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| Whats the deal with CD players? Here's the deal in my experience. First, better CD or DVD transports will have a better sonic foundation, which usually yields better dynamic contast at least. However, the actual resolution and musicality you hear from a lot of these DVD players(... | |
| Standing waves Oh, sorry, you definitely have standing wave challenges in EVERY ROOM actually!..not just yours. You or someone needs to know what's going on in your particular room, and place things so that you work WITH the standng waves, so you get flat natura... | |
| Standing waves Actually, this is a simple case of improper speaker/seating LOCATION LOCATION LOCATON!....plus a lack of some expert set-up assitance that is needed. I've done over 1000 systems in my time as an audiophile/custom theater designer, and the stone c... | |
| Which is better, Lex. DC 1 or Theta Casanova I've used both of these preamps in the past. May I recommend something much better sonically in the Classe SSP30 or similar!?! Eithr that, or the likes of a used Aragon Soundstage, or even modest little Acurus Act 3!!All of these units sound clea ... | |
| What speakers for a 10 x10 room? Yeah, I have extensive experience with small room set-ups from an acoustical standpoint. I assume your room is a perfect rectangle/square all around? Also, your ceiling is probably 8', right? If this is the case you need to be using ONLY 25" stand... | |
| Paradigm Mini Monitors vs. B&W ? Let me 3rd that motion. All of of the above statements are pretty much right for practical purposes.I've SOLD BOTH, and have done extensive listening...the B&W 601's and above SMOKE the Paradigm similar stuff!..no contestHowever, you may want ... | |
| B&K separates or the AVR307? It's no contest!!!...trust me. The separates will be stronger, more dynamic, more musical, more 3 dimmensional, better detail, and better everything sonically! Receivers are ok for small monitors with a sub, crossed over at around 50hz and above!.... | |
| Too much / too little power "over-drive" speaker? Oh, did I mention that I've personally tried the Nautilus 804's with both single CA150's driving em, and 2 CA150's running biamped!!!...and no contest..it was better with 2 CA150's. | |
| Too much / too little power "over-drive" speaker? Actually, for what your talking about, you can never really have TOO MUCH power! You won't have to worry about having too much amp to drive those speakers...you have to worry about having TOO LITTLE amp power is alway's the culprit in my extenive ... | |
| Best $300 Speaker Used I would bet you a good sized bet that you won't find anything better for the money than the likes of the new Energy C-1's for $299/pr retail!!!...and that includes more expensive stuff at $300 used!..or more!However, if you can afford the C3's, th... | |
| Tube pre-amp with SS Classe Amp Depends on what your willing to spend, and if new or used. Used CAT preamps are pretty hard to beat, and can be had at the $2k range used, or thereabouts, Also, if you can find a used Sonic Frontiers Line 2 or better, they do very well also, and a... |