I'm concerned about audio quality since I plan to control a pair of B&W speakers. Does this unit degrade the audio quality?
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I have two Audiosource volume controls, one controls a pair of Polk in ceiling speakers and the other a pair of Yamaha outdoor speakers, both sound great to me. I am no Audiophile, but I love good music. This is amazon, buy it and you can return it if you don't like the sound.
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I am also not an audiophile but have not noticed any degradation . Like the other stated, it's Amazon- wire it up and give it a close listen before you close it up.
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I have installed four of these in my house and I don't notice any degradation of the sound.
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I am sorry to say that I got absolutely NO response from this unit. I have a Westinghouse flat screen, (which I hate) I installed unit according to the very limited instructions. FAIL. I think the best thing we can do is contact our representatives and start a drive to tightly regulate sound levels in TV & movie industry. The people are having their hearing destroyed.
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I own this unit, as you say it looks great but sound quality is not good, i am confortable with it as i can hear all my records and connect a dive through the aux input... Its sound quality is better than others speakers but im aware that it is not the best... Sometimes bass and low tones make the speakers vibrate, and as it doesn't has EQ the only way to fix this is lowering the volume untill its ok or lowering your device volume... This happens also while litsening LP's, CD'S , radio
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my set up is: 16 gauge speaker wires, im running a audioquest vodka on the output to the tv and running audioquest forrest in all of the input. with my setup i dont hear no distortion in sound, quality in picture cant really tell that ive got a total of $500 of wires back there.
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The volume is starting to fade on my unit too...not as drastic as yours.....Definitely going the route of a car stereo unit with Blutooth system in it and go through the car sound system...
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I've been looking into this for a few weeks now and decided to take the plunge. I have heard such good things about it and can't wait for it to arrive tomorrow. I'm only hooking up to it a PS3, my 42" plasma, and my Verizon FIOS box. I can't wait to use it with my new Polk Audio TSI 400s and 200 speakers. How is Polk's audio quality? It must be pretty good since you are still using your antique Polk speakers.
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I purchased a polycom soundstation 2W and was very disappointed in the sound quality so I returned it. Instead I got a Konftel 300W and have been very pleased. Check with the manufacturer to see if there would be any problem with two unit.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-wiringI don't think bi-wiring has been proven to add any fidelity to the actualy speaker output, but some higher end speakers offer the option because some customers want to use this method.
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The answer is, not bad. Not as authoritatively as the Anthem 200wpc amplifier it replaced in my system, but the fidelity at reasonable volume levels is good. No, it can't drive them to very loud levels, which is not surprising given the relative inefficiency of the MMGs and the relative low power of the PowerDAC..
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This should work for that. I have mine set up to work with an old pair of B&O; speakers, and it sounds great! It's not a super powerful amp, so it won't get all that loud, but it puts out good sound. It has both USB and RCA inputs so you can hook it up to a computer AND another external input.
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The audio is fine. I usually have mine turned off & only use it when I want to.
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Baig, thanks for the thought on the speakers. I'm using a brand new Onkyo 7.1ch home theater set rated 130W per channel. On top of that, I've swapped in my old Polk Audio speakers for the fronts, which are rated 150W each. So power is not the issue!
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Hi I used it with really good results with a couple of small "JBL Control One" speakers and they did work fine, even though their sensitivity is on the lower side at just 87dB/W/m. Some speakers with higher sensitivity would even give you more volume. I think this little baby is capable of driving to a good level a small system if you are not unrealistic with your expectations. I myself have moved on to a "NAD D3020" but that is another ball park. But I am not getting rid of the TP30, I do like it.
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I noticed no reduction in sound quality. I was using it to transfer a older MP3 player tunes onto a Mac that only had the USB input ports.
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In a word, No. Don't waste your time and/or money on this piece of junk, you will be sorry. Leave Pyle products out of your research for quality low-end audio, it's not worth the frustration. The only thing you get for the money here is a box with BLINDING blue lights.
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I have not experienced any problem as described with my speakers. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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My comment is that I agree that underpowered receivers or amps will easily damage your speakers. I learned the hard way when I was a teenager 25 years ago and the receivers I used then blew tweeters. Then I bought a Carver amp and felt the difference. At this time, I have Carver amps driving L/R/C/Sub Channels on my system. It is safer to have a 250RMS Watts per channel amp than a 40watt receiver. Of course if the Low Frequency Driver is damaged, obviously it was defective.