saki70

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Speaker shipping suggestions
Again , depending on size and if you want to do it yourself , this is what has worked for me many times shipping average sized floorstanders .1.) Go to U-Haul and get two of their wardrobe boxes .2.) Go to Home Depot and get a couple of packages o... 
Axiom comments ?
Ditto what the hippy said .I have/do own Axiom speakers . The tweeters are unrelentless for music . They are so much of a problem that Axiom has a couple of different value resisters available to plug into the tweeter circuit ! I would look elsewh... 
Building New House - dedicated ele. best practices
Definetly do the dedicated circuits keeping your digital components on seperate circuits from your analog components .Also put these on an isolated ground . Are you energy contious ? How many incandesent light bulbs have you switched to flourescen... 
"Best" Integrated Amp for JMLab Micro Utopia BE
Tubes . 
Good power ratio HT: fronts, rears, center, sub
Are you aware that the 1066 , which I have , allows you to manually adjust the sound level to each speaker in the surround mode ? This should take care of any differences in amplification used , as far as sound level .I agree that the speaker and ... 
Naim vs Audio Aero
The AA Prima , that I owned , did not do the PRaT thing well .Good luck . 
CD Player to replace my granite 657
I have the Granite as well and like it very much . I don't have much experience listening to other equipment though .I can only compare it to AA Prima , no contest the Granite is far superior , and to top of the line Cary . The Cary was not in my ... 
bookshelf speaker choice
I think that you should listen before making a decision . In my experience , the VS , Usher and Paradigm all have a different sound !I have auditioned the Usher standmount , 520 I believe , and the next in line floorstander , maybe 6311 . Both of ... 
ISO new reciever, advice needed.
Why a receiver ? Why not an integrated amp ? You already have a radio receiver .Unless OTA free radio is important , you could do better for the same money . Integrated amp = receiver minus the tuner . Just a thought .Good luck . 
Intuitive Summits & R.S. Audio Sasons?
Abruce ;Could you elaborate just a bit ? 
Do Integrateds sound better than Receivers?
BTW , if you don't already , you may want to pull your speakers out into the room a few feet . I see in your pictures that they are against the wall and beside some furniture . Could make a difference !Good luck . 
Do Integrateds sound better than Receivers?
At present I am using a Primaluna Prologue 2 integrated .I started my search by listening to as many different systems as I could in my area and when I traveled . I found that I liked tubes much better than SS . They provided a body and presence t... 
Do Integrateds sound better than Receivers?
Rosedanny ;As an insentive , when I moved from a receiver to Rotel seperates , it sounded as if I had taken a blanket off of my speakers ! All of the other equipment and cables remained the same .I then moved on to integrateds that , used , cost m... 
Tube/SS synergy?
The input impedence of the amp should be at least 10 times greater than the output impedence of the preamp . 
Advice on first HT equipment and setup.
Freddy50; A couple of things :1. Do not omit the center channel speaker ! It is , IMO the most important speaker for HT . Probably 75% of the movie will come from this speaker !2. You said that you don't want to break the bank so here goes... try ...