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  1. quality does come into play with the power issue.... all of the amps i listed will definitely sound better than a 50 watt receiver...

    movies and some music can contain very sudden and high transient demands which can instantly require 10 to 30 times the power level of your average listening level.... with very efficient klipsch speakers - the average level might vary from 1 watt to 3 watts or so.... if at 3 watts - you get a 30 times the power demand from the soundtrack and you have a 50 watt per channel receiver, the signal will clip....

    in many instances this clipped signal is so quick that you might not hear the distortion.... but if you listen to the same passage again with a 200 watt amplifier, you WILL hear the improvement because now you are getting the full musical waveform and hearing all of the sound...

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    I've looked and there are some Rotel and NAD in my pricerange.... I also think it makes sense to take care of the front 3 channels first and then worry about the rest......

    I've looked at the Crowns and have heard very good things about them

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    On 3/11/2005 2:48:42 PM DrWho wrote:

    how expensive are the digital tri-path amplifiers going for nowadays? If 30 watts per channel is enough, I think you can get the TEAC 3 channel digital amps for under $100 shipped. Two for $200 and you've got yourself 30x6. TBrennan from the forum has one and he says it sounds very good. The only downside to it is that the volume controls are small and in the back, but if you use a reciever for a preamp, then you won't have to worry about it.

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    but how much of an improvement is that over an HK with digital amps? I'm new at this and want to be understand fully what the benefits are.....

  3. I am looking at using my current receiver, HK DPR1001 as a pre/pro and buying a used amp somewhere....I had been looking at Outlaw 7100 amps, but I'm looking for anything used that would be an upgrade over my HK (50w/channel).....

    My setup is currently 7.1 RF-35, RC-35, RS-3, RB-35, SVS Pci........

  4. please be careful when looking at these Coaster showtime series seats.....there is a bunch of info over at avsforum.com but here is a wuick summary.....

    these chairs being sold are the old Showtime series.....basically not very comfortable....I have actually tried these and did not like them.....

    now, there are newer models of Coaster series referred to as showtime take II or director series:

    http://www.directfurniture.com/bllehoth.html

    these are the replicas of Berkline 90s.....these are highly recommended.....

    just want people to be cautious when looking at these seats.

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    On 2/24/2005 4:26:54 PM Dylanl wrote:

    To tell you the truth, If you want to support BB I thought the JBL in the same price range sounded much better than the Klipsch.

    Many hear are talking about cranking a speaker to very loud volumes. This is not a way to test speakers. If a speaker clips at BB ask yourself, what are they driving those with? At best probably a HT receiver from Sony. If all you want to do is rock you probably are not looking for refined sound anyway.

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    I couldn't agree with you more....after not wanting the synergy, I almost went for JBL E80 or E90.....glad I found the reference.....

  6. I have tried this. Originally, I bought F-3s from BB...I got them home and didn't like them.....not enough bass and not a clear sound (to me)......I was about to not buy any klipsch until I found what a good deal I could get on the RF-35s......to me the difference was night and day (this is after demoing both at home).

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    On 2/18/2005 3:33:23 PM kenratboy wrote:

    Didn't Trey say soundwise, the RF-35's and F-3's sounded VERY close
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    - but going from $850 list on the F-3's to $1000 list on the RF-35's isn't a big difference.

    I will say the F-3's are capable of 'hi-output'
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    By my math, a 600 watt peak would mean at 1 meter, the F-3's can put out ~120 dB.!!!

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    but with bargaining on the RF-35s, you can get them for cheaper than the BB price on the Synergy....

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