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The 200 and 500 have identical power supplies and power modules. No need to review the 200 and to be honest, I'd suggest to anyone shopping a 200 to just get the 500 for a little more money in case you ever need the extra channels of amplification.

To this day I still feel the HK3490 is the finest stereo receiver for under $500. It has one unique feature the others don't - a digital input and good DACs. That Yamaha looks superb too and it has multi-zone. If you don't care about the digital input, the Yamaha is a solid choice. If you...

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Check out these speakers from Definitive Technology. They should give you enough bass to NOT need a sub for two-channel listening. Definitive Technology StudioMonitor 65 Speakers Video Review — Reviews and News from Audioholics

I'm sure the mods would significantly help in the bass department. The entire bottom cavity of the stock version is hollow which is ridiculous. But, the real limitation of these speakers IMO is the tweeter. The midrange driver is great however and the bass drivers are acceptable.

At $400/pr and below, nothing is really in the same league as the P363s from my experience. I don't have a lot of experience with towers in the $750/pr range. I mostly recommend bookshelf speakers until you get to around $1500/pr. However, I have spent a lot of time with a close audiophile...

Don't forget the original 10" driver on the Status Titus have 1/2 the excursion of the new 10" drivers used on the 8Ts. I asked Shane about this and he said the bass from the 8T is a significant step up from the original Titus. That being said the original Titus are incredible performers and I...

coming from a pair of T30s which are equivalent to 1010-SE/R subs only with 50% more box volume so they play even lower, the Titus 8T is quite a substantial upgrade not just in output but how it plays into the room. Those giant rear ports load the room almost like having additional bass drivers...

I vote Bose Acoustic Bass module :)

I did ask actually b/c I was all for trading in my Velodyne DD15+s for one but it sounds like NO for the moment. Just the mains center and possibly a bookshelf for now but if all goes well with the line, an 8T sub could follow.

Seriously guys enough with the P363 recommendation in every speaker thread. They are a good speaker for $400/pr or less but if you think better performance can't be had regardless of price, I suggest you get out and do some listening. I was kind to Infinity in my review b/c of the price, but...

If you're really serious about a mega buck speaker, you should check these babies out that I am currently reviewing now: Status Acoustics Titus 8T Loudspeaker System Q&A Interview — Reviews and News from Audioholics I have listened to speakers costing even more that don't offer a...

excellent so all 3 of you basically agree. I will start a thread for you guys to post your reviews in a few weeks. that way everyone has a chance to start formulating their opinions and putting them to paper or in this case a text editor :)

You were lucky then. My review samples were glued in and I had to drill them out.

Sure you can upload video reviews on Youtube and embed them into the dedicated forum I will setup for this. Just make sure you also provide a text review that accompanies the video review. Guys, I am thinking of letting each reviewer post their own review, as it saves us a ton of work on our...

Very good point. But in the end, if it sounds good to you, then that's all that matters since you have to live with the particular speaker.

There are still ways to exploit product weaknesses in a blind test. Martin Logan's for example sound best in a very narrow sweet spot so if the listener isn't positioned ideally, and the source material emphasizes that weakness, then its very conceivable that the speaker with broader dispersion...

It's important to note the Infinity vs Martin Logan so called "DBT" you are referring to was conducted by Harman. Manufacturers never lose their own blind tests, something I've written extensively about here: The Insanity of Marketing Disguised as Science in Loudspeakers — Reviews and...

A single smoothed frequency response graph tells you very little about a speaker. It's very easy to make measurements look good as I've written about here: Audio Measurements: The Useful vs. the Bogus in Consumer Audio — Reviews and News from Audioholics

Measurements don't tell you everything about how a speaker sounds. They are only the beginning of understand its performance. Most measurements don't give you a complete picture of sound, especially the crude distortion measurements most manufacturers and magazines (audioholics included) do on...