kr4

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Center Speaker Suggestions??
Where are the speakers? Where do you sit in relation to them? Describe your room and major furnishings. 
SACD playback thru Bryston BDA-1
How do you define "true SCAD digital output via PCM?" I am getting 25/176.4 PCM output and do not regard that as compressed.Kal 
Center Speaker Suggestions??
Such problems are common and are usually due to poor positioning/setup of the speakers, room acoustics and/or wiring errors. Suggestion: Give us the details.Kal 
Pre/Pro Advice for ATC Active HT
IMHO, HDMI is essential today. Audyssey (or other effective EQ) is very important.Kal 
Pre/Pro Advice for ATC Active HT
In terms of room correction, the smatterings I've read about it on Agon and AVS seem to be of two minds not unlike the subjectivist/objectivist dicotomy.But if you have it, you can decide for yourself by listening to the alternatives. If you do no... 
Pre/Pro Advice for ATC Active HT
Complex. Live recordings that reproduce the sound that was heard at the live event may be "better" if that experience is what the listener wants to hear at home. OTOH, the relatively unamplified sound from a studio session may not be subject to PA... 
Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl?
Hmm. How are you guys defining accuracy? 
SACD playback thru Bryston BDA-1
Well, as others have pointed out, that is a critical point because, if the output is 16/44.1, it is pointless as that is CD resolution.Kal 
SACD playback thru Bryston BDA-1
Ncarv, do you know what bit-rate it outputs? 
SACD playback thru Bryston BDA-1
10-18-11: Ncarv wrote:My Sony Blu-Ray player outputs SACD through coax as PCM.Can you confirm that it was not from the CD layer of the SACD and can you tell us what model player it is? Kal 
Processor Adjustments With 2 Channel Preamp
The only one I know about is TacT 
Room corrections
Why not repositioning and room treatment first?Kal 
6 channel volume controller?
Ooops. You are correct. It has been a long time. That leaves the AR MP-1 but I am surprised that are no others. Can I ask you what your 6channel balanced source is?Kal 
6 channel volume controller?
Let's be even more explicit. Are you looking for a 6-channel balanced in/out preamp with one or more inputs?Bel Canto Pre6Audio Research MP1The Audio Refinement Pre5 has no balanced in/outs. If one can live without the balanced in/outs, the Sony T... 
6 channel volume controller?
Meitner, Audio Research, BelCanto made them.Kal