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Good question Jotham. A 2-way speaker like the 02-ARC performs better when mounted vertically. Horizontal mounting will result in a less even response due to lobing. You can surely mount them like this if you have no other choices but they are designed to be mounted vertically for best...

The amp section of your Z11 is very similar to the amp section found in the MX-A5000. The processing power of the Z11 is very similar to the processing power of the CX-A5000. The Separates solution simply have more up to date technology and a bit more headroom due to the 2 box solution...

You're comparing a receiver to a dedicated processor. In that regard, compare to the RX-A2020 instead of the CX-A5000. The CX-A still has many advantages over a receiver including balanced outputs, beefier analog preamp section, more dsp power, etc. The closest competitor to a separates...

Audyssey still has one advantage over YPAO. The latest Audyssey algo does simultaneous calibration of multiple subs creating one correct EQ of the summed response. I'm trying to get Yamaha to offer this in the future for YPAO. Separately EQing each sub is not as effective and often detrimental.

There is no trouble. Yamaha over protects their amps for fault conditions. You will NEVER have 7, let alone 11 channels of audio producing correlated audio. see: The All Channels Driven Amplifier Test Controversy | Audioholics That being said, in the ultimate setup, I'd run 2kwatt mono-blocs...

Actually I didn't test YPAO. Tom Andry did. I'm not sure if he ever compared YPAO to Audyssey in his new home theater room. Would be interesting but it will have to wait since we sent back the Yamaha stuff last week :(

There is big money in promoting exotic cables both in retail and in advertising for AV review publications. That being said, some people (including the cable vendors themselves) actually genuinely believe their own pseudoscience. This is no different than people denying Evolution over ID, but...

None of this should be a surprise. I've heard from a few reliable industry sources that Audioquest almost exclusively repackages Belden cable with their own cosmetics; batteries not included ;)

Yes you uncovered a real mystery here. We signed on a new advertiser and wanted to post a few teaser articles to prep people for more formal reviews. Here is a shocker for you, a video review with Hugo and myself is coming next :D

It is sad, especially when the audio snobby exhibited by some attempt to devalue good performing, honestly priced products. I kinda consider Audioholics.com the police of the industry but it doesn't make us popular at times to do it and it certainly doesn't make us rich either :(

I am a bit more conservative than Roger Russell. I like to error on the side of caution. Use 14/4 if you can as others have suggested here as well. It's close to 10AWG resistance while its also easier to terminate.

Part II YouTube Interview on Audio Interconnects Posted! Guys; we just posted Part II Audio Interconnects to this interview on our YouTube Channel. http://youtu.be/dVDTwzCKIC4

I'd add more mods if I could find good forum members willing to take on that challenge ;) Are you volunteering?

I really don't know how to deal with this guys. I just turned off one of our spam filters b/c it's been flagging too many posts. I don't have time to sift through 100s of moderated posts each week. I welcome any advise/help with this.

Paradigm & MartinLogan Clarification <!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> I saw a few people in this thread mistakenly claiming Paradigm owns MartinLogan. This is NOT true. MartinLogan and Paradigm are sister companies owned by a third party. I hope this clarify things a bit.

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