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| Receiver recommendation I presume that you have already perused the other current thread floating out there re: AV receivers and their frequent failure rate Seems like Onkyo dubiously leads the parade so far for customer dissatisfaction from frequent early problems and i... | |
| How good are recievers these days? A new just-posted new 3rd party comment today on the current CAM forum blog re: ONKYO receiver failure.This guy is allegedly a tech: his edited extract from that post:"....IMO, stick with separates, even for the switching. Screw convenience, it'll... | |
| How good are recievers these days? "http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/"forum post: "...Another Onkyo bits the dust......?short answer: bad in many cases - ultra-cheap build quality and short lifeCheck out he canuckaudiomart posts about the repeated failing ONKYO gear with an average l... | |
| Receiver recommendation + 1 on the prior post re: the multi-channel format CODECs are continually changing and thus rendering current units / receivers quickly obsolete . As such they are not any investment .... Regrettably the ever-changing multi-channel preamp/ process... | |
| How good are recievers these days? Three points to emphasize:- A receiver for 2 channel audio performance comparatively lacks the quality build and performance capability of a quality build integrated amplifier, particularly in the power supply. Published stats for "Watts RMS" alon... | |
| Shindo/Audio Physic speakers No disrespect ... I hate autocorrect .... (Sigh) | |
| Shindo/Audio Physic speakers Just to clarify my prior post ....I have no direct experience with the Shindo gear and I mean to disrespect to them at all .... Hence I have no opinion as to their specific suitability with the AP speaker lineThe AP line was on my list when I went... | |
| Shindo/Audio Physic speakers Audio Physics are terrific WITH a high-end quality build Euro amp and source AND quality high-end cables to do them justice and permit them to perform to their max.They will reveal all the ugly warts and big weaknesses in your setup so I would not... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Jaguar XK8 convertible as my summer wheelsSAAB 9-5 Aero wagon as my winter wheels | |
| Rotel CD player These older units do fail. It's not a question of "if" but rather a question of "when".You are going to need professional tech assistance with a likelihood of new parts. Tech labour is about $100/hr (+ \ -)The question becomes, is it even worth it... | |
| Test CD Nordost website has details on a setup,and test cd I got one free at an audio expo .... Worked better than all the others I've test drivenHighly recommended Nordost System Set-Up & Tuning Disc:Finally, all those invaluable test and set-up trac... | |
| Recommendations on Christmas Music?? 2010 Top 10 Classical Music Christmas CDs (About.com - part of the New York Times) By Aaron Greenselected article reviews below7 . Christmas Piano - Chemayne Micallef (MY FAVE .... highly recomemnnded)" .... Nothing beats sitting back in a comfy c... | |
| nad m25 A mismatch IMOThese speakers are usually mated with kit a lot higher on the $$$$ food chain. By extension the source and cables follow lockstep. | |
| Marantz SR5008 vs Cambridge Audio AZUR 650R I had the CAMBRIDGE Azur 650R AVR in a prior HT 7.1 system before I upgraded to high-end separates .Strengths It's audio performance in HT multichannel is far superior to the other Chi-Fi AVRs . The only ones I have seen better are the top two ARC... | |
| Totem Hawk or Model 1? I've had the ARROS and FORESTS simultaneously in prior systems.The system supporting gear --putting aside the source kit for now varies (amps & cables.. all of ICs, speaker, and power ) to get them to perform to their max is significantly diff... |