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| Accuracy vs. musicality A big part of this is personal preference for what kind of sound you want. You can definitely get the lush and liquid coloration of Class A amps. Or go towards the unique (but not accurate) coloration of most tube amps. In either case, it’s what m... | |
| Center channel speaker recommendations Go to ebay and search for "KEF LS50 Single". This will give you a few "single" LS50 speakers, a couple in white and one in black. Ranging from $535 to $641 shipped. ----For amplifier, you can get a brand new Emotiva PA-1 Balanced Class D monoblock... | |
| Cannot do 5.1 then does 3.1 make a difference or just stick to 2.1? I agree with big_greg that you could look at the Legacy Cinema HD. If money is not an issue and 10" is not too high, I would probably look at the Legacy Silverscreen HD instead, to keep the ribbon tweeter voicing that would match your Aeris. ---... | |
| Cannot do 5.1 then does 3.1 make a difference or just stick to 2.1? It's not too terribly bad to live with a 2.1 system, as long as you know the shortcomings. Essentially, like big_greg said, the vocals from movies will be a lot clearer if you have a dedicated center channel. There is a bigger reason why this is... | |
| Mcintosh power amp for 804 D2s How do you feel that they sound with the Marantz SR7012. The Marantz is going to have good body and punch/slam, but it is warm and the highs are rolled off. I think the McIntosh is going to have better resolution in the high frequencies, but it de... | |
| $1,000 speakers for rock music? The ELAC are going to be very hard to beat (if not impossible) for this amount of money. I heard the bargain basement Elac as well as mid level. They are all very excellent for sound quality, have an extremely well balanced sound, are not bright... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Well, then you definitely have your answer. Sounds like you really want this HTM1, so why not? lol | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gain DAC/Pre-amp as first foray into separate pre-amp? Heh, just like speakers, once you ask "what cable should I buy", you will get 18 different answers! lol. However, in all my R&D and testing, I have always found solid-core to just sound better than any stranded conductor cable. Audioquest p... | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gain DAC/Pre-amp as first foray into separate pre-amp? I have not done much USB cable testing, but usually solid-core and silver or silver-plated are the best digital transmission wires. For RCA or XLR interconnect, I make all my own cables using 20awg solid-core braided conductors and Furutech Rhod... | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gain DAC/Pre-amp as first foray into separate pre-amp? Ah, you didn't mention what player you have. If you have an Oppo 105 or 205, then it would be much better to use the Oppo to "play the SACD" and output pure analog using the 5.1/7.1 RCA analog outputs to your receiver. Much better than sending S... | |
| Musical Sound Quality of AV Surround receiver vs. pure Stereo @loomisjohnson - he is having a gain level problem when using his AVR for a normal 2-channel analog preamp. An outboard external amplifier would not really help him. And it would be better just to get an intregrated for 2-channel preamp/amp and ... | |
| replace HT receiver with newer H/T 4K receiver For receivers, two options to look at would be Anthem MRX1120 for highest resolution and detail. Or look at Marantz SR8012 for a more warm sound with excellent sound quality. ----Ultimately, separates are a lot better, it is going to be hard to ... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Tell him that you are very interested but want to hear how the Rotel plays with your current HTM2 first. If he's offering this price to you now, I'm sure he'll still offer it in 1-2 weeks. It's not like he gets shipping discount. It still costs... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Well, you already have the "older brighter" tweeter in your current HTM2 center. However, the Rotel amp you just bought is going to be a higher resolution and higher current amp than your Denon receiver (something that is important to make these ... | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gain DAC/Pre-amp as first foray into separate pre-amp? The i2s connections are usually proprietary to the manufacturer. Just because Steller Gain uses an HDMI plug/cable for the i2s does not mean that any old SACD player that has i2s HDMI output will use the same HDMI pins for the signals. There is ... |