I'd blame those three little Rice Crispies guys!

Murph, I was just thinking something along the same lines. Were you eating breakfast when you posted that?

Nope, but I was inspired.
I learned this morning that unless I become more mindful in closing doors, that I need to put dry goods on a higher shelf in our little pantry closet beside the fridge. My dog, Cosmo, enjoyed a good bit of Rice Crispies this morning.

What's your dog's favorite cereal?

Peanut Butter.

That remains my exact impression, for that reason to this day I have no reason to fault the xpa2, how can I blame the amp for failing to amplify a system defect that could harm the speakers?

So today I had to live with the popping sound again on Dark Knight, very noticeable, especially for example at the beginning when the batmobile crashed through the parking garage, but always at time of LFE, measured dynamic range today of 70-110 dbls.

I have gotten spoiled with the M80s because they have such great bass that I almost don't miss not having a sub (OK of course I'm dying yet still happily awaiting the ep800 still convinced it will excel versus the ep600) except for the annoyance of a pristine dynamic HT moment devolving into snap, crackle, and pop that is clearly not realistic, not even cheesy.

BTW, what do people think/say about this: the sound of wind, people clapping, or cheering (upper HF?) does not sound realistic to me at all with the Epic 80 system (disclaimer: no sub, only tweaking = speaker level set by ear, 1 db trim off 6.5 Khz); I tend to wince/grimace, everything else sounds perfectly accurate . . .

I have never really noticed, will check back later.

Maybe I'll have to be closer attention to cheering and wind. However I hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary, accept for that recent Rush Blu-Ray which was mixed way to heavily on the crowd sounds in the rears. Maybe I'll have to track down a good stage show dvd or brd and see if I can summon some crowd noise.

Or perhaps a movie set (fully or partially) on the ocean, or one in which the engineers are intentionally intending to sonically represent wind or applause, like a movie version of a wedding or an award presentation or something, please skip analysis of music video/audios that make no attempt to provide realism in said domain, thank you!