bigshot
Headphoneus Supremus
Moo! I'm keeping my horns down! I already got culled once!
I doubt it - I didn't get that from the builder, just stuff I read from other people. It's not such a big deal, but I'm still hoping for some placebo action.
People on the internet are more than happy to help other people spend their money like water.
I'm adding a subwoofer to my game room in less than a week.
I had a very difficult time balancing my Sunfire sub. Movies didn't help at all. It was so loud and so low that even Mozart was like dinosaurs marching around. I tried my normal sound tweaking CD, Donald Fagan's The Nightfly, and failed dismally. Reiner's recording of Marche Slav by Tchaikovsky was what finally got it in the ballpark. It has basses and cellos by themselves, so I could balance the crossover from my mains (cellos) to the sub (basses).
There are all sorts of audiophile reviews of various cables, comparisons, and testimonials about how much better one cable sounded over another. Then I found this page:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
It's written by the former head audio engineer of McIntosh Labs. It's very long, but a fascinating and entertaining read. Apparently all this "High End" speaker cable market is complete nonsense - a real case of the emperor has no clothes. I'm amazed that Monster Cable and the other high-end cable manufacturers can get away with this and aren't prosecuted or sued. It's snake oil.
I was almost convinced I needed to spend $100 to get anything even half-way decent - and even then I wouldn't be buying speaker cables that were commensurate with the quality of the speakers I have my eye on. Now I'll be going out and buying a spool of lamp cord.