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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately the Njord's have not been produced in over 10 years I am told and the tweeters they use have long been discontinued (I am going to pull the xovers out sometime and either change out resistors/caps as needed or build new xovers to match whatever tweeters I end...

I luckily came across a pair of Ruana Njord home speakers not to long ago and absolutely love them! They are concrete and have a very controlled sound to them because of this. The problem is that at one time one or both of the tweeters blew and so new tweeters were put on. They sound sub-par...

Hey everyone, I've had my eye on buying a used Sony STR-DA333ES. To further confuse me in my receiver quest, I have found that Sony made an STR-V333ES; the features seem almost identical. I have also come across the STR-DB930 which seems to have identical features to the v333 and the da333; what...

Craig-holographic projection does sound cool-have you seen Minority Report? Tom Cruise's character uses a holographic type projector-I can see it now-processors with Dolby Pro Logic for old 2 dimensional films that bring them into a matrixed 3d image and new releases being in 3d...wait, didn't...

Oh, one quick thing, I like the comment about going to digital amps...what about class-T or Tripath amps? Alpine was going to have tripath amps in one of their in dash CD players a couple years ago that would have an RMS output of 4x80 watts from 20-20,000hz!! It would be cool to see this in...

Hey, just wanted to say thanks to all of you out there for your feedback and I apologize for not being able to respond sooner. I have considered going with the separates route by buying some older Sony STR-GA900ES's and using their front channels as the power amps (I am almost 100% sure they...

Hey everyone, I think I have decided to go with a Sony ES receiver/DVD player in August for my new home to match the Sony plasma 42" I have my eye on right now :D I think it will be either the 2es, 3es, 4es, or 5es, depending on what their availability on the used market will be in 6 months and...

Thanks for the replies everyone. The 5700 and 5600DTS are very nice receivers, but still more than I would like to spend. I would like to keep it less than $500-the 325 for $399 is a killer deal, especially considering I am 90 minutes south of Huppins HiFi, the retail division of OneCall. I...

I am considering going with all HK stuff or all Sony ES stuff for my HT. I've been an avid Denon/Onkyo user for a few years, but it seems that their latest stuff just isn't all that its cracked up to be unless you buy their top $1k+ machines. I'm not really crazy about seven channel stuff as I...

Excellent! That's good enough for me :D

My big concern is that HK's have a low power rating vs. other receivers which is OK with my because I know they are underrated for the most part, but in this day and age a low power rating could also mean a manufacturer is taking advantage of so many "HT in a box" small speaker systems buyers...

Ed-the 192khz processing seems to sound a lot like my Clarion DRX-9255 car audio CD player with dual 20 bit burr-brown DAC's and 105db S/N ratio. My old Onkyo sounded like, well, it was very flat and lifeless; no live sound to it. I hear that the optical output from an SACD or DVD-Audio player...

Hello! I am searching for a Harman Kardon receiver and have been looking at the 110, 120, 125, 210, 220, 225, 310, 320, 325, 510, 520, and 525. For economic reasons, the 525, 325, and possibly the 520 are out of the question (I would like to find something preowned for less than $300 if...

Alright, up on ebay now. Thanks for looking! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...013400136&rd=1

Hey, if you still have it for $250 shipped, let me know. Thanks!

Hey everyone, I'm selling my near-new condition Onkyo TX-DS676 (I bought another one after selling the last one because I had reliability issues with my HK receiver). I'm selling it to put money towards a DIY 2 channel electrostatic system with Scan Speak Revlator 7's, so sorry, no trades unless...

YGM back! And dangit, that title should read "$120" instead of "$150" shipped for the Tempest...who the heck would sell a used Tempest for $150...;)

Hey everyone, I have one more MKII Shiva left. It has been put in a box for testing so has a little silicon stuck to the back of the mounting plate (which I will do my best to scrape off before it ships out). Otherwise, it is brand new. Looking for $90 shipped. I also have a Tempest, less...

Hey everyone, update, I just bought an HK DVD player so my DVD needs are satisfied, but if you have an HK receiver you are getting rid of or only want one Shiva, let me know. Thanks!

Bought them to make DIY towers, but ended up buying a truck instead and I am spending my time on car audio now (although I will consider trades towards a nice HK receiver and/or DVD player). I'm asking $200 shipped for the pair. Thanks!

I just got a Harman Kardon DVD 5 DVD player today in the mail. I plugged it in, switched on the main toggle power button, and the on/standby switch turned amber in color-just what it is supposed to do. However, it will not respond if I press the on/standby button or if I try to use the remote to...

Jose- Well, there you have it. I'm sold on HK now. Considering you have to pay twice that for a similar brand to have 192khz processors. Woohoo!!!

Haha, you'll laugh when you hear what speakers I was stuck with for a while :D Toyota Tacoma's have almost no depth in the doors so I was forced to use only some Ultimate Audio 6 3/4" coax's until I could build some MDF baffles for component 6.5's and kickpanels for tweeters/mids (of course that...

I have a Clarion 9255 CD player in my truck and it is by far the best sounding CD player I have ever heard-raised my soundstage a good 4-6 inches above where it was with my old Eclipse and Alpine preamp decks (my friend's Cary home CD player is probably about the home equivelent as they both...

Ah, man, I want some $20 "bookshelf enclosures" ;) That's a good place to start with-what do the crossovers look like that are in there already? Was the 5 1/4" in a separate chamber or was it a sealed back basket or neither? If neither or sealed back, whatever 5 1/4" you end up getting will...

My EE friend dug out some 4 way overs today from a pair of older Scanspeak speakers that have blown woofers so we are going to play with those and see if they sound decent or not-if not then we'll go 2 way up top with Shiva-most of this is going to be the fun of experimentation rather than...

Thanks for the advice guys. Rory- Yes, I should have mentioned that I was planning on having a separate chamber for the Shiva apart from the Audax/other drivers. I also forgot to mention that the Shiva's will be driven by a separate amp-my receiver itself will be driving the upper three...

I've been doing custom two and three way component front speaker systems in cars for years, but want to try to build some home speakers (MUCH more flexible with enclosure size, etc....you don't understand what a pain in the a$$ car audio installs are!!!). Here is what I have to work with and my...

A buddy of mine needed something inexpensive for his room and picked up a five speaker set off of ebay for $189. Of course, he won't be one to experiment with a Seas magnesium driver vs. a Focal Audiom vs. what have you or try to find out what tweeters sound best off axis, but he loves how they...

Yeah, somehow I hit the tab key and then the space bar to type the next word which posted my thread prematurely. See my other thread titled the same only with the "WARNING: LONG" attached to it for the full story. Thanks! Kevin-That's an excellent observation I hadn't really thought of and it...