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I suggest you check out the user manual or even the back panel of the receiver, adjacent to the speaker terminals. If either of them CAUTIONS you against the use of any speaker lower than 8 ohms or 6 ohms, then you can always disregard that at your risk. You may not reach half volume without...

Try and get a pre-owned Aragon or Acurus power amps, multi or stereo. Their older generation stuff are said to be superior in many respects to some of the new stuff under new management. Owners of such gears and other high-end stuff are often on the lookout for new toys to play with, and...

Any process that yield statistical results are just that- statistical PROBABILITIES. I'm so glad the government doesn't follow statisical trending in any election to proclaim a candidate leading in a statistically poll as the winner. :D Statistics can guide but cannot serve as the TRUTH or...

There really must be some physiological link between sex and this hobby. Someone or some institute can probably make some formal and definitive investigative work on this, if they haven't already that I am not aware of. Or it could be psychological as well. I'm also wondering if sexual...

On the same budget at some level, it's almost a no brainer that an optimized 2-channel rig using separates and good speakers can sound more satisfying than spreading that budget thin on an HT receiver plus sub-sat speakers. But it is a good idea to distinguish between multi-channel for HT and...

Depending on the distance with the sides relative to the fronts, you may have to lower the volumes on the sides or do level-matching again. The first time I did this, the rears that went to the sides went closer to me than the fronts effectively making them sound more prominent, almost drowning...

Have deleted a few more for a total of 19, in and out. So it's should accomo some PMs. I am not entirely certain that this debate, if you can even call it that, will take us anywhere. You have your beliefs, I have mine. But that's what a hobby that is personal is about. We have our...

Sorry about that, I just deleted a few messages. Didn't really notice it was already full until now.

For me listening from home playback equipmemt is just that- proivide entertainment at home. I probably have no illusions that I am replicating a live hall performance in the confines of my room. I have long abandoned the concept that hi-fi is about reproducing live performance that I recall...

Well, I probably should thank you BOB for giving me credit more than I deserve. For one thing, I am not sure I am as sophisticated a writer as you've implied to engage in the "rhetorics." "sophistry," "neo-Socratic platitudes" and "Smoke Screens" that you so eloquently ascribed to my post...

I can relate to your experience in this hobby. During my college days, I used to drool over those Integra and Elite Pioneer separates at our local stores. I ended up with a DIY set of separates using the best I could lay my hands on. They sounded great but the dream of getting those real...

I think that is the problem: Getting down to the truth. Putting blind ABX testing aside is not a manifestation of fear about the truth. It is simply casting doubt both to its validity and, more importantly, to the relevance of its results in this hobby. Afterall, it's results are only...

That post was more in direct response to mtrycrafts hypothetical question as to what makes those $15,000 amps cost so much. I enumerated what COULD possibly cause such a sticker price. Also a hypothetical response. I really couldn't care less if the makers of these products are inefficient...

I once champion ABX testing. It's probably about the only thing that can really yield an objective unbiased conclusion when making comparisons. But the results seems to be merely statistical. I'm not so sure now that it really matters in this hobby. That article sounds like blind testing...

Don't be too swayed by those consumer reviews. I, too, read a lot on those sites like eccoustics.com. Remember that each room and each set-up have different sonic character and will sound different to different listeners. So their Axioms for instance might sound superb to them, but that's no...

The Sonus Faber Concertino speakers are said to be warm sounding. Try them out at Upscale Audio. The last I visited them, they were on sale for about P25T. Those Wharfedale evolution and diamond speakers have mid-range emphasis that can make them sound warm on some vocal materials, if not a...

I would suggest you asked the salesguy to have your Cremonas demoed with the Z9 for you to make a more personal assessment. In my experience, 4-ohm loads are not in the province of many Japanese mass consumer products. There are exceptions, but they mostly belong to the separates category and...

Hi Illuminati, am also from the Philippines. I can understand your situation. I do find the selection of speakers locally a bit slanted towards the British and European side. But with regards you querry on what numbers to look for to glean on the warmth of speakers, I'd say that would be...

Probably just a difference in terminology, but if these are bass traps, then if properly placed, they are an excellent means to give you stronger, flatter bass at your listening position. M&K would be right to recommend them to make their subs deliver better LF.

I was actually tempted to get one of those Pioneer or JVC multi-disc players that can house 300 or so discs. But I was delighted when I saw a colleague use his home PC as a music server in their house. I did the same, got a P4 512PC with an initial 80Gb hard disk and a DVD-ROM/Writer. Took me...