Which has a greater effect in the sound: the speakers or the room? Why?

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Some say the first step in getting good sound is picking the right room for the system. Others find ways for a system to work in almost any environment. Which has a greater effect in the sound: the speakers or the room? Why?

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Erick Lichte December 2008

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Erick Lichte December 2008

How much amplifier power do you need? Most audiophiles figure a maximum of a few hundred watts per channel—beyond that, you're wasting your money or showing off. Others think that anything more than a few watts will mess up an amplifier's musical coherence or "purity," so they stop there and find uncommonly sensitive speakers, usually compression horns with cone woofers.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: Signal Path International
2045 120th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
(704) 391-9337
www.signalpathint.com

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Measurements

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Measurements

How much amplifier power do you need? Most audiophiles figure a maximum of a few hundred watts per channel—beyond that, you're wasting your money or showing off. Others think that anything more than a few watts will mess up an amplifier's musical coherence or "purity," so they stop there and find uncommonly sensitive speakers, usually compression horns with cone woofers.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: Signal Path International
2045 120th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
(704) 391-9337
www.signalpathint.com

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Associated Equipment

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Associated Equipment

How much amplifier power do you need? Most audiophiles figure a maximum of a few hundred watts per channel—beyond that, you're wasting your money or showing off. Others think that anything more than a few watts will mess up an amplifier's musical coherence or "purity," so they stop there and find uncommonly sensitive speakers, usually compression horns with cone woofers.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: Signal Path International
2045 120th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
(704) 391-9337
www.signalpathint.com

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Specifications

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Specifications

How much amplifier power do you need? Most audiophiles figure a maximum of a few hundred watts per channel—beyond that, you're wasting your money or showing off. Others think that anything more than a few watts will mess up an amplifier's musical coherence or "purity," so they stop there and find uncommonly sensitive speakers, usually compression horns with cone woofers.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: Signal Path International
2045 120th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
(704) 391-9337
www.signalpathint.com

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Page 2

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier Page 2

How much amplifier power do you need? Most audiophiles figure a maximum of a few hundred watts per channel—beyond that, you're wasting your money or showing off. Others think that anything more than a few watts will mess up an amplifier's musical coherence or "purity," so they stop there and find uncommonly sensitive speakers, usually compression horns with cone woofers.

Musical Fidelity Ltd.
US distributor: Signal Path International
2045 120th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
(704) 391-9337
www.signalpathint.com

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier

Musical Fidelity 550K Supercharger monoblock power amplifier

How much amplifier power do you need? Most audiophiles figure a maximum of a few hundred watts per channel—beyond that, you're wasting your money or showing off. Others think that anything more than a few watts will mess up an amplifier's musical coherence or "purity," so they stop there and find uncommonly sensitive speakers, usually compression horns with cone woofers.

Onkyo A-9555 integrated amplifier Measurements

Onkyo A-9555 integrated amplifier Measurements

"Onkyo Returns to its Stereo Roots to Debut New Digital Amplifier Technology." This heading of the press release for Onkyo's A-9555 digital integrated amplifier was surely intended to warm the cockles of the two-channel audiophile's heart. Some of us remember the Onkyo Grand Integra amplifiers of the 1980s, which were considered competitive with the big Krells and Mark Levinsons of the day. To refresh my memory, I looked through my <I>Stereophile</I> archives and found the December 1985 issue (Vol.8 No.8), which included Larry Greenhill's review of the Grand Integra M-510, a 300Wpc power amplifier covered in lacquered persimmon wood, weighing 139 lbs, and costing $4200 (about $8000 in 2007 dollars). Larry was most impressed with the M-510, describing it as "a very powerful amplifier with outstanding sonics across the board&mdash;power with delicacy."

Onkyo U.S.A. Corporation
18 Park Way
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
(201) 785-2600
www.us.onkyo.com

Onkyo A-9555 integrated amplifier Associated Equipment

Onkyo A-9555 integrated amplifier Associated Equipment

"Onkyo Returns to its Stereo Roots to Debut New Digital Amplifier Technology." This heading of the press release for Onkyo's A-9555 digital integrated amplifier was surely intended to warm the cockles of the two-channel audiophile's heart. Some of us remember the Onkyo Grand Integra amplifiers of the 1980s, which were considered competitive with the big Krells and Mark Levinsons of the day. To refresh my memory, I looked through my <I>Stereophile</I> archives and found the December 1985 issue (Vol.8 No.8), which included Larry Greenhill's review of the Grand Integra M-510, a 300Wpc power amplifier covered in lacquered persimmon wood, weighing 139 lbs, and costing $4200 (about $8000 in 2007 dollars). Larry was most impressed with the M-510, describing it as "a very powerful amplifier with outstanding sonics across the board&mdash;power with delicacy."

Onkyo U.S.A. Corporation
18 Park Way
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
(201) 785-2600
www.us.onkyo.com

Onkyo A-9555 integrated amplifier Specifications

Onkyo A-9555 integrated amplifier Specifications

"Onkyo Returns to its Stereo Roots to Debut New Digital Amplifier Technology." This heading of the press release for Onkyo's A-9555 digital integrated amplifier was surely intended to warm the cockles of the two-channel audiophile's heart. Some of us remember the Onkyo Grand Integra amplifiers of the 1980s, which were considered competitive with the big Krells and Mark Levinsons of the day. To refresh my memory, I looked through my <I>Stereophile</I> archives and found the December 1985 issue (Vol.8 No.8), which included Larry Greenhill's review of the Grand Integra M-510, a 300Wpc power amplifier covered in lacquered persimmon wood, weighing 139 lbs, and costing $4200 (about $8000 in 2007 dollars). Larry was most impressed with the M-510, describing it as "a very powerful amplifier with outstanding sonics across the board&mdash;power with delicacy."

Onkyo U.S.A. Corporation
18 Park Way
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
(201) 785-2600
www.us.onkyo.com
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