Recent content by peteys

I have oddyseys also and find that the sweet spot is literally only inches. My head has to be in the perfect spot to have the vocal dead center. It is an incredible experience once you find that spot. It sounds as if the singer is directly in front of you. You would think there was a speaker...

Wow. Those Foundation Research LC 1's are expensive. Very expensive. For me at least. Wouldn't it be more cost effective to put the money into better speakers? Or other equipment? I don't have summits.

Abhijit, Do you think power cables make a bigger difference that ic or sp's? I'm just trying to get the most out of my present system without spending a fortune. If I was going to spend thousands on cables, I believe it would be better spent buying some summits. I wouldn't be against...

I've been doing a lot of reading on some of the other forums and what I've been hearing is that power cables can make a bigger difference than ic or speaker cables in a system. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Presently I'm just using stock power cables on my equipment, canare ic's and...

I'm with you. I just cleaned my odysseys about 3 weeks ago and really could not believe the difference. Much, much more detail. I unplugged them and vacuumed the next day.

Wow! On the advice of DrJRapp, I picked up a used Theta data basic II on ebay. I can't believe my ears. I had been using a cheap DVD player into my Benchmark DAC straight into my amp previously. I can not believe the difference. Warm? Musical, more detailed, less harshness. I am shocked...

Wow, that's some story and a lot of damage. That must have a been really weird to experience something like that so close. Ideally it seems best to just unplug everything although that's not always convenient. I have some old fender amps that I just disconnected from the wall today. I'll...

I live in the Northeast and we get some serious lightning. Do you guys unplug your gear when there's a storm? I've been dropping some serious money, for me, on equipment and have not been unplugging my gear. It's just seems like a pain but maybe I should. What's the consensus. I know people...

Rampage, You have such a beautiful system and room. I love it.

Hi Jeff, Right now I'm not using my pre/ processor for 2 channel listening. I eventually want to get a nice tube pre but that's not in the budget yet. The Sunfire has 2 inputs for each channel, balanced and single ended. For HT, I go into the Sunfire balanced out of the processor. For 2...

I'm thinking about getting a descent to add to my 2ch/HT setup. I have Odysseys as mains. I'm not really sure on how to hook up the descent for 2 ch listening. For HT, I'll just use the LFE input. My 2 ch setup consists of Theta Transport to Benchmark DAC-1, to Sunfire Cinema Grand to...

What benefits does the SB offer compared to ripping to your computer, assuming it's in the same room as your listening system and using an digital audio interface such as the ones RME or others have? Just seems that you could save even more money not buying the SB. I play music on my second...

I also smoke and have had my Sequel panels for over 13 years. No problems at all. The funny thing is that the apartment that I lived in had a major fire with serious smoke and fire damage. When I moved I thought I would have to have the panels replaced but the panels sound great. I have...

Not to highjack the thread, but is it possible to achieve HT bypass if you don't use a pre? I'm using cdp to dac to amp right now and would like to incorporated this into my HTpre/pro without using the pre/pro for 2 channel purposes. Make any sense? As for the poster, I would definitley not...

Thanks Tom.