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swampwalker

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Spotify or Pandora
Interesting, Ghosthouse. So it seems the spotify "playlist" has some kind of DRM that expires in a month, requiring you to maintain your monthly subscription to access them. Seems like a very interesting "hybrid" between the itunes model and the s... 
Should hook I speaker level sub to center or sides
I suppose the best option would be to get another amplifier and use the sub line out.Amen to that. 
Wife stepping on speaker wire
+1 Schubert. 
Spotify or Pandora
Think about it, if you could download the music you'd just sign up for a month once year and binge-download. I-tunes is a download service where you pay for each download, Spotify, Pandora and, Tidal are streaming services where you pay for access... 
Should hook I speaker level sub to center or sides
I don't think that the center channel has much LF information. It's primarily dialog. I'd run them as subs to the main L/R speakers. That's assuming that you already have a sub for the LFE channel in your theater. In not, I'd get an amp to drive o... 
Spotify or Pandora
I think that the web-based player only provides redbook quality data stream when used with Chrome. 
Spotify or Pandora
Bif- To get "redbook" quality stream from Tidal you need to run Google Chrome on your pc and then from Chrome go to Tidal's site and register/pay. interface, search function and library are not as good as Pandora but the SQ is better. 
How to clean inside Amps and PreAmps
+1 Oregonpapa 
Coupling Banana Plugs
+1 zd542 
Wife stepping on speaker wire
Y'all realize this thread is over a decade old? 
New system/room, upgrade amp or preamp first?
i've always felt that a very good pre-amp is the soul of a system and mandatory to get right. There are others who feel differently. I'd say get a good tube pre-amp first although if you only have one source another good option would be a good pas... 
Sold in one day
+1 Acman3- As Walter Kelly said "We have met the enemy and he is us". 
If you could bring back one great artist that has
Warren ZevonJanis JoplinWolfgang Mozart 
New Variac for Joule Electra Amps
Great! Good deal, Outlier. 
Which Turntable??
The laser TT has been around for a long time; first demonstrated in around 1980. See this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable.