Posts by Dennis Erskine

Quote:How do you project the image all the way down to the floor without people's heads getting in the way? If the projectors are set very high, don't you introduce terrible keystoning into the image?Ever been in commercial IMAX theater?...

Is it a three-way or a four-way? How to tell the difference: Excluding the ground, if there are three wires, it is a three-way. If there are four wires it is a four way (has nothing to do with the number of switches controlling the...

The IMAX equipment (speakers, amps, projection screen, projection system, etc.) all comes from IMAX and is the same gear, same engineers, same support chain as used in the commercial IMAX theaters. An IMAX private theater will never be a...

Quote:I'd personally like to see sound translation between 2 layers of drywall with GG versus 2 layers of the same drywall with silicone caulk, and again with latex caulk. GG's MSDS claims it's a latex polymer mixed with water, so I'm...

Quote:So how can 701 plain have over 1.00 for every frequency from 250hz up? How can it absorb more than 100%? The coefficient is calculated based upon the face surface area of the material under test; however, while being tested the...

Quote:They will think, based on what I've heard from others building a house and what we've been told when trying to get one here at work, that putting in a zone system in will create more problems than it addresses. That the dampers...

That is correct ... rear projection to a 144" wide Starglas screen.

DD is building a DF-4K for us based on the Christie CP4220 (if I recall correctly). Looking forward to seeing the beast!

Quote:That's pretty typical Sony, I guess, to restrict the FMP-X1 media server to their own sets only.At this point they have to. Clearly there is a marketing motive; but, the absence of any transport standard, they have to built their...

If your front speakers are either baffle mounted or less than 3.5' from the front/side walls, you'll need absorption or diffusion on that front wall.