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Hi Robert, (Long post alert....) The two box solution does give much greater flexibility in upgrading and matching the needs of a system. For example if one was happy with their existing pre-pro/receiver but wanted HDMI switching to their system a HDMI switchbox can be added to take care...

" I can purchase the THX EX upgrade for 250.00. I still won't have DTS ES" Actually you will. V4 on the DC-1 added THX EX and DTS ES. What you won't have is DTS ES 6.1 Discrete. Shawn

"The 8000 receiver was the only one that worked with 2.0 and 5.1 sources to "expand" them to 7.1." And it is worth noting that the 8000 actually downmixed a 5.1 source into two channels (discarding the LFE channel completely) then applied L7 to the resulting 2 channel mix to bring it back out...

Check out the Turtle Beach Audiotron. It does internet radio as well as MP3 streaming from a computer. Shawn

"The SF and other vendor who's name escapes me are in the $400 range." Mine is a little less then half that actually. Shawn

"I currently have mine set at 75 db using internal..sub is about 79/80....which do you prefer?" I always use the internal tones. The Lexicons need to know the actual SPL at the listening position as they use that info to alter the 'Loudness' curve as needed based on the SPL. They also use...

Tommy, Good luck with that combo, it should be a lot of fun! "Now to tweak the Lex...where's S Fogg" Hiding. ;) What did you need to know? I wouldn't tweak the music surround settings too much right off the bat. You need to get a little accustomed to music in surround first. Then...

Ron, "Is there a mode on any Lexi processor that will send sound to JUST the surround speakers?" You can use 2 channel surround (Party on MC-1 and earlier) and then use the fader to move the sound just to the surrounds. Shawn

John, "Whats the difference between the 80hz thx crossover and the 80hz crossover ?" For the high pass the 80hz THX is second order per THX specs. The regular 80hz is fourth order high pass like all the other crossover settings. For the low pass there is no difference between them. "My...

Kevin, "One of things I noticed different with the MC-8 in the speaker configuration is there's no selection for dipole speakers. In the MC-1 you could choose dipole and it would adjust the output differently (2-3 db's) than a direct radiator." Not needed any more. The MC-1 and such had...

Kevin, " but I don't see how anyone could say the MC-8 sounds the same? It's completely different, new processors, dacs, associated electronics. " Because those of us that have said the MC-12 and MC-1 sound similiar (and I level matched double blind ABXed them) were talking strictly about...

Kevin, "I can't seem to get the input to switch to the 5.1 input when I play a DVD-A disc. I'm guessing the digital connection still has information and therefore the MC-8 won't switch?" Yup, that is probably it. A few DVD-A players turn off their digital output on DVD-A discs which allows...

John, "How exactly does the sub limiter work ?..because like I said I set it at 90db max but when I watch movies it goes up to around 105 db.." It is actually a bass peak limiter, not just a sub limiter. It will limit the bass peaks no matter what speakers they are in. When you got up to...

John, "If you set your front mains on small with a 40 hz crossover and then set your lfe sub to 60 hz, do you just lose the 60~80 hz recorded in the lfe channel or does it get re-routed to the mains ?" No to both. On the MC-8/12 the subwoofer crossover applies *only* to redirected main...

If you set the mains to large in the MC-8, and turn the LFE output off (rerouting it to the mains L/R outputs), do you still have an independant level setting for the LFE channel?" You should be able to adjust the LFEs level by using the LFE MIX parameter in the various modes. That would be...

Lewis, When you are using feet it does it in half foot increments, not full feet. Shawn

Dave, "I thought you were supposed to set the speaker distance delays according to actual distance from listening position. I did this with my MC-12 using the formula 1ms = 1.1 feet. " Where did you need to use this formula? The time alignment settings in a Lexicon are based on feet...

Steve, To a degree it doesn't really matter and it would vary on what the recorded level of the bass tones is. If they are -20dB if you set the Lexs volume to 0 they should play back at 85dB. But really you can set it anywhere that is a comfortable level for you to work with the BFD. Using...

Cliff, "Does anyone know the resolution of SACD analog signal (ie. 24/192k)?" It doesn't translate to PCM numbers very easily. Because with DSD as the frequency goes up the resolution (noise floor) goes down. PCM keeps the noise floor the same over the entire bandwidth of the signal...

Cliff, If it has the 24bit DACs then it also has the 20bit A/Ds. They were both upgraded at the same time. Shawn

Cliff, " It sounds pretty good (still better than redbook), even though the Lex is down-converting the DSD signal." By the time the Lexicon sees the signal it isn't DSD... it is analog. From there the Lexicon is converting the analog signal to PCM to let it apply processing. For two...

Brett, "Just forget this 2 Channel Vs. Multichannel. Just buy Bose Direct Reflecting Speakers and you will all be in 7th Heaven..." I know you meant this in jest but since you are a AR nut have you ever looked into the AR 'Magic' speaker? You might want to read up on what it did and why...

Dan, "If you get the balanced MC-8 be sure your amp(s) is(are) 100% balanced from stem to stern. " To use the advantages of balanced interconnects there is no reason at all an amplifier needs to be a dual differential design, a balanced input is all that is needed. Shawn

Craig, No problem. For stereo music a very dead room will tend to sound lifeless and flat and it will highlight the 'looking through a window' experience. The rooms 'sound' is needed for 2 channel to help with the above. That is why I suggested taking your speakers outside and listening to...

Kevin, "But to me, recreating instuments/voices in a realistic manner should be the fundamental goal of any music lover. " Of course, and I think those get better reproduced in surround sound. Esp. vocals because instead of relying on phantom imaging (and the attendant comb filter which...

Kevin, " but don't stoop down to say how one amp / one speaker should be the ultimate bang for the buck. You seem to be smart enough not to bore us with that." I didn't make the quality over quantity argument, you did. If you don't like the implications of that argument don't make it. Just...

Kevin, "I fully intend on buying a few of these recommended discs to see for myself." Don't just listen for what they do wrong... listen to all they do right. "Because certainly $10,000 worth of pure stereo gear should greatly outperform $10,000 worth of 7.1 audio." In some areas it...

Kevin, "As Shawn noted, it will be "my concert hall", and not an accurate reproduction of the actual concert hall of the performance. But this would only be annoying if I had sat in that specific hall " The problem here though is your have your rooms sound superimposed over the recorded...

Kevin, "I don't know about you, but when I attend a concert, the musicians are all in front of me - I've never been invited to sit onstage between the violins and the flutes." Completely true. This is the common complaint against surround sound for music by those that don't realize what it...

" Shawn stated that stereo requires a dead room. " No I didn't...... Shawn