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| Amps for Wilson Watt Puppy 6.0? If you can stretch...Look at the Theta Citadel Monoblocks.Jaw dropping! See this month's Stereophile for a review.KevinThe Sound Broker | |
| Upgrading HomeTheater Theta. Hard to go wrong. I also have a 5 channel Earthquake Cinenova Grand we are getting on trade (buyer went to a Theta Dreadnaught). It is a pretty good amp and will be under $2K.I also have a great deal on a Tag McLaren 100X5 amp posted here o... | |
| Why do I have to turn the volume level so high? Check to see if there are input level trims. Also, check the speaker level settings. You should calibrate them so that the center channel is at zero on the Marantz when reading 75DB on an SPL meter playing the speaker test tone (Rat Shak SPL meter... | |
| My pre-amp overloads my amp Three possibilities that come to mind...One, your preamp may be passing D.C. This is a bad thing and if it turns out to be the case, it is a good thing your amp has protection circuits since this is a great way to blow things up in a most spectacu... | |
| One woofer or a pair? Using a single sub is more likely to excite specific room nodes. Using two subs spread out will allow more even response in the room since you are able to tune the positioning. Try moving a mono sub a few feet in either direction and listen to the... | |
| Suggest Used Projector HD compat for approx 4K? New Sanyo VPL-60HT. Smaller, brighter than CRT's, better contrast, fully HD ready, 16:9 native, quiet. Sold a bunch at $4500 and using one in my own theater at home. CRT's are great but LCD's and DLP's are taking over the world for a great number ... | |
| Tube Experts -- Help with Retubing AR amp Do NOT use KT-88's in your amp. The power supply won't be happy with the higher bias voltage they require and the layout isn't condusive to the extra heat. Call ARC and ask them if they recommend KT-88's in their amps. As for a supplier, I second ... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? Actually, we have been quite impressed with the latest generation of Mac amps. For the most part, they are extremely good and as for reliability, they are still better than many of the other high end units out there. Having had tons and tons of am... | |
| Internet purchase of Big-Screen TV The warranty will be valid if the dealer is authorized. Call Pioneer and ask. Two things to keep in mind though...1) Freight costs. That is a BIG freakin' box! The freight costs may eat up a good percentage of the savings over buying closer to hom... | |
| Which cable for Aerial LR5's,CC5, and Dreadnaught? Cardas Gold Ref would be okay...Golden Cross is too mellow. I've had the Dreadnaught and the Aerials in and had great luck with the Wireworld Eclipse series. I have some older NOS speaker cables that would work great...but get the newer series int... | |
| Long run speaker interconnects. Caution about the long interconnects suggestion by Jimbo...Long runs of RCA can cause problems. RCA is not optimized to run long lengths and at those distances can start acting as a big antenna. Speaker cables do this also, but the noise levels in... | |
| Which Linn pre-amp Buy a Kairn with the Brilliant power supply. It is still their best sounding stand alone preamp. Kairns can be had in the $1K range. Linn Kicks Butt! Best system I ever heard was a fully active Kairn/Quad Klout/Keltik system...it was breathtaking.... | |
| do tubes rock ?? Yes, tubes rock, look at the guitar amps many of the better players use and you'll figure it out. But you'll need beaucoup horsepower to do it with your speakers...and I do mean beaucoup. |