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InFocus Screenplay 4805 vs Panasonic PT-L500U
yep, www.avsforums.com/avs-vb . see the sub-$3500 digital front projection forum. that forum is the defacto definitive source about low cost digital projectors like the ones you are considering. I'm actually a little both surprised and impressed t... 
Speakers "To close to the side walls
dipoles like Magnepans, electrostats, etc. they have a figure-8 radiation pattern and are very fogiving of side wall placement unlike conventional loudspeakers 
Half-price "Used / New" Cables
used high-end audio = 50% savings generally. nothing strange about it at all. reap the benefits my friend! 
LP storage? What do you use?
Steve - No wonder boltz is so expensive. We're paying US labor rates! just jidding. 
Soundtracks that ROCK
Mike - it's Warner Brothers, 2002. that's the label that 'Queen of the Damned' is on. It appears to be a collection of NuMetal. I saw this thread the other day, and grabbed my girlfriend's copy since I hadn't heard it before. It's not bad. The las... 
InFocus Screenplay 4805 vs Panasonic PT-L500U
Either is a save buy and should be an excellent front pj. have you been researching on the avforums? Waht you need to do is post on avs and see if someone local to you has the panny and would be winning to host you for an evening. that way you cou... 
realworld experience: Kharma subwoofer + 3.2 CRM
Tom, I believe Jtinn is the US westcoast dealer (? importer) for Kharma. So those 1As may not be his personal pair. 
Amp for Quad ESL 57?
Agreed, Quad makes some solidstate amps. 
Is table really more importsnt than cartridge?
At first, i thought the transducer (cartridge) should be the most important. I mean all a table has to do is spin a record, right? how hard can that be? surely building a tranducer is tougher, right.Wrong. I heard it myself in my own system with a... 
Butler Audio - Tube Lovers....comments please...
Most of the Butler stuff isn't all tube. A lot of their stuff is hybrid designs with solidstate output. 
How's this for a dose of reality???
bump. it appears reading comprehension is at an all time high. ;-P LOL. (tongue in cheek) hello fellow AudiogoNers! 
Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl?
I only have a lowly sony, the scd-xe670, the single-disc version of the ($400 list/$200 street) scd-ce775 sacd/cd carousel. I've read that most of the sony's share the same "house sound." My impressions echo those of Jdaniel. I found mine "OK" ove... 
A scary thought from Ellery911
How about high dollars items that sound like crap? I'm more worried about that than I about knock-offs. 
What makes a system compelling?
a magic midrange. imo tubes yield that better than solidstate. you need to able able to connect with the music. midrange, transparent,rhythm, PRaT, dynamics, etc. bass slam and detail extraction alone will not get you there. 
Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl?
but piano is hard sounding. it's a percussive instrument. little hammers hitting little strings.