Home Audio

I am looking for a pair of speaker stands for my KEF bookshelf's. I've looked at Parts Express and some mainstream places like Best Buy and I don't like the looks of any stands that I have seen. Preferences: Height - 24"-30". Black. Metal. Anyone have any place to direct me?

So i just got my behringer ep2500 today and hooked it up a couple minutes ago to my xxx. I bought some rca to 1/4" converters and turned the reciever on to hear the beast. BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ That's the only noise I can get, when I connect my ipod the sub plays fine, but when I connect the amp to the sub output of this older sony reciever (1999 if i had to guess ) I tried using my dad's bash300 amp and got the exact same noise from the reciever. Just wondering if anyone has any clue as to what I'm doing wrong or what is causing this problem. thanks

Ok well i need suggestions for a home audio setup for my room.... Once i get a little money i might re-do it.... I have an older (maybe 8-10 years old) Technics reciever and it is fine so i don't see any reason to get rid of it... I also have some jbl speakers from a Home-Theatre-In-The-Box type thing we bought a while back... There is a KLH sub in my room too that sucks pretty bad and would be the first thing to go.... It has a 125 watt plate amp on it but not sure how true that rating it, although i do believe it is rms.... My budget is $300 bucks for a subwoofer amp.... How much would a decent 500 watt RMS amp cost and would it be a direct hookup to where my powered su…

I am looking to build a box for 2 EHQS 12's to put in my room. The measurements of the box are 48" h x 20" w x 16" d, they are not for sure if you have any suggestions let me know I just want a tower design to go in the corner. And I was planning on using dual flared aeroports either 2 4" or 2 6". My question is how is my design will they sound good for HT use, if not please help me with my design to where they will perform the best and get the loudest. And what size ports should I use the 4" or the 6" ports, what tuning am I looking for with HT. I know alot about car audio and can build one hell of a box for a car setup but I am not too familiar with HT setups and what i…

My little sister is wanting a cheap little set up. Nothing fancy just something cheap and sounds halfway decent at normal listening levels. Her room is pretty small so Imaging is not a concern. She would be happy with something off the shelf from Walmart but she wants me to help build something that is hers. I'll more than likely buy a small 4 channel amp from parts express and build the crossovers and add a 3.5mm plug so she can hook her Iphone to it. I was looking at these Dayton's they are pretty cheap about 20 bucks a piece: DC28F-8 and DC160-8. My question is would y'all recommend anything else that's around the same price range. My knowledge of what's avail…

I currently have a SONY STR-DG820 A/V receiver (got it for free) and the subwoofer output is a single RCA. Is it not possible to use a Crown XTi 1000? (I have never seen connectors like the back of the Crown before) I originally was going to power a Fi Q18 with a Dayton HPSA1000-R 1000W Rackmount Subwoofer Amplifier. But then as far as the reviews go that amp is highly overrated. I don't have a serious problem with that but I would like to get a quality subwoofer amplifier because I don't plan on having the SONY receiver forever. Thanks.

I'm looking to do a bit of an expirement. My HT system is a "people's choice" ORB AUDIO setup. I have two orbs (two 4' orbs) for all four channels. Anyway, The orbs have no real midbass. I have no connection between my sub and the orbs. I'm looking for a good 280hz-60hz. The best crossover point for these are around 120hz as per manufacture. I'm wanting to build a midbass enclosure to add to this setup. Not sure if things will work but I'm always willing to try. I don't want to spend too much at this point, probably around $30-40 for the mids and a simple crossover design to go along. I know I may be missing some info for some, so let me know what questions you have for m…

where to start. my friend told me he has 1k to spend on a pair of speakers for his house. so i started looking here for ideas. http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...?showtopic=8762 mainly listening to music and movies in stereo. he looking for speakers that dont really need a sub. although he might consider his rl-i 10. last speakers he had where pioneer HMP-100s. which where a little bright but he liked them overall. anyone have any recommendations? or how about whats your favorite setup under that price?

so i bought a big ass shed, something i have always wanted, half of it is my "home gym" and the other half is my work shop , my first though for music was to do a standard audio receiver , but after looking around on parts express im thiking hell why not do something small compact and different . goals, good full sound,stereo with a sub, bluetooth would be cool but not a must. i was looking at the new Lepai LP-2020TI but the Lepai LP-168HA 2.1 has a sub channel if i run the LP 168HA am i lookiing a running an inline passive cross over of sorts>?

