paulsax

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matching center channel to mains/rears
hate to say it but what the heck.... blew my center channel tweeter awhile back and while waiting on a new unit I slapped in a bookshelf from my other system and interestingly found that the difference was much less than expected and once the movi... 
Home Theater Newbie
seems like you will need a HT source for DVD/blueray as well as a receiver and sooner or later a sub is a nice thing to have. sounds like you have the start on a 4.0 system now though. should be able to select a receiver that allows the use of you... 
Room matters
may want to add the music matters as well. I can easily make my system sound like about any adjective you care to mention by careful music selection. Not just Kb/s or mp3 vs. wav/flac either. been listening carefully to my new setup for 5 months a... 
Separate Crossover for JL f112 Subwoofer?
i'm running the F112 with on-board x-over set at 80 and my mains (era d14's - solid down to the high 30's) on "Large" blend is good with no issues. electronics are pioneer SC07. I have tried both sc07 xover as well as the JL and did not notice any... 
Mini Home Theater Speakers ?
budget for all including sub? 
Great speakers for a small room
how about some Zu Essence units. supposed to work well with that much power and fits int he budget. 
Sub blowing Christmas lights?
electrical folks (AL?) could this be a grounding issue? Even with the sub doing something to the circuit a bad ground seems like a possible cause? 
Active Speaker Recommendation
Dynaudio make a Focus 110A that might work, thought I have no idea what the cost is. May be too much. THey also make other models in the past that may be still available. I seem to recall a Audience 42 model or something. 
Recommendation Of Bright Speakers For Rega Amp
last speakers that I heard that I would categorize that way were some B&W CM9's run by Classe electronics. room was well treated and I listened to a CD with a wide range of my fav's on it. These sounded to me a bit brighter than the totems I l... 
design criteria, W.A.F. etc
exposing myself here but I have no idea how much juice the Sansui puts out. Can you supply that. in my opinion there are plenty of really nice small floorstanders or bookshelf speakers available for that money that I think will sound better then t... 
Rel B2 or JL Audio f 112
thanks TP that makes more sense. I clearly misunderstood. cheersp 
Rel B2 or JL Audio f 112
TP: I've always assumed that the sub carries little if any voice content. My understanding was that the voicing that "mattered" was the fronts and center to accommodate any dialog sweeping across the front. So I guess I am assuming that the sub ca... 
Rel B2 or JL Audio f 112
One question and one "answer"First this is the first time I've heard of voicing a sub to match mains. Seems a bit of a contradiction? As for the F112 I have found that I cant tel the difference between my receiver crossover and the onboard. I boug... 
Speakers with good Bass recommendation
would you consider 2 quality bookshelves with a small sub? this may work for you needs as well and provide additional options. Even a 8" sub often outperforms modest floorstanders. Just a thoughtp 
Small speakers...big sound??
At 18" from the wall I suspect most book shelf speakers will be OK. I've run my era D5's there with no notable bass issues and my d4's are closer than that now. So I guess I would say than yes they should be OK. Mind I have never hears any of the ...