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I get your perspective but as a multi channel AVR room correction is the biggest feature difference for most folks and simple pure or 2ch mode remains for music. Full range correction has huge benefits in commonly terribly compromised living rooms, which is where I’d guess about 95% of low to...

Ez set stinks imho, it and buggy software always crippled hk avrs that had relatively great amps and stellar looks. If the sub $1k models had audyssey appropriate to their cost tiers they’d move a ton of them on styling alone, even with mediocre amplification. Ez set is a brutal deficiency...

I'm a long time Denon user and have generally purchased the 4xxx class products. Overall, once they got to XT32 with dual sub capability, I have been very happy with the results. Dirac is very attractive to me and I would like to try it, but the number of offerings, constant changes, and...

I've been through this a lot with different setups, room corrections, etc. Considering all the data I think a lot of it comes down to growing up listening to large full range tower speakers without subs, marginal placement, and all the colorations that come along for the ride. I've got my...

I don't have a F208 in front of me but if the damaged finish is just gloss black, somebody familiar with auto body work could probably patch it up to the point of it not being noticeable to anyone that wasn't aware of exactly what to look at. Also maybe not worth your time, but you have the...

Subjective or not I prefer 60hz when my fronts are capable towers in an ht setup. But I also prefer straight 2.0 for music. My mains have 14” low end drivers and I also have capable 15” subs. Regardless of how well I get my subs tuned I still prefer 2.0 for music in my room. I’m sure the...

I bought one of the 263 centers when I posted the sale notice above, it has now arrived and I am still in disbelief of the value of the thing. The cab is definitely not fancy, plain vinyl finish and all sharp edges, but the thing is huge and feels to be solid. Short of that the only other...

Nothing wrong with 162s I'd say, but JBL has a bunch of wall mount offerings from different lines if you are looking to wall mount them and are using them for home theater (not multichannel music). Infinity has one too from the same line but it is a little odd with two tweeters and a rear...

Hopefully this is not against the rules, but Harmon is running the sale on this lineup again, bookshelf and center models in this round, no towers or subs. A set of 162s and the matching big center would be under $400 delivered. The big center channel from the lineup remains a stand-out deal...

I still have a couple spools of different monster cable purchased for pennies on the dollar when circuit city went away, along with a few runs in use from before that. They made speaker wire with a soft pliable squared casing that I really liked. I think it has some funny extra element...

It's funny, I had a pair of L1 and XPL-90 speakers at the same time and preferred the L1. But the pair of 90s had obviously had a very rough life and the L1s were like new. I always wondered if the tweeters were off on the 90s but never got that far into them. Also never realized how...

New guy here but I've had quite a few JBL speakers from this era, and was never particularly fond of the sound of the 2-way designs. Honestly I'm surprised this measured so well in so many ways. I am curious about the effects of age vs. measurements... this is a ~25 - 30 year old speaker after...