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| Best universal remote control? I've been using a Universal Home Theater Master for about 15 years and it's great and has been bulletproof. One of the great things about it is the IR signal seems particularly strong so the remote is not senstive to direction and works almost no ... | |
| Audio Research REF 75 vs VAC Phi 200 I recently read a thread where people were having issues with their ARC amps, and it was mentioned that some preamps do not play well with ARC amps and could cause problems with them. I have no idea about the details of this or if it's correct, bu... | |
| From small speakers to floorstanding How much time did you give the 5Ts to break in? It frequently takes 100+ hours for a speaker to begin to open up and show you what it can do, and frequently a new speaker sounds congested, lean, dull, etc. until the internal components burn in and... | |
| System advice Think you've got some good contenders between MA, Epos, PSB, and KEF, although the LS50s might be a little challenged given the size of your room. I'd add the Silverline Preludes and maybe GoldenEar as well. Tough to make firm recommendations with... | |
| How far from the back wall are your speakers? Lots of variables here as others have mentioned. Very generally I find, if the speakers are up to it, the further you pull the speakers into the room the greater the perception of depth to the soundstage along with a better sense of venue space an... | |
| Phono stage good for classical and jazz? Also recommend the Liberty phono pre. Think you can do an in-home demo, which is always nice. Also saw a nice Herron and Parasound JC 3 for sale here in your price range that very likely would not disappoint. Best of luck. | |
| Phono preamp: Sutherland 20/20 or Manley Chinook? Not sure Sutherland will be warm enough for you either. There's a Zesto Andros for sale here not too far from your price range that might be worth a look. Or maybe an Allnic 1201? Best of luck. | |
| Thiel death do we part . . . "If I can get the system to be OK with bad recordings it will sound even better with the good recordings."I found this to be an interesting finding. I kind of always assumed that if you make something sound OK with bad recordings it would gloss ov... | |
| New Thiel Speakers - Post Jim Thiel Era Wow. Just took a look at the new TT3. I suppose there could be a number of business reasons the Thiel name and company could have been bought, but with no backward-sloping baffle, first-order crossovers, or coincident drivers one certainly starts ... | |
| Audioquest vs Acoustic Zen I haven't had Audioquest in my system but have had AZ speaker cables and interconnects in my system for years and have compared to several others but the AZs always stay (haven't had the megabuck cables in my system though). I would echo the other... | |
| Update AudiogoN in-wall speaker recommendations No idea of your budget or what your front speakers are, but Revel makes in walls that are probably at least pretty decent along with B&W among others. A bit more affordable and probably fine for surround duty might be Definitive Tech, Paradigm... | |
| Shopping for an integrated amp If a used Hegel H300 shows up used it might be in your price range and has a good DAC in it as well -- that's what I'd do. Or, if you want to buy new and can work with 74wpc their new H80 could be worth a look as it uses a similar preamp section a... | |
| help me decide speakers for two channel audio This will come down to which speaker does best with the aspects of sound reproduction that are most important to you. Without that information recommendations are not very helpful or meaningful. Tell us what you're looking for and you'll get much ... | |
| Thinking I need a Sub... "Low Bass doesn't care about its distribution in your room as it goes where it wants, so a single sub can work very well in all but the largest rooms."Respectfully disagree, especially for music. Low bass might not care, but your room sure does as... | |
| subwoofer suggestions Please let us know what you think once you've gottem hooked up n burned/dialed in. Congrats. |