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    How to Make Your Own DIY Speaker Cables

    I've been playing around with different speaker cable schemes for decades. I can also recommend Blue Jeans Cable for many cable applications. I think they about as high end as anyone needs to go, regardless of your available budget. In the last few years I have gone with KnuKonceptz Kord...
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    Samsung Plasma TV's No more...

    I purchased a PN51F8500 last month and am very pleased. It replaces a 7 year old PN50A650 plasma which I ended up selling and was still performing very well. I think OLED will replace the gap left by plasma. Given enough time for improvements, more sales to reduce prices etc. etc. it may...
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    Emotiva XPA-2 and XPA-5 Gen2 Amplifier Preview

    Feel free to delete.. my bad :)
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    Emotiva XPA-2 and XPA-5 Gen2 Amplifier Preview

    They upgraded the flimsy RCA connectors that were on the original. They are now bolted to the back panel instead of just coming through a hole and relying on a soldered connection to a board. I am using XLR to RCA cables anyway on my Gen I XPA-5, as I put a little pressure on one by accident and...
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    Onkyo is dead, again.. Time for a new brand

    Pioneer or Yamaha. Last year I went from an Onkyo (no issues) to Emotiva separates. While I had very good experience with previous Onkyo, just based on what appears to be a rise in complaints the last 2 or 3 years, I would likely avoid them if going back to a receiver. Their Integra line seems...
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    IMAX Private Theater Do you want this?

    My dreams keep getting better even if my ability to make them a reality does not.
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    FS: Niles CS12V Remote Trigger w/adjustable delay

    Thanks for your interest. Yes, I still have it.
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    FS: Niles CS12V Remote Trigger w/adjustable delay

    I guess that would have helped!! Sorry about that. I was thinking $85 shipping included.
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    FS: Niles CS12V Remote Trigger w/adjustable delay

    Niles Current Sensing 12v Trigger for turning on amplifiers and other AV equipment remotely. Very robust and fully shielded. Very handy if your receiver or processor does not have a trigger or auxiliary AC outlet. Niles professional quality. Adjustable delay, making it very useful for a...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 Preamp / Processor Review

    Maybe I missed this, but I noted on my unit if I run EmoQ2 and the final data says my speakers are set SMALL, I can look down the list of channels and see that ENHANCED is on. Now, I understand no LFE should be going to the main speakers since they are set SMALL. To be sure, I can go to the...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 Preamp / Processor Review

    I reset the works, and ran it again. I got similar data, and again, it shows all speakers are out of phase as it did the very first time I ran it (and never again after subsequent runs). So I am ignoring that as I did before. I'm going to give it a few days and listen to a good mix of...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 Preamp / Processor Review

    I'm interested in your continued experience with the UMC-200. Overall, I am very pleased with the SQ but still have some reservations about the Emo-Q. Coming from an Audyssey equipped receiver some things in the Emotiva are not clear to me. When I had my Onkyo, the only thing I fiddled with...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 Preamp / Processor Review

    Yes, I mounted it on a tripod facing up. The hole for the tripod screw on the mic is not a standard camera mount.. it is smaller, very strange.. so I used some tacky putty to hold the mic in place on top of the tripod. With the tripod raised just above my seat back, and mic facing straight up as...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 Preamp / Processor Review

    I think there may be some issue with regards to EmoQ G2. Even though the manual recommends against performing additional runs unless you made physical changes, a 2nd result gave me markedly different results. 1. The new crossovers settings were now 250Hz for the front channels, but 60 and...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 7.1 Surround Sound Processor Preview

    Just for clarification, when it came to triggering or sequencing devices, I was looking at the difference between the 'choice' of a plastic power strip with multiple outlets, vs. a full encased steel unit with a single 5A power outlet. And we should all have choices, and more than one if...
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    Emotiva UMC-200 7.1 Surround Sound Processor Preview

    The precise reason I offered another one.
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    Emotiva UMC-200 7.1 Surround Sound Processor Preview

    If you need a 12V trigger for an amp, you want a Niles CS12V. Good luck finding one below $100, I did over a year ago, $70 I think, and new. Do some hard searching. It is only one I would trust to handle a power amp. Niles Audio Corporation
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    NAD T955 Mini Review

    I had a 5 ch. NAD amp that lasted 3 days. This was new back around 2000. I don't recall the model number. One channel went out and I thought it might have been the fuse. It required some major disassembly just to get to it. So instead I returned it for a B&K 4330 (3 ch) and never looked back...
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    Onkyo TX-NR809: First Impressions

    My bad, following Dynamic EQ should be ON... Dynamic volume is only for low listening levels. Intellivolume can be used to raise and adjust volume for each source to equal levels.
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    Onkyo TX-NR809: First Impressions

    Nice review! You saved me the trouble of adding much more as I find most of your observations close to my own. I am coming from an Arcam AVR350 which tells me the more 'common' brands of AVRs have certainly stepped up. Not to say, Onkyo in general has not had good sound quality, as did my...
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