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I am waiting for a bathroom channel so that when you must take a much needed break, you won't miss the action while you do your business. 11.1 seems pretty cool but I think 12.1 would be even better :D

Ironically the Seymour Ice Amps seem to be about the best value in town of the bunch as you will see in an up and coming article called "Attack of the Clone Amplifiers" coming to a Home Theater Publication near you :)

Chris I am not arguing that the ICE amp is a good amp and very dynamic. I do however think its misleading to call it a 1kwatt amp in the same breath as a traditional linear amp or even the Axiom Class D that can deliver that power continuously at full frequency. This reminds me of the car...

First off there is no such thing as RMS power. That in itself is a misnomer. They probably mean average power but RMS sounds more impressive. See: http://sound.westhost.com/power.htm Secondly the very carefully speced that to appear to be a continuous rating for the untrained observer...

If you really want to compare apples to apples and measure continuous full power bandwidth of these amps vs linear amps and other Class Ds that don't power limit, than 500wpc ICE amps are about 50watts continuous with 10dB of headroom. Of course I don't know of any linear 50wpc amps with...

Hi Chris; According to the ICE Datasheet, their best module switches between 60kHz and 380kHz (page 7). http://www.icepower.bang-olufsen.com/files/solutions/icepower1000aspdata.pdf Thus as I said in my review, the Axiom amp is a faster switcher, in fact the fastest that I know about...

Good catch. I fixed it.

You should be able to click on any of the graphs to get an expanded view. If one isn't working let me know. ICE is phenominal for bass and ideal for subwoofers. Its also a very good bulletproof design for fullrange but IMO doesn't compete with the very best linear amp designs with respect...

Its likely I accidentally only sent 1 end. I tried to cram as many HDMI related cables into that box I could despite I was only giving away a single HDMI cable :D

I extensively discuss crosstalk in this review, show measurements and even talk about the issue I found on adjacent channels with regards to higher crosstalk. Please re-read the measurements portion of my review. As for phase accurate, I haven't seen a Class D yet that does to 20kHz. One...

I have a copy of Dr. Tooles book at my bedside and in the process of reading it. Apparantly small room and big room acoustics are quite a different ball of wax and what applies to one usually doesn't apply to the other. It has alot to do with the critical distance and the transition region...

Who says he hasn't? I respect the AV123 brand but this needs to be set right.

This thread will be shut down once AV123 reopens their forum and every customer either gets their products they paid for or gets a full refund.

Yes except this listener was sitting in the money seat, not cooking eggs in the kitchen :)

It's very difficult to do shoot outs of amplifiers since you need a device that can instantaneously switch cables and match levels while also not hindering performance in the process. It is doubtful that I will have that test capability anytime soon. The listening comparisons I did do...

My A1400-8 Review is live: http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/amplifiers/axiom-audio-a1400-8

It's great that you can sum up a loudspeakers performance on a single measurement in an anechoic chamber. Seems like we and other reputable publications are wasting our time writing 5-10k word reviews on loudspeakers along with doing a full battery of objective and subjective testing...

I asked the folks over at Elemental Designs to look over this thread and address some of the concerns. Here is their official response:

All hail Consumer Reports. God forbid reviewers have different opinions. Heck Consumer Reports also loves Boses speakers so I suppose its all a matter of personal taste and we all know there is no accounting for taste :)

They are a D&M owned company. The advetising and marketing people are the same for them and Denon/Marantz. I initially turned them down for advertising last year when they just got started b/c I mistakingly thought they were a white van company and they didn't disclose to me that they were...