I have settled on the Tempest in the adire designed EBS alignment. I have the 250w PE plate amp waiting, but I was wondering: I have a Carvin Pro Bass 500 bass head, which can go 500 watts bridged mono @ 4 ohms with speaker level outputs. Is it possible to use this in a home theater setting? I...
I have heard that NAD receivers will drop the digital signal at the beginnings of tracks as it re-aquires the bitstream. Has any one used non-NAD brand "omni-decks" (will play dvd, dvd-a, SACD, CD, CD-R, etc) like Denon's DVD-5900 or Onkyo's DV-SP800 with a NAD receiver (specifically the T752)...
I have noticed that a number of floorstanding speakers from 5-8 years ago (ie. Infinity's RS-5s) and a few from today (ie PSB's Stratus Silver(i)) use a vertical MTM (mid, tweeter, mid) alignment. All of the speakers I have seen at the local Circuit City are in a vertical TMM (tweeter above two...
Yesterday I went to my local Hi-end audio store to give some speakers a listen. I auditioned the Paradigm Monitor 11s and also listen (briefly) to some Klipsch RF-7s. The sales associate assisting me was, lets say, very opinionated, and said something that I had never considered or heard before...
I am looking to spend between $800-$1500 on a set of mains for my Stereo/HT setup. Its about 65% music (mostly classical and jazz) and 35% movies. Ive done extensive listening to Infinity's Alpha 40s and 50s at the local Circuit City and my friend has a brand new pair of RF-5s Ive heard quite a...