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The most expensive speakers in the world (Wilson, Magico, etc etc) use cheapish drivers and crossovers surrounded by incredibly dense and expensive cabinets made from vast amounts of exotic materials. They do this because they are trying to remove the effect of an enclosing cabinet on the...

I’m 1000% with you Dennis. Every single measurement Stereophile does carries the proviso that the bass measurements are not accurate due to their measurement technique. Fine. The measurement technique they use is due to them doing it in JA’s lounge or where ever. But if you have a consistent...

The response above about who is doing the rating is bang on. Whose opinion matters? Professional reviewers supposedly have a better handle on good sound. But since the entire field is subjective who knows? ID speakers have more individual good reviews on sites like this than mainstream...

First off, thanks for the before and after Audyssey measurements. You guys seem to be the only ones doing this. It wasn't mentioned in the review, but it seems to me that the speakers measured better without Audyssey. They roll off below 50Hz, but are flatter and a bit of boost would be pretty...

The Onkyo receivers and Emotiva UMC200 do it the way mentioned above, you need a separate feed for the audio. It works just fine for the optical feed from my Mac Mini and I use it all the time. I haven't tried with the tuner. The inability to do this with an HDMI is the main reason I no longer...

I'm having an issue with my UMC-200 and am unsure whether it is a 'feature' or if I am just stupid. I'm unable to set different presents for the different inputs. In other words, if the unit sees a PCM source I can't make the TV input play DPL2 and the CD input play Stereo automatically. It...