Posts by Jake Sm

The biggest problem with sub recommendations is that there are many variables that make a good choice both difficult and personal. Difficulties involved are that they can be painstakingly difficult to set-up properly both in terms of...

What are you matching it to?

Quote: Unfortunately, Tom Holman brought some THX history/baggage with him when he founded Audyssey. Yeah, that's the sentiment among some I talk to in the industry as well, and while I have heard the Audyssey do so nice things in...

Quote: I think the parent company for Marantz and Denon are the same, although they are different in many ways. I don't know if they're both considered mass market, but I think they are compared to B&K, Arcam, Sorry to but in,...

Quote: How would his attitude change if he needed to make more money? Allocation of time and resources might need to be made differantly if he had to spend his time more productively.

Quote: That's an interesting take, seems plausible. But I just got the sense from my dealer that it's been their nature for a while. The answers I get from my reps are "I don't know", when they don't....I'm a dealer and have been very...

Quote: Gotcha - my take is Integra are the ones that have no idea what they're doing. For fun I checked the DTR 8.8 reciever - nice big red checkmark in the Pro capable column!! IIRC the 8.8 is the 9.8 with amps right? Audyssey has the...

On the basis of your near completion of Stanford, and the employment opportunities that will surely present themselves to you in the near future, I highly recommend getting yourself into a good solid line of debt now in an effort to...

Quote: I have to say that Sean has still treated me the best and never seemed to be concerned with how much I was going to spend there. Indeed, he may not be. Quote: It seems like a great concept. A guy who just needs to break...

Quote: It's too bad that they don't sell them individually. A nice dealer would if you are a decent customer, but I'd buy the pair anyway, he may give you a deal that way.... and when you go to sell, it's easier and generally a better...