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Hi, in regard to your question if Parasound is High-end, well that really depends on what you define as high-end. To me Parasound offers a lot of bang for the buck, and it can definately hold it's own next to a Classé (for example) but the latter will give you a tad more finesse and musicality...

I've got both the 805 for surround speakers, and the 804's as main speakers. While i've listened to the larger 803 many times, I just don't like its sound as much as the 804. As stated earlier, the difference between the 805 and 804 is substantial though they sound quite similar, so they match...

The one thing I find very confusing about NAD is that they claim a given number of watts into 8 as well as 4 ohm. For instance: 125W into 8/4 ohm. Well which one is it, 8 or 4 it can't be both. If it can manage 125W into 8 then it obviously can handle that into 4 as well, but it should almost...

You'd be surprised which brands actually put out their specified wattage. Marantz' new range (x400) is pretty good at doing just that, usually only 5W below specification with all channels driven, that's pretty good. Denon (not talking about the A1SR and the higher end models) and Yamaha...

Well, i too believe that RF/EMI susceptibility (hope i spelled that right) is one of the factors that makes a good or bad cable. But that's certainly not the only one, cable capacitance and inductance also play a large role, as does cable geometry. Every cable i've tried so far sounded...

There's no such thing as "the best cables", because it's very system and user dependent. For instance, I have a Rotel RSP1098/RMB1075 with N805's, and i've tried several cables both expensive and cheap. -Normal 13Ga zipcord: Makes everything sound dull and lifeless, no highs what so ever...

Prices for the new 700 series (european price for 1 pair): 705 (replaces CDM-1NT => €1400 704 (replaces CDM-7NT) => €2200 703 (replaces CDM-9NT) => €3000 HTM7 (replaces CDM-CNT) => €750 (1 piece) ASW-700 (new subwoofer) => €1500 ASW-750 (replaces ASW-CDM) => €1800 DS7 (dipole surround...

Imho the 604 is quite different from the 603 in many aspects. The 604 isn't just a whole lot bigger, it sound very different too. The entire midrange area isn't as strong as with the 603, bass is a little more powerful but not really that much. The only big difference is that the 604 can...

I don't think the B&W will be able to compete with SVS, and i don't think thats what B&W had in mind when creating it :) SVS is just a different league of subwoofer, kinda a market on it's own. I must admit i haven't heard SVS yet because it's encredibly expensive to get one in Europe, you...

I have an ASW-650 too, and it's dead quiet, no humming what so ever. Maybe you have a very noisy powerline at home, or interference coming from a transformer of somekind ? How faint is it actually, is it hearable from more than a foot away or not ? Or you can try inserting the powerplug the...

Up until recently i would have agreed that there is little to no difference in cables. But since i started working in a hifi-store i can guarantee you there's a really big difference between cables. I tried 3 sets of cables on the same speaker/amp combination recently, and all 3 sound...

I've noticed that most of the receivers out there don't state their Wattage with all channels driven. So a good way to determine that is buy looking at the maximum power usage of the entire unit. If a receiver draws 250 W from the mains, it's never ever going to exceed that in total power...

I have an RX-V430 and I could care less about whether it has a metal or plastic faceplate. What I do find annoying is the amount of hiss that the lower end Yam's produce, i checked the 396, 496, 420 and 430. All of these have this, so what i'd consider to be a huge improvement for Yamaha to...