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Back when I was a poor college student, I worked for a high end audio shop repairing equipment and installing at client houses. WE sold McIntosh. We never charged for install b/c the profits were so good, we didn't need to. Today the margins in most mass market stuff, especially displays...

LOL not at all. The top two most reliable cars are from: Toyota/Lexus Honda/Acura But lets not start car talking else you will have me going a mile / minute :D

Much better than you realize. I have played with many Krell processors in the past and not one of them came even close to the processing power, bass management and overall quality of the Denon AVR-5805. The Krell does however have a much nicer box, aesthetics, snob appeal and resale value...

Everyone seems so fixated on power ratings. This amp weighs over 132lbs! It is very conservatively rated and is bridgeable down to 2 ohms stable! I suspect it will pump out nearly 500wpc into 4 ohms and even more bridged. As for pre/pro, Denon flagships have for the past few years been...

RBH recently had a price increase so the TK-5CTs retail for $950/pair. The audioholics e-store is offering virtually the identical speaker for $854/pair with FREE shipping! There simply isn't enough margin in these products to go lower in price. That being said, if you can get the RBH...

Ok here is some basic info on how capacitors add: In Series: 1/Ceq = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + .... 1/Cn In Parallel: Ceq = C1 + C2 + C3 +....Cn It is ALWAYS preferred to wire caps in parallel so the effective capacitance is additive and the ESR (effective series resistance) is lowered. Where...

You don't want the prototype pictured in the first look. It has 12 50V 10,000uF caps which the only possible way that could work with their rated power is if all the caps are in series. This would yield an effective capacitance of only 30,000uF. I say lets wait it out and see what they do.

Prototype and also me plead bargaining with them to change it :D

No the Emotiva website is wrong. They are anticipating about 60,000uF for the XPA-2. Not sure about the XPA-5 but I doubt it would be much more.

Axiom is wanting me to review this amp but my schedule is slammed until I finish the Yamaha RX-Z11 and a few other reviews. I will get this going in March. I know the designer of this amp. He is one of the best in the industry. This is a solid amp despite it being a bit pricey. Let us...

This movie has all of the good attributes of porn without the sex. I agree that Trek will likely be a let down.

My background is located here: http://www.audioholics.com/Members/Gene/biography-1 I have had my hand in amplifier design for nearly 7 years prior to quitting my cubicle engineering job to pursue the dream of Audioholics full time. As for your comments about biwiring: I find it a little...

Than your understanding of electronics is very limited. Biwiring is NOT electrically equivalent to passive bi-amping even if the amps are all run on the same power supply. You are still providing an easier load to each amp by passive biamping and there are still isolation benefits even without...

Friends; I wanted to let you know that we had RBH Sound add their TK Series products to our online store. The only difference between the TK series and the EMP versions is the latter don't have the piano gloss tops and use a poly graphite impregnated cone woofer instead of fiberglass. The...

the benefits of biamping would be more noticeable on speakers that actually have dedicated bass units like the RBH 1266-SE for example. Most definately I'd opt for doing full 7.1 over using the extra 2 channels for bi-amping.

What you say is mostly true but biamping is more than just getting more power to a speaker. Its about delivering that power with more control and isolating each driver with its own amp. The true benefits of biamping are achieved with active crossovers, etc, but there are still advantages to...

Read my Denon AVR-2308CI Review: http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/receivers/avr-2308ci

I would beg to differ depending on the speakers and usage of the receiver. If you're running just a 2CH setup, than by all means I'd biamp, especially if the bottom half of the speakers are bass units that go down in the 20Hz region. This would yield better control for driving the bass from a...

it means they use discrete power transistors and not power op amps in the output stages. Most reputable manufacturers in this price class use discretes so you are fine. The 2308CI is a really great receiver as you can see in my review: http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/receivers/avr-2308ci...

I always though a new show focusing on the Klingons would be cool so you can see their perspective on how they view humanity. To be honest, there was so much ground covered for Star Trek in the last 40 years its hard to know how to continue forward and keep it fresh while also sticking to the...