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You should hang onto these speakers. What could possibly scratch an itch that these couldn't?

Thank you Ampdog. I add say there's some truly knowledgeable folks on the forum. A lot of really great insight that I'm sure others will benefit as well. Back to the amp/speaker discussion, I am schooled :-) I realise I'm in the kindergarten in the world of high-end audio. I now know that I...

Now that sounds a whole lot of sense. A great perspective (for me) on interpreting an amplifier's power versus distortion levels versus speaker max rating. Its how the amp puts the power down that makes the difference

Please elaborate. No holy cows  ;D

I recently invested in a fairly decently powered amp (200W per channel x 5)...and it got me thinking; what is the optimal amount of power to send to a speaker before its considered overkill? Based on my fooling around over the years I've developed a preference to match amp and speaker on a 1:1...

On this subject, does integra do stereo setups?

true - the Cambridge's, Marantz's and oppo's are a small fortune. If you're lucky you'll find a reasonably youngish model for a reasonable price. As you also pointed out, tech advances are making strides and probably before hitting the post button, any recommendation will be outdated ;-)

apologies - I hit the post button without completing my response ;-) here's what I wanted to add; The Cambridge audio with a usb-powered hard drive outperformed my PS3 and my mede8er as a media player in terms of audio quality, stability, ease of use. This was a second hand unit Azur 751 which...

If I may add my 2c - I've used the PS3 as a media server for about 2 years and it wasn't a great experience, usability wise. Couldn't play any lossless format music so lost interest after a while. I then went mede8er and this was an improvement - except for audio quality and the fact that it...