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| Recommended receiver for HT Tim,The SP3 has yet to be installed, and the system is as you describe. Adding the SP3 provides two advantages: (1) When the DC Off-Set problem of Ayre DX-5 DSD is fixed, I'll replace the Oppo 205 with the Ayre as disc player, but the Ayre is no... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT I connected the Ayre KX-5 to the Velodyne SMS-1 via a balanced Y cable. The fourth order crossover is set at 80 Hz; the level is set so I’m not aware of the Velodyne HGS-10 & 15 as sound sources, and the double bass is not overdone with a Bill... | |
| Review: Ayre Acoustics AX7e Amplifier I'm using my AX7e with a pair of KEF LS50s. Source is microRendu USB to an Ayre Codex with balanced input to the amp. I really like the sound of that setup. I'm twirling around the idea of selling my KX-5/20, VX-5/20, and KEF Ref 1s, replacing ... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT I realized with a bit more afterthought that I had setup the subs incorrectly by using two Velodyne SMS-1 bass managers. The outputs from the preamp need go through a single SMS-1 so it can provide acoustic room correction for the total sub confi... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT I finally got around to connecting the subwoofers. I discovered only one of the Velodyne HGS-10s and one of the HGS-15s are functional. I have a third HGS-10 somewhere that I might try. I had forgotten that the Ayre preamp has only left and rig... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT I had forgotten about the need for a pass-through setting to match the levels of front LR and surrounds, but it turns out the Ayre KX-5 does that nicely, defeating the volume control only for selected input(s), leaving Ayre's vaunted volume ladder... | |
| Ayre QX-5 Twenty steaming performance I'm not sure what I was imagining in my previous post re inserting a microRendu. I don't hear any noise with ethernet directly to the QX-5/20, and the sound is superb.db | |
| Recommended receiver for HT Tim,By connecting the Ayre KX-5 to the Velodyne SMS-1 the subs will be available for either music or HT. The NAD M22 will be used with a pair of LS50s for watching Cox TV. Side and rear surround will be available for either music or HT with a pa... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT Correction: The last sentence of the first paragraph should be the KX-5 will connect to the SMS-1s, not the Oppo. | |
| Recommended receiver for HT Tim,I use the Oppo 205 and M22 for watching TV, and the Ayre QX-5 digital hub, KX-5 preamp, and VX-5 amp for music. I also have an Ayre DX-5 DSD disc player. The source for music is mostly Roon to the QX-5 via ethernet. I've decided to connect ... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT Tim,It occurred to me that in addition to connecting the balanced output from the Oppo to the Ayre preamp I could connect the single-ended output to the NAD M22. But then the Oppo can no longer trigger the NAD, because I don't want audio from bo... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT Tim,What you describe is pretty much my previous setup with Parasound JC 2 BP preamp, JC 1 monoblocks, and KEF Ref 107/2s. It would be even easier to implement than you suggest. Simply take the balanced LR output from the Oppo 205 to the Ayre prea... | |
| Recommended receiver for HT Tim,1 Probably about 5 hours a day for HT2 About 3 hours a day for music3. If there were a good way to switch amps I’d like to use the KEF Ref 1s for both music and HT, because re your item 6 the Refs 1s are given preference and the LS50s are in l... | |
| Sub to complement KEF LS50s: SVS vs. Rythmik mcreyn, a random guy who seems to have considerable knowledge coupled with wisdom. | |
| Recommended receiver for HT After a lot more listening I’ve decided to use the Oppo 205, NAD M22 & C 268 Class D amps with 6 LS50s and a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s for HT, and the Ayre 5/Twenty series with KEF Ref 1s and a pair of HGS-10s for music. But I don’t really sens... |