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quote: __________________________________________________ _________ I have 2 Thiel CS2.3 main speakers & an M&K MX-150 Sub. What should my crossover be set to for movies and for music? __________________________________________________ _________ I have 2.4s which go only slightly...

For what it is worth the recent edition of Stereophile Guide to Home Theater rated the PVA 7 as AAA class and the Rotel 1075 as AA class. They rated the 1095 as AAA but it is twice the price of the 1075. What is the price of the PVA 5 versus the PVA 7? Just curious. I have a PVA 7. I...

Wolfgang I would not worry about the PVA 7 even if you change speakers. I drive Thiels with it and these are notorious for dipping to low impedence for significant parts of the audio range. Unless your room is really large or the speakers really inefficient the PVA 7 will be more than...

I second the vote that these are mainly obscure bugs (not of course if you are using the feature (g)). Software is pretty hard to get perfect. Take a look at Microsoft word and you can find some pretty obscure bugs on Word 97 (I haven't used the newer versions but expect that they have their...

Back when I first got my AVM 20 I was concerned that my velodynes X-over would cause me grief so I asked Sonic Frontiers if I would be better selecting my mains as large and no sub then using the X-over in the sub to feed the mains. This is not quite the same as the issue of using an external...

Alan, In your first table, the fact that your sound pressure meter registers 85 db at 112 HZ when the mains are crossed over at 25 and the sub at 100 should be no surprise. The manual says that you would get both the sub and the main projecting anything from 25 to 100 hz with the -3 db point of...

OK a question that I have often wondered about. If a THXspeaker has a natural 12db per octave roll off at 80 hz then presumably the pre pro has to do nothing to the signal going to the speaker. It simply lets the signal pass directly to the THX speaker and sends the low frequency information to...

Michael, I agree with your wife. The upgrade does improve the sound. When I got teh upgrade the system was out of commission for only 3 days so my ears did not have a chance to totally forget the sound. LOTR was much better on the new set up. My dealer claims that this is not unexpected...

I would go with the 20s. Dipoles sound really crappy with DVD A or any of the concert disks. If you go 7.1 then the two back speakers could be dipoles.

I use the PVA 7 and am very pleased with it. I have seen no poor reviews in any magazine. The AVM and the PVA basically are a matched set.

Having the crossover at 70 for the speakers and 80 for the sub should boost output between 70 and 80 rather than thin out the base. Did you use the test tones to balance the system? You do not say what you replaced when you bought the Anthem but the sound difference between two pieces of...

For the record, I have been unable to reproduce this flaw. My system was upgraded on Sept 19 by the folks at Anthem (they were teaching teh techs at Kromer how to do it).

Last night I sat down and listened to the Fifth Element again. Since I have used this disc after every change in the system i know what it sounds like. with DTS NEo 6 on the upgraded AVM 20 the sound was definately more transparent than in 5.1 DTS on the original AVM 20. My wife's comment on...

I got my AVM 20 back from the dealer on Saturday and reinstalled all the wiring on Sunday. I have not played much with it. The room boundary effect adjustment worked well for me in taming the rising bottom end caused by acoustics. Anthemlogic Movie seems to be the same as the old Anthemlogic...

Karen what was meant by a differential pricing policy is that Paradigms sell in comparatively chheaper in Canada. I believe that this is primarily due to an extra layer of distribution costs in the US. The reverse tends to be true on many US brands sold in Canada. Since most reviews and...

The unit supports DD 5.1 DTS 5.1 DD EX DTS Matrix DPL It does not support as of yet DPL II DTS Discrete It has a short selection of artificial modes (church hall etc) and a mode they call Cinemalogic which puts 2 channel through all 7 speakers If you have only one sub then plug...

Steve, the difference between teh MCA and the PVA is in reality only 3db. I think the MCA series may be getting into the diminishing returns area. Also to really get the extra power into 5 channels or 7 if you use another amp for the rear channels you need to consider your power supply (ie the...

Another item to consider in the pre/preo vs receiver argument. Receivers usually have phono inputs, pre/pros usually do not. This is only important if you listen to records of course. One of the nice things about my AVM 20 is that teh FM section totally blows the doors off any receiver that I...

As an AVM owner I can give one reason why I did not buy the Denon or Pioneer. They are so large that they won't fit in my wall unit. To be hnest neither does the PVA 7 but it is really close. However I can hide the amp away somewhare wher it can get plenty of air circulation and the AVM sits...

The AVM 20 has an analog direct mode for any input. The review in stereophile Guide to Home Theatre stated that teh reviewer could detect a difference between analog direct and the same signal passed through teh A/D and back via D/A converters IF he was using a set of stax electrostatic...

The review of the AVM 20 / PVA 7 in Stereophile guide to home theatre said that the PVA 7 was comparable to the Bryston amps for half the price. Unless you have some unbelievable speaker you simply are not likely to hear the difference. In Canada list on the 9BST is somewhere north of 5,000 and...

The choice of the MCA50 vs the PVA7 comes down to how much power you need and whether you will need 7 channels of amplification. The MCA50 puts out twice the power per channel. I am using a PVA 7 with Thiels (somewhat hard to drive but nominally 4 ohms so more power is available). They play very...

Another option to look at is teh Anthem PVA 7. list is 1500. great review in the May Stereophile guide to home theatre. Rated at 105 per channel all 7 channels driven. Claims a 122db SN.

Why not buy a Niles multichannel amp that is designed for teh purpose. You would connect it to the tape out jacks not the pre out jacks and use volume controls wired into each room to control the volume or to turn off the sound in a room.I am using a Niles for 6 pairs of in wall or ceiling...

I am using the PVA with the AVM 20. As I got both at the same time I can not comment on the overall sound of one without the other. The Totems are, if memory serves correctly nominally 4 ohm speakers. From the reviews they are not the easiest speaker to drive but certainly easier than my Thiels...

I have a PVA 7. It is very very quiet. They claim 122 db noise level which may be difficult to measure. I can only say that it is dead silent. I think the MCA versus PVA issue probably depends on what speakers you are driving. The MCA is likely better on very difficult to drive and how much...

You don't set a price point but I would think that most any current pre pro would cover this. The Outlaw 950 and the Rotel 1066 are probably the least expensive (I think the Rotel has FM, I know the Outlaw does). A bit pricier is the Anthem AVM 20. It does not have crossovers which can be varied...

I received my AVM 20 last wednesday having ordered it on the 24th of May. Mine is not new and upgraded so I doubt taht new ones are arriving as of yet. My dealer says he expects upgrades in August.

I have a velodyne 1200R and have the volume set to absolute minimum with my anthem AVM20. With my SONY receiver it was set to about one third. Some receivers put out a higher voltage than others and the amp sensitivity is a constant. Use a good SPL meter to set up the sub output level. The sub...