BrolicBeast's Living Room Theater - Page 44

Yes, its great to get up, close, and personal with the image. Glad you like it......but alas, I just sold my Klipsch speakers to help fund a high-end upgrade...but they were great.


Oh I thought you split the signal into two crowsons, but I do indeed now recall you saying that you have one under the main LP. My gosh.....1kw available wattage on one transducer....man, you may have a jackhammer on your hands.

Is anyone else underwhelmed by CES so far? 4K displays at sizes too small to benefit from the format....a series of phones and tablets...laptops...

Looks like I may have to wait until E3 to get excited.....and then, CEDIA!

Although the show isn't over yet...

Yeah man—and I completely agree on the reason as well. Being more interested in projectors and mid-to-high-end audio means a smaller concentration on the things we value. It does provide some decent insight into technology that will be making its way into projectors though.


Very true…it’s definitely focused on the general consumer. LOL, yeah I’ve noticed that’s been your by0line for quite some time, so I know you’re definitely a 4k proponent! The second 4k material is released en masse, I’ll begin scooping up the gear. Thankfully, the Integra 80.3 does 4k passthrough, but my Lumagen…nope…projector…nope…..those will all have to be updates. Ah, I’ve missed Sony’s 4k mastered Blu Rays….I’ll have to research that today. I’m also very interested in the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3), as I am a gamer and always look forward to the high-impact items. This year should see the next-gen systems announced, although they don’t hold a handle to a well-build, high-end PC.


Lol, I am and always have been a plasma fan. I’ve got a Panasonic plasma in my media room (sold the LCD that was in there before) and it’s black levels are remarkable. Well, its picture overall is remarkable! Long live Plasma!!! Although I do fear that LCD will soon give Plasma televisions Pai Mei’s five-finger exploding heart technique soon. (Kill Bill 2 reference!)

Ah yes! I usually look forward to Stereophile’s coverage of the Venetian. Do you normally go every year? I’m thinking about taking a week off from work and attending CEDIA this year. I’d like to attend more trade shows, but I am an introvert and I hate-hate-hate crowds. CEDIA might be worth it though.

I want to “Be Like Mike” then—to attend a trade show even every other year must be great. Major shows like that sometimes have Segways (sp) for rent (I’ve seen some at some large-scale business conferences). You can cruise the entire floor, and never take a step. Then again, given the volume of attendance at these shows, the few available probably wouldn’t last long. I really think I’m going to try to make CEDIA this year just to oogle at new technology. I’m hoping the Sony VPL1000 gets some cheaper competition this year. So you went to NAB? I’m sure the fllors were filled with $200k cameras. Production equipment makes enthusiast equipment look like downright bargains.

Oh wow….You know what that means! You’ve got to fly overone of these summers (maybe on vacation with the family) and check CEDIA-USA out! Just out of curiosity, have you traveled to the states before?

Greetings dharel, and thanks for the very kind words. Those are some great upgrades, as you can’t go wrong with KEF’s—these guys have been around for decades. Ahhhh, scooped up an Outlaw LFM? I’m pretty sure the LFM stands for “Low frequency Monster!” lol….Great upgrade. **Lifts glass** Here’s to upgraditis, indeed! May our angry wallets be ever in our favor! Lol


An absolutely AWESOME article HTG. After reading this, I am NOT holding my breath for complete UHD adoption anytime soon. Establishing an entire infrastructure would need to start with, at a minimum, 100% permeation of the professional cinema environment before trickling into home use with the few plausible codecs. I had no idea that UHD was so far off.

I’ve never heard of Timescapes or Samsara….but Baraka is one of my go-to reference video discs! (A great clip is also on the Superleo demo disc). How do those two compare with Baraka? Pizza and Baraka sound like a perfect evening…..makes me want some Pizza now……and Baraka!

I’ve been an Ht subscriber since ’07—just got my Feb/March issue, but haven’t looked through it yet. I’m going to need to read it today. On par with the VT series? As I recall, Sony came very close to the mark last year with an XBR LCD as well ( I forget the model).

