erikt
Responses from erikt
| improving music Yes - much better | |
| Thinking of moving from AVR to pre/pro and amp Yes an integrated amp with HT Bypass can be included in a single system with your AVR for both movies and music.All of your analog source components would connect directly to the integrated amp - not the AVR.A good integrated amp will have a bette... | |
| Thinking of moving from AVR to pre/pro and amp For that budget - and your constraint of only having room for one system - go with a good Integrated Amp that has HT Bypass to put together a hybrid system for movies that use your Rotel and a good int amp for music. | |
| Integrated Amp with HT by-pass Many of the Musical Fidelity Int Amps have HT bypass.Others:MoonKrellAudio ResearchConrad JohnsonVACCaryI'm sure there are others.Me - I run a MF A5 Int Amp - the HT bypass is ultra nice for those like me that don't have the room for two separate ... | |
| Audioquest Diamond interconnects I've gone thru several IC iterations starting with the Copperheads, Diamondbacks, King Cobras, and then into their dbs line with the Columbias.The Copperheads and Diamondbacks were my first NFW experience with the sonic offerings of cables. Good v... | |
| Small integrateds: red wine, bel canto or wyred? What about the Rega Brio-R?It's gotten good press and good user posts. | |
| Pangea AC-9SE vs AC-9 Don't get the 0.6m version of the AC-9. I have this between my dedicated 20amp audio circuit and my Power Dist system - it is NOT flexible and puts alot of strain on the wall circuit to get the plug to line up with the receptacle.Get the 1.0m or l... | |
| Good integrated match for B&W CDM 1 NT I have those same speakers - I found a sweet match in the Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated. Really nice synergy.I paid a bit more than your budget, but I would imagine that you could find a deal on an A3 that would be in your price range. | |
| connecting a sub to a 2-channel system I would not use the LFE input on the HSU if you are connecting it from the pre-outs of your DAC or Preamp.The LFE input would bypass the crossover control on the sub since the LFE input on the sub assumes the source component you are connecting th... | |
| Balanced preamp with HT pass-thru needed $2K Parasound has a couple of pres w/ HT pass thru and balanced connections. | |
| B&W Matrix 805's, need amp, pre-amp, or integrated fwiw - I've paired my B&W CDM1NTs with a Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated - pretty sweet synergy, imo. The A5 is smooth on top, grips the B&Ws down low and has plenty of oomph for clean dynamics w/ headroom to spare. | |
| First foray into separate 2-channel amp, 200wpc This thread has some longevity but caught my eye because I was in the same situation with the same Yamaha AVR - still have my V1800 as the center of my HT system.I went with an external amp from my 2-channel rig - Carver m-1.0t with gobs of power.... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? This is like a soap opera - must....resist....watching....but can't :-) | |
| Musical Fidelity A 3.5 Audio outputs The colored plugs may have been mistakenly switched when it was manufactured, but I'd bet the rest of the internal wiring would still be white=left, and red=right.Try hooking the output ups so that the left/right plugs match how the others are lai... | |
| wall mounts? I have a 50" Plasma that is wall mounted using the articulated Sanus SANVMSAB, I paid $80 which I thought was fair for the features.As a 'tweaker' - its nice to have the articulation so I can move the display away from the wall and change out cabl... |