Recent content by Art Miller

It's probably worth $100-200. I've got one that I bought new, what, a decade ago, and I just packed it away in a box, 'cause I can't bear to sell it for a 1/12 of what I paid. I'd have to disagree with Rachael, and say that I was never impressed with it as a stereo preamp. In fact I stopped...

Been there-gave up on that. Can't adjust global volume continuously. I gave up and bought a Sherwood AVP9080r pre/pro ($1200 MSRP) on ubid for $349. Does everthing that you will need. You could use your integrated amp for two of the channels, but would need more amps for the surrounds, etc...

Atho, I had been warned that the Pioneer universal player was coming out and considered waiting too. I bought the Pan 91, and just a few days ago got my Stereophile rag in the mail with a picture of the new Pioneer unit on the cover. I thought, oh, damn, I just got ripped offf. Then I read...

Andy, glad that you were able to get the same price that I did. Gary, not all the salespeople have the same atitude at J&R. Try them again. I don't know that it really matters, but they are an authorized dealer. I've read that Pan doesn't care where you bought it and will honor the warrenty...

OK, yet another question. I bought a Home Theatermaster MX-500 remote a month or so ago, and figured that I'd wait until I got another preamp and a DVD before setting it up. Has anyone used this remote with the AVP9080r? Basically I'm asking if all the Sherwood codes are preprogrammed...

Funny, I was in the same predicament myself. I had a bunch of amps, preamps and hoped to buy a DVD with DD/DTS, and since that would be my primary surround source, use the master volume fade of the DVD player to contol the vol of all the channels. Gee, my old Laserdisk player has a master fade...

Andy, Here's what to do. Call up J&R, and tell them that you want the same price as I got, which was $425 plus $7 shipping, = $432. They can search on my name, confirm the price, and should meet it. good Luck! //Art Miller

John, Thanks for the tip. Sure doesn't sound like it ought to be this way though. Even my ancient Sony 1000ES had separate speaker adjustments. I agree that -theoretically- the speakers should only have to be balanced once, but practically speaking, there are numerous times when either the...

So how do you adjust the individual speaker volume on this thing? I thought that I was following the instructions in the manual but it doesn't seem to work. I hit the test tone while I'm in DD, and the pre cycles through the various speakers. While it's playing the test tone in one of the...

Colin, Exactly my question, much better way to put it. Since I really do have subs (2 12 in Shivas), I 'd like it not to matter how the sound gets there. 5.0 Large ought to equal 5.1 med/small. Anyone know for sure?

I got one of these from Ubid also. It took forever. I won the bid at $349 12/21 and it was not shipped until the 31st. Holidays shomalidays, 10 days is a long delay. It took another 6 days to arrive by stagecoach,er, ah I mean ground UPS ($35 shipping to NJ). Can't say a whole lot about it...

Quick question: If I'm using Large speaker settings in DD/DTS does ALL of the Low frequency info go to the main R/L speakers if I'm NOT using a sub? The reason I ask is that I am using a biamp MTM/Sub stereo speaker setup, and I'd prefer to leave it as it is, with the separate electronic...

Outlaw audio sells a 1.8m toslink for $20. I've got one on order as well as 3 of their analog cables. Anyone use them or have any comments?

So interesting that it has the same faceplate as the AVP9080R. I'm sure that means that the one that I just bought will be upgradeable for a few hundred bucks huh?! --I won't hold my breath. But, since I only paid $350 for it new, I had suspected that it was already pretty obsolete. Sure...

I went to a Sams club in NJ. The drive (WD 1000BB @ 7200rpm), was stickered at $269 with a $100 mail in rebate. When I got to the register it rang up at $219. When I got to the service desk to actully pick up the drive I saw another sticker on one with a $219 price with only a $50 rebate. So...