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| Recommendations for a new SSP? There are minor and, imho, insignificant differences.Kal | |
| Speakers on floor? 12-20-10: Onhwy61 wrote:The concept is well grounded in theory. It greatly reduces the floor bounce cancellation effect. You may or may not like the resulting sound.Nope. It changes the frequencies that are most affected by floor bounce and/or SBI... | |
| Speakers on floor? Mapleshade has lots of unusual advice.Kal | |
| Recommendations for a new SSP? There are two Integras numbered 80.2, the DTR 80.2 AVR and the DHC 80.2 SSP.Kal | |
| Sound diffusion panels--do they reduce brightness? Davehrab wrote: By going into the other room and listening you remove yourself from the extended/sustained ringing in your main listening room that is being caused by the long RT60 times, Echo Slap, and Comb filtering...Not true. You are still he... | |
| AAD 2001 monitors, bi-amping experiment Dunno. Could be more power. Could be the "tube sound." Could be a change in balance. BTW, did you balance the two amps with measurements or by ear?Kal | |
| Sound diffusion panels--do they reduce brightness? If your room is bright, changing amps and/or cables is not a solution. Although you have bass traps and an open space behind the listening position (all help), your room still has a huge amount of reflective hard surfaces, especially at ear level ... | |
| Will Squeezebox Touch play iTunes from USB Drive? My experience is that it takes a long time to index the drive and that access time is slow. Also, it is not certain whether the Touch will power that drive. | |
| Integra DTC 9.8 and DHC 9.9 Processors Firmware Cannot recall but there is some button sequence for it. Google for it at AVS.Kal | |
| No sound for DVD, Blu-Ray, or Cox via digital. As I said, the TOSlink input is working and should be able to handle DD, dts and regular PCM/stereo. Since it is not, I would suspect that the sources are not set up properly. If they have HDMI outputs, they probably default to sending the audio t... | |
| Inoperable "STOP" button Cal Audio CL-10? If you decide to use Approved Audio in CT, I can supply a CL-10 for parts. I have a house just down the road from them.Kal | |
| No sound for DVD, Blu-Ray, or Cox via digital. The fact that it works for CD suggests that the DC-1 input is OK but that it may not be getting the signals it needs from the other sources. What does BYPASS do? The downloadable manual doesn't say.Kal | |
| travelling speakers Why not powered speakers like the AudioEngines? Or the Dynaudio Focus 110As that I am listening to now. Why schlepp an amp? | |
| Sony SCD-XA5004ES vs Marantz SA11S2 Well, note that the Marantz is limited to 2 channels of output and is twice the price of the Sony. OTOH, it has a clock input which the Sony lacks.Kal | |
| Empire 298 Questions It is definitely worth doing and should be doable if you can find a headshell for the arm. If not, you will have to replace the arm and that might require more extensive modifications to set up. OTOH, if you decide against doing it, I would be hap... |