Recent content by Dewald

If you have the budget, get the sonys. If your budget is constraint, get the BT450 (you will not find a better at this price point). I have both, they are both great at what they offer at their respective price brackets. You can pick up the HD 4.50 BT for around R1 800 and the sony wh-1000xm3...

Thanks for all the detailed feedback. much appreciated! I think I have enough information now to make a decision. My preference is music listening so I'm leaning towards the Marantz.  ;)

Oh and also, I don't know if the Emotiva MC 700 processor is any good, will it be considered an upgrade. I know some time ago I compared the Emotive power amp against the Classe poweramp I use to drive my fronts and there was an overall difference in sound quality and performance. But since I...

Well, after years of serving my needs, my current Integra 50.4 has packed up. Currently I used it for all processing purposes and to drive my center and two rear surrounds. SO, now I have been pondering about how do I go about upgrading. My first option was to get a processor, and then add a...

I have one for you if your'e still looking.

A bit off-Beat from this topic but super excited that I found a second sub to add to my system!!  :Whoohoo: Velodine is not so much supported in SA anymore (I believe they'll bounce back) but still such a pleasure to listen to. The Velodine SPL Ultra 10" now got a twin. Roof is gonna rattle...

Now this is interesting to me. Would love to actually hear the difference. I looked at spec sheet for the Integra 50.4 and it looks like this one (Rated RCA Output Level and Impedance 200 mV/470 Ω (PRE OUT) Then there is also this one (Maximum RCA Output Level and Impedance 4.6 V/470 Ω (PRE...

This is exactly that. I had a budget, aimed for the Emotiva and got presented the opportunity for the Classe second hand at more or less the same price point. I listened to the Emotiva first and have done so before I decided on it. When I heard the difference I was amazed. Didn't even know...

I would be interested to hear your views on experience with different amps. But the Emotiva purely based on spec scared me a bit at 300W. Considering my speakers are rated at 150W max. And then the Classe was on the beginning edge of what I was looking for purely from a spec sheet perspective...

Also interesting that the Classe weighs 21Kg's Where the Emotiva is 18kg's Still not perfect But I think it might be a better bet to judge a amp by weight and not the spec sheet.

Correct!

The one thing that really became relevant is that don't ever judge purely on the spec sheet.

I took the step to adding a power amp to drive my Monitor Audio GX 200's and tested both the Emotiva XPA 2 and Classe CA 2100 against each other. After about two weeks I settled on one. High level specs: Classe - 100Wats into 8 Ohm Emotiva - 300Wats into 8 Ohm Can anyone guess which one I...

Just confirming, is Integra support and service completely out of SA?

The PC I want to use for this project will be specific to recording only.. Nothing else.. I have a personal laptop for other stuff. Yes, agreed on the mic, won't skimp there.. I've been offered a Digidesign 003R audio interface.. Still researching this one.. Your views welcome..