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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 
"Best" multichannel universal player right now?
Not but they are separated by the knee of the curve and the Marantz is HDMI 1.1, so no SACD via HDMI.Kal 
sub wiring question
Another excellent option is the nht x2 crossover which is much more flexible than the SMS, although it lacks the EQ.So, which SPL sub do you have? With or without the auto EQ?NHT: http://store.nhthifi.com/X2-Electronic-Crossover?sc=12&category... 
"Best" multichannel universal player right now?
Pioneer DV-58 if you can accept HDMI 1.2Kal 
"Best" multichannel universal player right now?
Ummm. What outputs are you planning to use?Kal 
sub wiring question
Connect the R preamp output to the RCA level input on the R Velodyne.Connect the L preamp output to the RCA level input on the L Velodyne.Then use the setup/balance procedures in the Velodynes to integrate them with the main speakers. What this co...