06-Jan-2018, 23:01
Hi snbeall,
First, Spark provides the configuration options you can choose based on the number of Phantoms, and the number of rooms/locations.
The AVP is a Marantz AVP8801.
So for audiophile head to head with the Wilsons I only use the FR/FL Phantoms in Stereo.
For the 5:1 simulated head to head, I use the full 7:1 Wilson setup- room corrected by the Marantz AVP8801 (with sources in dolby/dts 5:1 etc) vs the Phantoms in multichannel stereo room corrected by a DS Antimode 2.0- there are no discrete per channel volume controls, hence the placement fiddling with the Phantoms for acoustic balancing.
I'm in discussion with devialet to purchase the 5:1 OPPO magic box only, since I don't need their engineering services which is the largest component of the $25K custom install... until that happens it's Phantom simulation vs actual 7.1.
First, Spark provides the configuration options you can choose based on the number of Phantoms, and the number of rooms/locations.
The AVP is a Marantz AVP8801.
So for audiophile head to head with the Wilsons I only use the FR/FL Phantoms in Stereo.
For the 5:1 simulated head to head, I use the full 7:1 Wilson setup- room corrected by the Marantz AVP8801 (with sources in dolby/dts 5:1 etc) vs the Phantoms in multichannel stereo room corrected by a DS Antimode 2.0- there are no discrete per channel volume controls, hence the placement fiddling with the Phantoms for acoustic balancing.
I'm in discussion with devialet to purchase the 5:1 OPPO magic box only, since I don't need their engineering services which is the largest component of the $25K custom install... until that happens it's Phantom simulation vs actual 7.1.
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