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Had forgotten the picture!

It is in a fake drawer. When the amp is on, I leave it open, thus remembering to turn it off when not in use and then I shut the drawer off so it is invisible.

Could be a neat trick to sell my receiver!

Eric,

Not sure how far away your pre-pro/receiver is but if it has a trigger out then you can turn the amp on (with delay preferably) through one on/off switch. Of course, you may still want to keep the cabinet open to look at your amp once in a while.

Interesting contrast of technology and level of eqipment in that picture with the JVC VHS on top and the $4K A1400-8 on the bottom.

John

It's even more interesting when you know that to the right is an HD-DVD player!

I connected the trigger to the amp, but to no avail. I will have maybe to try a different cable. I was a bit disapointed.

I am saving for my (future - later this spring) Axioms. I spend my money from the source out. As a musician I was just taught that way. Look at it this way...you have a $179 korean guitar and a pawn shop peavey amplifier. Do you buy the Les Paul or the Marshall stack first? It really is a no brainer but in the A/V world convention says great speakers with a mediocre amp will be just fine. I have a pre/pro amp set from Emotiva that replaced an old $200 pioneer reciever. It is running <$400 of 12 year old speakers that I bought at the same time as the reciever. I am experiencing all the same kinds of revelations as the OP. I know that new speakers are going to rock my world because they are going to be fed the good stuff!

I believe that picking your price/quality level and then work from the source out will lead to the most satisfaction.

My opinion....

Jeb

In answer to SPL questions...

Friday I had someone over (will create a separate posts for my 3 visitors so far) and we were listening to Pink Floyds' "Time" at -6db (95db avg. on the SPL meter). My friend wanted to "really check it out" so I slowly moved the knob up. I reached +12db on the volume (can go up to +18) and the SPL meter went to 112db. Sound remained crystal clear for the duration, but I quickly had to bring it back down as the windows were shaking so much I got afraid they would burst or that plaster would fall off in the appartment below!

Brought it down to 106db on the meter for a good minute. Apart from being loud, it was not painful at all. This amp can really deliver when asked to!

Yesterday a friend popped in and wanted to hear the speakers. I was dealing with a freezing rain soaked dog at the time so I just hit play on the Squeezebox I had paused when the doorbell rang. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, was starting up.

He was just starting to say that these big speakers suck because he was listening to the staticy, retro intro to the song when the intro finished and the louder, super crisp guitar part started in. He never finished his sentence. All he said was "Oh!" and then sat silent. Kind of humorous.

Speaking of freezing rain. Another good storm. 10,000 in my general area without power. Every young tree in my yard is bent over like it's drinking out of a puddle and I had to winch my neighbor out of the ditch because his normal car was not working and he tried to take his old beater with worn out all season tires onto the ice rink that was our road. Backed out the driveway and didn't stop till he was in the ditch on the other side.

Kind of a funny moment

OOps I meant to post that in Off Topic but I see it doesn't stray far from the demo line of conversation so I'll leave it.

Are you telling me that guy had never heard Wish You Were Here, before?

Mushroom...

Well, he is running around 70 plus years old, so Ya, there is a possible generation gap, even for Pink Floyd.

On the plus side, he loves the speakers but is going to fix up his old tube amp for me so I can here the music as it is "supposed to be heard."

Heh heh. I am actually very exited. I hope he really meant it.