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| Any ideas why my amp buzz's...... Ground issue. Try lifting the ground on the quads or tv. | |
| Best position for rear channel. If the speaker is not made to be close to the wall it will not image right (i will not get into acustices here) You need to fins a spot where it images well just like the frount. ANother trick I have a similar romm and oput them about 8' high and ... | |
| 7 ch Preamp question I wouldn't do anything else at this point unlsee you have a small room or cost issues. If you have a 5.1 dvd matrixing the back channels to 4 speakers fills the room that much more with sound and blends it, unless you happen to one of the few peop... | |
| difference between ipod models in sound quality ? For what they are they are pretty good not as good as a cd but it depends on your encoding. I use it all the time for music in the house and have have had various models. The 2nd and 3rd gen models sound the best I think, a little light on the bas... | |
| List speakers thast can be put cloeto rear wall The issue is that if you put a speaker near a wall it increases the bass and causes reflection in the mids and highs. The bass can be delt with if the speaker has a adjustable crossover to conture it to the room. I beleve all speakers should do th... | |
| Are you open minded about loudspeaker designs? I alwas buy what sounds best, unless it is very very ugly although I would go with more showey designs all being equal. But looks is last on my list. I have Vandersteen 5a I think they are ugly but sound grate frot he price to prove my point. | |
| Great Copper Cables? Low end audioquests are really mushey and bassey in my opionion, I will leave it with that infact after trying some I hated audioquest for years. I would never buy there cables until I herd the skys. I am not saying to go that way but higher end a... | |
| Which iPod? It comes do to how much space you need and what you want to carry. I have 2) 15 gigs which were enought then I just got a NANO because of the size I am using enoymic 4p phones. I have to say I think the 15gig I have version 2 or 3 i think have bet... | |
| Review: Cary Audio Design CD-306 CD Player Yep that is what i thought I have a cary 303/300 and love it but the 306 is in a league of it's owne. It is so detailed and smooth. My dealer sais it is as close to vinal as you can get in a CD. I am sorry I listened to it, I may have to upgrade. | |
| Getting all new cables and need sugestions It really depends on your equipnment and the sound you are trying to get. For cables for I good price I usally use bluejeans cables. They are all name brand parts just put together by bluejeans. | |
| ARC SP16 or CJ PV14 or AES AE-3? I had the sp 16 there is nothing that came close for the money although I have never herd the pv14. It was a grate pre the only thing I did not like was the large volume steps but that was not that bothersome. | |
| Separates for 2-channel & HT, or.....? you should get a pre amp like a audio reasearch sp16 or similar with a HT bypass. When running 2ch you just use the pre and main amps whe doing HT up put the pre on bypass and use the receiver. | |
| Does my 7 channel need some back up? Well sound like where I was a year ago. Your amp is fine for the level of speakers. just get it close and use short speakers runs. Also what wire are you runninghtat can make a big difference. Have you gotten into room acustics yet. What are you t... | |
| tube amp for revel salon ? Responces are right could be amps cables room. There is no simple answer so you have the speakers in the optomial place in the room? Is the room good that is usally the main issue. Amps and cables will help with space a bit but usally it is the si... | |
| Headphone connect direct to Amp ck out headfi.com any headphones can connect to the posts the problem is that the amps are not made to put out .5w of power it usally takes several whatts to get a rich sound which would blow the headphone. You could put in a resester but that cha... |