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| Big Stupid Warm Speakers There is verry little "high end" under 3K that will do what you are asking. NHT has the ST4's that put out lotsa bass. They are bi-ampable so you could simply add a big solid state amp for the woofers. Your Cary gear would calm some of the speaker... | |
| Review: NHT ST4 full range towers You have a square room and have found that there are strong standing waves in the lower frequencies. There is very little you can do about this with new equipment or room treatments but you could improve the sound a little by replacing the cd play... | |
| Looking for advice on amp/pre amps... The NAD T163 (notT197) retails for 1,499. It gives you lots of flexability which you may need plus all of the latest and greatest.The Parasound A52 retails for 2,000 and is a beefy 5ch amp.The Parasound A23 retails for 850 and is a 2ch amp almost ... | |
| Krell TAS or Parasound Hallo A-51? dont know from krell but the Parasound is awesome. huge bang for the buck. plus it has a ten year warranty. the parasound is also very flexable for future applications. | |
| Power matching for Surround Speakers & Power Amp 200 or 300 watts of clean power will not damage your speakers. 15 watts of distortion can shread them. Your amp is only going to deliver its rated output for very short intervals (milliseconds). It simply has plenty in reserve to keep it from clip... | |
| Integrating REL sub in to Linn aktiv system I have had great success using the pre out from my amplifier (your option #3). Short answer to long question though: use either option #2 or #3. Use whichever one will allow for the shortest interconnect (probably option #2). | |
| Bookshelf Speakers - Musical Fidelity A300 & Rock Good recomendations.The NHT SB3 would be a great budget bookshelf. It is a little bright and extends pretty darn low for a bookshelf. If you need extended highs and are on a budget or can afford to experiment with less expensive speakers the SB3's... | |
| Teac VRDS 10 I own the D500SE as well. Great player when it is working. Major transport problems inherant in the "specialy made" transport. Though NAD is not known for great reliability either, the c542 is a bargain even new. The old Sony 9000 DVD player was w... | |
| best speaker? All good recomendations. have you considered the Martin Logans? Your amp can handle the low impedance but does need a relatively efficent speaker. the larger Logans (Ascent i, Odessy, Prodigy) are surprisingly efficent and would be a good match as... | |
| Looking for advice on amp/pre amps... Driver is 100% correct. Here are some suggestions for your consideration:-Prepro and amp for under 2K is difficult to do-Try getting a good prepro (Audio Refinement Pre2-DSP or NAD T197 are good options)-Mate it with a good 2ch amp until you can a... | |
| Traditional looking speakers Try the Spendor Classic line. These are all shaped like "bookshelf" speakers though the larger ones in the line are big enough to be used as floorstanders. The SP2/3 is quite a nice speaker. You would probably want to put them on the recomended So... | |
| Energy Connoisseur C-9 or KEF Q-7 for my Tube Amp The 302B has enough juice to drive even an inefficent speaker in close quarters due to the soft-clipping nature of a tube design. If you can't demo the speaker in your house, don't buy it. If you were willing to spend the money you could wait anot... | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 or HD 600? I agree about the 600's over the 650's with a good headphone amp (tube possibly). Though a little less accurate and not quite as full range the mid-level Grado headphones are very enjoyable. | |
| replace u jumper plugs Have tried Monster, Tara, and AQ replacement jumpers. the Tara kick butt. They are very reasonably priced considering the conductors are the Rectangular Solid Core used in some of their very pricy interconnects. Great buy. | |
| Energy Connoisseur C-9 or KEF Q-7 for my Tube Amp The Kef Q5's are actually a better bet. The Q7's sound very muddy (almost like they have a poorly matched subwoofer running with them). The Q5's are much tighter and with proper room placement you will not miss the supper-low bass that you will ge... |