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Crimson:
Welcome to the forum....gorgeous finish on those speakers!

Many of us with center channel speakers find dialog is much more intelligible if we set out receivers to "bump up" the center channel output by a couple of dB. I realize you don't have that option, but I point it out because I believe on many TV shows and movies, dialog is mixed in a little low.

I first became aware of it with "ER" where the actors dialog wasn't always crystal-clear especially in a trauma scene. I think the management did that to help increase the feeling of realism.... that sometimes people DO talk over one another and don't speak clearly. I've seen it more and more over the last ten years or so.

Or, I'm getting old.

Point being, I'm not surprised that there are times when the dialog gets buried a bit when using Left and Right speakers only in "phantom center" mode.

Here's a question that's on-topic for the thread: Are there any receivers that allow you to adjust output level on a channel that doesn't exist?

We have a winner!

Did u say your plasma was 15 years old???

He likes breathing sawdust.


I think he meant his 'athsma' is 15 yrs old.

Note the decimal between the 1 and the 5, indicating 1.5, or 1 1/2 years. Yay for math

My sincerest appologies my man, I was reading this post on my Blackberry and the decimal was totally unreadable. I figured it had to be a typo or something, turns out it was just my phone, my bad.

I am so jealous of the VaSSallo finish, they look awesome

If the receiver is set up correctly why shouldn't he use DD or DTS for movies and games? What benefit is there of using stereo?

I know someone who has a plasma which is getting close to 15 years old. It is a 1st gen Pioneer, still works just a little dimmer than it was when new.

He wants to get a 100+ inch plasma to replace it, but can't find anyone who will sell him one.