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    Best AMP or AMP/Processor or ALL IN ONE set up for Focal Electra

    Right now I am running: Integra DTC-9.8 preamp Parasound HCA-3500 2 x 350w amp for front mains (large speakers) B&K EX4420 2 x 200w amp for rear surrounds (small speakers) B&K TX4430 3 x 200w amp center and side surrounds (small speakers) Carvin DCM2000 2000w amp for Buttkickers Focal...
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    USB to Optical or Toslink Converter

    I have ripped all of my CDs to my computer in Windows Media Audio Lossless format. I want to send a digital signal from my computer to my preamp so I can use the DAC in my preamp. Is there a USB to Optical or Toslink Converter that will send a digital signal from my computer to my preamp?
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    Brown University Product Development Survey on Speakers

    Some of us would not use wireless speakers. You should have an option for that choice.
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    Advice

    I think the Onkyo TX-SR606 would be a great reciever for your setup. For that matter even the Onkyo TX-SR506 would work in your system.
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    Noise coming from speakers while connected to A21

    I have a Parasound HAC -1000 amp and my hum was coming from my TV cable. Unplug or disconnect one component at a time from the system and when the hum disappeared you will know where it is coming from. After you find out the source you can begin the fix. It might be replacing a three pronged...
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    Noise coming from speakers

    I have a Parasound HAC -1000 amp and my hum was coming from my TV cable. Unplug or disconnect one component at a time from the system and when the hum disappeared you will know where it is coming from. After you find out the source you can begin the fix. It might be replacing a three pronged...
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    best place in country to listen to speakers

    Any big city will have great speakers to listen to. Just look the stereo shops on the net before you travel there.
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    Dedicated HT Dimension question

    Try http://www.cinemasource.com/articles/room_modes/modes.html
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    Dedicated HT Dimension question

    Savant: I’m sorry I got so defensive. I hate when people do that. I’m not an expert. I can defiantly be wrong and I did use Wikipedia as my source. However I have put in many hours investigating acoustic and acoustical treatments on the web. I have read your articles but did not realize...
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    Dedicated HT Dimension question

    The only standing waves in room are going to result from room modes. Two waves with the same frequency, wavelength, and amplitude traveling in opposite directions will interfere and produce a standing wave or stationary wave. The reflective wave has to have the same amplitude and frequency...
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    Acoustical treatment of my dedicated theater room - advice

    check out: http://www.auralex.com/literature/acoustology_404.pdf and http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html
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    Dedicated HT Dimension question

    Room modes (sometimes called nodes) are the result of standing waves which result from sound being reflected back off the walls of a room and interfering with the original traveling wave radiated by the source.
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    Acoustical treatment of my dedicated theater room - advice

    Don’t use diffusion use absorbers. Diffusion will work on the back wall, but only if you’re seating is 10’ away from the diffusion. They need space to work correctly
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    Dedicated HT Dimension question

    The room dimensions should not be evenly divisible by each other in order to prevent standing waves. You are already stuck with 12 x 8. A good measurement would be 13 x17 x 8. For your room I would chose a length of either 17 or 19. Also non parallel walls (like in a movie theater) are...
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    Ground Loop Issue With Cable TV

    Last summer I switched cable boxes. Originally I had the cable running through my Panamax surge protector/power conditioner. When the technician hooked up my new box he did not run the coaxial cable through the Panamax. I did not think anything about it at the time but started to get a...
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    Amp for B&W 803s

    Anyone interested in the Yamaha?
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    Power Conditioners?

    I also disagree. Last summer I switched cable boxes. Originally I had the cable running through my Panamax surge protector/power conditioner. When the technician hooked up my new box he did not run it through the Panamax. I did not think anything about it but started to get a pronounced hum...
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    How to develop "golden ears"

    Having golden ears has nothing to do with snobbery but everything to do with experience. I do not consider golden ears as snobbery but consider it a taste cultivated by experience. Snobbery is just a lack of humility. Just like eating gourmet food or fine wine you never know what you are...
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    interested in getting my first nice setup! please help!

    Something I forgot to mention. At your budget I would get Vandersteen Speakers. These are very high quality audiophile speakers but are also very economical for their entry level system. Audiophile speakers are great for HT. Don’t shortchange yourself please audition some Vandersteen...
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    interested in getting my first nice setup! please help!

    Rotel is good stuff but if I were in your shoes I would consider the Onkyo 876. You will get a lot more for your money with the Onkyo. You can get it on Amazon for around $1000.00. Only one problem with the Onkyo is that it needs to be on an open shelf. It can overheat if you place it in an...
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