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| what to buy first That's a huge room, are you really set on tubes? I'd get a big pair of maggies and a 400+ watt solid state muscle amp and a pair of subs. Then invite a bunch of friends over for the concert. I hope your neighbors don't live too close. Oh yeah g... | |
| Hegel H360 comparing to seperates? Hegel does the 1 box solution about as well as anyone. I've compared the Naim Uniti Nova to the Hegel H160, haven't heard the H360 though. The Naim might be a bit under powered depending upon the speakers/size of the room. I never found myself w... | |
| Integrated comparisons - Krell vs Naim vs Plinius vs Sim Audio Well since no one has chimed in, I thought I'd add an update. I picked up a used Krell 300i, and still hope to get a chance to hear the Plinius, Naim XS, and a Sim i3.3 or 5.3. I'll have an opportunity to bring the Hegel H160 into the comparison ... | |
| Budget Office System Integrated for $1000 or less I am using the original Krell 300i. Bags of power, plenty of bass, but its very different from the Krell s300i. The older Krell has a more vintage sound, with an emphasis on the bottom end, like their Class A amps from that era. The s300i sound... | |
| Benefits of an external DAC OP, I don't think you or your buddies for that matter, are missing anything. DACs don't seem to make much a difference. I did a similar experiment comparing DACs from a cd player, DVD, BluRay, Digital Pre-amp and even my TV using the same cd's an... | |
| Best used amp in the $1500 range I've never heard a Plinius amp so I can't comment, but I've found that in general, class A amps are able to convey the smallest details of a recording clearly and audibly without making your ears bleed when things get loud, and everyhing has such ... | |
| best speaker in a small room in the $2000.00 range What don't you like about the Paradigms and what are you looking to achive? | |
| Plastic ring over tweeter opinion You lost me at "as much as a 100% improvement in treble". Now how exactly did they quantify this benefit? What is this supposed to sound like? Also what is a plastic phase ring? I've seen some tweeters that have a plastic strip or series of strips... | |
| Best used amp in the $1500 range Nothing brings home weight and dynamics like a big class A amp. I've heard really powerful AB designs do it as well, but only at really high volume. Krell and Levinson come to mind, but not usually at that price point. You might find an older krel... | |
| Will increasing size of amp improve sound quality? I hate to interject here, but a crossover 'upgrade' is just as likely to make the speakers sound worse, or do nothing at all, as it is to make them sound better. Replacing a few parts with larger versions of themselves in a crossover network is a ... | |
| What happens when the Wife cleans the audio room Oh stop being rediculous, if it made such a PROFOUND difference it wouldn't take you hours to find the sweet spot again. You should be happy you have a wife that cleans-Now take out the garbage and pick the kids up at soccer practice!-Mike's wife | |
| Pick your poison...2-channel or multi? You can have both!!! I just recently went back to multichannel and for those guys that say they aren't missing anything b/c all their music is two channel or it's less realistic b/c all the info comes from the front anyway probably haven't heard w... | |
| Low-end Question Bob, what are you talking about? How is the TV supposed to feed the receiver when he's using the receiver as the source? Jon, if you want to use the TV's speakers it looks like you'll need a regular DVD player w/ RCA outs. DVD players go for as li... | |
| Best DVD for my System I just picked up a panasonic f87 5 disk changer. It has DVD audio, HDCD and dolby PLII all for $130. It has amazing sound and there is no sense spending more when HD DVD/BluRay are around the corner. | |
| Biamping Questions Cables are cables, and two runs of 16awg will be fine assuming you stay under 50 feet in length. As long as the capacitance of the cable is low enough to pass the entire signal you will not be able to tell an audible difference regardless of the m... |