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I'd also check the cables as well Gary.

In your price range about the only thing I have to suggest is something along the lines of the Paradigm Monitor 7's that I use in my Home Theater. I originally bought them for a 2-channel audio setup and liked them for straight music very much. They are full range enough that they do not require a sub. I can in no way vouch for them sounding better than the quads since I haven't heard any of them.

Sweet Steve, can't wait to see how it goes.

Sounds insanely complicated to me if you want a physical switch to be able to do it on the fly. Even if you leave the switching of the power to a passive device (say, different umbilical inlets for the different amps) you're still stuck with how to switch the inputs/pot so that they feed the right amp. At least I don't think you'd just want to wire them in parallel with each other. But I freely admit I've only given this about 2 minutes of thought and it deserves a lot more.

I think you're over-generalizing just a bit here Marc or perhaps I'm over-reading your comments? Dual chassis designs have their pluses and minuses just like single chassis builds do. Saying that "serious designers" saw issues with it and are now moving away from it because all it represented was some FOTM/fad is pretty presumptuous. I'd love to see internal pics of that preamp to see what sort of shielding the transformer has.

I'm offended by your presumption of what right and wrong is.

Yes, several times.

What do I need a spreadsheet for?

I'm offended by your silence.

The 12L actives have an XLR input on the back so my guess is that he's running them with a balanced preamp. Most subs want a single-ended signal so the cabling of such an arrangement could get complicated. At least, that's the only logical thing I can come up with.

Sucks for both of you that I'm working on your betas then, eh? In other news Nugget Audio is pleased to announce that we have begun accepting bribes, er, preference payments for those customers wishing to see their projects completed sooner rather than later.

Tyll posted that on Head-Fi. Dayom.

And yet somehow still hundreds more than I would ever pay for it.

Ouch...but my habits are eerily similar.

Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart

Any of you foreigners need anything from DigiKey? I have a small order going in today and could add something if it'd be of assistance.

Happy Birthday!

Time to see how far my DIY skills can reach and see if I can manage to replace our broken water softener.

I would say that until he talks to Bel Canto he's only addressing half of the potential problem by simply blaming the McCormack.

Has he contacted Bel Canto? Ever used it as a preamp before?

As the dad of a little one they make me hurt.

What he said, there's no reason not to provided the proper precautions are taken.

I believe the heat sinks on all of amb's boards are 100% isolated. Yes, they have solder pads and thru-hole plating but they are not tied to the ground plane that I can see.

I heard a brief news story yesterday on a cool app but don't know the full name. I think it's Iphone only but allows you to listen to any of like 400 NPR radio stations. KCRW in Santa Monica alone would make this worthwhile.