realremo
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| The Emotiva XDA-1 Thanks for clearing that up, Jimangie, I was kind of confused about that one. I did not make it back into the room to confirm their comments regarding using the XDA-1 strictly as a DAC. Do you know how you set the unit to zero attenuation? It does... | |
| The Emotiva XDA-1 Just saw the XDA-1 at RMAF, Emotiva folks told me that if you crank up the volume on this unit all the way up, the volume pot basically turns off and the outputs can be considered fixed, not variable, so it is possible to use this unit just as a D... | |
| The Emotiva XDA-1 You know, the one thing it really is missing are some fixed outputs, so you could upgrade to a really nice pre-amp. Like maybe this McCormack...:http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1291488888&/Mccormack-RLD-1-w/-phono-$995-Is t... | |
| The Emotiva XDA-1 I think the XDA-1's remote beats the pants right off the Decco's remote, if that means anything to anyone (it does to me). I also found this webpage:http://emonatics.com/XDA-1.shtmlIt shows some correspondence with "Lonnie," an Emotiva guy, who re... | |
| Rotel Rb 1090 or Rb 1092 Mad320, before you go forward purchasing a new amp, I humbly suggest that you play around with speaker placement in your room. Those Paradigm's like a bit of distance from the wall to really sing, maybe start with the closest wall being 3 feet awa... | |
| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? This thread was not really started about DACs, but I thought I would relate the experience I had pushing music digitally through the Burr Brown 24/96 DACs in my Denon receiver. I dragged my old Toshiba HD-DVD player out of mothballs and used its o... | |
| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? Gte357s - what head unit were you using before you tried an external DAC? And...which DAC, preamp and speakers are you talking about? Agree regarding the amp, I doubt I would be able to hear an audible improvement over my Rotel RB-1080 unless I sp... | |
| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? GoBlue - Great suggestion and DEFINITELY one that I have been tracking. I have seen them for a great price IN DENVER and my heart was as broke as my bank account. LOVE the TLP 1 because it's Anthem AND it features bass management, which is somethi... | |
| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? Gte357s - I understand the extra $300 gets me into the next level of used gear. Have been looking now for a while, and have seen even some McCormack gear hovering around $850, and have also seen nice Anthem tubed pre's around $750. Since I have to... | |
| best AVR for dual use in HT/music? Hey Cerrot - I recently was in a house some friends of mine designed for a hand surgeon. He hired a consultant outfit in Dallas to rig his house with home theater equipment, flat screen TVs, outdoor speakers, etc. etc. He's got it all running off ... | |
| Good amp for B&W 683's I run my 685s with a Rotel RB-1080 (200wpc), and at this price range for amp and speakers (under $1000 used), I have heard nothing else that convinced me to go another direction. | |
| B&W 685 or Paradigm Titan/mini Monitor V6 I have had a pair of 685s for a year now, and I love the sound. I picked an open box pair up for $500, and I think they are very competitive at that price. $650 may be a bit high, that is what they go for at retail in my area. I had a roommate who... | |
| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? UPDATE - I now play 2-channel music through the Denon, using the Audessey room correction and the "restorer" set to "HD." The latter is meant to give detail and weight to the high and low frequencies. Using all of these processors isn't really a p... | |
| best AVR for dual use in HT/music? Thanks to all contributing to this thread for a full 4 months! UPDATE - I found a guy on A'gon selling a Rotel RB-1080 who officed less than 3 blocks from my workplace. NoBrainer. The 1080 runs the B&W685 fronts, and the sound for music is MUC... | |
| Airport Express with XP 64 bit Turns out it won't work. The AE setup booklet says service pack 3 is required for XP, which is not available for XP 64 bit. I do have an old Vaio which I use as a holding place for my music library until I get the 64 bit laptop cleaned up, so I tr... |