My system prior to the latest round of upgrade-fever, consisted of: Sony KV-32XBR100 tv, DVP-S7000 DVD, B&K AVP-1030 pre/pro, AV-5000 amp, B&W Matrix 804/HTM across the front, Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble for the rears and Sunfire True Subwoofer (the original).

In the last 5 months I have:

1) Replaced the TV with a Pioneer Elite 510

2) Replaced the rears with B&W Matrix 805's

3) Replaced the sub with 1 SV20-39CS sub and Samson S700 amp

4) Added the ART351 EQ to the sub

5) Added a 2nd SV20-39CS

6) Replaced the B&K gear with Meridian 568, 562v.2, 596 and 558


That last step sure was the big one. I have to say I'm pretty happy with the resulting line-up of gear.

Of course, my upgrade fever hasn't quite broken yet, as this past weekend I went out and was auditioning various Aerial Acoustics speaker packages as possible replacements for the B&W's! Argh, will it never cease!?

Last night I was demo-ing Toy Story 2 for a friend and bottomed-out my SV subs at a measely volume level of -10dB on the 568. I do run my subs hot by about 4-5dB, so my solution to this embarassment is to either lower the sub calibration or pick up another pair of SV20-39's, not sure yet which way I'll go! [Linked Image from softronix.com]

Regards,

Dan W.