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| High Quality Universal Player?? "Any ideas on benefits or problems with buying via Amazon?"I've experienced no problems and usually get free shipping.db | |
| Is a Sub required for HT My recommendation would be for a pair of smaller (10-12 inch) subs rather than a single large sub. And use LF acoustic room correction if possible. You can often find a used Velodyne SMS-1 listed online, if your AVR or processor doesn't provide ... | |
| Two channel home theater speaker integration Or you can use something like a Harmony remote. On my remote you press Ayre to turn on the Ayre disc player and the Parasound JC 2 BP preamp in stereo mode; you press DirecTV to turn on the projector, the HD DVR, the Bryston SP3 processor, and th... | |
| Adding Center Channel "Prior to getting the center channel and AV receiver, the sound was coming through my 2 channel system."So? Do you get a strong center image for a soloist in stereo? If so, why should HT dialog be any different? I'd look elsewhere for the problem. | |
| Used Pre - Ayre, Pass or Para JC2? I'm very pleased with the sound I get with my JC 2 BP. For stereo, it takes output from an Ayer C-5xeMP or JC 3 phono stage and outputs to a pair of JC 1 amps. For multichannel, the front LR from a Bryston SP3 is passed through the JC 2 to the J... | |
| Adding Center Channel I wonder why OP's dialog is low without a center channel. My center amp is power cycling itself, so I deleted the center channel in my processor menu and returned to a phantom center. The sound seems just as good without them, so I suspect the P... | |
| McIntosh I always thought the McIntosh reputation was with their tube amps, the MC 60 and later MC 275. | |
| Dennis Had Inspire SET with KEF LS50s I forgot to mention that I supplement the LS50s with a pair of Velodyne HGS-10s and SMS-1 bass manager, crossed at 100 Hz. | |
| Dennis Had Inspire SET with KEF LS50s I'm currently driving the LS50s with a Parasound A 23, and have used an A 21 in the past. I thought to use the Inspire as Zone 2 from a Cary Cinema 12 with the A 21 remaining as Zone 1. It seemed an inexpensive way to try a tube SET amp. A frie... | |
| Buying a pair Aerial 10T speakers in 2016....Yea or Nay??? "I have heard the Speakers and they sound Good" seems to say it all. My 20 year old KEF Reference 107/2s sound and look superb, so I'd say yea. | |
| QUALITY: HDMI vs. ANALOGUE I might have noted that in a secondary setup, I have a 105 going through a Cary Cinema 12, and I prefer that sound to the 105 going directly to the amps. | |
| QUALITY: HDMI vs. ANALOGUE I've used the Oppo 105 and 105D directly to the amps and through the Bryson SP3 to the amps. I prefer the sound going through the SP3. It seems to take the etch off and provide a more musical feeling of great substance. For multichannel, the SP... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Thanks johnk for the link in your OP. It led me to information I didn't know about the Hartsfield, probably the third super speaker system I encountered as a kid after the Electro Voice Patrician and Bozak Concert Grand in the early 50's. Can an... | |
| QUALITY: HDMI vs. ANALOGUE If you output analog from your disc player, you're using the digital conversion process of the player; if you output HDMI, the receiving device is doing the digital conversion. So the answer depends on which device has the superior digital conver... | |
| Modern day equivalent of KEF 104.2s? I replaced my 104/2s with 107/2s that give a more refined sound with even better imaging and bass that extends to a useable 20 Hz. If I were to leave the KEF line, I'd look at the Aerial 7T. You can find reviews of the 107/2 by John Atkinson and... |