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Search. http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4604&highlight=power+conditioner Or this one, with good tips by Cherian: http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4312&highlight=power+conditioner

Interesting. For me it was the other way around; the panels needed longer.

I don't see why the stock jumper plates would sound better or worse than jumper cables. Most people believe that jumper cables sound better though. So if you constructed your jumpers well and used good spades or locking bananas, you are probably getting the best out your Vantages already.

You cannot actively bi-amp Ascents. Only passive bi-amping is supported. Therefore both amps must work over the same frequency range - no active crossover between the two!

I see that you bought your Vantages almost a year ago so you obviously must have jumper cables and also a special reason to ask this question. Which would be? Just curious.

After 20 hours my Vantages sounded OK but not great. (I had upgraded from Aeon-i.) After 30-40 hours they became even worse. The bass was fine at that point but the panel... During that time I played them only while I was in another room. After 60-80 hours the Vantages began to develop the ML...

The BDI Axis supports 75 lbs per adjustable shelf, 150 lbs on top and bottom shelves. The older Emotiva components fit without a problem. Whether the newer, deeper Emo components fit depends on the kind of interconnects used. The plugs should be very short and the cables flexible. Even then the...

I agree. External amplification will not become obsolete anywhere near as quickly as a processor. Good amps are probably good for 10 years or more unless the inner gadgeteer demands new toys. Processors, OTOH, evolve at a far more rapid pace. They have to because the HT standards keep changing...

Limited amount of write cycles in flash cards It is true that each memory cell on a flash card can be rewritten only so many times. However, the card controller logic distributes the write load over as many memory cells as evenly as possible. Cells which have been written to too often will be...

+1 for that. ESL center speaker first, then better sources, then amps. Room treatment should be somewhere in there, too.

Short out? Who told you that, it's wrong. MLs do dip to around 1 0hm at very high frequencies, but that is far from a short. Also, there is very little energy in that frequency range, so there's no reason to be concerned about the amplifier. The Yammy is at no risk at apartment volumes if you...

Forget room treatments. No one who can afford big buck gear needs them. Kidding :). Executive summary: the sound waves emitted by speakers interact with the environment (room, furniture etc.), mostly in ways which don't sound good. Think of echos and bass boom. You should read up on this...

I used a Yammy RX-V1600 with Aeon-i at low and moderate volumes for a few months without any problems other than the poor sound from the pre-pro.

The 3808CI, judged as a pre-pro on sound quality only, would have to be miles better than the Yamaha RX-V1600. The Emotiva DMC-1 is. That is as much as I can offer by way of comparison between the Denon and the Emo. The DMC-1 is basically a Theater Grand IV. But I believe that they are sold out...

When I still got "things to do" during the day I tend to be too restless to really enjoy the music. The end of the day is definitely best for me.

Anyone investing in flash memory will pay heavy early adopters fees. I remember buying 8GB CF cards for $450 and 4GB SD cards for $240 (so I could take reasonable amounts of music with me for playback on my Dell Axim x50v PDA). That was perhaps two years ago. Now 32GB CF cards go for $150 or...

You think so? Vantages cost 6700 Euros vs $5300 (incl TX sales tax)...

Originally I had similar concerns but have learned a few things since. Auditions are most useful when done in your own system and room. Emotiva customers can test their purchases for 30 days at home. Only shipping charges apply if the customer decides to return a product. The products are...

I like NAD's 2 channel amps, can't comment on their multi-channel stuff or on Rotels. You wrote that you like best value. In that case check out the Emotiva XPA-5. Here are photos. http://www.emotiva.com/xpa5.gallery/photos.html Emotiva builds components like tanks. I once had Rotel 1091 Class...

I bought several Emotiva components last year. They are much (!) better than the low price suggests. I suspect a receiver would have to be very expensive to even compete with one of the mid-range or better Emotiva combos.