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With Justin's new digital volume controller.

Hmmm. Looks like my best offer for the Crowson A200 Amp was accepted. Crowson A200 TES Stereo Amplifier built in 200Hz low pa - eBay (item 120442782737 end time Jul-13-09 05:17:33 PDT) Unless I get a really nice price on a 7 channel amp, I might just put the multichannel amp on the back burner. Funny thing, is I found out that the SVS Realiser has adjustable low pass and gain levels digitally for it's Tactile output. I think I might go the cheaper route and buy only one Crowson Tactile Transducer and run the Crowson A200 amp bridged mono for more power, rather than two Tactile Transducers at less power. -Ed

I have another option. Perhaps kill two hamsters with one brick. Get a decent 7 Channel amp. (trying to keep budget under $500 for this one) Use 5 channels for my 5 NHT Super Zeroes. Use the remaining 2 Channels for the two Crowson Tactile transducers. I figure I need one that has at least 150 watts per channel at 4 Ohms. The Crowson Transducers are rated at 50-500 watts at 6 Ohms. The NHT Super Zeroes are rated at 100 watts at 8 Ohms. -Ed

Sweet.

Nice deal for the Bass Shakers. Never really liked their effect, though. They just vibrate. I found the Crowson Tech to be more convincing, less fake feeling. The Crowson tactile transducers are linear actuators rather than shakers or vibrators (lol, uh). Of course, they are hella expensive compared to those Bass shakers. -Ed

About the Crowson Tactile Transducers. They are rated at 6 Ohms, so it would be like running speakers. I can use a lower Ohm rated Amp like 4 Ohms, which outputs a little less power, but I should NOT use a higher Ohm rating in an Amp like 8 Ohms. Correct?

Can the Trinnov or Audyssey be turned on and off easily? I'll be using a Smyth SVS Realiser, so I don't want the other room correction stuff interfering.

On a serious note.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. DIY route, or commissioning someone to make one. I'm all for quick and dirty. Any suggestions?

Wow. Nice. I'll probably wait for the XMC-1. The SVS Realiser is killing my toy budget. The Tactile Transducer thing is the part that is killin me further. Trying to find a cheap 2 Channel amp that outputs 6 Ohms at anywhere from 100-200watts is not easy. It doesn't need to be super high fidelity as it's not powering speakers. -Ed

I'm going to have to sell some stuff. The Realiser alone is hella expensive. I also want the Crowson tactile transducers as well. Which needs an oddball amp that can drive at 6 ohms. Their amp is way overpriced and has a fan in it. No thanks.

Just got an email from Smyth Research that a Realiser is ready for me to pick up. Wharfedales are on my short list. I'd really like to hear them in person before pulling the trigger on five of them. Since I'm getting the SVS Realiser sooner than later, I'm going to live with my crippled Receiver as a preamp (front three channels still work). Get the Emotiva UMC-1 when it eventually comes out (next year this time? LOL). And then get some Wharfedale Actives, or something. Although, Maybe I should wait for the Emotiva Pre Pro that has Balanced outputs. I don't fancy running long single ended RCA wires to surround speakers. -Ed

Dreams of Emotiva UMC-1 with all Quad 12L Actives around have been dancing around in my head. If for some reason I can't get the Smyth SVS Realiser (fucking long ass waiting list, c'mon, guys, I can have a check signed and ready in 5 minutes!), than I will probably say fuck the neighbors and go that route. Although I heard Wharfedale 8.2 Actives are very similar. (Not as pretty, though, but I don't really care).

Doesn't work that way with the XBox 360.

That's what I'm doing. The only thing that I'd want that I can't do with the stock JH13 is use them as a gaming headset with my XBox 360. But Jerry does aviation headsets, so I have something special in mind later on...

Mine's shipping soon. I finally got the source files for the Flying girl logo, so I can recreate the art suitable for laser etching.

Ask Jerry, he can probably get longer cables. I think it's the same cable that Westone uses for their ES series. They have one that is 12" longer. Otherwise you can just order it direct from Westone. As for wearing customs, my first were the Westone ES3X, and I wore them wrong for over a month. -Ed

Your point being?

Fight fire with fire. firework artillery shell bazooka Having nearly blown out the windows of a dorm room in college with one of these, I can only imagine the fun of launching an artillery shell firework from the shoulder. Or blowing your ear off.

I probably should've jumped on that $275 one on Audiogon. *smacks forehead*

Was impossible to walk poor MoMo last night from all the illegal fireworks being launched in the streets last night. If only there were ear plugs or even custom IEM's for dogs.

Doh! Veto by the wife. No huge amplifier box. She rules the home theater (LOL, yes, but I rule anything headphone related. She's the videophile of the family). If the DLP TV died, she would want a replacement pronto. LOL. Need to find a butt cheap way of fixing it. She's almost willing to go stereo. I wish the Emotiva UMC-1 had a built in stereo amp like the LMC-1 did. Maybe I could still convince her if I could find an Amp that was butt cheap (sub $300 used). Yeah, not really much in the way of choices there.

I live in earthquake central California. So, anything over 20lbs is pretty close to the ground here and/or bolted to the wall. I would prefer to have ruined stuff than a crushed daughter. Still, now that I think about it, it wouldn't really take much for her to pour her drink into the top vents of my receiver. Hmmmmm. I might have to invest in a rack mounted set up after all.... Guess I'll do that if/when I get that Emotiva UMC-1.

LOL, I don't have a rack for my home theater components. You guys would laugh if you saw my set up. Suffice it to say, I would have the physical space to stack seven XPA-1's on top of each other. But the uh...."audio furniture platform" would probably be crushed under the weight. Oh, did I mention that I have a 2 year old toddler that likes to poke and push buttons? So, cool/warm running amps are a must. Class A heaters need not apply.