Posts by noway1

Haven't heard the Lab Gruppen but I think it uses a 30A twist lock plug. Is this convenient? What about nearby service facility? I would also consider some new Yamaha P7000S provided you are not bridging them on your main speakers...

That'll work fine. You might even find that you don't need to turn up the gain controls on the Crown all the way to get the volume you need.

Quote:Originally Posted by coomaster ...Is it as simple as pluging your cd player or preamp into the rca,s that are supplied on the back of the amp.,to get the very best sound quality out of these crown drivecore amps, or is the...

I'm using XLS 2500 right now in 2-channel audio system. I had been using it in my video system for the past year. In the audio system, I drive it using a Benchmark DAC-1 using the DAC-1s balanced outputs. Speakers are 98 dB sensitive...

Quote:Originally Posted by rexdragon Do you have gracenote activated in the oppo's settings? I suspect the "endlessly loading" is somehow connected to gracenote accessing the internet and downloading metadata(including thumbnail...

I use a portable USB drive hooked into the back of Oppo for playing movie files. If I play a file that the Oppo is unable to play, the screen stalls with the "loading" icon endlessly looping at (example) 25% loading and whole machine...

Quote:Originally Posted by ajaxmike Hi MM, I have a very similar setup as yours (HTPC > HDMI in > Analog Out > 5 x 200w power amp). I am getting a huge (HUGE) popping noise when first connecting and sometimes when changing...

Quote:Originally Posted by asdf512tx What blue ray players are you guys using? Been using HDTV/DVD/WD TV Live only but have Oppo 103 on order and should receive soon.

Why would you want your screen way up there like that? (If it's for the benefit of the people in the rear seating, why not just raise up their seating and lower the screen?)

Thanks for your replies. You guys were right, the TC50PU54 was undamaged. Spent the better part of today getting the TV and the peripherals hooked up and very happy with the result. Happy holidays!