Lol, that first sentence made me laugh. Lol….the upgrade path never ends! Lol. Man, trust me—if you’re thinking about the Crowsons, your on the path to even MORE theater excellence! The thing is, don’t tell people you own transducers. The look in their faces when they FEEL the vibration—they wondering about where the vibration is coming from. They will simply be that much more engrossed in the film material an action on screen.

Guys,

With my new transducers, I’ve been testing out my favorite bass scenes of all time. The top scenes are……

--The Hulk ( Edward Norton)—my gosh, during the climactic fight between the Hulk and the Abomination, there’s an LFE effect everytime the Hulk and The Abomination take a step, but the real kicker is when Hulk is beating Abomination with the pieces of the police car….right after the car parts disintegrate with Abomination on the ground, he grabs Abomination’s neck and raises his right hand to land a punch….at THIS moment, there is bass SOOOOO deep, that I started getting serious (and beautiful) excursions from all 4 of my 15” Submersive F2 drivers! Crazy!!! I dare anybody to play it at refence and NOT walk away grinning for half an hour.

--War of the Worlds—the pod emergencuy scene has been beaten into the ground, so I will focus on when the alien begins shooting its “death rays?” at the humans……the bass, along with the transducer vibration, is an absolutely mindblowing experience. The scene is punctuated with a horizontal building explosion while Tom Cruise runs toward the camera. I almost had to look around to ensure no shrapnel was falling next to me.

--Flight of the Phoenix – Plane Crash. nuff said!

--Percy Jackson – Hydra battle. When the hydras leg first hits the ground, it feels like it just landed next to you! Also, when the middle one breathes fire, all that’s missing is the heat.

--Underworld Awakening – THE WHOLE MOVIE!! Lol…I’m not joking!

I would like to make a small commentary on one unexpected benefit of transducers. You can watch at a very low volume, and still “feel” the impact of your subwoofer. I watched a bass scene last night at 11:30pm and the volume was at -33, and the scene still had a huge impact due to the tactile transducers. Everyone should own one—especially for late-night listening, or low listening while the kids are studying.

Craig, THANK-YOU! I did multiple searches for a crowson thread last week, but all I got was the generic transducer thread (the one with diagrams.) I might have been using the wrong search terms (I was searching for “Crowson Transducers.”)

Yes Sir, certainly getting quite a bit of enjoyment out of them. Yes, that bridge explosion is both audible and conceptual standpoint. I don’t understand why the picture quality is sooooo bad for WotW on Blu ray though. I can’t even use it as a demo to others, because past demos w/ WotW have had the audience distracted by how bad the picture was (then I have to pop in a reference video disc to prove that my projector isn’t garbage!)

I’m a little wary of the daunting task of combining my Lumagen Radiance processor’s Color Management System (CMS) with the CMS in the RS56. I planned to unbox and dial it in this weekend, but with family visiting Sat and me auditioning some Legacy Speakers out of state on Sunday, it’ll be a while. I’ll probably start dialing it in next week. I already know what the Lumagen will do, but I’m curious to explore what fine-tuning options will be available on the RS56 after Lumagen calibration. The Lumagen worked very well with my old RS45, but I’m expecting big things out of this combination. Does anybody have any eShift/eShift2 settings advice? I can’t seem to find a dedicated RS56 thread. I can only find the CEDIA anticipation thread.

Greetings Sarge, man, AVS is such a great place!! I actually just sold my 103 last week, but I do know that the HDMI performance is absolutely identical. I did have them both in the rack for about 48 hours, and just for kicks, I did compare the analog performance of the two (with audyssey disengaged to avoid D-A-D conversion) and, as I expected, the 105 was definitely the superior player. I do a lot of analog listening these days, and the room is treated to the point where is sounds great without Audyssey for two channel. My HDMI inputs all have Audyssey turned on though. Only the XLR analog input has Audyssey turned off by default (I love the flexibility of the Integra 80.3!). thinking about picking up one of them....or both ?