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I assume you mean the DSP-A1. It does actually have Dolby Digital and DTS, to go along with Yamaha‘s proprietary surround DSP and can use two front effects speakers. I still have one that has seen extensive use over the last 21 years — as the surround processor in my main setup, as the heart of...

Are you conducting your usual measurements? I'm looking to see what the output voltage is on the pre-amp outputs. I'm running a Crown XLS 1500 with my 2040 and I want to know how close I can get to getting full power.

My XLS 1500 arrived earlier this week and I had a few hours to play around with it before I headed out of town again. Despite everything I've read, I still wasn't prepared for the size. I think it is only about 1/3 as deep as my curent 5-channel amp. Before it arrived I read an article all...

It would have been the manufacturer, Belden.

You will want to avoid any class D amplification in anything you purchase. They simply do not generate the heat needed to properly cook a hot dog.

How big is your screen? I got a 120" retractable screen for $99 off of Amazon. Smaller sizes were even cheaper. Maybe not the best screens available, but probably better than one with white-out spots or wood stain.

A friend of mine once won a pair of "high-end" speaker cables. They were pretty, with a braided fabric covering, terminated in either spades or bananas, I don't know. What I do know is that he sliced open the fabric and underneath was the same bulk Belkin cable that you can buy for cheap on...

I had a really great caption but since I'm not sure whether these audiophile coathangers have been cryo'd, I'm keeping it to myself.

Alright, poking around the Internet I've found that the Drive Core II models are supposed to be available on 6/15. So maybe I got a little overzealous and should have held off for a day or so before grabbing an XLS 1500. I should have it tomorrow and within a short time will know whether it...

What is the timetable on the Drive Core II?

Excellent! Thanks!

1V is a problem since it will take 1.4v to drive the Crown to it's full potential. Now the issue may lay in the Art Clean Box. I own one and it does work. I think I may run into this problem. Is the Art Clean Box able to solve that problem, or at least is that what it is supposed to do? I...

After reading this (and a few other) threads about the XLS 1500, I've put a bid in for one on eBay. Provided my Yamaha RX-A2040's pre-outs are sufficient to drive it, the biggest drawback to the Crown seems to be that it is, well . . . not pretty. But I can remedy that by printing out a...

I think those are GR Research Super V's. PDR Super V build

Unfortunately, for a few days every month these speakers are subject to bloat, become terribly grating, and get on your nerves.

Interesting discussion. Wish I had more time to read it but I have to go paint my CDs green with a marker, get my cables out of the freezer, and then beat my wife.

That appears to be the very one recommended by Big Dan Laufman.

Jerry, thank you for this. I just read both threads and that was the most entertaining thing I've seen on a forum in some time. That AC thread was like the audio forum nerd version of Honey Boo Boo moving in with those Jersey Shore people.

Mine too. Until just three weeks ago.

So what you are saying is you think the operation might improve if his friends step in? :D