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| Tools to measure in room response One problem is that there is no since "usual listening position." Moving the mic or the SLM only a few inches can change the FR substantially, especially if it is handheld. Using REW, one can take several sweeps from different positions within the... | |
| Tools to measure in room response Primitive and tedious. The optimal cost/precision/effort way is to use RoomEQ Wizard freeware with your laptop. You can get away with RS meter for this but a better mic is advised.This will give you measurements of swept tones (without resorting t... | |
| Preamp w/ xlrs in the ht-bypass loop IIRC, any of the inputs on recent Sim-Moon preamps can be programmed as by-passes. These are out of your range as new but, perhaps, a used one will pop up.Kal | |
| New Parasound Gear News? You can use an external digital RC device (and I have) but requires additional A/D/A conversions that some find unacceptable. My objection is more philosophical. OTOH, the external devices are substantially more expensive.Kal | |
| New Parasound Gear News? So I think it would be a big liability for anyone not to include Audyssey or SOME FORM OF ROOM CORRECTION in their new processors.Kal | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs Marantz SA8001 At the least, XLR outputs and 4 more channels (on HDMI).Kal | |
| who makes the highest output power conditioner Look at the 240VAC units: http://www.toruspower.com/products.htmKal | |
| "Best" multichannel universal player right now? True. The HD621 was part of the more revealing DAC/processor/system compared to the Integra/Bryston/Paradigm system I originally used.Kal | |
| "Best" multichannel universal player right now? May issue. Further brief 'mentions' in later columns.Kal | |
| Suggestions 4 surround processor w/newest formats. Or you can get the equivalent Integra 80.1 which, I understand, is now shipping.Kal | |
| "Best" multichannel universal player right now? It is in the review.Kal | |
| hdmi passthrough to plasma display on cary 11a I have given up asking. Usually, it is for other family members who do not want (or are not wanted) to use the surround system.Kal | |
| "Best" multichannel universal player right now? Never used any game console and have no plans to change that.Kal | |
| HarmonKardon/ Rabco ST8 Turntable What do you want to know? It is, mainly, a cosmetic successor to the ST-7 for which the manuals have been posted on AudioAsylum.Kal | |
| Suggestions 4 surround processor w/newest formats. The replacement for the 9.9 will be shipping in a matter of weeks. There may be bargains on the 9.9 and its sibling, the Onkyo 886, when that happens.Kal |