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How to add to my 2-chanl int. amp for home theater
A company named Vantas used to make exactly what you are looking for (if dolby digital and prologic is all you need + amps for center and rears), but unfortuantely went belly up. Their stuff was really high end at the time (1998-2000), and is occa... 
CJ SA250 or Rotel RB990BX?
I had Rotel 980BX which died on me. I replaced it with CJ SA250 and the difference was night and day. The SA250 is much more musical, sweeter, but with more resolution at the same time. I know the 990 is in a league above the 980... so this compar... 
A/V receiver for decoding and center/rear
Satch, if you already have a dedicated Prologic decoder amp, then you should seriously consider Vantas DPA-87, which is an ad-on for Prologic Receivers with dolby digital and good internal 100 w/ch. for center and rears. I have the DPA-50, which i... 
Help with
Thank you all!Newbee, I think you are right on. My listening room is 27x18 and speakers are far from sidewalls. And the speakers are indeed toed in quite a bit.. I will experiment with pointing them straight ahead. Another issue that I didn't ment... 
Passive preamps and poweramp's input impeadance
Thank you all for your help, and you in particular, Newbee. I will go ahead and try this unit out in my system. 
plz help ?? voltage converter
Yes you can, but make sure that the converter is rated significantly higher in watts/amps than the receiver and sub. It will also adversely affect the sound if the equipment is power starved, so I would go with 1000 watts converters for each (Sub ... 
Need help with high pass filter
Thank you for your help, Joegio. But how do I incorporate the resistor into the formula (e.g. resistor of 15k ohm)? Is that just added to the amplifier's resistance (33,000 + 15,000), changing the equation to C= 1/(2*Pi*130*48,000)? Or is there an... 
Denon AVR-3300 and NHT 2.5i
Make sure that you listen to the combination first (i.e. take your Denon with you to the store), as the 2.5i are somewhat sensitive to the quality of the components that drive them. I also suggest that you get one NHT SA-2 sub-amp and thus by-amp ... 
Advice for a new hi-fi customer
Welcome to the jungle! You might be even more confused now after all these so very different suggestions, the ambiguity of the world of Hi-Fi. I have been slowly building up my system on a budged for several years now, and the lesson learned is to... 
NEED AN OUTBOARD SUBWOOFER AMPLIFIER
Check out NHT's subwoffer amps, SW2 (120W) or SW3 (250W). You should be able to find them used for a fair price. Check this site, as well as AudioReview.com