Hello everyone Toshiba 65 inch tv, Playstation 3, Yamaha RX-V3800 receiver, Crown CE2000 amp for subwoofers, (4) Treo tsx 12 inch subwoofers, Focal polyglass 260V3 speakers with 10 inch midbass, 5 inch mids and tweeters.

Hi my roomate has a sony stereo system and were looking to take the built-in amp and have it power a 12". When we took the cover off of his amp we saw what is shown in the picture attached. My question is which wires when cut need to be ran to the sub? I will put connectors on the wires so if he ever wants to wire it back up he can. Thanks for any help

My father-in-law is getting ready to install his theater system in the new house. He's kinda on a budget, but wanted me to about this brand, specifically about the AC640 & AC680. Whats your input on theses? Thx, Vic.

How come most every home audio sub is ported? The question is that simple. I want to learn more.

I've been messing around lately with some 15" Drivers David Moore at PSI has been custom building for me to use for a few of the HT designs I have been implementing. I was using a lot of the Parts Express drivers for a while, the Ultimax and Reference series for custom installs, but the prices were going up and my wholesale discount kept seeming to get smaller and smaller. Anyway, David's drivers work well, sound good and measure decent in 3.5 ft3 boxes. Here are some pics of the last few, I have been getting the ones you can see coated with Line-X and the hidden ones just plain MDF. I have been using between 750 and 1000 watts per driver...

i keep seeing these in the ad bar on this site and the price looks really good http://fluance.com/fluan5speaks.html?gclid...CFQMngAodZzDx0A either thah or these: http://fluance.com/fluanhigthre.html my living room would look nice with either one. i like having a set of full range towers instead of separate pieces

Just thought I'd post this build here too, it's also on homeaudioforum.com. I will be building a pair of two way floor standing speakers with an 8" woofer and a 1" dual ring radiator tweeter. The drivers i picked are the 8" usher 8137 Kevlar/carbon woofer and the vifa xt 1" ring radiator. Ok so here are some solid works designs And the order

my dad doesnt want to spend more than 1500 at most if possible. its going in a room with no windows that is pitch black 100% its going to be projected on a 16:9 ~124" screen. obviously we would like 1080p, etc, etc.. any recommendations? was looking at a Sanyo one at bestbuy for $1449 id assume they can be had online for cheaper though? post up some links here, would like to order this week heres the screen i made, still need to put a small black boarder around it to finish it off

Quick question on a center channel.. Basically looking for opinions due to personal experience.. What will sound better, or will it make much of a difference

Figured I might as well post this...this guy writes for an online e-zine kinda thing (Perfect Sound Forever) and is a big supporter of vinyl. I certainly don't agree with everything he writes, but it's good reading material if you're into audio anyway and want to hear a different perspective Archives are available here: http://www.furious.com/perfect/vinylanachronist.html

i have a OZ ME10.2 i'm going to use for my HT sub. i'm wanting to incorporiate (sp?) it into a end table since i don't have one for eather coutch. if i do sub and port both pointing down, how far off the ground should i have it? i will be also going at about 1.25 cubes, what should i tune it to?

I'm looking to do an IB setup in my basement with a pair of 18s. Which drivers would be better, the Q series or the SSD and why?

Idk what to tune to for a Home setup. But I have a 4 inch aero port and a Fi X 12 DVC 4 ohm. I was thinking something like 2 cuft tuned around 24 Hz?

I figured it would be fun to make a little HT Setup for the dorm room. I have a MAW-10 to use (can run at 8 or 2 ohms) and thought about getting some MLI-65 and a tweeter to match for up front. Not looking for anything spectacular just something really to play with. I'm more concerned about with amplifiers and reciever to use as I don't know much about them. Also I guess I would prefer to run active as I don't want to make my own crossover and would like experience with active anyways.

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_i...roducts_id=8232 How does this crossover look. Im considering buying 3 sets for LCR and these seem to be reasonable and could buy all 3 sets for less than $450.

Im in need of a new home theater reciever for my room. My older sony reciever finally gave out the other day, and i cant stand listening to my games and movies through my tv speakers! I dont have too much money to spend on one(roughly $200). I found a couple Harman Kardon HK AVR 247's on ebay that were going for a good price, and i was wondering if that reciever will suit my setup. If not, could someone point me in the right direction? I have Polk monitor 50 floorstanders, polk r15 rears, and a Polk CS1 center. Its manly 50% games, 25% music, and 25% movies. thanks