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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1258
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| Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 11:03 am: |
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Well I said I’ll get some images of my small, but it’s not finished yet so the management is proud to present ASHLEY’S HOME CINEMA.
Note: three-screen “JBL CONTROL 5” placed across the front Note above centre channel is the JBL MR for the upper centre channel.
Note: JBL 4645 18inc 600watts continues program power down to 20Hz cut-off 80Hz sub bass Professional THX cinema approved.
The image is a bit dark sorry, anyway this is the right side surround JBL control 5 placed at the side back, in the middle is the Eltax HT-2Bipolar this is used for ambient surround matrix mixed down from the fronts.
The again just a little bit dark sorry, anyway this is the centre back surround JBL HT-1F this will produce a loud SPL db level up to 105db in the centre of the room.
The image is a bit dark sorry, anyway this is the left side surround JBL control 5 placed at the side back, in the middle is the Eltax HT-2Bipolar this is used for ambient surround matrix mixed down from the fronts.
Though a little bit unclear at the top is the SONY DVP-S336 DVD region 2 below it is the Pioneer DV-525 DVD region 2, below that is the Ferguson videostar Hi-Fi NICAM VCR not used as much now only for the odd film on VHS, and blow that is the Pioneer CLD-1750 Laserdisc player PAL / NTSC still in use, and lastly below that is the Pioneer CLD-2950 Laserdisc player PAL / NTSC again still in use.
This is the SoudLab 2WEX Active X-over for the centre channel this gives a bit more gain and increasing dialogue intelligibility further X- 20Hz to 500Hz to 20KHz 18db octave.
At the top is the JVC EQ this is for the split-surrounds, below that is the Marantz 1030 this is for the rear side split-surrounds, below that is the Marantz 1050 this is for the front centre channel, and the centre back surround channel, below that is the Marantz 1050 this for the front left and right mains each amplifier is for three-screen matching JBL control 5 and the for the centre back JBL HT-1F.
On top is the mixer that I have been using to do the LFE test, below that the Pioneer VSP-200 this used to produce two more extra ambient channels which comes from the fronts from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select which is placed below, the Pioneer VSP-200 is Dolby pro-logic with auto balance, it got onboard amplifiers for the upper centre channel and the side middle ambient surround matrix, below the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select. Is the Yamaha DSR-70pro-logic this is used for the centre back surround with height surround ready, also the side rear split-surrounds, the pre-outputs from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D are going into the pre-inputs on the front Lt Rt to produce the signals with all output to separate EQ’s. and lastly at the bottom is the Yamaha DSP-100 this is used for taking the signal from the Active X-over Lf and HF outputs and the out puts to the amplifier.
Anyway there’s more to come….
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1260
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 02:40 am: |
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Close up of the left side rear of the JBL control 5.
Close up of the right side rear of the JBL control 5.
Close up of the EQ’s including two “RTA” the other RTA is on the pc.
View of microphone face the front, for testing and calibration alignment.
This image shows the microphone, when calibrating the sound system with the use of an RTA.
Close up view of the JBL HT-1F centre back surround.
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1261
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 03:47 am: |
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Laserdiscs and DVD’s and more close ups of the JBL control 5…
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1262
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 04:50 am: |
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More close ups of the JBL 4645 professional THX cinema approved and dts millennium dts decode not in use as the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select as Dolby and dts digital decoding.
Close up of the JBL 2240H/ 18inc sub bass driver.
Note: millennium decode, above is a Teletex decoder.
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1263
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 02:12 pm: |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1268
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 06:11 pm: |
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Now showing “STAR WRAS” EPISODE 4 A NEW HOPE, the force is strong with the JBL 4645.
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1271
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 06:56 am: |
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A film for every mood, from Laserdisc to DVD’s/ Action, Musicals, Romance, Horror, Sci-Fi Documentary’s, Thrillers, True story events, just about enough to sink a battle ship.
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1272
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 07:25 am: |
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A film for every mood, from Laserdisc to DVD’s/ Action, Musicals, Romance, Horror, Sci-Fi Documentary’s, Thrillers, True story events, just about enough to sink a battle ship.
