jerrym303

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Which Universal Remote to Use?
Harmony One above. 
Which Universal Remote to Use?
I have had several brands and other Harmony's. Everything is right about this remote for me:Easy, easy, easy to program onlineCan't lose your set-up as it is stored onlineMy wife can run it and I can label buttons she understandsTilt backlight is ... 
I need some advice on High End Car Audio...
It is a pain. I did find a rogue installer who was able to tap the 1V output right in the circuit board of the head unit, so I was able to keep my head unit. My car is a 2005 Acrua TL.I have 3-way DLS Iridium speakers up front.Left the rear speake... 
2 channel pre with subwoofer out?
If your sub has a built-in crossover (which most do these days), your choices are almost limitless - just look for one of the may preamps with two sets of line outputs. 
Subwoofer Connection
Might work.I was told that it would note work to connect to both high level and line level inputs to my Velodyne dd-18 from 2 systems and it worked fine.If not, I have a Niles auto-sensig switch I now don't need :) 
Siemens CCa vs. Amperex 6922 D getter
I compared several tubes in this category in my Dodd battery preamp and found the Amperex 1960's white label and Seimens 1960's CCa's to be the two best. Between the two, I much prefer the CCa's.In my system the CCa's have much better texture - ju... 
new experience with my passive preamp
Having owned both the Placette passive and active, I can verify both of Paul's points. 
Can a preamp's gain be lowered?
The manufacturer or a modifier can do it internally/elegantly.The Rothwells degraded the sound my system. They are available.The Endler attenuators cost more, but the sound was much better in my system. 
Anyone try McCormack DNA + Placette Passive?
I briefly tried a Placette passive with a DNA-1 Deluxe and it worked just fine. As someone noted earlier, make sure that your source has a reasonably low output impedance.I personally found both the Placette Passive and Placette active to provide ... 
Input buffer on dig.amps
I'm not an expert, but have been looking at buffers. The primary purpose of buffers is often to get better impedance matches among sources/preamps/amps.Take a look at the the Burson Buffer or the Audio Horizons unit advertised here for stand alone... 
adding a sub
My sub sounds much better using the speaker-level connections. the input impedance of the amp for th sub has such high impedance that it will not affect you ramp or full-range speakers at all. 
Need New Speakers
I replaced my 2C's with Green Mountain Callistos and it was a major upgrade. In the same "sound family" of the above speakers, but much more natural sounding. Vanderstseen and GM both pay close attention to time/phase coherence.My wife is giving m... 
Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD
Keep the PD-65 and add a DAC. The Pioneer has a better transport than anything you can buy new near the price. 
Help with finding ultra-transparent pre-amp
The Passive linestage or single-source remote volume control are passive. The active is just as clean, but provides a class A buffer and gain.All of them use the highest quality attenuators avaialable. 
Preamp help needed - max $ 2500
I have tried several both SS and tubed and the most accurate/natural-sounding by far is the Placette Active. You can pick one up for that price used if you are a bit patient. 10audio has reviews.They like the Dodd battery-powered tube premp in the...