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I want a low mileage 2014 Cayman S with Nav and PDK in Red or Blue with light interior for $45k or less :)

Not surprising. People like to diss Emotiva for being made in China meanwhile most of the high end stuff is made is also made in China and often at the same factory!

Man I want a Cayman S badly but I still have 2 kids and no back seat means I have to drive my wife's Minivan a lot more often :( My 07 Acura TL-S has 84k miles on it and is unbreakable. I think a Cayman S is in my distant future ATM. My closest compromise would be a BMW M235i but they are too...

Yea I had my eye on a 2010 but I don't think I can bring myself to buying a used German car with little or no warranty left. Speakers don't break down (usually) but German cars do :(

Wow you are a basshead! Do you have the 1010s with the Status driver? I suppose you can actively biamp the 8300s. IT's funny when I actively biamped my T30s, I settled on a bass level to within 1 dB of how the speakers function single amped. Damn Shane knows how to integrate a system...

BTW you can actively Bi-amp the T30s. The T30s were designed to work with a receiver's bass management. The bass portion has no crossover so you can simply use the 24dB oct Xover in the sub channel of a processor. The top portion is sealed and has natural 12dB/oct rolloff. When I owned the...

LOL yes and Porsche needs to lower the price of the Cayman S to $40k so we can enjoy it too :) Wait till CEDIA, I think some very interesting things will be coming from RBH. Can't wait to report on it!

and also this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwYWkad-hU Sounds like you should drop the Kef line if you think it's that bad. Seriously why sell something you don't feel passionate about. IN looking at your test setup there was such a variance in speaker positioning. The kefs were...

LOL very true. Of course this is a guideline. I personally use the Marantz TT-15S1which is a Clear Audio Table. Very good for $1500. We are upgrading the $10k system to include the RBH SX-661/R as an alternative to the KEfs while still using the SVS Subs. This is a killer combo! It would...

DS-21 is a......quite a character ;) He's been banned or blocked from many forums including ours and has been known to misquote people like Dr. Floyd Toole for example who had to come in here and slap him down. His textbook approach to things is very 2 dimensional and it's obvious he lacks...

I asked Steve to place it in the soon to be revamped $5k 2CH System along with a pair of NHT towers and Aperion Verus Tower alternative. Should make for a great center piece.

BTW this Onkyo looks pretty killer actually: Reference Hi-Fi | Audiophile | Premium Sound | A-9070 | Onkyo USA Too bad Onkyo completely ignores online AV sites as I am confident this would review and measure well. This looks nice and meaty like their old stuff.

No oddly they sent us the active speakers with a sub. I would have preferred the passive speakers but it is what it is.

That's awesome. I didn't quite feel that with the SS8s but i really enjoyed the little prototype bookshelf speakers Jim brought. We will one day have to formally review a pair of the SS8s and give them a second, closer look.

Thanks for the insights. Not everyone is going to agree on choices. We put these systems together based on personal experience, reviews and ease of availability to our readers. They are not a biblical source. Personally the Kef 700s weren't my top choice speaker in this price range but some...

The Salks are nice speakers to be sure. In fact aesthetically they kill the Kef and RBH products. However I'm quite partial to the Scan Speak 9500 tweeter used in the RBH's and the dual mids of the MTM. Such a huge open soundstage with unlimited dynamics. I'd much prefer the Emotiva...

Yes this should be a fun review and comparison. Not sure about the ratings of the diff amps. Sometimes things are speced differently to inflate power output #s. I test out to the limit of my test gear which is 80Khz but I don't power sweep amps (especially Class D) passed 20kHz.

New NHT Absolute Tower Youtube Video Review http://youtu.be/nXtotcHVbjk

Not all ID manufacturers. Only a select few are truly giving you better performance per dollar than the B&M competitors. This can clearly be seen in our tabulated reports and reviews.

Yes I will be conducting the review and testing of this amp with the very same reference gear, speakers, test loads, etc. I also still have the XPR-1's as my reference amp.