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Is Phase and polarity the same thing?
Polarity is frequency-independent.Phase is frequency-dependent.Kal 
Audyssey XT Room Calibration help....
Well, Uncertainsmile, you do raise the two possibilities that I accept. Either one believes the cables make a difference or one does not believe they do. How would that affect one's need to recalibrate?If you do not believe, then there's certainly... 
Audyssey XT Room Calibration help....
Bacardi-If you want detailed and accurate information, I suggest you read consult here:http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=795421and, especially, read this:http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14456895#post14456895Kal 
Audyssey XT Room Calibration help....
uncertain smile wrote: i would suggest that because speaker cable affects the sound reproduced by the speakers from the receiver generating the test tones that recalibration when changing those is necessary. power cord to the amp would affect the ... 
Audyssey XT Room Calibration help....
To be precise, the sensitivity of the power amp could affect the balance with the sub. SPL/Power are not relevant. Kal 
Audyssey XT Room Calibration help....
Audyssey's recommendations do not seem unreasonable as they take into consideration your room's acoustics and the performance of the speakers as you have placed them in that room.If you replace the amp or processor, you should re-calibrate althoug... 
balanced unity gain input switch
Yup. A switch.Kal 
balanced unity gain input switch
If your sources are balanced, all you need is a switch. If not, feed the switch to a pair of quality transformers to derive the balanced outputs.Kal 
Audyssey XT Room Calibration help....
I do not understand your numbers as expressed but none of those speakers are full-range and should be crossed over as recommended. Note that the so-called low frequency limit advertised was not measured in your room."powercord(s), interconnect(s),... 
Why not go crossover-less?
A well-accepted and desirable configuration! Most active speakers work exactgly that way.Kal 
Blu Ray Player
I have not yet detected any differences in performance with short lengths (1-2meters) and use fancy cables interchangeably with those from Monoprice. For the long cables and those I put in the wall(!), I have used some fancy brands, if only to sle... 
Blu Ray Player
Optical/coax cannot handle dtsHD or DTHD. HDMI or analog outputs only.Kal 
Seeking recommendation for Mahler 2
For multichannel SACD, the best choices today are the MTT/SFSO and the Fischer/Channel Classics. They are remarkably "right" all the way through although the pacing of Fischer's last movement seems to lose a bit of elasticity. Sound is excellent o... 
"Best" multichannel universal player right now?
Audiolui: Video quality is top notch. It makes my DVD (I mean good DVD)look closer to Blue Ray. The sound is decent, but not compared to top tier players. Can we assume you mean via the analog outputs? I ask because the sound via HDMI is fully com... 
"Best" multichannel universal player right now?
Cannot say. Never compared in same system.Kal