tgrisham
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| Recommendations on Integrated Amps If I may suggest that you decide on speakers before you buy an amp. The chemistry between the two is very important. That said, I love my Creek 5350SE running Von Schweikert VR-1s. It is clean, detailed, dark quiet and with those speakers gives al... | |
| Is there an audiophile Sirius receiver? I find that the quality of sound from my Direct TV receiver is better than my Sirius, although it is my car unit brought inside. Sirius is on Dish and either of these may be an improvement. I have seen a home Sirius receiver in the Crutchfield cat... | |
| Subwoofer tuning In my experience, the positioning of the sub close to the chair, or sitting in the chair with the sub firing sideways will be fine. The wavelengths are so long, unlike the high frequencies. I wanted to set my VTF-3R in my seat, but at 80 pounds, I... | |
| wire shielding I am wrestling with the same questions and issues, so I will pass on what I have learned so far. Teflon is a great dialectric so it helps the capacitance-read that the signal passes through cleaner. It is better than PVC. Silk and cotton may work ... | |
| room setup It is not an issue of low frequencies. It is only an issue of high mid and high frequencies. They have shorter wavelengths and bounce around, affecting the sound image that reaches our brains. Absorption of high frequency reflections is a good thi... | |
| room setup I like the idea of the blanket as well. My wife makes designer quilts and I have one the size of my 60" RPTV, which is recessed into the wall leaving 16" projecting out into the room. My speakers are about 18" in front of the plane of the TV and 2... | |
| wire shielding Rather than pretending to know more than I do, I recommend that you look at Enjoy the Music website and Audioholics for good discussions of wire. That includes the shielding, inductance, capacitance and resistance. I likewise will shortly buy wire... | |
| Aragon Stage One vs Anthem 30 for best imag/stage The Stage One is a fine pre-amp/processor (but, not an amp). It is unfortunately been discontinued. I bought mine specifically for its two channel ability. The unit is very detailed, clean and is so quiet that I really never know its there. Even t... | |
| ProAc Ref 8 vs. 8 Signature vs 1S vs 1SC Bass response may be more room dependent than amplifier dependent. I use a Creek 5350SE and drive Von Schweikert VR-1s. I don't believe there will be much difference between the 85W/ch stated for the Creek and your goal of 100W/ch. The extra Watts... | |
| Question for classical lovers I was lucky enough to find a store in my area that has hundreds or even a thousand classical vinyl LPs and each is about five dollars. Its pretty hard to beat great vinyl recordings, especially for the money. I bought a stock MMF-7 and a Pro-ject ... | |
| Searching for Good Headphones & Headphone Amp Consider going over to head-fi.org (non-profit) and headphone.com (commercial) for good information. I own Sennheiser HD-600 and Antique Sound Labs MG HEAD DT OTL MKII Headphone Amplifier and am very pleased. I follow the approach of first decidin... | |
| Amps for Dynaudio Audience 72? I have the Dynaudio 70s, the previous model. I have used Denon receivers, ADCOM amps and now Outlaw amps. I have been very happy with Outlaw M200s. 200 W/ch and I listen to everything from Classical to Jazz to Folk and also use them for movies in ... | |
| Splicing on a HT to 2channel system, best approach My opinion: pre-pro > center speaker and amp > subwoofer > rear speakers and amps. For the best bang for the buck I recommend Outlaw pre-pro and amps. There are better ones out there, but not for the money. Or you could go with used equip... | |
| A book shelf speaker to go on a bookshelf. Von Schweikert VR-1 bookshelf monitors sound great, even in a bookshelf. They still project a wide soundstage. They have detail and a sweet midrange. It will even help the bottom end reach to about 50 Hz. I have used them in a bookshelf wall with ... | |
| Subwoofer calibration quandary... Let us know how you do with moving things around. I think that is the simplest solution. It is harder to tame high peaks, but your room configuration allows the escape of some of the high pressures, so I think your situation is quite manageable. I... |