iplaynaked
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| Recommendation for a New HT AVR? You could easily hang on to see if Emotiva releases that UMC-1 for $699 (loaded 7.1 wiht HDMI, EQ, HD video upscaling, and HD audio codecs), then add an amp - either from them or used multi-channel for not much north of $1k, total! This is probabl... | |
| Recommendation for a New HT AVR? For the record, there are a plethora of av receivers out there that will "drive" just about any speaker, even full range! The VAST difference here - comparing an av receiver (yes, even the $5k plus ones) to even modest separates, using outboard am... | |
| Recommendation for a New HT AVR? My experience owning and selling lots of audio/video equip since the early 90's is that you, of course, can always wait. That's the nice thing. If it were my money, I'd be looking to do an av-pre/amp combo, and trying to get it into that price cat... | |
| Should I swap out Denon 2930CI for Arcam? Bob, which players might those be? | |
| Emotiva or stick with my Anthem?? Yeah honestly, I would like to hear the UMC-1 sounding terrific (if it actually ever gets released), myself. However, the proof is in the pudding.Even a good review or two would not cement anything, imo. We, the people, still needs to get one OF t... | |
| Sound for my new theater? "Start over with a Magnepan based system using 3.6s as the mains with the Maggie center and surrounds. Also add sides for 7.1 and a Rel sub"Have sold the Magnapan line, and have intimate experience with them. Down sides are going to be limited off... | |
| Rives Audio Consulting - Advice? "They aren't the be/all end/all, that's for sure. I've had friends say beautiful rooms, yes, good sounding, no....seems like a scary proposition if you ask me...."On this one, I'd say consider the relevance and reputation of the source. Everyone's... | |
| Velodyne vs JL Audio DD1812 vs G213 vs DD18 vsF113 "which of the following can give the best home theater experience"My experience with most of this stuff is that it's not going to be that critical, regardless of which - otherwise quality - woofers you use. What you mentioned are all going to do w... | |
| Denon vs Rotel for B&W CM1? "Rotel will be better in all aspects" (Beiman)Not necessarily true. However I've liked the Rotel/B&W comination over the years. The big downside to that, however, is that, yep, NO AUDYSSEY EQ! (which is simply supperb, btw)."Skeptical about th... | |
| Does power conditioning really matter? My experience is that the Monsters, especially for the money, do just fine! They make a quieter background, for better contrast of sound, and a quieter picture in my experience. In fact, I've had lots of different "higher end" conditioners and pow... | |
| Rives Audio Consulting - Advice? At this stage of the game, anyone who knows what their doing, what all the options are for your room/system, knows acoustics front to back, understands your associated gear and life-style - and how all that plays in with the setup and room acousti... | |
| Pioneer Elite vs. Pioneer "Standard" Kuro Plasmas I'll tell you what you get from ISF calibration. It's a mixed bag! - depends on who's doing it, really.I've had to fix mistakes from otherwise highly recommended ISF guys - even when they come out with their several thousand dollar Sencore Analyze... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing I personally like to take two down firing subs, placing one on the ceiling above me- firing down at my head - and another under my chair, firing upwards. This makes me happy. Anyway, with front firing subs, I like to set two of them on opposing si... | |
| Acoustic Zen VS Definitve Speakers dynamics on the powered defs are really good for HT and heavy dynamic source material. Unless the AZ's are active/powered, or super high efficiency, they're not gunna hang with your Def's for slam factor, that is certain - especially if you run a ... | |
| What do you consider when setting crossover freqs? Lot's of good theories here, including Chadlinz's input. It depends, though. In a perfect acoustic space and setup, you could find the 3db down point of the mains, and ajust the sub to mate. However there are other variables. A main variable is th... |