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Bronze Member Username: Em69
Ottawa
Canada
Post Number: 24
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 11:02 am: |
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Your wire management seems pretty good. I like the cardboard speaker holders as well. |
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1298
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 11:26 am: |
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Gold Member Username: Paul_ohstbucks
Post Number: 2288
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 02:06 am: |
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Holy smokes andy....
That's a "LOT" of electronics. Thanks for sharing.
Ya know...
You really ought to consider putting your movies in alphabetical order!!!
You and I also share a similar taste in movies. I guess when you have that many, we're bound to overlap
You should put an astrisk next to the description...."this setup is NOT for WAFfers". |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1325
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 06:10 am: |
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Paul
There’s titles like (20th century fox) films on the top shelf below that is Paramount and then “Columbia tri-star home video” (Universal) (Columbia pictures) (tri-star) below that “Buena Vista” (Disney) (Touchstone) which leads into (Warner Bros).
So I keep them in order to the Studios that produced them, and if I wanted to make it look a whole lot more entertaining, which would take a few hours to design, but figuring the space these films take up over “Laserdiscs” 1# being so affordable over there big brother or daddy, DVD’s multiply like bugs a before you know it, your surrounds by them, et the picture.
The home cinema is not finished as of yet, this is only temporary up front I’ll be building a baffle wall like in the Lucasfilm “THX” cinemas, this will extended the frequency response down lower on the three-screen matching JBL control 5 and the JBL 4645, which mind you already goes down to THX Quake levels.
Anyway glad you found it of some amusement and hope it was an eye opener to the seed of things to come………
Ashley
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Silver Member Username: Camaro823
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Post Number: 214
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| Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 11:47 pm: |
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I like your setup and your large collection (nice to see your not one of those woh own pirated copies of movies) Check mine out sometime its under the "My bascially done HT" thread. |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1331
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 06:03 pm: |
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JC,
Cheers there’s no pirate copy’s in my home cinema set-up everything is legitimate, though it’s still under construction with lots a ideas like a “THX baffle” wall, about something tells me it will be a problem to install, I haven’t updated the images with any thing new reason is there no point, the positioning of the three-screen channels are placed in differently as to the images in my first post hear on the (Bragging) page.
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Gold Member Username: Paul_ohstbucks
Post Number: 2408
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 12:15 pm: |
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Any pirated copies would be lousy quality anyway. If you either have a good sound system or large screen, a pirated copy would look and sound like crap. |
Silver Member Username: Camaro823
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Post Number: 215
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| Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 08:50 pm: |
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Well thast not entirely true, there are programs out their that make duplicate copies of dvd's like DVD Xcopy. They make identical copies ( I know of people that rent movies and then burn it) Its more of a moral thing, and personally I find it stupid when people have a full library of pirated material. I will admit I have watched these movies and they are of identical quality. |
Gold Member Username: Paul_ohstbucks
Post Number: 2426
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:59 pm: |
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I disagree...
You're little $300 DVD burner cant reproduce the quality from the origional. If you had a 'real' soundsystem, you'll hear the difference. |
Gold Member Username: Paul_ohstbucks
Post Number: 2427
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:01 pm: |
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Also, screen size will make a difference. If you're watching the movie on your friends 27" in his mothers basement, you probably wont see a difference.
Now put that on a 10' screen or a large HDTV, and the differences will become more noticable. |
Silver Member Username: Camaro823
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Post Number: 216
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| Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:41 pm: |
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I agree screen size does make a difference and I assure you the difference is not noticeable,
I use this to watch my movies and they look great.
(the actual ones) and when my friends bring their movies over it looks identical. Not the best example, but my actual Napoleon Dynamite was identical to my friends burned one.
