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| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. @auxinput Nicely put. I personally did not like auto room correction until recently when I was auditioning or demoing a new processor to replace my outdated Classe SSP 800. I demoed both Datasat RS20i and Audio Control Maestro both have Dirac Live... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? @awilder Don't forget to let us know how the Rotel RMB-1585 performs and sounds on your B&W 803S when you receive the amp and whether the center speaker that you are getting from the seller makes a big difference. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? One thing to be cautious about this Rotel RMB-1585 amp is that it does not have any front or rear handles so handling it makes it hard due to the weight and size of this amp. You can never lift it up by yourself. It’s a 2 men job. It weighs in aro... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Hahaha....yup...the Rotel does not get roasting hot even when driven hard. It barely gets warm to the touch. That's all.But you still need some room ventilation around the amp. I wouldn't put it in a confined closed cabinet or rack if I were you. ... | |
| ARE DCS Dacs worth the high cost? I’m currently using DCS Vivaldi full four stacks consisting of Vivaldi master clock, Vivaldi upsampler, Vivaldi DAC, Vivaldi CD/SACD transport in my dedicated two-channel reference room. The volume control is set to fixed gain and the Vivaldi is u... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? @bwguy I wouldn't use Airplay eventhough it is lossless Apple Airplay. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? @awilder Congrats on the purchase! I think you made the right choice. Since the RMB-1585 is huge and very heavy I suggest you put it on an amplifier stand on the floor. The Rotel RMB-1585 never runs hot no matter how hard you drive it. It stays co... | |
| Preamp / amplification recommendations for the SF Guarneri Homage Tradition Wenge Usually either Audio Research or McIntosh will pair well with SB. VTL, VAC, BAT, Vitus Audio, Cary, CH Precision will also pair well with SB imo. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Agreed. Emotiva is great for the money but Rotel & NAD alikes are better but cost a little more than the Emotiva. Rotel still offers great value considering their modest asking prices but are not on the same level as real high end or higher pr... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Agree with auxinput on the Rotel RMB-1585 amp. You should definitely grab that used Rotel RMB-1585 five-channel power amp on Audiogon for $2099. New retail price is $3k. I highly recommend this amp. My buddy has this amp in his home theater room d... | |
| 84k speakers... Big disappointment I had same experiences when demoing the B&O speaker system at one of the B&O exclusive showroom which recently closed down for good here in my area. Not worth it at all. They look very stylish though good for home decor or interior design.... | |
| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. On the video side of thing, I run the video from my Oppo 205 directly to my 4K display using video only HDMI out of the Oppo 205 and run the audio to my AV processor using the audio only HDMI out of the Oppo 205. The Oppo 205 is my only AV video s... | |
| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. @auxinput Thanks for sharing your experiences with the AV8805. Did you test it for surround movies (home theater)? I don’t like Audyssey in the Marantz and would prefer ARC2 way better IMO. Even the latest NAD av products no longer use Audyssey, t... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? @auxinput @awilder The current model Classe Sigma SSP Mk2 retails for $6k new and even used it will be in around $4k ish since it supports the latest formats and is current model as far as I know. I’m worried that the Sigma SSP that you saw for sa... | |
| B&W Nautilus 803 or B&W 702 S2? @auxinput True. I have heard the B&W 802 D3 at the shop driven by all McIntosh tube power amp and preamp and didn’t like the sound at all. For some reason, B&W will not pair well with some tube amps, not all. Better off with SS amps. I thi... |