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Those Purifi boards are about $500 each. At that price, I'd be better off just buying an amp. The point of this exercise is to build something that sounds great at an affordable price point. I've read some good things about those LJM designs and the boards are very inexpensive. Granted, the...

I'm looking at a couple LJM options, such as the LJM L12-2 or L15.

Thanks for pointing me in that direction. They make interesting stuff. Unfortunately what I'm looking for is the actual boards and components to build amps inside of my speakers. All good though. There are a ton of Chinese amp boards out there.

I have a ton to learn here. I've been doing some more research and I can get a DSP board for a 3-way build for about $30 from Parts Express instead of going with an all-in-one amp/DSP. That opens up a lot more options. The questions is whether you have any recommendations. I could use Class AB...

There is a new player called Sofa Baton trying to fill the niche vacated by Logitech. I got a basic one for my parents and it is fine. I have not played around with their higher-end options.

I get that. My sister-in-law is building a Class A integrated amplifier from scratch using kits for all the boards and doing all her own soldering and such. Sometimes they come with missing or wrong parts, but that is pretty easy to deal with. She's having a lot of fun with it and just finished...

I agree that you can use an external DSP and do a full active crossover with conventional amplifiers. That is a given. The advantages here are size and cost. I can attain 200Wx4 with DSP and Bluetooth for $172 per speaker. Buying 8 channels of traditional Class A/B amplifiers would cost at least...

I forgot to mention. These little DSP-driven amps are super configurable, because you can bridge any two channels. I bought a 30x4 amp for $64 that I can run as 30x4, 60x2, or 30x2 + 60x1. They can support up to four programmable attenuator knobs that can be assigned to a variety of functions...

I disagree. This is fantastic for folks who want active crossovers, which have real advantages. I am looking at building a pair of new primary listening speakers later this year using two 100x4 DSP amplifiers. That DSP is a powerful tool, because it contains a PEQ as well as a crossover. It...

I've used good old fashioned RG-6 in a pinch and my only real complaint was that it was stiff as hell and hard to work with. I don't use very many analog cables anymore, but most of the ones I do use are from Blue Jeans Cable.

Component cables are just 75Ohm coax, so they work fine for audio. Ditto for composite and digital coax.

Am I the only one who thinks newer generation Class D amplifiers are the best thing since sliced bread? They are small, efficient, affordable, and sound good to my ear. I also LOVE that you can now get multi-channel amp boards with built-in DSP for building speakers with active crossovers. I...

I've been listening to Rush's last three albums today (Vapor Trails, Snakes and Arrows, and Clockwork Angels). I know this might be a controversial statement, but my favorite era of Rush was their final one and I think Clockwork Angels was the best album of their entire career.

I would add these Fleetwood Mac: Rumors Steely Dan: Aja Supertramp: Crime of the Century Happy Anniversary Charlie Brown Alison Krauss and Union Station: New Favorite Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here Sting: Brand New Day Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Session

Another great gone.

Plex does exactly the same thing and has for years.

That blows.

I've been digging these guys lately. They originally came to fame when they were just kids doing a cover of Enter Sandman. Flash forward ten years and Metallica had them do a cover of it for their Blacklist album. They paired up with another vocalist for this one for some reason. Anyway, I...

I tend to be in the "buy a great display and use it till it croaks" camp myself. Never did the plasma thing though.

Streaming. The picture quality gap between streaming and disc is nowhere near what it once was and the convenience of streaming is hard to beat. The main problem is that it is so easy to buy movies sitting on the couch with a remote. I'll go to Vudu to watch something I own and think, "Let me...