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| RCA / BALANCED OUTPUT I followed Almarg's advice in taking 18' balanced lines through unbalanced equalizers just before the amps using Jensen ISO MAX transformers that terminate at the amps with RCA to XLR cables. That termination turns out to be important. In my setup... | |
| EQ for a pair of subs Kal,I'm using analog input from an Oppo 95 to a Cary Cinema 11a with the Cary set to bypass mode. To use an Anti-Mode 2.0 would I set the Cary inputs to DSP?I now use a Velodyne SMS-1 to control two HGS-15s, but the subs are no longer needed for m... | |
| Amp output to 2 speakers The system can generate such a strong centered image in stereo I've found myself putting ear to center channel to confirm I'm listening to stereo. So I decided to try 4.1 rather than 5.1 by setting the menus of the Oppo 95 and Cary Cinema 11a to t... | |
| Amp output to 2 speakers Thanks, Al. I'll buy another ISO MAX PI XR to convert XLR to RCA, take the RCA through the 102 KUBE followed by a short RCA-XLR cable to the amp. I'll also change out the RCA cables between the 107/2 KUBE and the amps for RCA-XLR cables, according... | |
| XLR to RCA to XLR Followup: I've installed a 107/2 KUBE using ISO MAX transformers. It provides LF extension to 20 Hz, although the 107/2s are not LF shy, and it seems to provide smoothing in the mid crossover regions. I changed the SACD output from the Oppo 95 to ... | |
| Amp output to 2 speakers Thanks, Al. I think I'll stick with the parallel connection. I've been using that now for at least a couple of years without getting the amp very warm. The sound of the center channel is excellent for voices (DirecTV and movies) and 5.1 music SACD... | |
| Amp output to 2 speakers Almarg,I bought my original PAV and Amp 2 about 20 years ago, and hadn't looked at a manual for the amps since. I now have three Amp 2s and an Amp 3, a PAV, and a PAV/PDSD. Rereading an amp manual informs me that you are correct. The two pair of b... | |
| Requesting Thoughts and Ideas Except for room correction, I'd recommend letting the Oppo do the processing. I replaced a Proceed PAV/PDSD setup with a Cary Cinema 11a to get HDMI and the latest codecs before I got the BDP-95. Now I use analog stereo and 7.1 with the Cary in by... | |
| AV Processor Question I've wondered about separate pre/pro v AVR pricing. Is the higher priced pre/pro really superior to a manufacturer's AVR or is the AVR market just more competitive?db | |
| Diminishing Returns In A Hi-End Preamp/Processor? Marty,Is Audessey XT-32 active in the Analog Direct mode with the Integra or Onkyo processors? The Cary Cinema 11a does volume control and converts unbalanced inputs to differentially balanced outputs, but mostly turns off other processing in bypa... | |
| Contribution of processor in bypass mode Douglas,At first I dismissed your idea of eliminating the processor as theoretically interesting yet impractical for my setup, because the Oppo BDP-95 also provides video and the amps are near the speakers rather than the rack. I do have a Sony XA... | |
| Contribution of processor in bypass mode Drew, what drug were you on when you wrote such a snarky post? Hey, buddy, my doctorate and post doc were in binaural auditory processing, so don't try to snow me with pyschobabble.I thought my post posed a reasonable question that might receive a... | |
| Diminishing Returns In A Hi-End Preamp/Processor? If you're going to use the DACs and processing of the pre/pro, my experience is there is a difference in sound quality. If you're using the DACs and processing of the source, i.e. bypassed analog input, I'm skeptical. Most high-end pre/pros offer ... | |
| L&R subs but only only a mono sub output; options? I think most of us who use two subs do so for smoother LF, and doubt the stereo effect of such LF. Most of us cross to the sub just above the effective LF extension of the mains or use the THX standard 80 Hz.db | |
| Diminishing Returns In A Hi-End Preamp/Processor? Marty comments, "If you switch to the "analog direct" option, it's a much harder call, particularly if you're using analog sources. At some auditions, I felt like the difference in A/B was pretty material, at others, much less so."I've wonder what... |