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| Power cord for Proceed HPA 3 I now know what a 20 amp connector looks like. On advice of an audiophile friend whose judgement I trust I've decided to to try a WyWire Silver Juice II, a 9 AWG cable.The Proceed HPA 3 drives a pair of KEF 107/2s with a 107/2 KUBE. The 107/2s are... | |
| Best setup for two subwoofers. Did Drewan77 tell us what crossover frequency he was using? If so, I missed it. Presumably that's the answer to the question posed by Soix.db | |
| Summing up L & R line-level for dual subs I've been following this thread because after years of using a single balanced out from my Velodyne SMS-1 into a Y to two HGS-15s, I discovered that the SMS-1 provides unbalanced outputs for controlling up to three subs. Velodyne recommends a Y fr... | |
| Power cord for Proceed HPA 3 I didn't know 20 amp power cords had special connectors, and I really don't know anything about them. Yesterday I plugged in a very stiff Pangea AC-9 I discovered I had bought at one time but never used. The box doesn't say what the amp rating of ... | |
| Switch with volume control I recently installed a Parasound JC-3 phono preamp. It uses the XLR input of the Cinema 11a. The sound is so good I think I'll stick with the Cary until I can (1) actually try a P7 in the setup and (2) buy it at a good price. For pure analog, the ... | |
| If I had an OPPO 103 or 105, what do For that use you want the Oppo 105 with its superior analog output. You cannot use an analog source such as a phono stage, because the Oppos accept only digital input. An Oppo 105 directly into an amp should sound very good, if it satisfies your i... | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs Rega Saturn:Which sounds better?? Followup: I like classical and jazz, both of which are well represented in SACD format. Why would OP consider limiting the search to a CD-only player, unless his taste in music is not well represented in the SACD format?db | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs Rega Saturn:Which sounds better?? Not mentioned for some reason is the Oppo 105, reputed for its fine analog. I have both the Sony XA 5400ES and 105. They sound a bit different, but I think both are superb. OP didn't mention how the player would be connected in the audio chain. I ... | |
| Will a Proceed AMP handle LPCM input? I connected the balanced output of an Oppo 95 to the PAV, and set the output of SACD to DSD in the Oppo menu. It sounded bad. Then it occurred to me that the PAV preceded DSD. I reset the SACD output to PCM, and superb sound returned. I suspect DS... | |
| Switch with volume control Kal,In your opinion would replacing my Cary Cinema 11a with a Parasound P7 be a step up, a step down, or a sideways step, given that either can provide the functions I want? A Sony XA 5400ES connects via HDMI. but an Oppo 105 and a Parasound JC-3 ... | |
| Switch with volume control It appears as though the Parasound P7 might come close. I've been warned that switching XLR can be tricky to avoid transients. I use balanced output to the amps because they sit between the speakers and thus are remote from the switch.db | |
| Will a Proceed AMP handle LPCM input? Tim,The living room system is 2.1, because the arrangement doesn't make surround speakers practical. I connected the Oppo 95 stereo to the LR mains of the 5.1 pass-through of the PDSD, and the sound was splendid. That setup has only the Oppo as a ... | |
| Will a Proceed AMP handle LPCM input? There may be a flaw in my plan: If I use the PDSD pass-through for input from the Oppo 105, there may be no way to get analog output from the PAV for the phono stage.db | |
| Will a Proceed AMP handle LPCM input? I connected analog stereo output from our Oppo 95 to the LR main input of the PDSD. The sound is splendid. The volume is controlled by the PAV, so the Oppo volume can be set to fixed -- initially I had the Oppo volume control turned down because I... | |
| Will a Proceed AMP handle LPCM input? One of the things I have not tried is connecting the analog outputs of the Oppo 95 or 105 to the pass-through inputs of the PDSD. The 95 is connected to the PAV via XLR in the living room system, so I suppose it would be trivial to connect the unb... |