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That's pretty. I wouldn't mind at all. :D

I prefer amps from ATI, Bryston, McIntosh, Yamaha, Denon, Marantz. :D

Reliability, built quality, measurements or lack of, brands. OSD/Audio Source, Pyle, Behringer, and other "no-name" brands are what I consider cheap low-quality amps. I would rather get a pro amp from Yamaha or Crown than these low quality brands. There are other popular brands that I...

Not that you need to add an amp, but if you’re thinking about adding an amp, make sure you’re not adding something that is lesser quality than your Yamaha. Just because something is “separates” (like external amps) doesn’t mean it’s good quality. So for most cases, you’re better off just using...

I can’t recall if I ever admit it, but a big part of spending a lot (back when I was spending crazy) was for the thrill and excitement of being able to do it - for bragging rights and all that jazz. Some people thought I was cool and some people thought I was foolish. It’s all fun and games...

So your friend bought 2 brand new speakers from A4L. Both speakers did not work when hooked up to the AVR. At first A4L gave your friend the run-around and refused to refund the purchase. Then later they agreed to refund the purchase minus shipping fees both ways?

If you already have an Anthem AVP, then just get the matching Amp.

IMO, when people have a lot of money in their budget, they will probably buy McIntosh or Bryston. If they don't want to spend that much money, then the next price class would be ATI, Parasound, Anthem, NAD, Rotel. Below that price class would be Emotiva, Buckeye and some other less expensive...

You mean Yamaha and Denon AVRs? Since neither Denon nor Yamaha currently sells consumer amps. Marantz has the new AMP-10 16Ch amp.

Here is the review of the 831, which has 3 x 8" drivers, instead of 2 x 8" drivers like the 821. https://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/rbh-svtr-tower-reference-speaker-review/#toc-h2-1

I just finished watching Fallout S01. Loved it. I love the character development of Lucy, Maximus, and others. Looking forward to S02.

There is no way to defend spending $10K on a sub (or speaker) to anyone who doesn't want to spend anywhere near that price. Diminishing returns is what most people think about. It's easy to see that much less expensive ported subs can output more bass than some $10K sealed sub. The salient...

What are the salient determining buying factors? Sound Quality? All of these amps sound great and have enough power. Warranty/Customer service? ATI offers 7YR warranty and has excellent customer support even beyond their 7YR warranty period. Other brands offer 5YR or less. You can’t even reach...

I think the issue (1-2 ohm class-D) was that many people were not aware/seen those ohm measurements. And now that they can see those 2-ohm measurements, they can still say, “Okay, so class-D can handle 2-ohms, but where’s the actual 1-ohm measurements?” :D Does 1-ohm matter? Does 100dB SINAD...

Watch. He’s gonna come back with “everyone else’s powered speakers will last 50 years”. :D Cramming more digital electronic parts inside every single speaker = Increased digital electronic complexity and heat, decreased reliability and availability of parts, increased costs. But no. We’re just...

You hit the rigid old nail on the head. :D It’s really all about convenience for him. Everyone with common sense knows that the more complex you make a component (speaker), the higher the risk of malfunction. Pure 100% common sense. But yeah no, let’s stuff every speaker with EQ/DSP/Amps. If...

Some of us would never want to put DSP, EQ, and Amps inside EVERY SINGLE speaker because it will make every speaker more complex and put EVERY speaker at higher risk of malfunction. There is a very good reason why speaker/subwoofer drivers have a 5-10 YR warranty, but the internal amps...

One point some people make is that class-D amps cannot handle 2-ohms and 1-ohm. It doesn’t matter to most of us because our speakers are usually 4-8 ohms. But what do you think?

Great AVR. :D I’ve must have built over 20 PC’s by now. The last few PC’s have been with i9 CPU and NVIDIA 3000’s 4K/8K HDMI GPU cards. My PC is the only media I use.

Again, the question is, are powered speakers (built-in amps/EQ/DSP) LESS EXPENSIVE than passive speakers? Show me a great 100% ACTIVE system that cost LESS than most passive systems. When MOST consumers are 100% happy with $500-$1,000 AVRs and passive speakers that cost thousands less than...