Recent content by Roomy

I ended up buying the Onkyo TX-SR393 receiver with a pair of JBL Stage A130 speakers, and a Yamaha NS-SW050 subwoofer. It sounded much better than my neophyte ears had expected. I'm looking forward to installing them at home. WayneKerr your explanation on DACs was timely. The salesman argued I...

Ok that's clear! :) Now, I wonder if the way I intend to play music will really get the most out of my equipment (or, on the contrary, it will be like watching movies in VHS on a 4k OLED TV). I would rip CDs to wave files using my Dell desktop (XPS 8950) which has these specs: CD-ROM drive ...

Got it. It's easy to understand why one shouldn't put to much power into speakers, but the opposite is less intuitive. Chris Majestic says you can damage a pair of 80 W (RMS) speakers with a "80-W per channel" receiver. Is he going a little bit too far?

I bought Lou Reed's CD, and went to the store to test it, but I came out more confused than before. I had learned that a receiver should have more watts than the speakers to avoid damaging them (Youtuber Chris Majestic youtube.com/watch?v=Z81QCVNyA-M). Today, the salesman told me it was the...

Indeed, the reason behind my question is to buy a good sound system. I get the point that playing online videos in the store is not a good strategy. How about a physical CD? I'd just need to find a piece of music that has a bass solo, for instance. Alternatively, if I understand what Gray said...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I'm glad I can reach out to people who know a lot about Hifi... because I know so little :) My first question is : Do you know videos on Youtube or alike, with outstanding audio quality of individual music instruments? I find it difficult to evaluate equipment when...