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• Tubes work great for HT - Michael 09:39:46 04/26/02 (1)
  In Reply to: HT in Tubes posted by htstsset on April 26, 2002 at 00:48:25:

  IMHO I find tubes work great for HT. I use tube amps in my HT and music setup with very enjoyable results. If you do not have any experience with tubes I suggest doing a stereo setup with tubes first so that you can determine if you really like the sound of tubes. Tubes aren't for everyone.
  
  

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  • Re: Tubes work great for HT - htstsset 10:08:02 04/26/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Tubes work great for HT posted by Michael on April 26, 2002 at 09:39:46:

    I do have a litte experience in tubes but not in home theater. My concern is how much dynamics will I lose compared to solid state but then again there are subwoofers and good bass management so it may still capture most of the movie magic.

    In your experience, what are it's advantages over similarly priced solid state and what are the disadvantages?
    
    

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• Re: HT in Tubes - kotches 06:36:45 04/26/02 (2)
  In Reply to: HT in Tubes posted by htstsset on April 26, 2002 at 00:48:25:

  Define "better".

  Personally, I'm not a fan of inherent colorations, and SETs qualify as inherently colored. That's a personal thing, though, and I understand the allure of SET.

  In terms of your selections of components, I can't argue with what you've chosen, from an electronics standpoint.

  Plasma displays (at this time) have poor black levels, and a sort of "memory effect". This is an "afterimage" left on the screen for a period of time -- put on a grid test pattern (sometimes referred to as convergence), and wait 5 minutes. Change over to an unused input, and you will see the grid within the "black screen".

  For US$5-6K I would take a serious look at FPTV or one of the new LCD, DLP or D'ILA sets coming to market.

  Regards,

  
  
  

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  • Re: HT in Tubes - htstsset 09:58:51 04/26/02 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: HT in Tubes posted by kotches on April 26, 2002 at 06:36:45:

    Better in this case is subjective.

    Better for me means not bright or boomy. It doesn't have to be clinically precise, but pleasing to the ears in music mode. In movies I still want dynamics although not of the house shaking kind because I'm more into music than movies. Of course the system has to have decent movie effects, explosions, music soundtracks, and most important of all clear dialogs.

    With regards to plasma displays, I can live with the imperfections because there are many things I like about it. For one you don't need a dark room and other devices (excluding the source) just to get good pictures from it. Also it acts as my TV and we have 5 or 6 local stations already in DTV and many of their OTA broadcast is in HD. Last but not least there is DirecTV. Bottom line is I have lots of choices and the system is quite flexible and easy to setup and operate.

    One thing I'm curious about is how will a plasma monitor react to speaker magnets?
    
    

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    • Re: HT in Tubes - kotches 17:31:43 04/28/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: HT in Tubes posted by htstsset on April 26, 2002 at 09:58:51:

      I suspect it won't like it one bit, but you need to check with the manufacture.

      Plasmas are nice in terms of "gee whiz" appeal, but that's the extent of it to me.

      Give 'em 5 or 6 years, and we'll discuss 'em again :-)

      Regards,

      
      
      

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