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The End of Jack & Diane!
Russ Herschelmann  |  Jun 16, 2002

Starting with the November issue, Home Theater Architect is going to change in big ways. This all started with letters from readers telling me they were sick of reading about Jack & Diane's $300k mega-theater.

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Home Theater Architect Feedback
Russ Herschelmann  |  Feb 10, 2002

Update from Russ Herschelmann: Wow! <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?1203">I asked for feedback</A> about what to do with future Home Theater Architect columns, and you gave it to me! I got 60 replies&mdash;with <I>lots</I> (over 25,000 words) of suggestions and great ideas! Many of you (over 70%) want me to finish discussing Jack and Diane's home theater in detail. Five of you (8.3%) do not. The rest either didn't say, or want me to finish with J&D in the next several issues. Respondents seemed to fall into three groups:

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Home Theater Architect Shocker
Russ Herschelmann  |  Jan 20, 2002

I've just cut 12 columns on room tuning and system tweaking out of my Home Theater Architect series. I was going to go into some serious detail about how to use analyzers to aim speakers and optimize chair positions, how to position acoustical treatments to get the best bass smoothing and imaging, and how to use things like SPL meters and color analyzers to dial in audio and video performance. But instead, I'm going to quickly wrap up my installation of Jack and Diane's home theater in the next five issues, and start working with new clients (Sam and Janet).

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