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I like my room to be within the 26-28 degree C temp range (according to the aircon readout). If i recall right, i did come accross an article that claims differences in the speed of sound at various temperatures and altitudes above sea level. The extreme freezing climate and high altitude can...

I guess that confirms my observations on this male-dominated hobby. Every audiophile should have a wife who can reign in some control and semblance of sanity in this hobby, right? :D

I agree. But in the absence of one, I don't see why the standards we have known for CONSERVATIVELY rating the power of 2-channel amps shouldn't apply when rating N-channel amps as well. Personally, I think any standard for multichannel amp power rating could be superfluous. The CONSERVATIVE...

Seems your room is sufficiently large enough to accommodate a 7.1. Personally I'd stick with a 5.1 using separate AV preamp and a multichannel power amp or a stack of stereo power amps or monoblocks. There's hardly any DVD material out there that have been encoded in 7.1. A few have 6.1 using...

In 1987, got my first CD - the Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony from Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Symphony on TELARC, dated 1979, to replace my worn out LP of that title.

I've noticed that the fans on professional amplifiers have a nasty habit of becoming noisy over time. I've seen Onkyo receivers with fans as well. I hope they're not of the same type as professional amps that do get noisy. A noisy fan can easily be masked with these powerful amps, usually...

What you need is a musical sub with excellent damping control you may not get in ported enclosure designs. Though the Velodyne can be musical inspite of its ported design. Do audition the REL subs as well as the B&W ASW 600 subs which are of sealed enclosure diesign.

Are you into stereo music listening? Not HT? If so, a subwoofer with musical qualities would be in order. Offhand, I would say that sealed-type powered sub enclusures can be your best bet for a musical sub. Do checkout the REL Strata or even the B&W ASW600 or 650. .

Just curious. I know my mom hated my audiophile hobby. At least not my classical music. The wife of a colleague left him becuase she couldn't stand his music. Most forums I've been to talk about WAF. But why is there no HAF? Is it correct to say that 95% of audiophiles are males...

Having identical gain is ideal but using different external power amplifiers is just fine provided they are level-matched in terms of delivering the same SPLs across all channels from where you are seated when listening to a multi-channel program. I would suggest using that SPL meter if you can...

I would agree with the above that if you're on a budget, going separates may not be the best way to go as there are excellent receivers out there that can deliver more value for the money. However, there is still a case to be made in favor of going separates on a budget if you have the...

I wouldn't mind erring on the side of plenty when it comes to power (whether in audio or most everything else :D ) It's nice to have the reserves when you feel like it. You can always tone down the volume. But if you have a weak amp, turning it up can cause problems, as stated in the above...

As a consumer, there's very little you can do unless you get the services of thrid-party audio labs used by hardware reviewers and have your amp tested in terms of current and votlage measurements on specific loads. Then the power can be derived from such measurements. Because of this, I...

Speaker efficiency and impedance are two entirely different things. If your receiver specifically says at the back or in the manual: MINIMUM 8 Ohms, I'd strongly recommend you stick to it. If it has selectable 4 or 8 ohms, then I'd consider it a safe choice to use the 4 ohm setting. In a...

The net says the 2805 consumes 5.6A at 120vac. If I recall some formula correctly, you can derive the power in watts by multiplying the two to get 672 watts. You can google search the brand or go to the Denon site to download the user manual in PDF formt. There you should see the power...

Pardon my ignorance, but I suppose this is for movie houses, not for home theaters, right?

Yeah, I'm sure oddballs like this can be ordered. But why should a customer bother? It is a real PITA, alright. I notice Onkyo still has them.

Hmmm.. if you took the preouts of the Yamaha, fed them to your other amps and got a perceived improvement sound, I think that's more a credit to the external amps than to your yamaha, right?

Ah, OK. I guess you'll just have to live with both. I mean the surrounds and rear surround speaker positions. :D

The assertion is debatable. Detail is often achieivable with lower noise floor or higher S/N ratio in processors/preamps, players and amps. Hence, those newer DACs with very low noise floors as well as those new high resolution format like the DVD-A with 24 bit encryption (6db per bit = 144db...