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For any interested parties, even though it's on the Orlando CL, according to the ad the amp is actually in Palm Bay (east coast a little south of Melbourne).

Cool. Let us know how it works for you -- sound quality, reception range, etc. It's something I may want to add to a vintage/DIY setup someday.

And if you really want to do it on the cheap, you could try something like this. Lou

Fixed so it's a link. This is better than coming out of the headphone jack at the top of the iPod, but not because it bypasses the internal DAC. Rather, it bypasses the internal volume control, which is the source of considerable sound degradation from an iPod/iPhone. And joshjp is certainly correct about the impact of how the music is stored. If possible, store the music uncompressed. If you can't hold enough that way, go for lossless compression. And if, heaven forbid, you have to use lossy compression, keep the bit rate at 256 kbps or higher if at all possible. MP3s at less than 256 kbps might as well go through the volume control, not worth much other than background music at that point. All IMHBCO (in my humble but correct opinion) of course. [] Lou

I dunno. Sonos for streaming, not obsessive, not an "audiophile". Maybe he doesn't want the inconvenience of tubes? RobRob, you understand that a tube amp takes awhile to warm up after you turn it on before it's ready to play tunes? Just trying to make sure we get the trade-offs out there. Lou

That needs to be my perspective all the time, now that I think about it. Thanks for the lesson/reminder, Dean. When you get better, bring your kids down here to central FL and they can pay the Mouse a visit with my boys, 6 and 12. Lou

This noob is in. Prayers continuing as well, of course. Lou

In Florida the kids learn to swim and snorkel young.

Nice place, Crystal River. We go over and snorkel with the Manatees every year. The kids love it, and SWMBO wants to buy a place over there. The blobs in front of the ropes are me and my younger son. The blobs beyond the ropes are the manatees doing their usual nap thing.

Now his wife needs to fire him and get whatever he had stashed away.

Dodge Chargers and Pocket Protectors. Great stuff in the pics, Rick. [Y] Lou

There are ways other than tube amps to get tube sound into your system. You could try a tube preamp. Or you could try tube buffer stage, like the Decware Zbox or the Decware Zstage. I don't know what power is in Pakistan, but the Decware items both come in 120V and 240V versions. Shipping might be another issue. What is it that you're missing that you think some tubes will give you in your system? Lou

Hi Lou, I'm glad you enjoy reading it as well... Regarding Lynyrd Skynyrd, do you mean because of the plane crash? It didn't happen until October 20th, 1977. Hi Rick. No, I meant I didn't see how anything could happen on Feb 29, 1977, because I don't think that was a leap year. [] Probably 1976, methinks. Thanks again for this thread, Lou

I love this thread, too. Still tryin to figure out how Lynyrd Skynyrd got in a fight on Feb 29, 1977, though (see page 5). [*-)] Lou

+1 Put another way, option 1 probably isn't the cheapest approach. By the time you get through your learning curve (read "mistakes"), you've probably spent more money than you would have on option 2 or even option 3. If getting some soldering skills is worth it to you, then maybe it's worth it. But if you're looking to keep costs down in the short term, take option 2. Lou

I haven't heard those particular models, but I've been around a few NAD and CJ amps and preamps in the past. Based on that I would predict that the NAD will be more linear, defined, and punchy; the CJ somewhat softer and smoother. If you're leaning in the tube direction, I'd say try the CJ. But I don't think you can go far wrong with either. Lou

Not too surprising if (A) you've been to lots of rock concerts or ( you've seen more than 40 winters. Yes. When we say that they roll off at 58 Hz, what is meant is that the output is down 3 dB at that frequency. It doesn't mean that the speaker won't produce any sound at all below that frequency. It will, but it produces less and less output relative to the rest of the spectrum as the frequency continues to drop. And of course there is a similar roll-off above some frequency at the other end as well. Let us know how the Sunfire matches up for you. Lou

Just a thought here. If you're using an optical digital cable rather than coax, that could be the reason for the poor sound, instead of the DAC in the AVR. Lou

I haven't heard the Klipsch subs, but of those I have heard (or have heard a very close relative): Hsu VTF-2 MK4 SVS PB12-NSD SVS PC12-NSD All will reach 18 Hz and all have standby mode. The SVS subs are $769 for the box, $749 for the cylinder. The Hsu is $519. For the SVS subs shipping is included in the price. For the Hsu, shipping is additional. And they all come in "any color you want so long as it's black". The Klipsch sub may be a better match, but I will offer my opinion that there's not much to timbre matching at subwoofer frequencies. Lou

Let me second Bill's welcome to the forum. I've got H1's running from a Marantz 1060. Originally I set the bass control to about 1:00, mid to 12:00, and treble to 11:00, loudness off. This was not bad, not what I would call bass-shy, but the H1's do only go so deep. Added in a McIntosh MC7100 with the Marantz functioning as a preamp, and this tightened up the bass somewhat, but of course didn't deepen it. So I added a Hsu VTF-2 MKIII, speaker-level inputs, crossed at 60 Hz, and put all the tone controls back at 12:00. For me, that was the ticket. No right or wrong answer here, but like Bill said, tone controls won't make the Heresy's (I or III) dig any deeper. Just depends on what your ears need. Lou

Sorry not to have been able to get on the forum and read this over the weekend. But I am one of those praying types (actually so are SWMBO and the 2 kids), so Dean's on the list. Haven't had the privilege yet of speaking with him (or even PM or email), but certainly look forward to making remedy for that in the future. Lou

You should not lie to your wife like that. [] Seriously, sounds like a beauty. Congrats. Lou

Doh! You're right. I completely screwed that up. No RS speakers up front, even on the derived channels. Sorry about that. Lou

Just thoughts. If the room is really large enough to justify all those Heritage horns (something like 20 x 35 or bigger), then I agree with tragusa3 that you probably need more sub. Personally I think there's a lot more value in the side surround and rear surround positions than in the front height or front wide positions, so I'd put my Heritage stuff in those locations. K-Horns as front mains, LaScalas for rear surround, Heresys for side surround. Maybe try the Heresys for center and RF-82s for side surround. Really, you need to score one more LS or Heresy for your center channel. Then you can have all Heritage for the "first seven". Once you have your 7.1 sounding good, then play with the RS-52s and see how you like them as front height. I get the "my receiver can do it" idea, but really if you have K-Horns in the front corners anyway, why bother at all with front wide channels? If you just gotta do it, then I think you'll have to move the LaScalas to front mains and leave the K-Horns for front wides (which seems to me to waste the K-Horns, but hey, how many people can even think about that as an option?). If you do that, you owe the forum a pic of 2 LS and 2 KHorns fronting your HT. Just sayin... Have fun with it. Lou

Without knowing the details, I would just use speaker B terminals to make the connections easier. It shouldn't make any difference electrically or sound-wise. Lou