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| which amp to upgrade my Levinson 383/39/WattPuppy6 RUN to the NuForce site and order the Ref9s. You will find exactly what you lack. You will also have 30 days if it isn't right.I have WP7s in a room approximately your size. NuForces gave me weight and dynamics I didn't think I could get! Boy, are... | |
| Need some help putting new system together Wow... how large is your listening room? You might not need a huge system. Assuming you don't...I'll suggest the EPOS ELS system, and maybe the top of the line Denon receiver. The ELS is about $1500 and the receiver quite a bit more, but has good ... | |
| To Plug Power Amps Direct in to Wall or Not ?? Bob, The issue is also SOUND. Maybe start there! In my experience, various amps react various ways to various power conditioners or regenerators (helpful, huh?) I had a tube amp in our last house on a Power Plant (PS Audio PP600)and it was better ... | |
| Match of amp power and speaker power handling Yes, a clipped amp has more chance of doing damage than an overdriven speaker by too much wattage. That's because the waveform of the clipping tends to burn out tweeters.But odds are you won't play anything loud enough to cause that. To answer you... | |
| HT system education Polk and Yamaha and Mirage make soundbars which do surround from one sound position. See them: http://www.GreatHomeTheater.com/surround.htmlIf you like listening to stuff blowing up, you need a subwoofer.Let me make a few other odd idea/suggestion... | |
| amplifier comparison I have heard the H2O Sig250, the NuForce 8Bs, the NuForce 9.02s and an as yet unnamed unit from Analog Research-Technology. To my ears in my system (and to be fair, at different times) they all sounded different. I went with the 9.02s. I don't lis... | |
| Subtle speaker help needed Maybe the Kef Eggs would work for you? Better than Bose, unobtrusive, pretty good audio, neat mounts. With sub the system comes in at about $1500, if my memory serves.http://www.hipposaudiovideo.com/pages/1/kef20052.htmOr, you could go with Epos E... | |
| Which is more important? Amp or Preamp? Since your amp makes the sound of your preamp much louder, I'd suggest that's more important. But crap is crap, no matter which box it comes from.Also, you can't retrieve what isn't there - so if the pre doesn't pass good things, the amp can't mak... | |
| ARC Preamps: Factory or Other Tubes? Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio is a good source for tubes. Some aren't any or much more than stock.Bob Woodhttp://www.GreatHomeTheater.com | |
| H2O 250 vs Mono's vs Spectron Musician III HELP http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue23/nuforce_9.02.htm another NuForce way to go... a worthy alternative! | |
| PS Audio P500 Yes? -No? I had the P600 - in my new home with dedicated power, I decided I didn't need it on my tube amp - straight to wall was best. I also traded my tube amp for a digital one (NuForce 9s) and found it didn't help at all.The PPs run hot and eat power, FW... | |
| Help choose a power amp Could it be that somehow the speakers are not in phase? Perhaps through some signal processing on the TV setting it makes up for that. Just for fun, try reversing one set of speaker wires at one speaker, then listen to music. Any better?The other ... | |
| "Professional" or "Commerical" Display Monitors Panasonic TH-50PHD7UY might do the trick for you.See http://www.greathometheater.com/plasma.htmlUsually the new technology comes out at the top levels (with bells and whistles) and then trickles down. But this industrial model has the goods withou... | |
| Two more used Adcom GFA-555s or start over? If you like what you have so far, why not keep going with that? Starting over means more system matching which is always a trick to get juuust right. You have good stuff. Could you even HEAR another 5% better?So many times I think we all get caugh... | |
| quandary: inefficient speakers, low-power amp I had (relatively efficient: 93db/w/m, I think) Wilson Watt/Pupp 5.1s, and tried to feed them with 25wpc VTL Tiny Triodes. It worked, but when I went with 100wpc ARC VT100MK2, THEN I heard a whole other sound (better!) Years later, now on WP7s, I ... |