it does roll off below that but will still reproduce information below 10Hz. Anything below 20Hz is very, very low, most subs don't get anywhere close with much power. It's huge and awesome.
http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/vtf-3mk4.htmlWhen you guys were talking about room eq's and sound quality, it reminded me of what I deal with. The room we have our TV in is just horrible for sound. It's really the limiting factor with quality right now. Even if I wanted to upgrade, the room would hold me back with all it's reverberations and reflections.
I would type more, but if I go much longer I think I would have to offer this post as a print on demand book.
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