Something has been bugging me for the last 6 months or so. It has to do with my opinion on the necessity of Center Speakers. I have tried 3 different Center Speakers in my HT, and ALL of them have worsened the sound (as opposed to having no Center Speaker at all). Based on this experience, I...
This past Spring, I purchased some equipment from KORA Electronics: their Cosmos tube monoblocks and Eclipse tube preamp. However, upon putting them into my system, I discovered the amount of gain from the preamp's balanced outputs was woefully insufficient to allow my monoblocks to drive my...
Hello all. I own a Pioneer VSXD-908S receiver, which I have been using for about 4 months. Just recently, I hooked rear speakers up to this receiver. Until then, I had only mains, center and sub. Since the rear speakers have been added, the power of the receiver clicks off after about 40...
Hello. I'm new to this site, and I have a few questions. I'm building a home, with a dedicated HT room (16' W x 14'8" D). I will be replacing my 20 yr old Stereo system, as well as most of my 4 yr old HT (some pieces will be moved to the Family Room). This HT room will be for "straight...