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I voted for Pioneer. I have always liked their products and for HT they do a good job, and I like the MCACC more than YPAO in the Yamaha's. But, for two-channel, just about all the receivers are lacking. Most do a poor job with music, their tuners are lousey at best and the ones that have a...

My current system does not incorporate Logic 7, but from what I have heard at a friend’s house it is no better or worse than any other available DSP or surround choice. I personally do not like any of the current offerings, but if I had to choose one, it would be DTS Neo:6 as I feel that it...

I do believe that Lexicon is the company that developed what you are refering to as L7, that is if you mean LOGIC 7; Dr. Griesinger is best known as the architect of Lexicon's Logic 7 processing.

Not entirly true, SACD was originally conceived as a 2-channel system by Sony (and subsequently Philips). If anybody remembers the early SACD players and media, they were all in stereo. It was not until DVD-A basically said that it will be primarily a multi-channel medium and pushed all the...

In order to better help answer your question, so answers to the following may help: 1. What are your primary sources going to be? If it is going to be CD’s (or 2-channel SACD/DVD-A), do you already have a player or will you be looking for a new one? 2. Do you ever listen to the radio...

Gregz, Good stuff, could not agree more, there is so much dogma in both camps anymore, that sometimes this hobby is just no fun. Over my 20+ years in this hobby, I have formed many opinions about audio and now audio/video technology, and you pretty much summed it all up. I truly believe that...

MarkW I thought I said that in my original response, see quote below from that response: Of the four subs that I currently own, only one has a true cross-over in it, and that is my REL [Stratta II], the other three allow the signal to run full range to the main amp/speakers with the...

On most systems, the 6 channel input is a 'pass-through', in other words, none of the bass management settings in your receiver will have any effect on these inputs, you will have to check the settings in your SACD/DVD-A player. If all the speakers are set to large, you may not get any bass...

Most subs have two inputs (left & right - at least the four in my home do). It is a very rare sub that has only one input. MarkW, you may be thinking of the LFE channel used for HT, I do not believe that this is the case here, this is a simply a 2.0 configuration (I believe).

Sorry for the delay in responding (I was out of town for two weeks, unfortunatly it was business and not pleasure :D ). There are many crossovers out there, do a google serach sometime or check out sites like Audiogon. Here is a link to a good company...

When I look to test new speakers in my system (or at a store) I usually take along recordings from the following labels: 1 - Opus 3 They have some great jazz (from Dixieland through 'traditional') and classical recordings (from small chamber to full orchestra to some amazing organ music)...

Usually you will have to look at seperates for this feature, although my receiver (Pioneer - used as a pre-pro) has an input attenation feature for each of it's analog inputs. This is done through the menu on the receiver and remote, no external controls or trim pots.

I would take it by your post that you do not have a sub at the moment, but are lookingt to get one. If this is indeed the case, then before you purchase your sub check out the connections on the back. There are three ways (and thoughts) on how to hook up a sub: 1 - Most subs will have a...

Not quite true, over the years I have owned maggies and have found them to be a rather easy load, unlike the Apogees that AZ B has or the Acoustat 2+2's that I have. I use to drive them [maggies] with a 10 watt tube amp (no loudly) to show people how easy they were to drive. I was not until the...

I have not heard of EL-34's used in a pre-amp section as they are output tubes (pentodes, but can be wired as triodes). There has been a resurgence in the area of integrated amplifiers in the last few years, with hybrids being the most intriguing portion. They normally use either 6DJ8's or...

But he should still get sound because the PCM output would be active. Do you have the PCM output activated on your DVD player? As an example, on my DVD player I have the following choices for my digital output, OFF - PCM ONLY - ALL. I have seen others with more choices. It could be you have the...

I own a couple of pairs of Celestions (DL-8, Dittion 110), but the model number you give seems only partial. As an example, there was the Celestion DL8, then the DL8 Series 2. Both were 8" 2-ways, but the Series 2 had a slightly larger cabinet. Look on the front baffle, that is where they...

Depends on how you plan on using the two different subs. I have two subs from two different manufactures (REL and AudioSource). I use the REL to augment my B&W's and use the AudioSource as my LFE sub, this way when I listen to 2-channel audio I have good, clean and deep bass without the boom or...

The 100 watts is more than likely the amount of power that the unit draws from the AC outlet, which in this case it means this little (?) unit is an honest 20 watts per channel. There appears to be a retro craze going on in some audio circles. I have some friends who have brought out some of...

WmAx, maybe the word sarcasm should be entered into your general vocabulary. :p