Posts by pmalter0

Quote: Originally Posted by whoaru99 All I need is my charm, although the glow given off by the four 6L6GCs and 5AR4 do have a certain allure. Back in the early 60s I had my first "high fidelity" system. My amplifier was an Eico...

Quote: Originally Posted by phantom52 Yep I am, its an 876 and the last AVR that Onkyo made that didn't come with a boatload of problems. Everything since then every model they have put out is loaded with some problem or another and I...

Quote: Originally Posted by whoaru99 The inherent flaw is the belief that people have to justify what they spend money on to anyone other than themselves (or perhaps maybe SO). I just thought of something else, that reference to the...

I have an Onkyo TX-SR 608. I love the focus of stereo--I like to hear a trumpet with a 5 inch mouth--not a trumpet as large as a wall. But I would like to use my center channel speaker when playing stereo. However, when I switched to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Caveman1 Thanks for the replies everyone. I have found out that I don't need HDMI for my 2.1 speaker setup (2 floorstanding speakers + subwoofer). Therefore, I am going with a better quality 2-channel...

I attended the CES this year in Las Vegas. The high end audio exhibits in the The Venetian hotel had at least 200 playing exhibits using turntables, cartridges, and tube amplifiers which cost at least 100 grand. I thought to myself: how...

Quote: Originally Posted by riverwolf Yes, Dr. Hsu does recommend rear/nearfield sub placement, but I'm sure he also mentioned or assumed the caveat of a suitable xover frequency. I repeat, if you put the Polk's port in the next room,...

Quote: Originally Posted by ado15mk3 Interesting. My problem is that my ceiling is sloped @ approx 45deg. Alright... if you face them along the wall...they stick out less than 6"

Quote: Originally Posted by Jane32XBR Thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions. Some updates here. My first upgrade 3 weeks ago was 2 Polk RTiA1 fronts and a matching Polk CSi A4. Big improvement. This week I got 2 Mirage OMD5's for...

Quote: Originally Posted by ado15mk3 Do you mean that the backs would be facing the ceiling? Wouldn't that affect the sound??? I always thought that the speakers must ideally face the listener directly. No, the fronts facing the...