Recent content by jamhead

Is it a Prime deal?

And here all I did was upgrade my Rotel receiver to a preamp / amp combo for my Dynaudio’s! Nice upgrades. Couple questions: 1) what was it about the focal that outperformed your C1/SVS combo? 2) were you able to see if the streamer was actually better audio quality-wise vs what you were...

Awesome to hear - need to check it out!

And…..

The Marantz Cinema 70 DAC measured poorly. Not sure it’s audible however. My real issue with the Marantz was the porthole on the front. It was hard for me to see sitting 10 feet away and I use the display for volume setting without a display on.

Denon 3800 and up their series line. What I like is they have a preamp mode for all channels that disengages the voltage to the amps which improves their DAC measured performance. I recently purchased their previous series (Denon 6700) and am using in Preamp mode with ATI amps for all channels...

Very interested in this. Looks promising.

Wonder if we’ll see Newt’s family?

Thank you for your insight. I am seeing something similar- many MFG’s are out….11 channel amplification, class d, is mostly the game now. Was there a change in ATI’s 1800 series (1820 vs 1800) other than the faceplate? I can honestly say I’m a little jealous of your new status. Have some fun...

Thank you for the reply. Very disappointing since there aren’t many options in this price category. I’ve considered 3 outlaw 2220 monoblocks - but know nothing about class G topology. If I were to try to read between the lines, I’d assume potential Management change - or - component sourcing...

I would love some insight from Makeminevinyl (Soundhound) here as it is known that he knows a little about this stuff and I couldn't PM him. As I noted in an earlier post, my receiver gave out (was powering my Dynaudio surrounds/center - which are ~86db sensitivity with max wattage listed as...

Cool - exactly what I was interested in - is it finicky or isn’t it? Sounds like it isn’t- which is where I am in life as well. Thanks!

Mike- As Botch asked, how do you like it?

Awesome! I’ll give those a look-see. I didn’t know about the Marantz.

Here's the deal. I tried to watch a movie (Elf) in my dedicated theater on Saturday and my receiver wouldn't turn on. The Receiver, a Rotel RSX1056 (yes - I've owned for about 16 years), would not turn on. The Red power LED was on...but when pressing the power button...nothing. So, turn off...