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Bronze Member Username: Diverhank
Huntington Beach, CA
Post Number: 22
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 04:40 pm: |
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Regarding the topic of DVD copies versus original...I believe that the sound is identical. The video is somewhat inferior to the original if compression is required(--original size exceeds 4.7 GB which is almost always the case) |
New member Username: Mysterio
Post Number: 6
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 07:24 pm: |
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Damn that's a lot of electronics! Love it! On a side note I don't buy bootlegs unless they are not in print or out of print like SPIDERMAN & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS or SILVER SURFER animated |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1332
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 09:23 am: |
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You bet, though this I only put together over the coarse of years, it’s one of affordability, and simplicity….
Although some of you will be turning on the wrong switch for all this, and though it’s not high tech, it does perform very well…
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Bronze Member Username: Zorro
Post Number: 31
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 12:13 pm: |
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Hey Andy, this is impressive ! very well done Mate!
Hey, can you please tell me how to upload the Pictures? Everytime I try I get a message saying that the image is too big !
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1333
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Friday, September 23, 2005 - 08:34 am: |
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Zorro’
Take the picture that you what to be seen, and then upload it to the pc this will be saved on (hard-drive) which will be in (My pictures) folder, you will then enter (My pictures) folder and look for the image that you have save, once found right click over the image, and look for (edit) press edit this will enable you to, reduce the size of the image to within the correct size format, then save the image under a different name…
You will then be able to open the image and post this on the (Ecoustics) forums.
Also about edit there are some techniques that can be used to manipulate the image anyway Zorro’ hope this information is of some help to you…..
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Bronze Member Username: Zorro
Post Number: 34
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Friday, September 23, 2005 - 07:42 pm: |
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Andy,
Thanks a lot mate, I will try and see what happens
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Gold Member Username: Illuminator
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Post Number: 1848
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 02:37 pm: |
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quote:You're little $300 DVD burner cant reproduce the quality from the origional.
If you use a dual layer burner, it definitely can. I'm assuming you're referring to single layer burning in which the program has to compress the video so it will fit on the 4.7gb available thus reducing video quality quite dramatically. |
Silver Member Username: Camaro823
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| Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 03:30 pm: |
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exactly |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1334
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 10:06 am: |
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Zorro’
Have you figured out how to upload your images yet?
Sure like to see your home cinema as well.
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 02:59 pm: |
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Personally, I watch my movies on a 40 ft wide cinema screen sourced from a long throw digital HD projector with a 32,000 watt 5.1 EV sound system powered by Crown Amps and sourced by a Apple computer into a Crest X4 Mixing console. But thats just me..... (I am the sound engineer at a college theatre, i can use it whenever i want) |
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| Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 10:24 pm: |
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so you like to spend a lot of your time talking dirty to men you ho mo |
Bronze Member Username: D_singh
Post Number: 91
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 06:23 pm: |
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You know, there's a saying that says "Less is More". In this case, I think maybe it is. |
New member Username: Oldschool4life
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| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 03:18 pm: |
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GOOD GOD!!!
...looks like a damn pawn shop.
:eek: |
Silver Member Username: John_s
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| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:47 pm: |
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You buzzards can fly around Ashley's old thread, but be advised the wise old sage has moved on to bigger and better things. Not much meat left here. |
New member Username: Oldschool4life
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| Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 01:21 am: |
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But, he still did it like that (this past year)...
...AND, bragged about it on sveral forums.
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3102 |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
Post Number: 1335
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 02:45 pm: |
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Yeah that’s right better things, the more things change the more they stay the same, and so you guys enjoy yourselves, and Mr “Shamu chef” we don’t need you trolling around on the “Secrets” and that’s not the only site that I’m joined to, follow me around and you won’t last long.
Ashley’ as spoken.
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Gold Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 09:26 pm: |
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Indeed |
Bronze Member Username: Mestre1966
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| Posted on Monday, June 05, 2006 - 12:31 am: |
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DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNN
better not living next to me! lolllllll
You work for any demolition company or someting???
just for asking
price of all electronics was????
nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Bronze Member Username: Dandandan
Brisbane,
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| Posted on Monday, June 05, 2006 - 05:38 am: |
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wat was the price ?
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 05:20 pm: |
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Here is an update my small but Just bl00dy loud(JBL) home cinema.
