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| 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... | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? You will not do those B&W 803S justice by using an AV receiver. I would avoid using an AV receiver for those speakers. I suggest you go for AV separates (av pre pro + power amp) for those speakers. But you will never find even used AV separate... | |
| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. @auxinput Out of curiosity, you mentioned above that recently you were able to test the latest Marantz processor in your system.Were you referring to the AV8805? If so, how did it perform sonically in comparison to its prodecessor AV8802? Just cur... | |
| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. @meambler Out of the two options that you listed above I agree with auxinput I would go with the Marantz SR8012. If pure sound quality is your number one priority I would look into the flagship NAD T787 receiver ($4k), flagsip Rotel RAP-1580 ($380... | |
| Marantz 7007- amp not functioning Not sure the real main difference between the 12 & 13. Probably on the video side of things. The 13 series can probably pass through the latest HDR, Dolby Vision on the 4k video side of things. If you like the features, functionality and setup... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations I've never heard the Auralic Vega paired with the Classe CA-2300 power amp and the Vandy 2C Sigs before. You should highly consider the PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. It is very good. In regards to the Classe CP 800 stereo preamp/DAC, I haven't heard... | |
| Marantz 7007- amp not functioning Just get a new replacement receiver. Not worth repairing it will cost too much to repair. Today modern AV receivers usually won't last for more than 5 or 7 yrs if you're lucky, especially with HDMI switching and new softwares and all. |