Posts by Brad Wood

Stan, My guess is that you have a grounding issue between the 5803 which uses a two pin AC power plug and the Rotel 1090 amp which is properly grounded utilizing a three pin power plug. In recent years, there has been alot of...

Bailey, It wouldn't be much. The shelf isn't very large. I'd have to say that UPS ground couldn't be more than $10 or $15, depending on where you are.

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Hey fellow Junkies! My basement HT is now finished, with the exception of a few trim items and I'm left with some remnants of the past few years. As always, I'm partial to people who can pick this stuff up in the Minneapolis area, but...

Well, wifey has finally given the green light for basement HT. All I had to do was agree to do all the laundry and wash all the dishes for six months, but that's another thread altogther. Anyway, I'm trying to hit it fast before...

Jay, I'm starting demolition on my basement this weekend for the new HT. May I ask how much you paid for the Lutron components, or what the list price would be? I'm an AV designer so I can buy from Graybar, but I'm just trying to...

Kevin, I used to rep Hafler in the upper Midwest. They are definitely pro amps, but pro in the sense of driving critical listening studio monitors. I used to own a P4000 and it was a beast. I drove a pair of Tannoy System 10 DMT...

I'm in the same boat Rob. I have a great speaker set up in my home theater, but I'm still saving the money to get a nice HT processor that also does great stereo. It's going to be a while before I can justify the $4-6K of estimated...

I've recently considered delving into the vintage hi-fi world recently. I checked on E-bay and saw a Yamaha CR-1020 in reasonably good condition and just for fun I threw a bid in of $95 for it. I had seen other CR-1020's go for as...

I hate to hijack a thread, but wanted to add my .02. To echo ben's response to Craig's question, pro amplifiers don't usually have phase control because in most pro systems, phase is adjusted elsewhere. To answer some of...