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Even if it isn't covered under warranty, they may be able to repair it at a reasonable cost..

Tempest.. You'll be glad you did...

And, AMAZINGLY, you could see the difference on a scope. And it's too bad that in DBT's no one can seem to hear the difference, let alone indentify exotic cables over zip cord with any consistency.

I still think it's funny that the beleivers think they can hear a difference soooooooooo slight that not even a scope can detect it, but no one has made any claim of hearing more or less THD in their components that a scope can easily measure. "FREE THE SPIRIT!"

DaveDickey- We are not saying that all cabling is the same. We are saying that a 20-50 dollar interconnect that is PROPERLY designed (impedance which is the one and only thing that matters) will not sound ANY different than a 20,000 dollar one. The in-box ones are NOT properly designed and...

No one NEEDS it. But you might enjoy it a lot with a 7.1 system. I would personally opt to have it in a 7.1 environment.

David- I think you missed my point. My point is that the round IDE cables are doing what they are claimed to do. Whether or not it is a benefit in all systems is a matter of heat load, and current airflow conditions inside the pc in question. For some, it's even a matter of convience or looks as...

For the first part, regarding burning at 32x on a 1.1 bus, 32x cd speed is 4800k/sec. That is kiloBYTES, not kiloBITS so would be (roughly) 4.8MB/sec. The 12Mbit USB spec is MegaBITS, not MegaBYTES. So therefore, it SEEMS you should NOT be able to burn at least 32x. Why not a 25 foot IDE...

Cute, but I already know a hennways about 3 pounds.. On the earlier notion of digital data correction making a "best guess" or "filling in the gaps", that is no where near the truth. What if I told you I could take the information on a DVD and split it into say 9 equal sized individual...

Oh, and here's a little more food for thought for those of you capable of objective thinking.. Generic cable - We will refer to this as Cable A. A standard cable that people would say is inferior in its ability to conduct the "spirit" Exotic cable - We will refer to this as Cable B. The...

Any time you copy something, you are reproducing it. And why is the data not the same? It is digitally encoded audio/video. Unless you are specifically talking about the data that an actual mouse sends in which case it is not the same data but it might as well where it concerns the transmission...

Tube based amps add their own signature to the waveform. This is known as distortion. Solid-state does too. The fact that some people LIKE the distortion produced by tube amps better that solid-state is subjective. Distortion produced by either type can be measured. No one is arguing that...

About the 3D picture art, why do you think a camera could not capture it? Try two cameras and superimpose the images and then rethink your statement. We have stereoscopic vision, not monoscopic as a single camera would have. As to the acoustic signature, it is indeed part of the waveform as...

Seth- Good point on USB. I was going to bring up that very same notion, but I knew the author didn't have a clue about it and therefore wouldn't be worth the keystrokes. USB 1.1 is 12Mbit/sec so it isn't quite 10x the bandwidth but it certainly is multiple times faster. Oh, and back to the...

OOOooooo.. I know it is possible, but I don't have a clue how to design a properly tuned line but I sure hope someone can help you. TL's are a beautiful thing and are much too often overlooked. And if you want to impress your friends, you can tell them you've discovered Bose's secrets and...

I see none of the beleivers touched on the subject on being able to hear the variance in the THD produced by their receiver/amp. It would seem like childs play to hear a measurable ammount of distortion vs unmeasureable. On a side note, it is true that not all DAC's are equal. That is one of...

That is a very poor comparison. That is about as "apples and oranges" as it gets. Creating sound and reproducing sound are very different. Just to list a few things that cannot be identical in the construction of a musical instrument: The wood used. Sure, it can be from the same species of tree...

Perhaps the music has some kind of "life force" or "spirit" that is somehow filtered out of a signal when traveling through cheap interconnects or wire. It is this "spirit" that cannot be measured on an O-scope which is why having the exact same waveform at the other end of a cable is...

Mike Skeway -- Well said.. That is exactly the same kind of unbiased "blind test" that one of McIntosh's engineers did (I wish I could remember his name..) during conventions & such.. Funny how no one could hear those higher highs and deeper lows when they didn't know which cables they were...

One of the engineers for McIntosh proved years ago through blind tests that speaker wire doesn't make a bit of difference, assuming you have the proper gauge. He had the exotics vs. standard lamp cord. Resistance is all that is a factor which is determined by the gauge and the length of the run...

When it comes to speakers, you really should go give them a listen. While the synergy line of Klipsch is their bottom end line, they by no means suck.. In my opinion, you really can't go wrong with Klipsch. Not to say there isn't better speakers out there, but I personally like the way Klipsch...

Hmmm.. Since you're looking for something with a lot of kick for music, a sealed box is probably the way to go.. For a Driver, the AL 1804 18" might be a good choice.. You can take a peek at http://www.audioliquidators.com/sub.html.. If you don't mind an 18", that is.. At $260 it seems would fit...

A little more information will be helpful.. 1. How much are you looking to spend? (including amp, & driver(s) but not the cabinet) 2. How big of a box can you tolerate? 3. How big is the room it will be used in? (L x W x H) 4. What will it be used for mostly? (Home theater or music)

How about telling us the name and phone number of those morons so we can all give them a call and tell them to kill themselves before one of their customers who knows about HT, but is too lazy to install it themselves shoots them..

Avoid the Sony at all costs.. Their power ratings are misleading, and overall quality is substandard. Yamaha on the other hand makes great products with honest power ratings.. I would take a 75-80 watt per channel yamaha any day over a 110+ wpc sony.. Also, with high sensitivity speakers like...

Are you against the idea of a vented or PR cabinet? That would be the best way to add extention.. Properly tuned, it should not make it sound loose or sloppy..

Replace them both.. For that small of a speaker, you can get a quality brand replacement that will be inexpensive and sound a heck of a lot better than the originals.. Not to mention that it'll greatly decrease the chances of the same problem recurring.

I second the notion of no bass boost.. I would definately have recommended the Tempest over the Shiva but you said you wanted a "space conservative" box size, and a Tempest won't comply with that. Mine is the EBS alignment and let me tell you.. It's HUGE! It might not look like it when you...

Personally, I would definately go with the Tempest.. As for the amp, you could use the 80 watter, assuming it doesn't mind a 4 ohm load.. BUT, I would highly recommend you upgrade it to the 250 ASAP. You are more likely to destroy your driver by pushing that 80 watts into distortion than if...

That looks like a pretty sweet deal for a plate amp.. Has anyone ever used a Class G amp before?