mr_hosehead
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| Review of Emotiva Processors You probably cannot find "professional" reviews of Emotiva 'cause they're a direct marketer who's not buying enough ad space to be considered for a positive review...If you need HDMIs I'm assuming HT use - then I'd consider going w/ a reasonably f... | |
| Need advice on speakers only a few inches thick Maybe look at Axiom? Their new on-wall speakers all appeared to be slightly less than 4 inches deep. They also had some stuff they call on-wall/in-wall, but those looked a bit "unusual". You could even try their factory outlet for a little extra s... | |
| Speakers this way, or that, with cathedral ceiling I can vouch for pretty much everything Nsgarch recommended. First, the caveats: we technically do not have a pure cathedral ceiling (it rises up to clerestory windows on a high wall so the room is not symmetrical) and we couldn't sit 2ft from the ... | |
| Comedy Albums Gotta include the original Cosby albums from the 60s (Why is there Air, I Started Out as a Child, etc.) and probably Gallagher, just 'cause that was as original & outrageous as anything at that time... | |
| To big to fail? What road are we headed down? Wow, Musikat - I didn't know we used to be neighbors. I used to live in D'Nile, too... | |
| Magnetic flux vibration damper? Where did you determine that the sound waves from your speakers would have a measurable effect on the signals in your wires? And couldn't you just solve at least some such wire-related problems with a wireless setup? Is there any real science to t... | |
| Need professional advise I'd think you might want to try something like MillerSound? There might be some outfit closer to you, but there are probably none better (at least not in this part of the galaxy...). And I'd agree w/ what Elizabeth said - huge mistake to swap out ... | |
| Biamping question. Bi-amping? You could start here: Benefits of Bi-Amping (Not Quite Magic, But Close) - Part 1I've practically always found Rod Elliot's stuff to be interesting reads. | |
| Amplifier for Paradigm Studio 100 v3 Paradigm 100s haven't been horribly hard to drive - a legit 100 to 125 per channel has been sufficient (depending upon listening habits, room, etc.) and more sure doesn't hurt. You should be able to find yourself a fairly long list of amps that fi... | |
| Different length speaker cables to speaker At those lengths, your cable length difference is absolutely NOT an issue. You would need to have cables much longer before that ever becomes a consideration (typically somewhere in the range of 50 ft or more...).That does not mean that there will... | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time "Devo covering 'Satisfaction'" Thanks to this little one-liner, I'm now wearing this morning's caffeinated beverage that came spewing out my nose... | |
| Paradigm Studio 10 or Monitor 7 V 5? If you like Paradigm (and that's not a bad thing...) and you would consider used then you have even more options. You should be able to regularly find Studio 20s for well under $1K, possibly prior version 40s, and if you're lucky you might find Si... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-10 and McIntosh MC240 ??? I think this is practically the exact combo that my sister ran in her downstairs den for years. Not a huge room, but the 10s were presented at a darned-near perfect height and for that space this really was a darned-near perfect combo. | |
| Budget minded bookshelves If you're really lucky you might be able to find a pair of Paradigm Studio 20s here, on eBay, Craigslist (much less likely), etc. They can occasionally fall through the cracks for less (I got embarrassingly lucky w/ eBay a number of years back) an... | |
| I need a turntable, only have $450 to spare... Narrod nailed it. Get it (and check the stylus), listen to your stuff, and enjoy is all for a while. |