texaspledge

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any outlaw pre/pro owners? anyone mod theirs?
Let me get this straight: you don't think the 990 on it's own is a good 2-channel preamp but feeding it's 2 channel output into another 2 channel preamp sounds better?I don't want to be too mean, but that's just silly IMHO. 
Which way to go? Meridian 568.2 or Lexicon Mc-1 v4
Sorry I do not have experience with these processors. But, I have been searching around for processors to use for quite some time so I can relate.MC-1 was recently compared to a Outlaw 990 on HT forum and the reviewer preferred the 990. I think th... 
Matching center/rear speakers for Cain & Cain Abby
Some real out of the box thinking here. You may want to have the Abby's for 2 channel and consider the Yamaha YSP-1 speaker array for your HT needs. It costs $1500 and does DD and DTS, PL2 etc. Reviews so far have been favourable.Consider what som... 
ARCAM compared to Krell
You may want to consider Sherbourne, Outlaw, ATI or Gemstone for very powerful amps that will not break the bank.No one says that a powerfull amp needs to cost as much as a Krell or that you need to go to monoblocks to get more than 125W. The abov... 
phantom center channel
Speakers factor into this a lot. Often, people that have moved from stereo only setups to integrate a HT have much better L/R speakers than centre. That isn't to say they have poor centres, more to say that, compared to their other speakers, the c... 
Delima
Allow me to edit my above post a slight bit. I just re-read the statement "those are excellent pieces and 'for music' you would need to spend approx >$7000 nowadays to get similar performance I would say".That didn't come out quite the way I in... 
Delima
Actually your preamp and amp are not what I would call in the moderate end. Everything's relative of course, but those are excellent pieces and 'for music' you would need to spend approx >$7000 nowadays to get similar performance I would say. T...