Alex Jones

Hi All, I have an Arcam AVR850 receiver and my main CAPS blew out. There are 4 of them: 2 x Acon 80V 15000 uF 2 x Koshin 50V 22000 uF If anyone is familiar with amplfiers, sound quality and capacitors, can you tell me if these are good brand capacitors or should I upgrade and use some other brand capacitors instead to improve my amplifier performance. Do you know if it will change my sound by changing out the capacitors ? Thanks!

Hey Everyone, My AVR850 is broken. I heard a loud popping sound and then the burning smell coming out of the receiver. I found an official service center in Oxnard, CA already but I am looking for a local one around me where I don't have to deal with shipping. Does anyone have suggestions ? Thanks!

Yeah I saw those reviews too and that's what I'm also thinking with the Luxman, their stuff is always good right, so I'm looking at the latest. I heard the 507z and 509x and I liked them both but I think 509x was better. Then again the 509 is their top of the line vs 507 being mid-level.

@WuBai Lol…..I just thought that by listening to music on flat earth I would get better sound imaging :) I am definitely not that Alex Jones, I actually had to google who he was :)))

Has anyone yet compared the these two Luxman L-509X vs Luxman L-509Z ? I'm thinking of getting the 509Z but also have an option to get an 509X. Not sure what to get :)

@ecwlthanks. Interesting point about a DAC. AVR850 allows doing Stereo Direct thus bypassing its own internal DAC and usually if I want to just listen to music then I take a chair and sit right in front dead center between the speakers and have a drink. I think I will try and rerun the Dirac again and see where I can demo for a few days/a week an amp before buying. On the DAC side, need to think more on it. What do you think of using Atmos speakers from SVS Prime Elevation ? They are rated up to 150W so I will also need an amp to do 5.1.4. Any recommendations on the 150wpc amp for the Atmos speakers (2 or 4 channel)? Thanks!

Thanks @Tokyokyoto and @ecwl. @ecwl now, I need to think about it. Maybe invest money instead in a simple amp to add for my Atmos (5.1.4) and then get a Chord Qutest to do MacMini>Audirvana>Qobuz/Tidal>Chord Qutest>Arcam Analog input. I can do 5.1.2 without any additional amps but to do 5.1.4 I need to add either 2 channel or a 4 channel to power all 4 atmos channels with the same amp. Any recommendations on the amp 2 or 4 channels to match my system better ? Do you think this might yield better ROI instead of adding more amplification ? Thanks!

Hi fellow audio fans, I currently have the following equipment: Arcam AVR 850 which delivers 180W / channel at 4ohms Front Left/Right: Dynaudio Contour 30 (300W 4ohm) Center: Dynaudio Contour 25C (300W 4ohm) Surrounds are Polk and an Infinity Sub. I understand that Dynaudios are power hungry speakers and really start to sing with high power so I'm wondering if my Arcam is enough to drive the Dynaudio Contours. I am looking to maybe upgrade to a Parasound A31 amp, maybe a Bryston. Looking in a 3500 range for the 3 channel. What do you guys think ? Will it improve the sound of my 3 channels ? I also want to add 4 SVS Prime Elevation speakers for my Atmos speakers as I am currently running a 5.1 and will be going 5.1.4 way. So I'm thinking of adding a 3 channel amp as mentioned above and adding another 2 channel amp for the 2 atmos speakers, was looking at a Parasound NewClassic 2250 v.2. I know people report that Gryphon, Pass Labs and Simaudio pair really well with Dynaudio but those are just very expensive for me at this time. Thanks for all the help!