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| What do you think about Definitive Technology? I'd just assume have Magnepan speakers, even for HT duty. Especially if you crave the bipole effect of the DefTechs. I'd look at the 1.6/QRs for the fronts and perhaps their center and surround speakers if your want 5.1. you could push the fronts ... | |
| opinions on modern horn speakers If you are near Ohio, you might want to try attending the Midwest AudioFest in Lima, OH which seems to be held each year in the spring. There are lots of horns and high sensitivity/efficiency systems on display there. Then you can draw your own co... | |
| SACD -- Hybrid, Single layer, Stereo, Multi? The stereo SACD track is mandatory and resides on the SACD player. This is the bare minimum. You can also optionally a have a multichannel mix to the SACD layer, but this is not required. Any multichannel SACD disc will have a stereo mix. you can ... | |
| Classical, Jazz, or Rock? 50/50 classical and heavy metal. | |
| which is better, Sony SCD-1, or SCD-XA777ES? What prices are you seeing for the SCD-1? Were you referring to the used (about $1700) prices of the SCD-777ES? Or does someone have new stock of the old triple 7? | |
| Have you gone hi-rez? Which format and why? Russ_1 that reminds me of Trent Reznor's quote(s) regarding the center channel.As for high rez, I've recently adopted vinyl and will purchase an SACD probably some time this year. I do have DVD-A capability with my current DVD player. But so far I... | |
| 10 sonically best rock recordings ? Here's some heavier contributions:Gorefest: Eindhoven Insanity [Live]Suffocation: Pierced from Within [Studio]Judas Priest: 98 Live Meltdown [Live]Nine Inch Nails: And All That Could Have Been [Live]The Gorefest album is unfortunately out of print... | |
| Personal amp evolution Aiwa A/V Receiver, Audio Alchemy OM-150, Quicksilver Silver mono 90s. I imagine Wolcotts will be next. | |
| Tube amps and rock music... No problem with heavy metal on my tubes. | |
| High efficiency speakers vs Low, pros and cons Yes, thanks for all the informative posts! | |
| Who is the Youngest Audiogoner?? Initially I had assumed Slipknot1 was one of our age peers. For some reason I thought he might have based his moniker on that silly NuMetal band that dresses up in costumes and generally acts downright silly. not sure where i got that mental image... | |
| Is 2 channel dead? 2 Channel is still the best bang for the buck, hands down. multichannel music doesn't get interesting unless you have some serious bucks (even to audiogoners) to lay down. And even then your selection of great multichannel music is very small. I'd... | |
| $2000 CDP for Rock Music???? The Cary, Levinson, and Meridian mentioned will work for rock and metal. I've heard them, but not in my system, I haven't heard any of the Thetas, so I can't somment on those. You might also consider an EVS Millennium DAC 1 ($300-400 used) or Mill... | |
| High efficiency speakers vs Low, pros and cons Let me shoot this question. Theoretically, why would the first engineers to design a low sensitivity/efficiency (???) (like 84dB/w/m) when ligh sensitivity/efficiency (??) speakers were available? Considering the fact that the first viable amplifi... | |
| Power Conditioning for a mid-fi system. I'd start with a monster hts2000 (like $100-130 on shopping.yahoo.com). It doesn't have the extra (filting?) that the higher lever monster products have. I friend of mine has this, and it isn't too bad. He also has dedicated lines (which bigkidz m... |