rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| Very humble beginnings............and yours? Wow, EJ Korvette's!! Man, I remember them from the store in Rockville, MD. The story I heard was that they were founded by Eleven Jewish Korean Veterans, hence the name. Is there any truth to that?Anyway, I was extremely fortunate in that my da... | |
| Suggestions for replacement for my old Nuforce AVP-18 surround sound processor Uberwaltz, I have a NOS Integra 803.1 prepro that was their top of the line processor when I got it. It has a TON of features, inputs, etc. and also includes the Audyssey XT32 Room Correction system. This is a phenomenal processor and is big an... | |
| How long do high quality speakers "last" I have a 5.2 system that comprises Gallo Reference 3.1s all around. The speakers are now about 13 years old and I fully expect to get another couple of decades from them. My reasoning is that they are *very* well constructed speakers: they have ... | |
| Recommendations for theater room processor and amp Oooops, forgot the amp part or your question. Emotiva also make a two very nice multi-channel amps, XPA-7 and XPA-5. The XPA-5 is the bargain at $899 for 5 high powered channels. But the XPA-7 has 7 channels and "borrows" some circuitry and des... | |
| Recommendations for theater room processor and amp I have the Emotiva XMC-1 and it is a terrific preprocessor with the focus more on audio quality rather than bells and whistles. And it comes with Dirac Room Correction built-in, a BIG plus. It's half of your stated budget, has a 5 year warranty ... | |
| Best budget DAC You might want to check out the Emotiva DACs - DC-1 and the Ego series. 30 day in-home trial and 5 year warranty...http://emotiva.com/products/emotiva/dacs | |
| Best HT 5.1 for movies and music (50/50)? Try the Emotiva XMC-1 pre-processor. Excellent for both home theater and stereo music. 5 years warranty and 30 day in-home trial. On sale now for $500 off the $2495 price...http://emotiva.com/products/pres-and-pros/xmc-1 | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad TostadosUnidos offered: "Rap is not a form of rock and roll--it is rope-skipping rhymes set to a beat."Perfect description if ever I saw one. IMHO, Rap is "music" for the lazy and uncultured. Think about it, what does it take to put together a R... | |
| Capitol Hill Jazz Jam I spent some very pleasurable evenings at Mr. Henry's waaaay back in the day. And the same could be said for The Cellar Door, Blues Alley, The Crazy Horse, and several other clubs in the downtown DC area. Washington has always had a very vibrant... | |
| Songs that trigger you to switch the station or... There is a GEICO commercial on TV that makes me want to *scream* every time I hear it!! You *know* which one I'm talking about, it begins with "It's the final countdown..."Lord, please spare me from ever hearing that drek again!! | |
| Review: PSB Imagine T2 Speaker JBHiller wrote:"I'd imagine that one would need to spend $10k to match or best these."Nahhhh, I'm betting that $6800 would do it..." (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). Enjoy those PSBs, you have a very fine setup right now!! | |
| Amp for stereo subs Swamp, how is it going with your Crown amps? I've had mine in place for several months and I'm *very* satisfied. As for fan noise? What fan? I have yet to ever hear the fans kick on, and I've pushed some serious db's thru this system on occasi... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today I loved the ADS L-710s and 810s, the IMF speakers from that era were also very good as were the Spendors. And let's not forget the KEF 105 Series, truly great sounding speakers that imaged better than ything else I heard. Oh yeah for a small sta... | |
| Gallo 3.1su Take a good look at the Crown XLS-1500 (@200 delivered) - *plenty* of power and comes with a built-in crossover. I'm currently using one of those to drive the 2nd voice coils of my Gallo 3.1s and it sounds great. Bullethead, an Audio Asylum memb... | |
| Spindle Holes The descriptive text states that the bit is 7.33mm. Hope this helps... |