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little evil girls really freak me out :eek:

Kaiser; You raise some valid points but also realize tweeters typically can't handle a lot of power to begin with so if you present them with a constant clipped signal of day 50% duty cycle or longer (IE. Squarewave), it doesn't take much to fry one. We aren't concerned with increased power...

such a sweet little girl :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIGxKY5y6Mg&feature=related

My tower speakers have built in passive subs. That is why I biamped. The actual subs have no xover so they are run full range relying on the natural rolloff of the drivers to act as a LPF. I like bi-amping these speakers b/c I feel you get better control of the bass. Not all speakers will...

I meant that they don't emphasize bass or treble so yes I agree with you that they are a bit laid back in the top end. You should definitely listen without the grille for highest fidelity. that is quite possible since its a horizontally mounted MTM vs vertical from the towers. Try...

Emotiva UPA-7

You are the 3rd person I've heard tell me this but I didn't want to say it publicly until I can confirm it. It's sad b/c B&K makes some nice amps. Too bad they never embraced online magazines and an online business model else things could have been much different for them. I remember years...

There is a 6dB diff in input sensitivity but they only specify voltage gain once which we aren't sure if its for balanced or unbalanced. I believe they are following the 6dB convention I mentioned but you could always call them to ask.

FYI; Tom's dedicated reviews of both speakers: Salk Song Towers Infinity Classica C336 I'd love to tell everyone to buy the Infinity's since they are sold on the AH E-store but the Salks appear to be a much better speaker.

That's a good idea to check with your B&K amp to see if level changes. However without measuring your B&K , we aren't sure what its unbalanced/balanced gain structure is unless it specifies it in the manual. I always prefer balanced b/c its less problematic and you usually get a lower noisefloor.

yep and possibly the Audioholics E-store if enough of our readers request it :)

Brad; In the Pro world, Preamps are usually 6dB hotter on the balanced outputs compared to unbalanced and power amps are usually 6dB hotter on unbalanced vs balanced inputs. That way if you use unbalanced or balanced connections, the net result should be the same only the balanced gives you...

Regarding SNR A-weighting can yield a 10dB or more improvement over un-weighted depending on what amp topology, and what digital circuitry is producing out of band noise. Again you need to compare apples to apples. That being said, the Onkyo sounds like it has very good noise performance...

Please read this: The All Channels Driven Test

hmm. maybe they addressed my concerns via a firmware update. Next time I drag my test gear into the Theater room, I will re-measure it.

95dB unweighted at 1 watt is NOT above average, its superb. I've measured maybe 2-3 other amps in my lifetime that did this well and those amps were over $5k! I think you are confusing SNR at max rated power (115dB at 125watts) between amps of different power ratings to think that its full...

No that's not entirely correct. The bigger Xformer of the UPA-7 plays a more vital role than more PS capacitance. The UPA-7 likely still has more available output power on a per channel basis and even up to 5 channels driven b/c of the larger supply. I spoke with Emotiva about both amps and...

AJ; The blind tests are done as a fun experiment. Nothing is perfect, especially when trying to gauge user preferences. I like to incorporate them in my listening tests but I also like long duration testing too. You don't need blind to discern obvious differences in loudspeakers but you do...

Audioholics Official Emotiva UPA-7 Review

Matt; The stock outriggers and spikes are pretty good. I don't think you will have any issues at all unless your kid deliberately try's to knock them down with a bodyslam :).