I'd stay away from the MFW and any other AV123 products at this point. The CEO was indicted for fraud and arrested last Friday. The $500,000 bail hasn't been posted for him yet. The future of that company is very much up in the air at his point.
Longmont man indicted on charity fraud...
You don't need towers. If you are using a sub and sending the bass to the sub you are buying your bass twice and then turning it off in the towers. I'd look at Ascend Acoustics 200SE in the Hsu HB-1 price range.
What do you mean when you say the speakers are facing you? Is there a triangle between you and the speakers or are they to the side aimed at your ears? If they are on the side aimed at your ears that is a large issue for sound stage. Also at 4ft you are listening in a near field situation...
I find the whole everyone will expect $99 HD DVD players argument suspect. If HD DVD takes off for mass adoption not many outside of AV geeks and bargain/deal website followers will know that they went on sale for $99 at one point. I do think that we will see $99 on entry level HD DVD players...
HD-DVD Price. My Oppo died last week and the HD-A2 off Amazon is less than $20 more the an Oppo 981 and comes with 5 movies. At that price I could care less if HD-DVD ends up losing the format war. If Blu-ray wins out, the HD-A2 will carry me just fine until Blu-rays are under $150 and at...
It will be interesting to see if SVS can sell flat black with "cheeks" at that price point. Ascend Acoustics when it moved into this price range with the Sierra 1 didn't try the flat black that is on the other Ascend models.
Here is one enthusiast's rating of subs. Keep in mind it is one person's opinion based on what they consider most important for subs. http://av123forum.com/showpost.php?p...postcount=1221
I took speakers from a few different companies to a get together a couple of years ago and all of them asked me to use a sound meter and a set-up disc over the auto-cal feature.
TXTechfan- general rule of thumb is to crossover one octave above your speakers extention limit. The crossover isn't a brick wall but a slope that starts above where you set it and goes below too. If you can adjust individual channels' crossover point you might try 50-60hz for your mains and...
I think a purist would consider that the same as realism as there is no introduced coloration. There is a school of thought that believes that the advantage of a sub monitor system is the best place in your room for bass may not be where you are putting your speakers. When the bass is handled...
The Yamaha NSM-1000 with beryllium tweeter is still revered in audiophile circles. Look on Audiogon.com in good condition they can still sell for around $1K.