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What music do you want to play really loud?
06-03-09: DetlofWhat's "loud" ?According to Mogwai, the sun smells too loudhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUaCxx5npko 
What music do you want to play really loud?
06-03-09: DetlofWhat's "loud" ?According to Jimi Hendrix on Barclay LP, "loose Ends" "Play it until the ear, the ear goggles." 
Made in Canada conundrum
06-02-09: BenieRodman is wrong, 2 of the links are based out of Quebec, they don't like anyone including Canadians.True or not, that's the funniest line in the thread :^). 
Best Blu-Ray ANALOG Output - Under $1000?
I'm also interested in responses to this question, including experiences with sound and image quality.I own a Pioneer Elite BDP 95FD and I'm getting evenly spaced (vertical) thin red strips against any black background with Blue Ray movies. It's t... 
preamp bleed through
I've seen this happen with both solid state and tube electronics, it's more a function of source volume and a combination of selector switch and circuit design.Some very high quality and high performance equipment show this trait under certain con... 
Non-grounded power cables
I think Mofimadness may have understood something that I missed. If your Blue Ray has an IEC-C7 connection (like my Direct TV box) then his suggestion is what you want.My response was to an IEC connection with floated ground, exactly what my Pione... 
Non-grounded power cables
You can use any aftermarket grounded power cord since the ground pin is floated at the Blue Ray chassis. At the wall the ground pin will help hold male plug in place.I have the Pioneer Elite Blue Ray and tried several cords, all help the sound a l... 
DIN to RCA adapter
Brent,Two connections for alligator or Dgarretson's pins is not correct. When you cut one RCA off of the cheap pair the cable will likely be a coax design. The center conductor is positive the shield is negative. Solder to all four and you have pl... 
DIN to RCA adapter
Brent The color code Thom supplied is all you need, the instructions I gave will do the job and you can walk away and let your CD or DVD do the work.Cartridge can stay in the head shell, but use common sense and patience when you hook up, CD signa... 
DIN to RCA adapter
Finding the correct size DIN for tonearm is not easy. Many at Radio Shack look like the right size but don't fit. If you're not using the tonearm I would cut one end off a super cheap RCA / RCA, maybe one of those that came with a Direct TV box or... 
I'm beginning to wonder...
This whole line of discussion is beginning to sound homophonic!Tell me how you really Fpeel 
I'm beginning to wonder...
This thread should have been titled "I'm beginning to wander." 
I'm beginning to wonder...
Fpeel, and here I thought you were being religious, IE "Oh heavens, parish the thought :^)". 
I'm beginning to wonder...
Back when British Caledonian was still flying, my wife and I were waiting to depart an afternoon flight on one of their Boeing 707 from DFW (Dallas) to Heathrow. I purchased a magazine in the departure lounge and read it completely during the long... 
You can't have too many apostrophe's
When I was a child in the 1950s I remember a comic book story of visitors from outer space. The aliens were hovering above Washington, sending strange signals to our government and military. The code was finally translated and the officer typing i...