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After years of playing Spotify on my Marantz SR6009 by running a cumbersome 20ft line out cable from my phone & laptop into an Aux jack, I recently (accidentally) discovered Spotify Connect. It's awesome and life changing -- a seriously great function! Anyway, my question is about streaming...

I'd like to know which DAC I have in this receiver, but can't find it anywhere. It's really odd. Should I take from this that it's not an aspect of the unit that they're particularly proud of? Anyway, does anyone know?

My brother-in-law has a modern Marantz AVR (SR6008 I believe) and after some troubleshooting we discovered that one channel is super low volume (front-left). Not intermittent like a dodgy connection or anything -- it's consistently very low volume. Is there anything we can look at relatively...

I recently got a Marantz AVR (my first proper AVR). I love the Marantz sound, and also really love being able to use bass management to seamlessly integrate my sub into the system (it's just 2.1, but whatever). The one thing I miss from my old stereo receiver is the ability to easily tweak the...

I got the Dayton Audio Titanic 10" diy kit (from Parts Express) about 3 years ago. It is my first sub and I really love what it added to my 2 channel system. It's seems very fast & clean to my inexperienced sub ear. But of course, having been a few years, I am getting the itch. Really the only...

Some have already read my other thread about setting it up, but I wanted to dedicate a thread to my experience so far. I'm coming from a long history of exclusively 2 channel, older receivers for all my media in a 2.1 system. It was only in the last few years I finally got the sub, but I just...

I am a 2 channel guy, period. Surround sound is nowhere in my foreseeable future (like, for decades). My current receiver (Harman Kardon HK3490) has no HDMI inputs so I use the TV (Samsung UN48H6350) as my HDMI hub and send a single optical out of the tv to the receiver. Nice, clean and simple...

My receiver (HK 3490) has speaker A & B outputs, which are independently selectable, and can both be on at the same time. My 2-way bookshelf speakers are bi-amp ready (4 terminals). So if I run Speaker A to the tweeters and Speaker B to the woofers, am I sort of bi-amping? Should I even bother...

Have been using Paradigm Studio 20 v3 as my mains for almost 10 years now, I have loved them but am now looking for something different, mostly just because. Here are the things that sometimes bother me about them: (1) a little too bright & harsh, most notably at higher volumes. (2) a little...

and holy crap is my head spinning from Googling the topic of music servers. so i'm hoping someone here is further along and can help me narrow down the field. not knowing too much about it, here are some of the things i think i want it to do: - unit would be added to my Ikea tv/media stand, so...

i did a search didn't see a single thread here containing this phrase, so here's the first post about this unit i guess. for those who haven't read about my recent initiation into decent HP equipment, i just got a set of HD600's and this set off a pursuit of better source equipment. i was...

Just ordered mine! Been looking for an excuse to get a set all year, so an early birthday present. I expect these to easily take the top spot away from my current favorite V-Moda M-80's. FINALLY - YEA!

http://www.amazon.com/Braven-850-Portab ... B00DM445KM Became interested in BT portable speakers in the last couple weeks and stumbled on this sale. Reviews seem to be almost unanimously rave, including claims that it's very comparable to the Jawbone Big Jambox, both in size and sound. Having...

I use my PS3 as both my movie and CD player. I send the HDMI to the TV but I only have analog input on my old HK 3480 2 ch receiver so I use the AV Multi cable that came with the PS3 to send the analog audio to my receiver. I usually mute the TV audio and get all my sound from the full hifi...

Been doing my research for a new TV and the top contender right now is the Sony KDL W8 series. Problem is that it has only 2 audio out options: Optical digital and 3.5mm headphone jack, but my trusty old H/K receiver has only RCA inputs. Do you think it's better to get a DAC for the digital out...

. . . for the last 9 years. :oops: i bought my Paradigm Studio 20 v3's in 2005 (learned about them in the S&V forum) and fairly quickly discovered one of the woofer drivers was bad. no sweat, the retailer sent me a new one, i installed it, problem solved. somehow i was convinced that i got the...

Building a budget bedroom system and need speakers as small as possible that still sound great. My main system is 2.1 with Studio 20 V3's, so I am already a huge Paradigm fan. I have a line on a cheap set of Atom v3's locally, but if the Atom v6 is significantly better then I'll just hold out...

I'm wanting to upgrade the compact stereo in my bedroom, which is currently the Boston Acoustics Duo-i Plus mega clock radio. The only things I need it to have are an AM/FM tuner, MP3 player input (3.5mm or RCA) and basic eq control (T&B, say). And I need it to be very small to fit atop my...

I'm mostly new to all things headphone/IEM/etc and while searching for my first set of cans (see my other thread) and my wife showed an interest when my first couple sets arrived today (M50's and 7506's). She commutes and is interested in finding something better than the stock earbuds that came...

i have been using only my trusty set of Sennheiser PX 100 for years now and i love love love their response. after a few foam pad replacements they are finally breaking down (i hear an occasional buzz on big low notes). so i'm looking for an affordable set of full size headphones with a similar...