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Does anyone have a good recommendation for the best quality home theater platform?
To Millercarbon272's comment:A great surround system is no different than a great stereo: they will reveal the differences in recording quality between movies you watch - no budget is the same for any two films when they are mixed, mastered, EQ'd,... 
Does anyone have a good recommendation for the best quality home theater platform?
Sooooo......Who knows whatever happened to the guy that posted this thread?  I replied back on 1/27 and now a couple of more comments, but the facilitator of this thread is nowhere to be found?To @maxwave27 , Dave and Troy are correct!  What good ... 
Wolfson dac
I'll chime in...Don't get too caught up in the brand of the DAC.  What matters is the environment it's put in - much like Intel vs AMD.  Everyone will have their preference based on the name, but if you took the names away (Burr Brown/Wolfson/AKM/... 
Thiels and Tubes
As someone who owned a high end audio salon years ago, I sold, and owned 3.6’s.  Luxmancl38 is correct - A Tube Preamp with Solid State power is a great way to go!  However, we did sell VTL or Audio Research Tube Amps to run them as well.  The amp... 
Where to go from here - Dac/Integrated Amp Etc...?
Hello, I’m the WRSM for Anthem. I’m not sure what your budget is, but you should take a look at Anthem’s STR INTEGRATED Amp ($4500) which is at Anthemav.com .  200w x 2 at 8 ohm -  400w into 4ohms - will seriously run any speaker on the planet jus... 
Anthem STR vs Parasound JC 2 BP vs any other sub $5,000 Preamp?
Gentlemen, I am the WRSM for Anthem and thank you for considering the our STR PREAMP.  What kind of Amp do you have to mate with?  There is also our STR INTEGRATED...Our products have a minimum 309 hour break-in period by the way, so you may want ... 
What class of amplifier has the most high definition sound ?
D_Schroeder wins #micdrop - BOOM! 
Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!!
I wonder if this person ever came to a conclusion...?Something I would like to add, speakers sounding good at low volume is going to be completely dependent on the gear running them.  The speakers are the instrument, the gear is who’s playing and ... 
Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K
Paradigm Prestige 75F’s or 85F’shttps://www.paradigm.com/en/overview/series/prestige-series 
AV Receiver with Integrated Amp - Sub Connections?
If you end up looking for a more adaptable sub...Please check out:https://youtu.be/tJJtWokUIWkhttps://www.paradigm.com/en/portedThese have speaker-level inputs as well! 
AV Receiver with Integrated Amp - Sub Connections?
And DOES HAVE Home Theater Bypass FYI... 
AV Receiver with Integrated Amp - Sub Connections?
Here’s the best solution Integrated Amp available on the market (link below)...Might make you want abandon the surround sound receiver, center and rears you have and convert movie watching to stereo with a sub.  Or, you can upgrade from your recei... 
Does anyone have a good recommendation for the best quality home theater platform?
Your question is a bit vague...What’s the budget #1?  is this room already finished or are you starting from scratch?  How big is your room going to be?  What do you want it to do?  Want to watch multiple things at once i.e. sports on different ch... 
Can Anyone Identify this Tube Preamp?
#hotmess 😁 Sorry I couldn’t resist, but seriously it really doesn’t look like a DIY kit from anywhere - if is, then holy....?.  I concur with what ebm said, very likely it was just some homemade thing in someone’s basement... 
Shorter speaker runs or shorter IC Runs...Which is the better set up and why?
Without a doubt put the amps by the speakers and use long interconnect runs.  It will sound amazingly better and certainly save a ton of money vs doing it the opposite way.  Depending on what brand of speaker cable you get and at what level it is,...