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Published on: 12/6/1999
Last Visited: 9/15/2000
Widescreen Review editor Richard Hardesty added an addendum to these articles, based on is experience, discussing the components of an ideal home theater, including 25 Hz capability in each 5 speaker vector, by use of subwoofers for each vector if you could.
At the time, I was just getting interested in better home theater.I bought five Spica TC-60 mini-monitors down my basement, on custom sand-filled stands, angling the rear speakers about 45 degrees against the interior of the back wall, which was a few feet behind the listening/viewing position.To my Denon receiver, I added a Parasound 1206 multichannel amplifier with Kimber PBJ interconnects.I used Kimber 4TC/8TC speaker cable for all speakers.I ended up replacing the Denon with a Citation 7.0 surround processor with 6-Axis mode (which I luved) and Theta Generation VA DAC, and then I replaced the interconnects with Transparent Super single- ended.I upgraded my old Pioneer Elite CLD-D92 LD to the Pioneer CLD-D704, added two Vandersteen 2w subwoofers, a Power Wedge 116 Mk II power conditioner, a few DH cones for the bottom of components and Bright Star Little Rock 1s for the top of components to weigh them down, and I rocked and rolled.