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| What can the average enthusiest do to get A+ HT? Slappy- the idea of all monitors being the same is a great one! The best HT system I ever put together was 5 Totem Mani-2's (each with dual-isobarik internal woofers down to 28hz) powered by a a Theta Dreadnaught and Sim Audio Attraction processor... | |
| 2ch HT spkr: Aerial 7B; Dyn S3.4; or Solil 6.3? Sedona- I read somewhere that there were more issues (room placement??) with the 8b, whereas the 7B seems to get more universal accolades. Comments on this?? | |
| 2ch HT spkr: Aerial 7B; Dyn S3.4; or Solil 6.3? thanks for the feedback guys. John- that was an EXTREMELY detailed and helpful response! I may contact you off-line for some further thought once I hear the AA 7B's (the other two I have no chance to audition). | |
| best ic's and speaker cables for totem mani-2 I used Cardas Hexlink Golden 5C for speaker cables with the Mani's. They carry high current well, and really produced a full, natural sound. | |
| Zaikesman's Username Pronunciation Field Guide Zaikes- thanks for clearing that up- I HAD been pronouncing it 'Zakes' in my mind for the longest time- YIKES!! | |
| Pass Aleph 1.2 monos- do they have any 'soul'? Thanks everyone for chipping in with your thoughts on this one. Re: the electricity usage, we live in a condo, and pay one 'common' fee, so I can use as much as I want and it's always the same cost- not that I am advocating wasting electricity, bu... | |
| Balanced Power and Voltage Regulators- Thoughts I use a Balanced Power BPT 2.5 ultra unit, and it has lowered the noise floor on the system without any sonic compromises- highly recommended. | |
| Pass Aleph 1.2 monos- do they have any 'soul'? Rayhall: thanks so much- extremely helpful responseBigkidz: yes- I currently use tube monoblocks with the speakers, but was curious if these could have been a good answer as a SS option, since the system is now doing double duty for HT as well | |
| Best sounding player under $3500 Used ? used Mephisto IIx transport + orignal Meitner/Melior Data II (John Wright-modded Bitstream) dac. Oops! Sorry- that's not a 2-box solution, but that's most likely what I would do with $3,500 max... | |
| best amp match for totem mani 2? Ben- good summary, and interesting that you finally found the answer. I also found low-level detail to suffer on the Mani's with too low power, obviously due to their inherent inefficiency. The VTM 200 test was of particular interest, as I tried t... | |
| EMM Labs DCC 2 - Sneak Preview nice pics Tim- looks a little cleaner then the 2-yr old Dac8 loaner Emm sent me- guess we'll be getting our DCC2's soon... | |
| Tubes with Totem Forests? I've had Totem Mani-2's, which were much more inefficient than the Forest. I used tubes with the Mani's successfully, but needed over 150wpc. I think you are on the right track with the ASL, however my current amps are purer-sounding than the Hurr... | |
| Favorite integrated amp? second the Audiomat tube integrateds: self-biasing; EL-34 tubes are run conservatively and built quality is Sherman-tank like. Above all, incredibly musical. The Prelude Ref is excellent, if you can stretch the budget a bit to ~$2,500 used (two on... | |
| What SOLID STATE preamp recommended for the JC-1? Blowtorch, Blowtorch, Blowtorch!! geez, what IS it with this thing- even if it IS God's gift to preamps, don't these guys want like, $15k USD or something like that for it?? What IS the price anyways?? | |
| Pre-Amp for Parasound JC-1 Geez- I was considering the JC-1's for the 2-ch tube pre rig, but with all these preamp matching issues, now I'm not so sure...OK, plan B- how are these JC-1's in a SS processor-based home theater system? I would be curious how 5 of them would com... |