advice on projectors and screens

Dave - the auto-iris in the Epson 8350 can be really annoying. This is how they get better contrast and better blacks out of cheaper designs. If you have not opened the box you may want to reconsider.

oops tablet typos ...touch screens suck

Shadorne

Ya, I knew about the iris, and many other issues with this projector....but I found many issues with "every" projector I read about at the AVS forum.

I doubt the iris noise will bother anyone here with the projector mounted well above, and a little behind the listening area, and if it does, I'll turn it off.

At the price I paid (around what I paid for my old Infocus X-1) many years ago......I expect I will be "more" than happy!

We don't use our projector much anyway.....less than 3,000 hours on the Infocus bulb even after all these years (-:

Dave

Herman,
Well, how do you like Paradise Café???

Tell us about your impressions please.

You know, that's one album that I go on 'kicks' with.
I'll go for a year and not listen, then put it on...listen to a couple of selections, then start at the beginning, listen all the way through.
For the uninitiated, it's cut just like a great jazz set--one continuous song--Manilow says that they started playing, and sequed into the next, then on and on.
It really has the feel of a jazz club--you can smell the (from my old days of playing in some) cigarette smoke, the beer, the scotch.
Plus, the recording, (using my imagination here) has that, 'brick wall behind the performers' kind of mix to it.
To hear, Mundell Lowe, Sarah Vaughn, Mel Tormé, Jerry Mulligan all on one album is such a thrill--and the music is just wonderful, if you love great harmonies and understated arrangements...
When first bought that album--some almost 30 years ago--I was so smitten, I'll bet I didn't have it back in the album jacket one time in the first two months...what a treasure.

Highly reccommended.

As is Reneé Olstead...either album, what a talent!

Good listening,

Larry

Hey Larry, well, uh, it is well recorded but I can't seem to get into it. I do like that genre but in a word I would say it is boring. I tried a few listens but so far it falls flat with me.

I generally agreed with your suggestions and the demo stuff you played at Nicholson's so I'll give it another try at some point.

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