lej1447

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Is it worth it?
Thank you all. Outlaw or anything similar will do. 
Is it worth it?
Ozfly,Thank you for the response. I have looked at the Outlaw, Sherbourn, and ATI. The latter two are like the clones of Outlaw. However, I don't have any experience w/ them. I have seen only good reviews by the professionals for Outlaw and Sherbo... 
Is it worth it?
I know the typical answer would be "it depends", such as what do I want or how much can I afford. What I am trying to get is to feel the responses of those who have similar setup. If you have similar setup like mine, you can tell me whether or not... 
I'm confused
Here is my update. On my AVR, I changed the speakers to small rather than large, changed the bass to subwoofer only rather than to a combination of main speakers and subwoofer, set the dynamic to normal rather than max, and adjusted the crossover ... 
I'm confused
Buscis2,Your statement is very valid. Since my HT is not even high end, how do other pros address such issue? If AC outlet is the constraint, how do they run their high-end systems, which consist of numerous higher power amps and many bigger speak... 
I'm confused
Guys, thank you very much. I have a heading direction. Glad that I came here to seek your expertise for valuable advice.Marty9876 and Gunbei, I will experiment with "small speaker" setting on my AVR as I dump more load onto the subwoofer.Buscis2, ... 
I'm confused
Marty9876,Sorry for I forgot to post, but the impedance is 8 ohms. Given such, should I change the setting for speakers on AVR to "small" per your recommendation? I figure out the advantage, but what is the disadvantage?Is power conditioner a high... 
I'm confused
Thank you all for your inputs. If you haven't done so, yet you have some ideas for improvement, please post them here so that I can learn from your valuable experience.For a quick-fix in this case, I should get the following two items with the fir... 
I'm confused
I didn't post my gear b/c I was afraid such posting would be too long. However, here are my gears and my preference so that I can get more specific help.* Speakers for main and surround: Acoustic Research Phantom 8.3 series (quantity = 6) 45-20kHz... 
adding power amp to receiver
Slappy,I have Denon avr2802. My current HT setup is 5.1. I am not very familiar w/ separate setup. However, based on your response, am I to reason that I can use a 2-channel amp to drive my two front speakers while watching a movie in 5.1 setup? W... 
How much power/channel for multi-channel amp?
Thank you for the response. The room size is 12'x13'. The correct response freq is 45-20khz +/- 3db. Sensitivity is 89 db. How important is sensitivity b/c I've never pay attention to it until now? My current HT set up is 5.1. Thank you all for yo...