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MIC input is definitely useful. My family may not see me for days if I had a mic input. One critical question though. Can you pass a DVD-A signal through the firewire cable?

Thanks for the response Hopeless. I really like the M-Audio solution. So this thing just hooks up to the Firewire port? I suppose there is software that you can use to assign channels?

Right. That is why I am considering a HT Omega Claro Plus+ sound card for my PC. It has the same DAC at the SlimDevices Transporter and it uses Analog Device's AD8620BR opamps for the front channels. I am no engineer but these seem to have good specs. What I am worried about is...

Yes but what about sound quality? Does anyone have any experience with sound cards? I am wondering if it is going to be worth it sound quality wise.

I am going to create a monster multi-media PC and I want to use it as a pre/pro! Yes, I want to use the analog output of the sound card and hook them directly to a multi-channel amplifier. I know some people will think this is sacrilege but after doing some research I have found sound cards...

When you bi-wire you do not gain another 150 watts. You just feed the signal to a different point in the crossover. I doubt that you are losing anything but nothing is redirected to the panels either. Some manufactures even discourage bi-wiring since it is of dubious value. Of course it does...

the first set of pics is lovingly referred to as a "redneck flatscreen." What I love about the second set of pics is the high quality speaker stands.

FYI: The car was an Austin Martin DBS.

A 10% savings seems kind of high. I was noticing about 1 to 1.5 MB per file but I never bothered to look any further. Still this can be very significant if you have thousands of songs in your library. From a technical standpoint there is no reason to choose one over the other unless you want...

You can stream any file using the SB3/transporter but once it gets there you must pass the digital signal to a pre/pro that can decode the signal since the SB3/T does not support this format. This means that you would have to hook up to the i-link/denon-link/whatever to stream the digital...

BTW, if things keep on going they way they are very soon we will have speakers that are DRM compliant. Soon almost every speaker will have some sort of DSP circuitry (subwoofers are a good example). Once these chips are in the speaker there will eventually be room for DRM processing. Think...

Windows is a recognized monopoly. You'll be forced to upgrade sooner or later.

There are a lot of factors here but I would say that the room is the biggest one since the Magnolia room was twice as wide as your room. That probably cuts down on 1st order reflections. I think you should consider room treatments. Or maybe reposition your MLs for better imaging.

The reason why Martin Logan does not give measurements is because dipoles measure very poorly because of the nature of the dipole radiation. This of course does not correlate to how they sound.

I would use cable wrap. You can get it at Radio Shack and Lowes. Just remember to keep power cables separate from cable that carry an audio signal to cut down on any potential. Optical cables are not effected by electrical interference so you can bunble them with power cords if necessary.