Recent content by Chewy

No problem - it should make a great space by the sounds of it, and if its already been converted into a living space you've already saved a big chunk of money in the conversion - a lick of paint, some black carpet and some acoutics panels (easily DIY-able if you've got the time and inclination)...

Good links! A little closer to home, there are some great builds on here that might be of interest: http://www.avforums.com/forums/home-cinema-building-diy.59/ You have to dig into older threads to find some of the better ones, as by their nature they don't always get updated so frequently.

Thats a very nice looking house BigBoss, I hope it all goes through for you. Regarding a home cinema though, if I may be so bold, that Garage looks ripe for conversion to a dedictaed home cinema, its a superb size, detatched fromthe main house and with toilet facilites pre-installed!! That's...

By way of a marginally more serious answer to the question, perhaps: Magico Q7's MSB's new Diamond Select DAC and matching UMP disc spinner Mark Levinson No. 52 or Constellation Altair II preamp Constellation Hercules II monoblocs I'm not into vinyl (yet), but you may as well chuck in an...

. . . its still unclear which is likely to get you most in trouble with the wife . . .

I thought the Naim Statement set-up sounded very good, but as others have said, it should do given its cost. What was obvious to me however, was that I have certainly heard better, for considerably less (around £200k less). The bass wasn't brilliantly controlled, though those massive 16 inch...

I'm afraid you've got the wrong end of the stick with regards to the use of Green Glue. Green Glue is a damping compound that is designed to be used compressed between two flat surfaces. It reduces sound trasmission by reducing the ability of a soundwave to trasmit via vibration through solid...

The onlyblu-ray player that I know of that can output uncompressed HD sound out of a USB port is this one (though somewhatover your budget!): http://www.msbtech.com/products/universalPlus.php?Page=platinumHome That said, I am not sure why you need to output it over USB, surely HDMI is what you...

Interesting thread - a great deal of opinion, and very little user experience?! I have owned a Darbee Darblett for a little over a year. It is the single biggest enhancement to picture quality I have seen. Its effects are incredibly good, and when dialled into the appropriate subjective level...

Rob, Running rear mono-pole speakers out of phase will do noting but ruin your rear sound stage. Dipole speakers operate in a specific manner, with two drivers, one running out of phase and one running in phase, on opposing sides of the speaker. The whole purpose of this arrangement is to...

Thats great, I've not watched any Python in years, that had me laughing out loud at my desk! :cheers:

I agree too, I have heard Focal Scala Utopia's which sounded incredible. I have also demoed Revel Ultima Salon 2's which are out and out the best speaker I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Both speakers list for the best part of £20k, and both are better described as a technical tour...

I won't comment on the relative independence of magazine reviews here (clearly not the place on a magazine forum), but I for one find the Stereophile 'techno-babble' very interesting. You don't need a degree, just a little insight into how the performance of an audio device can be alluded to...

Hi Bazzy, You are right in that the the low pass filter on a sub doesn't directly indicate the frequency response of that sub at each of those low pass filter settings. However I would be hugely surprised if a manufacturer producing a £1,350 sub would offer, on that sub, a cut-off frequency...

I stand corrected! :doh: