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| Marantz vs. Emotiva I also knew somebody who had a Emotiva processor (I can't remember if it was a UMC-1 or UMC-200). They had problems with it also, and switched over to a Marantz receiver instead. They loved the Marantz. I have listened to the Emotiva receiver (... | |
| Voltage regulator in the power chain What is the specific model of the APC? | |
| good passive HDMI switcher with more than 4 inputs for 2 channel AV system? There really isn't a "passive" hdmi switch. They all have to be active due to HDMI license issues. The Monoprice switchers are hit-and-miss. Sometimes they work and sometimes they get finicky or just don't work at all. The Gefen switches are m... | |
| looking to upgrade.... finally I don't know anything about that particular Onkyo, but I know that the many early HDMI audio receivers use pretty poor HDMI transceiver chips. The HDMI sections had a higher than normal failure rate. Be careful and do a lot of research on any sp... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! I did not comment on selection of the Porter Ports - they are cryod Hubbell hospital outlets. Let's let lincnabby burn them in first. The Hubbell outlets are brass and in my experience, brass elements tend to be on the sterile side and have a li... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! I honestly don't know about using a refrigerator or freezer for break-in. It's true that the compressor motors draw a lot of current, but they don't run all the time. You will only get a small trickle from the computer based controller in the fr... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! Agreed. The initial 100 hours can be really difficult to listen to. Expect a break-in time on any new power cord type component. Even the 10awg romex will need to break-in. My experience indicates true break-in requires at least 250 hours. If... | |
| Whole house setup I think you are asking too many questions for anyone to really comment. That's probably why nobody has responded. Also, a lot of this equipment is all at the same level, so you probably won't get any variance by switching stuff around. I will s... | |
| New cutting edge cable tech! I had to go back to the top to make sure this article wasn't published on April 1st! | |
| Hegel H80 Balanced vs Unbalanced Inputs We can only assume stuff on the Hegel balanced input. It’s entirely possible that it is using all pins on the XLR. This means that it will use both the positive and negative polarity signals on the XLR, as shown in this op amp example:https://uplo... | |
| SR Fuse Orientation MW Sony 5400 I have tested one RED fuse and also had about 5-10 different SR20 fuses in both small and large sizes. They are all directional based on the printed letters. Others in other forums have also commented on this. You can experiment. Sometimes peo... | |
| Hegel H80 Balanced vs Unbalanced Inputs Based on pics, I would say the Hegel H80 is not balanced internally. That being said, I am going to assume that the balanced inputs would be a benefit because the XLR would (typically) drive both the positive and negative lines on the input circui... | |
| WWJD? In my experience, it is most critical that the left-center-right speakers of a home theater system be all of the same type of driver/crossover. Otherwise, you will definitely get a sense of disconnectedness in the sound as well as weird transition... | |
| SR Fuse Orientation MW Sony 5400 I don't know about the SR Black, but the SR Red and SR20 are both directional based on the direction of the printed name on the fuse. So, if the print on the fuse is from left-to-right, that is the preferred direction of current coming in from th... | |
| Oppo UDP-203 Player Based on initial pricing ($499) and pics of back panel, I think this is going to be the same audio boards as the 103 except with digital boards that support 4K. The Darbee is removed as well (Darbee does not support 4K video at this time). |