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  1. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    If you hooked up your receiver to that outlet, it will quickly become your stove if you turn the volume up high enough and use forks as your speaker loads :D
  2. gene

    Bi-Amping/Wiring Revealed

    As I said in my last post, some receivers have amp assignability so you can reroute them to biamp. SPK A/B are the same connection point either in series or parallel to each other from the same channels.
  3. gene

    Tips for a SQUARE room?

    This is bad advice for someone doing home theater, especially if you are using a processor that truncates the LFE channel when setting the crossover below 80Hz. A better solution would be to place 2 small subs in the room and follow our subwoofer placement guidelines. While square rooms aren't...
  4. gene

    O.P.R.A. Tackles the Tough Questions

    I've seen the posts from Simple Mind, I mean Simple Theater :rolleyes: Just goes to show you that the people who know the least amount about such topics, are often the most vocal.
  5. gene

    Bi-Amping/Wiring Revealed

    Oh my! All you did was Biwire NOT Biamp. Speaker A/B terminals are either wired in series or parallel to the same amp. If you wish to biamp, you must use 4 amps in the receiver, many of which today allow you to reassign to the front channels for biamping.
  6. gene

    McIntosh XLS340 Loudspeakers Review

    Back in my college days working at a high end dealer, I can tell you the Mac speakers from yesteryear were very good indeed.
  7. gene

    Steve, Cable Gurus - Analysis Plus Question

    What is even funnier is any cable can pass this test if you terminate it to its characteristic impedance :rolleyes:
  8. gene

    McIntosh XLS340 Loudspeakers Review

    What a load of crap and typical attitude of an audio elitist who thinks you require exotic equipment to drive a pair of speakers. If that was the case. then its more an issue with poor speaker design, NOT poor electronics. Rotel makes good amplifiers, certainly good enough to drive a wide...
  9. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    No a good amp is still a necessity. We don't listen to continuous test tones and its important to realize that. An amp should have plenty of headroom to hit peaks undistorted while at the same time have a low enough output impedance to minimize frequency response variations when driving a...
  10. gene

    Steve, Cable Gurus - Analysis Plus Question

    Their literature is a load of crapola. I suggest reading this excellent article Rod Elliot authored that covers this very topic. Cable Impedance No cable will pass a high frequency squarewave properly unless it is terminated with the correct impedance at both ends, and the 'proof' that...
  11. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    I was not "offended" but understood.
  12. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    All; I am currently reviewing a 5CH linear Class G amp and pulled some efficiency #'s for your enjoyment. Class G amps are typically more efficient than a/b. These tests were conducted using regulation from the APC S15. Amps were testing to no more than 0.1% THD + N. Test tone was a...
  13. gene

    McIntosh XLS340 Loudspeakers Review

    THX we fixed it.
  14. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    Um No. Unless the amp itself has a power supply big enough to sink that much power, its not gonna work. Why do you feel you need that much power and why do you think all channels simultaneously will need it? A single 90dB SPL @ 1 watt/meter speaker playing 10 watts will generate 100dB SPL...
  15. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    When doing power load estimates for home wiring, you DON"T assume all outlets are operating at full capacity just like you don't assume all channels will be driven at full capacity on a multichannel amplifier. My advice is to run a dedicated line or 2 to your home theater equipment, especially...
  16. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    Theoretically Class A/B amps can be around 50% efficienct but this is usually never the case. Real world efficiencies range between 35-45% so I used a figure in the middle. The more current you pull from these amps (IE. running them in 4 ohms instead of 8, the more inefficient they become)...
  17. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    I don't know how to make the math any simpler so let me try again: Standard Wall Outlet is: 120V, 15A UL Compliance Receptacle found on most consumer gear: 15A MAX Power Capability: 120 x 15 = 1,800 watts Typical Efficiency of Linear Amp (not factoring in core losses, or PF): 40% MAX...
  18. gene

    Benefits to Bi Amping or Bi Wiring

    Wrong again. If the 5805 was rated 170wpc all 10 channels driven, it would try to consume roughly 170*10/.4 = 4,250 watts or pull 35A from 120V line. NOT BLOODY LIKELY :D
  19. gene

    Star Trek Borg War

    For any Star Trek fans suffering withdrawal symptoms from lack of new Trek, I recommend you get your fix here: Star Trek Borg War This was done by one guy on a Star Trek Game engine and with the real voices of a few Trek actor such as Patrick Stewart. Not bad at all!
  20. gene

    Official Denon AVR-5805 Review Support Thread

    Yes I believe they made an additional tweak since the first firmware fix for the bass. Let me know the rev# you have and I will compare it to mine.
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