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Actually 60-75% of dialog comes from the center channel, not all of the movie information. Its not surprising you are finding average power per channel being only a watt or so. Most of the time your amps will be in idle, consuming very little power, especially given todays highly sensitive...

I wouldn't use 16AWG cables, especially for long runs. It has about 2.5 times the resistance of standard 12AWG and the price difference between the two aren't that significant for the added benefits of low resistance cables especially when dealing with speakers that have low impedance profiles...

Here are the latest deals from One Call Onkyo TX-NR801 7.1-channel surround receiver @ $599.97 plus shipping. PASS members save an extra $5.99. Link: http://www.onecall.com/PID_20578.htm?BCPID=825 Sony VPL-HS51 LCD front projector now at a new low price of $3195.15 plus shipping...

RJ; I will see if we can get Ken to comment on this. I personally didn't hear or test the subs. I did however listen to the speakers and wasn't overly impressed, especially considering the price. I am not a big fan Thiel design approach but one mans meat is another mans poison I suppose.

Looping cable actually doesn't change the properties (namely inductance) significantly unless you have a numerous loops tightly wound. The point of the article was that cable lengths do not need to be kept identical so long as the lengths are reasonable to begin with. Obviously you don't...

More often than not, I see the common question pop up in our forums regarding speaker cable length differences between two or more speakers. Folks often wonder if the cable length between the main front channels need to be identical or close to identical. They are often misinformed by exotic...

Pete; The Denon AVR-5803 is now discountinued. You may wish to hold out for the new AVR-4806 and preamp out the front 3 channels. The 4806 will contain a variant of the new Audyssey room correction system which we are currently authoring a paper on. This new room correction system is just...

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Here are some more Onecall deals we were informed of. Happy shopping and Merry Xmas to all! Be sure to check out our Year End Clearance Sale. We've reduced pricing on hundreds of products now through December 31st. http://www.onecall.com/BargainCenter.htm?BCPID=825 Here are some...

For the money you spent, you should not accept the noise and bottoming issues. I suggest contacting Thiel or your dealer for an exchange or refund. At this price point less than perfect performance IMO is unacceptable. This is especially true when you can purchase subwoofers for about 1/5th...

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Here are a few of my votes: 1) Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2) Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 3) Pink Floyd - Animals 4) Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 5) U2 - Unforgettable Fire 6) Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 7) Beatles - White Album 8) Steely Dan - Aja 9)...

Please reread our Product of the Year awards and you will find that you are confusing Sherbourns Processor with their multichannel amp. We awarded the latter. The Attack of the Clones article you mentioned was on Processors not amplifiers. Stay tuned for Attack of the Clone Processors Part II...

On our crusade of investigating exotic cable manufacturers claims and so called sciences, a few were nice enough to take the time and engage us in interview sessions. Surprisingly even a well known high end loudspeaker company – Thiel - participated during an interview process of their...

Their white papers on cables seem to fall under our Top 10 snake oil gimmicks category, especially the way they tout "cable distortion" and "dynamic range of cables" without showing a plusable mechanism or measuring method for it. Speaker cables that cost more than a few bucks per foot do so...

Perato, its impossible to make this comparision since these reviews were conducted by two different reviewers on different reference systems and acoustical environments. Also, we no longer have the Rotel gear on hand to do the comparision :(

Sharut Furniture, a manufacturer of innovative, contemporary home furniture solutions will be exhibiting their Furniture in Motion™ line at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Sharut’s Furniture in Motion™ is based on the company’s belief that furniture is becoming more...

We gave the nod to the Denon AVR-3805 for its slightly more robust amp section, and D.Link capabilities. However, we felt the Yamaha RX-V2500 had the edge in DSP processing and user interface. Both are great products however so much of it depends on your needs. RGriffin you are correct. NAD...

HopJohn; Just because we didn't review every product on the market doesn't mean we cannot make an educated decision based on the design, and feature set. You may not realize that we beta test a lot of product for manufacturers that don't necessarily get reviewed. Thus we have a great idea of...