Video Asylum

Posted by SamM (A) on January 11, 2002 at 08:50:17

In Reply to: Most HT set-ups are d*mned silly!... posted by Rich H on January 11, 2002 at 07:12:01:

Although scale is an issue on my system, the image is stunning! I have spent much money and effort to tweak my system with every tweak known to humans! Although the image is still relatively small relative to the sound.... i much rather have a 36" image look as sharp as possible than a 50"+ image that does not match the sound system... by sharp i am refering to: detail, color/hue, contrast, brightness, and black-level.

In addition, i have heard many times that you can either have a great HT setup or a great music setup, but never the two shall meet. I guess i have never heard what the ultimate system can do in either case, but from the HT stand-point my system sounds better than any movie theater i have been to. From the music standpoint i have a very wide and deep and EVEN soundstage wide fairly flat response from low to high that allows me to forget sometimes that i am listening to a stereo and just enjoy that music someone came to personally play in my living room....

My system sounds this good (to me of course) because of the ridiculous amount of time and effort i have put into just about every detail surrounding it..... power, cabling, isolation, positioning, room treatments, etc.... I really do think you CAN have your cake and eat it too! when it comes to HT vs Music!

bring on the flames!

-Sam