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Air conditioning a home theater.
Bigjoe, Noise is what's wrong, both audible and electrical. 
Air conditioning a home theater.
Marc, Zone the house, use acoustic rigid duct for this room. Your HVAC contractor will know. Up the tonnage. This will cost a few dollars, but depending on the age of existing unit, utility bill will drop. You will also need a door to this room. H... 
Krell KAV-400xi vs KAV-280p & 2250
Kerr, Sounds like you already know the answer. That 400 is an exceptional piece. The owner of my local Krell dealer has one in his home. He can have whatever he wants. If you have equal source units, take half the savings for better speakers, and ... 
Preamp inputs - different quality
Bigamp, Are you sure the input trim levels are all set to the same value? Go through the menu to set both level and balance for all inputs you use. Z. 
repairing dbx units
Gacurt, I am too lazy to dig up the address, but if you contact The Sound Well in Berkeley CA. you will be on your way. Check their site for DBX info. I have a perfect 224 you can have for less than it will cost to fix yours.Z. 
Rotel RCC 1055
Double, I have both the 1055 and the Cal. I dac them both. If you are going analog out the Cal wins. The 1055 is current, but my CL-10 has been on shuffle-repeat for 500 hours without a blip. My 1055 is in my shop system with a MF A324 dac, it sou... 
My Krell HTS 7.1 is very hot,like a power amp.....
Antik, My HTS 7.1 is warm in standby. I had it in an A/V closet and it was hot. It now is in the rack with eight inch spacing between other components and gets fairly warm when the computer is crunching. In preamp mode (analog inputs) it it warm. ... 
Best cable recommendations - help
I think you will find adjusting VTA for different thickness far more productive. Keep notes so you can go back to that sound when you play that record again.Z. 
Problems with Ayre's Company???
How many of you guys have supported your local dealer by paying retail for a new Ayre product? 
Audioquest interconnects need opinions
I had 1500 dollars worth of Cheetah laying around when my Sub Utopia arrived, so I used it until I could order the correct length sub cable from AQ. They have their own ideas here and it WORKS!! Sub-1 or Sub-3, it is up to you, I am a DBS fan beca... 
Headphone Amp with Remote ? Antique Sound LH-01?
Hello, I feed my headphone amp from zone two and have remote control. Z. 
Recommend AC Power cord for my Krell FPB 200?????
Hello, I have discussed this in person with Dan D'Agostino, MR KRELL in case you did not know. He does not give you a choice on his more expensive gear, the cords are captive. If your stock cord is not a Belden Cable product, get one. Heavy, Ameri... 
What's Multiple Amplifier Thoughput on Krell amps?
Thanks Doug, As much as I love my Krell, Rotel and many distributed audio mfgrs. did it first. Can you imagine two 8000 dollar amps for background music? Z. 
Does soundproofing improve or harm sound?
Doug came pretty close, but hat and resilient are two different and mutually exclusive products! Hat channel is just for furring, RC decouples the sheetrock from the framing. You want RC. Sound board is also a great product,just make sure to cover... 
Does soundproofing improve or harm sound?
G, Mass, in the four walls as well as 5/8 sheetrock will make an audible improvement. Cross Fur the ceiling AFTER sheetrock with RC and you will reduce or eliminate the ugly treatments later. Use 6inch accoustic insulation in 31/2 inch walls combi...