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| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Couple of things I’m going to re-iterate. That digital COAX cable is good for everything except a few scenarios:- Bluray with Dolby TrueHD- Bluray with DTS-MA HD- Some streaming that uses Dolby Digital Plus. I have seen sometimes if you try using ... | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible I have tested speaker wire and discovered that a lot of the harshness was actually due to stranded low quality speaker wire. I found that solid-core remove so much of the harshness it was surprising. I would look for some used Audioquest speaker... | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gain DAC/Pre-amp as first foray into separate pre-amp? If it is a brand new unit, I would burn it in for at least 200 hours before making a judgement. That being said, it is possible that you may be getting a slightly softer sound because it is going through another set of interconnects and the PS Au... | |
| Accuphase Vs Parasound @erik_squires - that's interesting that they would say that. Based on pictures, it doesn't look like the preamp boards in the new HINT 6 are any different that what is placed in the normal P5/P6. I suppose the preamp section would be better beca... | |
| Accuphase Vs Parasound The HINT 6 integrated is basically the P6 preamp combined with the A23 amp boards plus a larger transformer. That's why the power output is higher than A23. The same goes for the original HINT and P5. However, Parasound has made some changes fo... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Hiya caphill. I know you and both love audio and you love recommending and building the perfect system. But let's not get overzealous just yet. awilder has just picked up the 8802a and he's already wayyy over budget. I don't think he's anywher... | |
| Smart home theaters I think he was asking about having a home theater that integrates with a "whole house automatiion system". I don't think any of us really know a good product. Home audio and theater are not really designed for a home automation system integration. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? This only relates to digital cables. If the cable is too short, what happens is when the digital pulse hits the target device, some of the charge will actually be reflected back to the source equipment. This "reflected pulse" will interfere with... | |
| Krell Owners: Is XLR really superior to RCA? I still find significant differences between brands/types of balanced XLR cables. The balanced cables may be more accurate than single ended RCA, but you are still relying on the charge/discharge characteristics of the wire and connectors in the ... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Oh, you already have the Panasonic DMP-DB35. That doesn't even have a digital COAX, so I would not bother getting coax cables now, unless you want to. It's not worth it to try a good toslink cable because you are already thinking of replacing t... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? I would not worry too much about the age of the HTS1000. The primary filter elements use film capacitors and coils, which really don't wear out. The HTS1000 does use a couple of electrolytic capacitors, which do dry out over time, but unless you... | |
| Musical Sound Quality of AV Surround receiver vs. pure Stereo I would like to make a correction on my description of the Krell integrated. The Krell integrated that I heard was the new K-300i, which uses the new iBias sliding bias full Class A amplifier module. This is a very creamy, liquid and lush sound.... | |
| Another fine mess… Yes, the connection path is still valid for Casablanca II. If you have digital COAX inputs (they are just RCA inputs), then you are good to go.----Benzman had an interesting idea, but it is only good if you have the Oppo 103/105/203/205 player. ... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? I had originally recommended the Marantz because I am a firm believer in discrete analog stages. It is pretty amazing that Marantz can deliver a processor that has 14 fully discrete analog output stages for $4k retail!!! To get an 8 channel disc... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Wow. I'm really sorry that you felt like you went backwards in some ways with the Marantz. When I tested the 8805 in my system, I was using all my very high end power cords and interconnects and everything. The only thing I did not do was upgra... |