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| In-walls for 6 & 7 I heard the KEF T301 speakers today, and was impressed. They sounded clean, without the boom of so many of the in-wall speakers I heard. Hanging them on the rear wall, either vertically or horizontally, seems easy. If I hate them after listening a... | |
| In-walls for 6 & 7 Vic,I looked at the manual last night, and also discovered does matrixing. Cary advises not using the automated room correction that comes of the chip they use, relying instead on a tape measure and SL meter. I bought the Cinema 11a after reading ... | |
| In-walls for 6 & 7 Vic,The processor is a Cary Cinema 11a. I'm not sure whether it can matrix 5.1 into 7.1. I'll consult the manual. Pacific Sales in Goleta, on the other side of Santa Barbara from Montecito, claims to carry the KEF C and T series, so it's worth the... | |
| In-walls for 6 & 7 Vernneal,It seems as though a pair of Thiel in-walls would be $1800. That seems a lot to spend for rear channels. If I had to hide the front LCR speakers, $2700 could be justified.db | |
| In-walls for 6 & 7 Chad,We just finished watching the first half of the Blu-ray remaster of Fantasia. The audio is 7.1 DTS Master HD, and the Cary Cinema 11a shows it was receiving 7.1, but I have it set to only do 5.1. I have no idea what the Cary does with the sig... | |
| ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts? I had a pair of what I recall being ESS Heil AMT speakers: about four feet tall with a removable cover for the top. I thought they sounded very good driven by my Marantz Model 18 receiver. It was when I got the notion of using them with my TV that... | |
| 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0 for HT Movie Audio? Our system is 5.1, but 4.1 seems to work just as well. We project onto a 100" screen, and the voices seems to come from the speakers' respective locations with just the L/R mains. I think it's important to match the voicing of whatever speakers yo... | |
| Ventura & Santa Barbara, CA Montecito is an unincorporated town run by an association, and it is adjacent to Santa Barbara. The requirement for affordable housing is the main issue holding up incorporation. Given that the town is home to a number of folks in the entertainmen... | |
| Looking to upgrade my back surround sound speakers I'm confused, Pig2fever. Was your question related to side surrounds, 4 & 5 of a 5.1 setup or rear surrounds, 6 & 7 of 7.1 setup? If 4 & 5, and if multi-channel music is important, matching the voicing of the 5 speakers is important. I... | |
| It's the Sony XA5400ES the best CDP under 4k My XA5400ES outputs via HDMI to a Cary Cinema 11a. A well recorded CD or SACD sounds superb, smooth yet detailed with nice frequency extension, and a DSD surround can sound glorious. The Arts recording of Corelli violin sonatas is a case in point.... | |
| SSP as 2-Channel Preamp With Sub??? My mistake, Srosenberg. I read SSP to mean Classe SSP 800, one of the processors reviewers suggest can serve well as the basis of a system used for stereo, multi-channel surround, and HT. I'm using a Cary Cinema 11a, another processor lauded for a... | |
| SSP as 2-Channel Preamp With Sub??? Have you tried the SSP in digital mode? You may find it's so good you don't need to screw around. I have no idea how unbalanced vs balanced outputs are relevant to your perceived (imagined) problem. I'd pass on Options 1 & 2, dubious about 3.db | |
| Auralex SubDude I use a SubDude under a Velodyne HGS-15 with the same results Eric reports. I endorse his high recommendation.db | |
| Marantz AV8003 Processor After writing the 1/3 post, I tried switching the input at the Cinema 11a from HDMI to XLR, but could not obtain a signal with XLR. IIRC, when I first set the 11a up, I was able to make such a switch. But I've made a lot of changes since then, so ... | |
| Marantz AV8003 Processor I'd guess, but don't know, that it's possible to connect both the analog XLR and HDMI outputs of a disc player to the AV 8003, so one can compare the sounds just by selecting the input. I just leave both XLR and HDMI inputs in place.db |