I am going to buy the STAX SR-009S earspeaker, but am a novice in the high-end audio world, and need some advice selecting a full setup (amp + preamp) that won’t limit the performance of the SR-009S. My reason for this purchase is that I used to have a STAX SR-L500mk2 with an SRM-252ii amp...

Cool, thanks everybody! I was a little worried that the Realiser would be a waste given my gaming and movie preferences, because the majority of what I watch/play just has stereo. One last question (please humor me by putting yourself in my position): You have no audio gear of any kind. All...

Hello! I'm considering buying a Realiser, and was wondering: Do you use it for games/music/DVDs that are encoded in stereo? If so, what are your impressions?

Quote: Originally Posted by moonboy403 I think I might've read this somewhere that we can actually share the profile/calibration of the SVS via USB drive. Can anyone confirm this? From an SVS thread: dsperber: "the SVS unit can handle essentially an infinite number of...

SVS is still my frontrunner, but I've done a lot more research on it today, and have begun to have some doubts. This post by Edwood (an SVS Realiser owner) alarmed me: "I only use the Realiser for multichannel content, movies, games, etc. For regular 2 channel music with headphones, I...

Ok, I’m officially sold on the SVS. The amount of praise it’s gotten here and everywhere else I’ve looked has convinced me. For the preamp processor, Sherwood, is there a reason you recommend the Emotiva UMC-1? Can you point me in the direction of a site where I could do some research on this...

Haha, love the lazy boy home theater iriverdude. But very non-soundproof apartment + studious medschool girlfriend + baby in apartment below us + ridiculously demanding job which often requires nocturnal hours = many needs for silence. So headphones are the only way to go I'm afraid...unless you...

Thank you one and all for all of your help and advice! Sherwood, you make a very compelling argument for the Emotiva/Smyth Research SVS System setup, and even though ~$4,000 is more than I had initially expected to spend, I'm willing to make the plunge. Here and in every other forum I've...

Thank you for the replies/recommendations! The main purpose/goal of my post was to find helpful guidance to direct my research into what I need to buy. On that note, for step (b) in the process I awkwardly outlined above, it sounds like the best option for sound quality is: 1) Headphone...

Hello! I'd like to get the best possible audio quality when watching movies and playing my PS3/360/Wii, using a set of high-end headphones (need to keep the noise down, so must use headphones). I am INCREDIBLY ignorant on this subject, so please forgive me :P [1] My first question is about...