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It's fruitless to argue about sound quality of amps, AVR, AVP. Bottom line is, get whatever sounds the best to YOU, not to a bunch of hearsay. Get the speakers and electronics that sound best to you. Then just enjoy listening and watching all the contents.

External Amps aren't perfect solution either. How many times have we heard people complaining of ground-loop humming noise when they switched to Amps? There's a post on AH this morning where a member has a pair of Outlaw Audio 2200 monoblocks. While playing "Also Sprach Zarathustra", one of...

Definitely nothing wrong with trying out amps for free. :D Can't go wrong with that. When comparing, just make sure the ACTUAL LISTENING VOLUME is the SAME LEVEL with both amps! Amps have different Voltage Gain. An amp with a 32dB gain will sound a lot louder than an amp with a 26dB gain if...

1. If only 50W can power big towers that dip under 4 ohms, then 100W will also be able to do that. 2. Everything needs to be RELATIVE. If I spend a lot of money on speakers, I want to match that with electronics. My Projector is also $6K, not $1K. But for most people who don't own more...

Hi guys, I'm in the USA and usually on Audioholics forum, but I check here sometimes.  :D This kind of question and thinking of "improving the very last bit of sound quality" even though the sound quality is already pretty great is extremely common. Perhaps we're all guilty of this at one point...

The Denon X3400 or X3300, which also have Audyssey XT32. Of course, higher-end models would work, but also cost a lot more.

It?s nothing like saying 2 cars drive the same way. You can?t compare amps to cars. I definitely don?t want to get into double-blind amp studies (volume level matching, instant comparison vs comparisons made by memory, Direct mode vs EQ) because I assume we are all experienced here, not...

No I didn't post any pics in the members kit. Too lazy for that. :) Not too long ago, I sold my Revel Salon2, B&W 802D2, Linkwitz Orion 3.2.1, and some $3,000 USD towers from Focal and Dynaudio. I have owned way too many components for my own good. :D I'm usually on Audioholics forum; I just...

I've been in this hobby for almost 30 years and spent over $250K USD over the years on speakers, subs, preamps, amps, pre-pros, SACD players, AVR, and even snake-oil speaker wires at some point. :D I have owned and heard just about every brand, including NAD, Arcam, Anthem, Mark Levinson...

There are pros and cons of both Pro and Home Audio amps. I do agree that the salient factor in buying Pro amps is cost. But I have used a Crown XLS2000 amp with my Revel Salon2 and B&W 802 D2. And they sounded great. They sounded as good as any Mark Levinson, Lexicon, Bryston, Classe...

Are you referring to the build quality or the sound quality or both? :D I think a good quality pro amp like the Crown amps (I've owned the efficient XLS Class-D amps) will have excellent sound quality. I have no reservation about using something like a Crown XLS1500 amp in my systems. But...

I can only share what I've experienced over the years with the equipments I've owned and heard. Other people may have different experiences based on what they've owned and heard. I do agree that the internal parts may differ significantly in quality especially over time. So the cheaper parts...

Very good points. Don't buy speakers that have measurements that show impedance dipping down frequently to 3 ohms from 200Hz-10kHz and has a sensitivity of 79dB/w/m.  :) If a speaker has an 8-ohm nominal impedance that dips down to 3 ohms only around 80Hz, but is 8 ohms for most of the...

We own what we are willing to PAY. I was willing to pay $7,500 for a pre-pro, $5,500 for an AVR, $12,000 of ATI Amps, $22,000/pr Salon2, $15,000 B&W 802 Diamond, $6,000 KEF Reference 201/2, $10,000 Linkwitz Orion, etc., AT THE SAME TIME. But the fact is, even a $500 AVR can SOUND VERY GOOD...

You might want to post your questions on other forums as well to get a second opinion. Like Audioholics. http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/ If you have the money, then I think something like a Denon X3000 or X4000 series may be good. But I think it's wise to try 1 thing at a time...

I've seen too many ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS (not quotes) of AVR from cheap 50WPC AVR to $5,500 150WPC AVR to know that even the cheap 50WPC AVR is capable of EASILY producing 50WPC into 8 ohms @ 0.1% THD 20Hz-20kHz and can handle 4 ohms load. Keep in mind I've owned $22,000 Revel Salon 2, $15,000...

I thought the MV8 has a sensitivity of 91dB/w/m? https://nomoregoatsoup.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/mission-mv8-floorstanding-speaker-review/ 91dB/w/m, Power req 25 Watts - 200 Watts per Ch, Nom Imp 8 ohms (min Imp 4.6 ohms @ ? frequency). Seems very easy to power to me. I agree with the speaker...

If your speakers "should" sound good, then perhaps you just have not been able to set them up the way you want. Speaker placement and room acoustics (wood & tile floors are BAD) are important. Sometimes adding a subwoofer may completely enhance your sound quality (SQ). Sometimes you may...

I've owned a Harman Kardon 50WPC x 5Ch AVR that powered $10K speaker system with "minimum" impedance of 2.7 ohms. So 50WPC or 80WPC is actually pretty good for MOST people who listen to SENSIBLE volume (like no more than 90dB) from 3-4 meters distance using speakers that have sensitivity of...

New house not finished yet, so no HT setup yet.