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You use the "High Level/Speaker Level" inputs from your receiver's sub output. the sub you mentioned does have this option and attenuates the the signal voltage accordingly. The only issue may be noise but is not a requisite. This option is intended for use with sources such as a two channel...

the layout of the fusion wants to pull air in the expansion slot (as well as the HDD zone) and dump it out the right hand side if the case. cards that exhaust out of the case don't work very well but if you use the rear case fan in the stock position to draw air from the cpu and the forward fan...

i did the same with cheap pioneer five channel and as astrallite stated, the the crossover is high. i noticed the highs sounded far better. not a huge improvement but i can hear more material. for me that setup is for gaming only but worth what i payed.

the 3320 uses the cpu and ram to calculate the parity. it is only hardware assisted so while a server or media center environment are suitable some systems may need the cycles. i am in the market for a 16 channel. between the arc-1261ml and megaraid 84016e i am working out if the $400 extra...

i did the same thing... i picked up the 680's when they cam out and it was unbelievable what i got for the price. after buying some cheap bookshelves the sound was brand new. when i blew the amp up (my fault) i bought a receiver and realized despite being a great value they dont stand up to a...

if you are hitting max temp in prime you should be fine... i also woul look into memtest.

this all depends on a target idle and load power usage you are aiming for... singe board computers are the fastest way to low power systems but also an expensive route if you want to use powerful cpus. there is no such silent case. any sturdy case will have less vibration but the amount...

i guess it does not help that i cant hear above 15 and a half khz :( breathing definitely sounds unnatural in mp3's as well as symbol crashes but for mobile listening i don't mind. my speakers are not accurate enough to make it noticeable at >320kbps is it safe to say sacd and dvd audio will...

i think about it as hearing the difference between equipment well before changes in good modern compression. i use 320kbps for mobile listening and get lost in the music regardless.

i am going to sit on my 8600gts untill there are two slot passive coolers that are the same profile as the 8800gt. the current after market stuff will not fit in my fusion.

just so you know... my mobo is uATX and has four sata channels.

you will have to look hard... they are getting rare. the boared in my sig vanished the day the package arrived. i would shoot for the highpoint stuff more then $50 but i hear they are good. they are not hardware but they are assisted.

thanks... i was just not aware that sas and sata drives would mesh on a single controller. i guess ill read up on the switches and stuff. this is a nice breakdown of info... minus the flaming.

i would suggest an integrated amp/receiver, bookshelves/full range mains, and a sub if you need more bottom end to make you smile. how much do you want to spend?

is it the sata bus that is half duplex or the drive controller... or both. i am asking because i am picking up a SAS 16 channel raid controller to use with 15 1tb drives. is the sata controller going to drop the sas bus to half duplex? the intigrated sas port sounds interesting.