flrnlamb
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| Yamaha or Denon ? "I have to try to hear Denon now somewhere, since I heard a Yammy already..." (Gonglee3)Remember, that when you are listening to a receiver, you are not just simply listening to THE RECEIVER ALONE! You are hearing a SYSTEM - which is comprised of ... | |
| What is the best speaker for a smallish room? Um, yeah, you could probably get as good a results as any stereo set up using the near active Sonus Extrema's, yes! (I say near, as they use a avery simple crossover). The catch would be to attain as good of a set up as possiblewith the speakers a... | |
| Yamaha or Denon ? I'd say, consistently, over the years both these lines have had their own "sound", relative to one another - strengths and weaknesses between them both. The Denon has traditionally had a more warm/full-bodied sound, with a bit more bass "umph" and... | |
| Importance of Center Channel in small room Most 2 channel audio guys (who've been 2 channel-guys for the last 30 years, anyway), are always going to be biased towards even an 7.1 channel mix PLAYED BACK AS TWO CHANNELS!...SANS THE SUBWOOFER, EVEN! Nothing, including God himself coming down... | |
| audio from comcast and other providers Yep. Again, more compressed digital content = lower musical fidelity! Even with Ipods, we have moved to convenience, and away from ultimate sound quality! I think people don't really care, in- mass, about soundquality. they'd rather have convenien... | |
| For the money, Best set up for HT and music Yeah. Sorry I didn't look at your budget (my bad). For $4500, you could accumulate quite a bit of good toys. I would be looking at separates with that budget. Actually, I'd be looking at a 2 channel pre, a good 2 channel amp, a budget receiver wit... | |
| For the money, Best set up for HT and music well what there WILL NOT BE is audio perfection on your first shot! You can pretty much count on that. You could, indeed start with a receiver, and a couple of the Kef's you intended, and a subwoofer, and see what kind of sound you can get. Then, ... | |
| Importance of Center Channel in small room Problems: with no center in your small (acoustically very difficut) room, you will have to sit smack dab in the middle of the room to get a Phantom center. If you don't, yo'll have dialogue collaps into one speaker - not connecting with your monit... | |
| Best affordable SACD player that does superb CD's I guess used pricing. I'd like to consider something that's cheap ($99-$350 range), something that's medium inexpensive ($350-$700), and then the higher end at $800-$1200 used). If new, that's OK too. Of course, really, I'd like to pay a hundred o... | |
| Edgy, bright highs on Avantgarde Duos Yeah, it's a system, not a set of speakers!go tube gear throughout (as the subs are already using SS amps to drive the woofers). | |
| Best affordable SACD player that does superb CD's OK, a few considerations/recommendations from $99 retail to $1200 reatil. Does that help? Thanks for the input, thus far. | |
| Has anyone else had a problem with Krell pre/pro? funny. I've sold Krell for years, and never had a unit with a problem, ever! They seem a solid enough Co. Maybe it's something on your end?- settings? - other components? | |
| Dunlavy SC VI? My take on the Dunlavy's is that they were some "potentially" good tools to work with (although I never thought the SM-1's sounded good, AT ALL! (warm and bland, compared to the superior SC-1). I used to sell these speakers on a retail level, and ... | |
| Need advice on my next upgrade Without knowing anything about your room/setup, I'd say you'll not be getting better dynamics and clarity by switching Def techs out! the 2000's are fine - but I'd add the matching center, not the 2002! (I think it's a CLR2000 you need). Also, yes... | |
| Recommendations on Wall Mount HT Speakers Sound By Singer, famous NY hi-fi dealer deals in James Loudspeakers. I've installed a set at an upscale client's home, to very good effect. I think they were the 83-ow(on wall) models, plus matching center. We built brackets that "angled in" the s... |