"No, No you can’t possibly use x16 JBL control 1's for the surrounds!"
I’m still on schedule with the JBL control summer project, the plan is to install x16 JBL control 1’s for the surround array chain, so far just x8 are installed and up and running, truly awesome split-surrounds and the centre back surround is WOW, the height surrounds will be the next part of the upgrade, with a few more extra JBL control 1’s on the side walls.
I have taken a little “timeout” to read some back issues of the THX monitor to refreshing my memory with “THX Monitor” the professional monthly reading digest, the information is laid out clearly and in-depth over four pages, the part that I’m is surround loudspeaker layout, also the JBL cinema manual, I just like this stuff, its all good stuff!
Hears a photo view of “THX Monitor” volume 1, Number 4 February 1992, page 3
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Gold Member Username: Project6
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| Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 08:55 pm: |
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Oy, Ashley...got any HD-DVD or Blu-Ray yet |
Gold Member Username: John_s
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| Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 09:05 am: |
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Ashley....you keep adding speakers to that room and pretty soon there'll be no room for a decent sized HDTV you need.
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Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 05:52 pm: |
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Berny, John
Thanks
Only an affordable video projector will suffice! The impact with this amount of JBL Control 1 surrounds, and not forgetting it’s all been balanced and EQ, the results sounds more like what I would hear in a (cinema) plus it’s (future proof) so if I what to make any special adjustments all that I would have to here is a little re-wiring, and some re-plugging, no problem. |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 05:05 pm: |
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Here are some pictures from this summers JBL control 1 surround array project, these images weren’t placed here during the summertime because time and editing the sizes of the images so here they are.
The new JBL control 1 package price Ł49.95 UK, at “Richer Sounds” Hi-Fi home cinema store.
I first tried one of the JBL control 1 fitted to the centre part of the room, just to see what the performance was like. Well I was very impressed and the timbre balance wasn’t that far of ether, just a little bit equalizing will solve that.
Grandly over the weeks I placed them up, and angling them slightly downwards over the listening area and the whole surround started to REALLY come together as one whole superb surround effectiveness that wowed me! |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 05:11 pm: |
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Looking down the left JBL control 1, side surround array.
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Silver Member Username: Gamerdude
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| Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 04:38 pm: |
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wow amazing a NEW prospective of surround sound and that sub! Jesus! its a pig most likely sounds like a rock concert in there
good job |
Gold Member Username: Basshead86
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| Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 08:01 pm: |
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this thread is ooooold. lol
nice setup Andy...Ashley |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Friday, October 06, 2006 - 09:48 pm: |
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Kyle, Muddy thanks
You should have heard it today, I mean feel it WOW "Drop Zone" 1994, what a cracking movie from start to end Foley wow you can feel the body punches! |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 10:07 am: |
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Additional laserdiscs, that arrived today from the grand ole USA from a new best friend.
Blade Runner is the film of day! This early directors cut edition on laserdisc look very pleasing colours are rich and strong within the 2.35:1 Panavision frame, the neon lighting is beautifully captured on this laserdisc thou I would say the DVD will have a little more edge, but there is no way the VHS version would be able to measure up to this fine CAV edition.
The Dolby stereo soundtrack is what it is, it’s not the six-track Dolby stereo road show version that appeared on the 70mm prints. Dialogue is reproduced nicely via the JBL THX sound system with a cracking score that ends the film superbly with low end that slams into you’re chest!
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Bronze Member Username: Deadhorse
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 08:49 am: |
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I think this setup looks like a pawn shop and you can't possibly need six equalizers?. |
Gold Member Username: Thx_3417
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 10:02 am: |
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Nick
Well you should check out some of the professional cinemas, the Dolby CP processor might use the internal 1/3 octave 27 band EQ for the in house use to match the frequency response within the ISO 2969 X curve! But some might have external EQ for custom modifications for certain films! Thus not tampering with the internal Dolby CP units EQ functions!
So yes I do need and I’m planning on changing them over to matching EQ m |
