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| Side or back wall more important for speakers? Side wall first reflection will effect higher frequency more so than the front wall. Tweeter directionality will also limit front wall interaction unless it is a rear firing design. Side and front walls will effect lower frequency equally.Some spe... | |
| Is a subwoofer 'overkill?' +1 on room mode excitation. Try some different locations away from corners and walls. Set your crossover on a low setting and then bring your output level up until you can detect the sub working. Women are more sensitive to low frequency then men. | |
| Help Please NAD C372http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/nad_c372.htm | |
| FWIW... Yamaha RX-v2700 / Anthem Pre1 Combination Sailfisben - Yes it is. The changer guts are Sony internal stack type. It's slow and clunky sounding when changing discs as archived reviews describe. I don't really use it as a changer much. Pull the top off and there is a big Sonic Frontiers boa... | |
| FWIW... Yamaha RX-v2700 / Anthem Pre1 Combination No suprise at all. Anthem gear is quite good. I bought an old CD1 with tube output stage for a second system. It was so good , it's now in my main system. | |
| Need a new AV receiver I would pick Rotel or Arcam. Don't forget B&K too. Marantz is built off Pioneer chassis. It's the same gear+ improved audio stages. | |
| Need Recommendations for System B&K is good. Even their receivers will work. They have tested them up against the Asian gear and they run out of gas when all channels are driving hard. Re-sale is not that great, but you can pick up used cheap.Rotel is also good and I would a... | |
| Need an amp, either SS or tube, around $1000 McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe | |
| What are the advantages of tubes in a CD Player? Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1 or you could also go with a tube DAC. The SFD-2 is one of the best Red Book dacs ever made. | |
| Question about video scalers LCD's tend to look soft overall. Sony is one of the nicer pictures out there however. You might find some improvement with a scaler, but your display might be the final limitation. I would try avsforums. CRT black level and phosphore speed is much... | |
| Advice on upgrading HT system with 5ch power amp Anthem MCA 50http://www.reviewerschoice.com/rchoice_ht_amps.htm | |
| Improvement? howabout adding more Rega gear? | |
| HT reciever help Try Outlaw Audio.http://www.outlawaudio.com/ | |
| Lower end DVD player Reviewers Choice liked Cambridge Azur 540D.http://www.reviewerschoice.com/http://www.hometheatersound.com/equipment/cambridge_audio_azur_540d.htm | |
| Back in the states, time to rebuild - need advice Add Paradigm speakers for the rear. Go for Rotel processor or consider Anthem processor and amplification down the road. |