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No it’s not true and absolutely absurd. Its a good idea to keep your cable lengths to a minimum, but having one speaker cable 10ft in length vs 20ft has very little difference electrically and subsequently audibly (assuming cable of same design and of sound design). Having long wire runs for...

Audiosouse; check the line level connection you made between the unused source and Zone2. PErhaps you had the L and R reversed? What is the sensitivy of your speakers? Who have you been dealing with a Denon? I will give him/her a call to discuss. Thanks.

John; My point here was if you know what the conductor spacing is, you can determine the effective dielectric constant by measuring Cp and using the formulas in my chart provided by Henry Ott. The same is true if you know what the effective dielectric constant is, you can measure Cp to...

If you are dealing with speaker cables in particular than yes its a "No". RLC are the primary factors to measure and concern yourself with here. Sheilding in very rare instances may also come into play for speaker cables. Note that C is dependent on the conductor spacing and dielectric...

As usual AV_Phile you take my commentary or others commentary out of context. Yes we do allow manufacturers to look over the technical aspects our reviews before posting to ensure we did not incorrectly state things about the product(s) in question. This is a professional courtesy we extend to...

We were extremely excited to see the new Integra Research RDC-7.1 during our press coverage at CES. In fact, we even did a mini-review of the processor. Integra Research at CES 2004 We estimated the new products, including their DVD player, would be released in April 2004, but...

Good one W4Zoo :) But if I let you read it, you won't have an incentive to come back here when I post it. My review is completed and ready. I am scheduled to have it posted and uploaded to frontpage by July 4th. However, astute readers may find it on the site at least a day in advance if...

Anthem AVM 30 processor Anthem Electronics has just announced the release of their new Anthem AV 30 preprocessor which will retail for $2999. The unit looks impressive and features a few upgrades from their AVM 20, including: 4 component video inputs 2 component video outputs New brushed...

Mud; Phase Angle: You can't measure phase angle of a speaker cable per se. In order to make a meaningful measurement here, you would need a non inductive resistive load to terminate the cable as a reference. Alternatively you can measure this paramater of just the resistor and normalize...

And here is part II Part II of CD vs DVD-A vs SACD Two more parts to go, stay tuned......

This is odd, but I suppose the preamp gain stage for Zone2 isn't off the same quality level of the other main channels. Anyone wishing to biamp the AVR-3805 should reserve the Zone2 amps to the bass sections of thier speakers where this issue will be less noticeable. As for damaging...

The RX-Z9 will handle NTSC and PAL, not sure about the variants you mentioned. I will ask Yamaha after they look over my review. There will likely be a review addendum after my review is posted to handle everyones questions, or we may just feature it on this forum if it remains highly active.

My review is about 95% done. Will be peer reviewed this week. If all goes well it will be posted over the 4th holiday. Be patient however, this monster review will take me several hours to post :(

Great thread here and I am in full agreement with Jeff and Rip. Receivers have come a long way baby, especially if you don't need gobs of power in your listening room.

Jeff; Be careful what you wish for ;) My Z9 review will have measurements of YPAO. I believe Clint may add a review addendum to include these in his 3805 review if you guys bug him enough.

We pondered the issue about registration/non registration posting requirement for awhile and leaned towards the latter simply because we were hoping it would attract more people to participate in the forum. Since this is a relatively new forum, we didn't want to hinder the flow of posting and so...

Don't put too much stock in "Dynamic Power Measurements". They are based on a very short term transient power condition which does provide some indication on what the amp can deliver with respect to short term peaks, but does not imply the amp can sustain those peaks. This is similar to other...

There is no doubt B&W speakers are cherished by many home theater enthusiasts and audiophiles alike. The 600 series is one of their most popular and reasonably priced lines in their product portfolio. This is the place to share your experience with the B&W DM602 S3 speaker system. The 602's...

The Sony SCD-XA777ES MultiChannel SACD player is regarded by many audiophiles as the benchmark player. Please share your experience with the venerable Sony SCD-XA777ES SACD Player here.

Rotel has always been known as the go to brand for afforable high end audio, excellent build quality, and high performance. The RSX-1067 represents their latest 7.1 A/V Flagship powerhouse. This is the place to post your experience with the Rotel RSX-1067 receiver.