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Its mostly marketing hype based on a very short term (msec duration) current peak capability, much like the IEC rating for dynamic range you see some amplifiers rated to. However, HCC is a Harman rating whereas the Dynamic Power ratings are actually established from a standard. I can't...

Jmicheal; check your PM, I forwarded you direct contact to Yamaha service people and SR Product Manager that want to resolve your problem. Let us know how it goes.

Or they can make a prequel prequel from a long long long time ago and title it: Star Wars The Big Bang sounds like a porn movie ;) Personally I would prefer to see another Space Balls movie myself :)

They do, for around $400 with no battery backup. I will post the press release tomorrow.

No you must be reading a different press release ;) We requested a review sample so stay tuned....

http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/MarantzSR9600receiver.php

This product is about as legitimate as our GLOB. Are people really that naive?

Kevin; At the time we tested the RXV-2500 we didn't have the means to measure SNR. All I can tell you however, is the RX-V2500 has one of the quitest preamp sections we ever heard in a receiver/processor. This receiver mated with the Emo amp produced stellar results in my critical listening...

We have had several discussions with the design engineers at APC on these products. All we can say is they appear to be snake oil free. Note the UL markings on the backpanels. This is very rare for power conditioners and we are noticing there is just as much snake oil in this area of home...

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Goodman; As I stated in the review, due to the amp topology and out of band switching noise, it likely polluted my measurement slightly, as did their inclusion of the limiting circuit (which I feel is a good trade off). In reality, if you couple this amp with a very clean pre/pro such as a...

Perato; The Integra Research RDA7.1 (aka ATI Amplifier) is truly a reference amp both on the bench and it function, as it should be considering it hefty price tag of $5k! The Emo amp, though not quite as powerful or pristine on the bench put forth an incredibly large soundstage, excellent...

The reason why is if you take a typical receiver from Yamaha/Denon and sell it as a preamp only with no power amps, it would still cost the end user roughly the same since they would sell significantly less quanities and would realize a much higher manufacturing cost. That being said, Denon...

Clint is heading up the review of the DMC-1 which should be out in the next couple of weeks or so. Yes I was merely pointing out that they used higher rated and incidentally costlier parts than what we typically see in consumer audio.

Haha I wondered that myself. Perhaps they built an extra as a backup. I just wonder how they can hurl a planet sized ball thru space at lightspeed, but then again the Borg do it in star trek ;)

Basically what they did was they connected two 50V caps in series for each rail to yield an equivalent working voltage of 100V. The downside of that is the total capacitance is now half that of just the single cap value since capacitors in series sum as follows: 1/Ceq = (1/C1 + 1/C2) much like...

For our forum folks, here is a sneak peek at my review of the new Emotiva MPS-1 7CH amplifier. This will go online and get its format tweaks on Monday, but you guys get to see it first ;) Emotiva MPS-1 Amplifier Review

Clint; I was about to slap you upside the head for giving away this movie until I read your prior warning post :) Ok lets have at it. 1) You have to realize that Anakin was a derranged love struck teen. He was of the mindset of "If I can't have her, nobody can". 2) Yes the scene where...

Thanks for the update Chris. We look forward to testing the new firmware updates. Perhaps they meant 40Hz bandwidth correction? Sometimes meaning gets lost in translation via email exchanges and such? Also feel free to post before and after bass calibration graphs here if you will and when...

Again this is a text book # assuming perfect lab conditions with no power supply losses. The truth of the matter is transformers saturate, hysteresis becomes a factor. When you factor in all of the real world losses, 40% is actually still very generous and rarely achieved. We are constructing...