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| Sacd/dvd-a, The Hype Is Dead, For Me At Least... Top notch DVD-Audio discs and top of the line CD's are superior to SACD in one respect:Because of the limitations of the one bit DSD system in the high frequencies, DVD-Audio's and CD's actually have better dynamic range above about 8khz than SACD... | |
| Do I need power conditioning Hello Solentgreen,The Shunyata Hydra makes my system, particularly the JC-1's sound more coherent, better focused, smoother, more open, blacker background, and they have better inner detail.After getting used to hearing them with the Hydra, its im... | |
| Do I need power conditioning The Shunyata Hydra makes a BIG DIFFERENCE in my system, especially with my JC-1 monoblocks! They don't even sound like the same amps with this unit!These amps MUST have power conditioning to bring out their full potential.Big, Big, improvement ove... | |
| Parasound HCA-3500, Am I Crazy? I just read the old January 2000 Stereophile review of the Parasound HCA-3500 the other day.Bob Crump was right...they did measure pretty high levels of 2nd harmonic distortion, especially into lower impedances. This was also obvious by looking at... | |
| Amp Help ICE or Class D Better watch what you say, Plato...Muralman1 and his H20 Signature may be lurking around the corner...we definitely DO NOT want to get him started again!...LOL! | |
| Review: Parasound Empirical Audio JC-1 Turbo Mod Amplifier Great review, Dan!Thanks! Your review does indeed seem extremely honest and to the point...one of the best reviews I have read on audiogon.No sugar coating and straight-forward.Wish all reviews were like this.From your description, the modded JC-1... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Thank you for the comments, Irishdog!Yes, I saved a ton of money on my system. If I would have paid full retail prices, I would have paid more than double what I have in it now.I am from Earth, believe it or not! I guess my breed is very rare!I ha... | |
| Emperical Audio Mods for Parasound Halo JC-1'S Hey Drhst20,Did you ever get your Empirical Audio modded JC-1's back yet?If so, what are your impressions of them after the mods?Are they significantly better than stock?Do they live up to your expectations?Any areas that you are still not complet... | |
| Parasound HCA-3500, Am I Crazy? The Adcom sounded better than the Ayre with the Parasound HCA-3500 power amp ONLY.With the JC-1's, its no contest...the Ayre wins hands down!I had to let my friend have the Parasound HCA-3500 power amp back. It was just too fatiguing in the long r... | |
| Parasound JC1's vs. Sim Audio W10 Hello,I also have to agree with daltonlanny about the JC-1's. I own a pair, and could not be happier! They synergize with my system really, really, well.The Parasound HCA-3500 does at first sound more transparent, clearer, and livelier than the JC... | |
| Onkyo DV-SP1000 or Pioneer DV-59AVi? The best price that I could find on the Onkyo 1000 was $1,499.00 + shipping at Onecall.com.Has anyone out there found a lower price than that? | |
| Onkyo DV-SP1000 or Pioneer DV-59AVi? I have decided that I think I will purchase BOTH the Onkyo DV-SP1000 AND the Pioneer DV-59AVi and compare them head-to-head on video and on all the different formats, and then sell the one I like the least.Thanks for all of your responses! | |
| Onkyo DV-SP1000 or Pioneer DV-59AVi? Which kinds of displays are most sensitive to macroblocking?Which kinds of displays are most sensitive to CUE issues?Thanks! | |
| Onkyo DV-SP1000 or Pioneer DV-59AVi? Tvad,Even if it is "the current king of the hill at anywhere near this price range", I would not want to deal with the possible issues, I have read about, that I named above.I have two local friends who also had numerous QC problems with the Denon... | |
| Onkyo DV-SP1000 or Pioneer DV-59AVi? Thinkat,From what I have heard and read from various sources, the Denons seem to have some quality control issues, some of them refuse to play CD's, and some seem to suffer from some slight macroblocking issues on certain video material.These thin... |