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A couple of years ago, I also had the Paradigm Reference Studio 60v2. At that time, there was only one Paradigm Reference center channel - the Studio CC v2. That is what I had, and it matched up wonderfully. Regards David

Wow, thank you for the new responses. Since July 2002, I have sold the SCD-C555ES player and pretty much all of my home theater electronics and have focused on 2-channel stereo as I found that I was listening to the front 2 speakers most of the time. I now have a Marantz SA-14 SACD player (still...

Well, I have mostly sold my home theater system (now have 2 speakers/DVD player, and TV). Two channel listening became more of an obsession than home theater. I now play my 'C555ES (just the stereo output) into a 2-channel tubed preamp and into a stereo SS amp.

What's fair is fair... I have slightly complained in the past (WAF jokes, rolling of the eyes, etc.), however truth be known, my wife has much more resilience than I do. How many of you have done upgrade after upgrade, especially if the 2-channel bug has bitten hard?. Thousands of dollars of...

Why not? I have bought two types of 12 ga. speaker wire from Home Depot "off the roll". One was RCA that had, perhaps 30-50 strands in it (quite coarse), and another brand that had "259" strands. In my opinion, especially for home theater application, I would see no problem using your HD wire...

It is a good feature to use. It takes the incoming stereo sound and sends the same information to the SR and SL as the FR and FL speakers. It "blends" the FR and FL signal in some manner and sends that to the center channel. That is how it is performed on my Denon 3802 and most probably how it...

Owners/Moderators, An outstanding forum. Just three words: informative, professional, civil. A pleasure to send a cheque. Regards, David

Like you, Evan, I joined here interested in HT gear and this forum has been outstanding in supplying that information (i.e. Denon 3802, Paradigm Reference speakers, cables/interconnects, SACD players etc.). However, that being said, there was a definite change in my priority from HT to now two...

There have been numerous threads in the past basically asking the same question (i.e. if it is digital, then the transport does not particularly matter, just the DACs). I bet if you do a search on "transports" you will find numerous threads that can explain the different reasons why one should...

Realistically, 14 gauge will be more than adequate unless you have very expensive rear speakers that you could possibly (?) hear some rolled off treble due to the higher gauge cable. Now, that said, if the cost difference is very small and the extra thickness of the 12 gauge cable is not a...

Chu, Good input with respect to the story. Kept me smiling throughout the read. Phil, As people have said, having a higher rated amp than what the speaker manufacturer calls for is not going to fry your speakers upon turning it on. The limiting factor for most people is that the cost...

Agree with above. It should also be noted that last month's Sound and Vision magazine has a similar chart, for those of you that are interested. David

Chris, When I spoke to Oade Brothers, a Sony warranty rep in the US and a Sony warranty rep in Canada, all were unanimous in that as the purchase was made in the US, Sony Canada (a separate entity unto itself) was not responsible for warranty repair. For that, I would have to ship to an...

Chris, For SACD titles, check out mymusic.com. Although they do not have as great a selection as HMV.ca, they consistently beat their prices by about $5 per SACD. I have ordered from both in the past with no problems whatsoever.

Mark, How often and in what ratio do you watch movies and listen to music? This will have a great bearing as to the initial quality of receiver that you wish to purchase. Almost all receivers above base entry level have a "full set" of preouts (FL/FR/CC/SR/SL/SW) that one can later hook up...

Warren, I plug my 555ES directly into my Denon 3802, thus when I power up the receiver, the SACD player turns on as well.

Stacey, Studio 100's as mains, Monitor 11's for the rear and 9's for the sides? Can I come over to your house? I'll bring the popcorn! For the difference in price ($360 vs $100 both used) I would still go for the CCv2. Besides the general consensus that the Studio CCv2 is better than the...

Dave, In my research (with my ears and Internet readings), it seems that there is a very slight difference in sound. After all is said and done, however, I think it comes down to the point of whether you like the look of your speakers on stands or not. The cost will darn near the same.

Thanks Bill, I'll start an internet search at least on isolation transformer and see where it leads me.

I recently received from my brother-in-law an "AMP Series 1000" that is about 10" long, 5" high, and about 6" wide. It weighs a ton due to the fact that there is a 1000 kvA torroidal transformer in it that is feeding 6 orange outlets in the back of it. There are no RCA/Balances connections to...

DeT, The tweeter output was also the most obvious shortcoming that I noticed as well. It sounded extremely thin and lifeless - as though only half of the signal was passing and not only that, but was distorted as well. David

DeT, I might be of some help here. I noticed the same phenomenon with my Denon 3802 in 5 channel stereo and the center channel "boxiness". After removing the center channel speaker cables from the back of the Denon and hooking them up to the FR, FL, SR, SL on the back of the Denon, I noticed...

I know what you mean with respect to the problem solving. Fortunately with my Bryston amp, the hum noise was simply caused by the TV coax cable and a ground break via Xantech worked. I remember that you had the same problem at around the same time I did. Again, so I have this straight, the...

Levesque, Just read another post of yours. I thought you got rid of the problem by replacing your receiver with the 1066. Do you still have the humm/hiss problem or are you just trying to lower the noise floor even more? David

Levesque, First, I have read several of your posts with respect to you Rotel 1095 problem. I believe that most would agree that you have gone well over and above an honourable mention of being a true Home Theater Enthusiast! Just so that I have this straight... You have a three pronged power...

I would agree with Yogi. Depending upon the type of speakers you have will have a direct bearing as to what kind of amplifier you should be looking at, and thus our opinions. That disclaimer first, I have a Bryston 3B-ST amp powering a pair of Paradigm Studio 60v2 (8 ohm nominal impedance...

Austin, I had wrote almost that exact same thing in my my previous post (i.e. Stereo goes through AD, BM, DA) but was not close to 100% sure so I deleted it prior to posting. Where did you get your information from? Secondly, from this, if one already has the signal coming in via a digital...

John, If you mean with the "Tone Defeat" turned on (thus bypassing the tone circuitry) and in the "Stereo" setting, I have no clue. The manual states nothing in this regard. Perhaps you could phone Denon and ask that specific technical question.

Chris, I bought the Sony 555ES player from Oade Bros. a few months ago now for $570 US shipped. The total cost was about $1080 Cdn. The player is outstanding (just do a search on this forum). I would recommend, if possible, for you to increase you budget of $800 to $1100. It did receive a...