loomisjohnson
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| Basic Preamp - suggestions? at that price range, for a multi-input preamp you're probably best served with an adcom--either their gfp or their gtp400/450/500 units, which have integrated tuners--easily available under $200 and quite serviceable. | |
| NAD c326 enough power for Totem Rainmakers? i ran totem rokks (predecessor to the rainmakers)and other less efficient speakers with a 50w nad (i believe the c325) and power was more than sufficient--nad, almost singularly underrates their amps' power specs (or at least most of the other mas... | |
| Help buying a television i fully concur with the go-for-plasma rec--it's still the superior technolgy, esp. for sports viewing. panasonics have excellent pictures, but i (and some of my cronies) have had problems with their reliability, so i've been touting samsung. these... | |
| Speakers for a large room for around $1000 blnd, among the ones on your list the monitor audios are a real good choice--lots of slam and very good value. the focals are nice burt don't really extend deep; the revels are also fine speakers but need tons of power and probably wouldn't match ... | |
| Focal 826W and Dynaudio Focus 140 i wouldn't do it either, not so much because of concenrn for overstressing my amp than because adding more speakers, esp. ones with mismatched drivers, just won't sound better. the instinctive way we hear music is in two channel, front firing--hen... | |
| Energy Veritas 2.1 buy 'em. | |
| Universal remote for audio only second the sony rm vl700. great ergonomics, cheap, intuitive. | |
| Bookshelf speakers for a bedroom. i can't comment on the harbeths, but in my own search for a near wall monitor i found that the pardigm signature s2 sounded great and was indifferent to placement. if you want to spend less, check out the rega rs1--a real sleeper. | |
| HELP me bring my system into the 21st Century ergolad:you've stated that (a) you have around $2000 to spend on upgraded audio, and (b) you love your vandersteens. with those criteria, i think you'd be best served by keeping your vandersteens and getting a nice 2ch integrated amp (e.g. rotel, ... | |
| is a center channel really necessary?? Personally, I've become less and less interested in 5.1, which (esp. for music) inevitably sounds processed and unnatural to me. i still have a surround setup in my living room, but find i do almost all my movie watching/music listening on a secon... | |
| Upgrading from my Rotel RCD-1072 the rotel's well regarded as a transport--have you considered keeping it and adding an external dac? you're likely to get upgraded performance for less $$$$ | |
| Speakers for Onkyo A-9555 Integrated browsing thru the used listings, i saw some canton karat and focal jmlabs 905/906 in approximately your price range--i'd definitely consider both. | |
| paradigm s8 vs psb synchrony one i've auditioned both the psbs and the paradigms, though not side-by-side; they're actually very similar in presentation--lively-but-neutral, very well balanced throughout the spectrum, extremely detailed high end. my sense was the psbs had a bit m... | |
| PSB Synchrony One owners - placement question? when i auditioned the synchs, they sounded great about 3 feet from rear and side walls; when moved as close as a foot from the rear or side walls, the bass lost its composure. plugging the ports did stop the low end boominess, but also markedly re... | |
| A little help with my first system it appears that you're looking in the right direction--you seem well informed and are certainly considering high-quality components. among your candidates, i personally prefer rotel to nad, principally because of reliability issues; the step up fr... |