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I'm finally ready to make the leap to separates. I'm seriously eyeing a Sherwood Newcastle P-965 pre/pro, but more importantly, I want to get a 5-7 channel amp that's going to be the cornerstone of my system for years to come. I would love to be able to audition these, but I live in an A/V...

Right now I have a Sony NS900V, and a couple things about it really bug me. First of all, you have to use its bass management, either "large" or "small", with a fixed cutoff at 120 Hz. If I choose large, nothing goes to the sub, and if I choose small, the mains get nothing below 120 Hz. I've...

I just hooked up my system this weekend and tried it out eagerly, and I have to say that I'm somewhat disappointed in the sound. Here's my equipment: PSB Stratus Silveri (bought used, so they should be at least somewhat broken in) NAD T752 (refurb) Sony NS900V (used) KimberKable 8vs single...

I am trying to decide between buying a NAD T752 and a NAD T762. I can get them for $600 and $900, respectively. I don't really need any second zone capablities, I don't need amplification for 6 or 7 channels (I'm only going to be running 5.1 at the most), and I don't listen to music or movies...

Please help me locate the best player for $500. I'm looking for a dvd player that is more like a CD player that also happens to do DVD's, as opposed to being the other way around. I would buy a seperate CD player, but the cost of both a CD player and a DVD player is prohibitive. Most of all, I'm...

I've been looking at nad t752, HK 525, and Marantz 7300 (probably not the marantz due to the lowest sub xover is 80 Hz) and I've been dabbling with the idea of doing hardcore searching for used seperates at bargain prices, but it's all just a blur now. So yeah, what do you guys use?

I'm looking for an oldie-but-goodie(and cheaper) amp, and a relatively modern pre/pro with a street (used) price of around $800-900 total. What stuff is worth looking at in that range?

I'm trying to plan out my speaker purchase, but this question perplexes me. It seems to me that the principal difference between floorstanders and quality bookshelves is lower bass at higher volumes. But what if I will be buying a sick subwoofer (SVS) and don't particularly need the bass below...

Tonight I had the great opportunity to listen to Curtis’ Ascend Acoustic system in his home. He goes by the handle CurtisSC on this forum and cschang on the AVS Forum. Curtis is a great guy; he and I listened to various audio tracks and a few movie scenes (more on that later) and chatted about...

I've done a lot of reading and a fair amount of auditioning, then rinsed and repeated, and ended up roughly back where I started in my quest for "the best speakers" for me, but knowing more about speakers in general. What I'm looking for are speakers that are capable of reproducing the...

I haven't been on this board or invloved in HT very long, but I am an avid music listener and I think I know enough about sound to offer up a review of these (for now discontinued) British floorstanders. I posted a review right before the database problem on HTF and it was subsequently...

I'm on a mission to find "the best" set of speakers for $1400, maybe $1500. By "the best," I'm not quite sure what I mean. I like warmer, richer-sounding speakers...I recently auditioned some Paradigm Monitor 7's and 3's and liked the color and the laid-back-ness of the sound. The Studio 60's...

I would like to apologize in advance for my newbie-ishness. I’m sure the most annoying and common post is “What is the best [component type] for [amount of money]??!!” I’m new to these forums and to home theater in general, but I’d like to think that I did at least some of my homework before...