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I reviewed the original Monitor Audio Silver series a few years ago and found them to be a bit lacking. When I pulled them apart, I found an economical OEM tweeter, no bracing and low grade electrolytic crossovers. It was then I realized the sum of the parts was responsible for the boxy, thin...

Rotel RA-1062 Integrated Amplifier & RCD-1072 CD Player Review

Or you could read our reviews of the Von Schweikert VR-1's and VR-2's to get some info too :rolleyes: I briefly listened to Vienna speakers at a local Sound Advice and thought they were ok, but I don't have enough experience with them to give a fair assessment. Perhaps in the future I will...

A Quick Note About Flatwire Cables Be careful with flatwire cables that sandwich conductors on top of each other separated by a thin layer of dielectric. These cables are very high in capacitance and can cause stability problems. I will expand more upon this in my Faceoff II Cable Article...

You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Welcome to consumer audio ;) Seriously some of Monster products are good and they aren't marked up nearly as much as some of the exotics. I tested a few monster speaker cables and they measured about as good as much cheaper OEM Zip cord. Check...

Hiker; Thanks for the updates. I will track progress on this issue with Denon. They are sending me an upgraded DVD-5900 with active 1394 so I can connect to the Yamaha RX-Z9. If they have any firmware fixes for the DVD-A discs you mentioned, rest assured you will find it here first ;)

Well I am certainly not blowing speakers on it ;) But yes it is a fine receiver despite a few things I am not crazy about which I will elaborate more in my review. A 5-7dB setting on the volume is certainly cranking. I recommend looking into speakers that can better handle this power and...

Sinister; You shouldn't be blowing speakers like this unless you are really cranking the volume to very loud listening levels in a large room. I suggest setting all speakers to small with about 80-100Hz crossover setting. It is possible you are blowing these inwall speakers by having them...

AV_Phile; I can see this discussion with you is pointless, especially since you are putting words in my mouth about things I haven't said. If the receiver claimed full power with all channels driven simultaneously into full frequency with specified load impedances, it would be another...

AV_Phile; It is obvious we are not seeing eye to eye on things here so I suggest we agree to disagree. I am very familiar with Acurus amps. I am close friends with the former owner of Acurus. Their multi channel amps are also not rated with all channels driven 8/4 ohm loads at full...

AV_Phile; If my lab equipment arrives in time for my Z9 review, I will be doing "real world" power measurements. We shall see. I think you are way to preoccupied with these measurements. I encourage you to stick watt meter across your speakers at normal listening levels if you can. You...

Sorry about the bad link and thanks for noticing. Thats the problem when posting articles after midnight ;) Try again. or go here: http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/acoustics/BassTraps.html

Transparent Cable purposely limits the bandwidth on many of their speaker cables with an RLC device which is ludicrous IMO. You NEVER want to limit the bandwidth of a speaker cable! Bandwidth limiting is done in the amplifier itself to increase stability and reduce noise floor. Check out...

This month we have a guest writer for our column on acoustics. We would like to welcome Ethan Winer, who has been a professional musician and audio engineer for over 30 years. Ethan discusses the important of the room and how even the most expensive speaker systems fall victim to poor room...

Haha; Hang in there. I just got my sample a week ago and working out a few things with it. Hopefully if all goes well I should be publishing the review in June. I am waiting on some test gear to do amplifier measurements, cross your fingers ;)

AV_Phile; I see you still have some preconceived misconceptions about power, ratings, and standards used to test them. After I complete my Z9 review, I will write an article about this using much of your dialog here to clear things up. The Dynamic power Yamaha lists is in fact dynamic based...

God that picture is hillarious :) Seems like the guy in the pic is happy with the speaker placement :) For monopoles or direct radiators, you want to get them as far away from your head as possible so the sound will not be localizable. Problem is if you are also using this configuration for...

AV_Phile; The volume control in the Z9 and many other quality receiver/processors are digitally controlled analog potentiometers. Thus there is no signal conversion being done. Analog Direct mode / Analog Bypass usually implies the analog signal has no postprocessing and hence A/D and D/A...

AV_Phile; My time is limited so I will point out a few concerns with your post: 1) Aragon amps at least their 2000/3000 series DO NOT rate with all channels driven. Look at their spec again! Take a look at this article we did awhile back for more info: Aragon FAQ Only their old 8008...

Unfortunately the Yamaha YPAO room correction does NOT operate below 63Hz. Please see my review of the Yamaha RX-V2400 for more details. Analog Bypass means that there is no analog to digital conversion. In other words its a true analog direct path, more like a pass thru. Ah I see the...