tsmack
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| What makes your Home Theater system A good center channel, surrounds and an accurate sub. The rears/surrounds need as much power as the fronts and center (the right amplification for the speakers being used). The system has to be properly setup for the room and the seating positione... | |
| Best musical sub around $1k If you go with Rel I would recommend the Strata before the Storm, but the Stadium is very nice :) | |
| Feelings when listening Rel ST Series subwoofers I wouldn't go with the Storm III. If you are getting the sub for mainly HT, then I would do nothing less than the Stadium III. The Stadium III will give you that visceral bass that pressurizes most any room unless very, very large which then you m... | |
| Verity Audio Parsifal Encores or Vandy 5s??? I have not heard the Vanersteen 5s but I have heard the Verity Parsifal Encores. The strength of the Parsifal is a deep soundstage with incredible mids. Vocals are simply to die for with these speakers. They are a little power hungry when it comes... | |
| So what sub are you using for your Home theater? Rel Stadium III at this time, but if I had the money I would go with the Rel Studio III. I don't know of a deeper, faster, more accurate sub. The Studio III has 2 10" Volt drivers and goes down to 9Hz. You may have to double dry wall the room for ... | |
| High End HT Home Theater when done properly will exceed the cost of a 2 channel setup easily. Just think 7.1 has 5 additional speakers plus a sub or 2 and all of the cabling that goes into it. A lot of the same benefits that are acheived with upgrades in 2 ch... | |
| Best Musical Home Theater 5-channel Amp/PreAmp What speakers are you trying to drive? If they are not terribly demanding I would suggest looking for a used Anthem AVM2 and pair it with the Sherborn, Rotel or Anthem 5 channel amp, then get a two channel tubed preamp with HT bypass such as the A... | |
| Best Universal Player for DVD's , CD's w/ dvd-a I have auditioned the Denon 2900 and for under $1000 it has the best DVD picture I have seen plus they incorporate an 8MB buffer to eliminate layer changes. The cd, DVD-a and SACD performance is quite good, not as good as some units, but you would... | |
| Please explain preamp theater pass thru The HT bypass option does make things a little easier to use. I for instance have the Cary SLP2002 which has the HT bypass option with both balanced and single ended inputs. When this preamp is flipped to HT bypass then you do not even need the Ca... | |
| Seperating 2 channel and HT in the same system. I have an integrated system using the Anthem AVM20 v2 as my HT pre/pro running into the Cary SLP2002 2 channel preamp. The Cary has a HT bypass input. The Cary can be found for under $2000 used and when paired with the right tubes it is to die for... | |
| Paradigm 100 v.2 /Sonus Faber Signum/ Martin logan I will say that the Paradigm Studio 100v2 speakers are incredible at their price point and well beyond. They are speakers that need power though. I have had to upgrade amplifiers more than once to get enough power to drive them the way they want t... | |
| What's your profession? Age? 27, Pharmacist, system is about $35K and climbing. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1) '03 Nissan 350Z and '69 Camaro SS 2) 350Z TT or supercharged when available 3)Diablo or Mercedes SL600 | |
| Words From the Wise 1. Clean Power - Line conditioner (ExactPower etc..)2. Best Speakers paired with an amp with enough power to fit your budget3. Good Source - CDP, Turntable, DVD4. A nice tubed 2ch pre with HT bypass for your SSP5. For HT a nice HDTV Video display,... | |
| Anthem AVM2 vs AVM20 The AVM20 is very upgradeable and you may not be interested in 7.1 now but if you experince it you may change your mind. I know I did. The AVM20 is a more versatile piece and with the v2.xx you get THX Ultra2 which is very nice indeed. The AVM2 is... |