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| Krell HTS 7.1 for 2 channel or a new or used 2 channel pre? That's great! uhmm, this is totally a shameless plug, but I have my old HTS 7.1 power supply board up for sale. It's been re-capped and upgraded. The larger caps gave me much stronger bass and smoother resolution over all. I put it up for sale... | |
| More discrete R2R Mulibit dacs. There's always the Analog Devices AD5791 that's used in the Schiit Yggdrasil. Granted, it's only 20 bit, but it's still a true R-2R ladder. And expensive at minimum $60 a pop. | |
| Krell HTS 7.1 for 2 channel or a new or used 2 channel pre? I used the HTS 7.1 for many years before I upgraded to a Krell S1200. I know others who have used the HTS 7.1 as well. When used as a pure analog preamp, the HTS 7.1 is very nice, but I would probably put it somewhat on the soft side (due to its... | |
| Quality of outlet not directly powering equipment important? For the power, I'd suggest cryo'd 10awg romex. You can get this from either Audio Sensibility or VH Audio. It's pretty much $3/foot. I would setup 20 amp circuits instead. If you got the money, go for Furutech rhodium outlets (or equivalent). ... | |
| home circuit breaker - good idea or not to increase to higher amp fuse? I would say make sure your running at least 12awg romex for a 20 amp circuit breaker. 10awg romex is better, but 12awg will be okay. If you're looking for a 30/40 amp breaker, 10awg minimum for sure. Maybe ever 8 awg recommended.By the way, I'm... | |
| Owens Corning 703 vs. Roxul Safe 'n' Sound? Yes, that is true. There can be a benefit to putting bass traps in the middle of the walls. However, you will only be able to attack some of the axial room nodes (not all). It's still a benefit, though. The link here does a room node calculati... | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. I run the Krell S-1200U 3D as a processor. If you scroll up, I posted a big message talking about the S-1200U. The paragraph starts with:"Another option I will put out here is one that I went with. I just recently chose the Krell S-1200U 3D..." | |
| Aragon 8008ST vs Sumo Andromida III Based on some experience with an Aragon 8008BB, the Aragon is a very high current amp with a lot of power. It definitely has very full and strong bass/midbass. However, I found the Aragon sonic signature to be on the warm and somewhat laid back ... | |
| Owens Corning 703 vs. Roxul Safe 'n' Sound? I had to google around and think about this question. There really wasn’t a good answer, but...Putting an air gap behind the panel is not going to absorb more mids/highs that are already being absorbed -- unless you pull the entire panel away from... | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. The AV8802a supports Dolby Atmos out of the box will support DTS:X with a free firmware upgrade. Auro-3D is available for $199. Since you're only running a 5 channel system, I'm not sure how important these are for you. I'm only running 5.1 an... | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. Another option I will put out here is one that I went with. I just recently chose the Krell S-1200U 3D after listening and testing multiple very expensive processors. Krell just recently discontinued this model. However, I feel it gives you the ab... | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. If money is a really critical element for you, I would think that the AV7703 will probably sound better than your Acurus ACT-3 anyways. Just the AV8802 will be even better on top of that. | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. Please consider that I have not heard the Classe Sigma or SSP-800. I am just commenting on what I am seeing inside the product.http://www.audioholics.com/av-preamp-processor-reviews/classe-sigma-ssp-and-sigma-amp5-review/over_sspsigma.jpg Based on... | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. Some more comments:1) hopefully a bit better sonic quality than the Acurus ACT-3-- Googled for pics of the Acurus ACT-3:http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/55900217/T2CBurXHXaXXXXXXXX_!!55900217.jpg The ACT-3 is somewhat sparse inside. You can ... | |
| Help please upgrading my old Pre/Pro.. First comments, based on your setup. Are you using a 3-channel 8008 for L/C/R and a 2-channel 8008 for surrounds? If so, I would switch them around and use the 2-channel 8008 for Left/Right and the 3-channel for surround-center-surround. The 2-cha... |