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| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Magnepan owners tend to stay with their speakers for a very long time and when (or if) they change speakers, it's very commonly an upgrade within the Magnepan line... | |
| Amp/Pre-Amp Selection for Vandersteen 5A's in HT Cary pre/pro with ARC amps sounds fantastic with Vandersteens! What about looking into a couple of ARC SD135 for surrounds... using the VT200's for the fronts only. Another alternative would be to use one of Cary's 5-channel amps for drive surroun... | |
| Vandersteen Model 7: has anyone heard? When John (Rutan) at Audio Connection in Verona, NJ sets up the Vandersteen 7's, he will make them sound fantastic! John is very knowledgeable and have sold Vandersteens for many year. Mr. Vandersteen is there at least once a year to do demos and ... | |
| Best speaker value between $1800-$2100 Normally, I would say Magnepan (for example 1.6QR), but with a smaller room and with that amp (although I really love Creek's, they really don't like Maggies...). I doubt you could make them sound good due to room size.Vandersteens are always a go... | |
| Is hdmi a must have for home theater? The issue really comes down to where you get the best decoding... a higher end SACD player may actually sound better connected to the pre/pro or receiver via analog connections (due to superior decoding). A lower end SACD player could be much impr... | |
| oppo bdp 83 vs pioneer elite dv 58av for listening The BPD-83 has improved the RBCD sound as well compared to for example the 971 or 981.I've tested the BDP-83 against Denon BD3800 and I actually perfer the BDP-83 for decoding the lossless over 7.1. I also tested the newer Denon A1BDci, and yes it... | |
| 4.1 analog vs. digital The Oppo is great, but only close to the Wadia. Via single ended connects, the difference is minute (the thing notice the most is the lack of air around the instruments, not necessarily the primary tones of the instruments themselves). It's notice... | |
| Krell HTS2 vs McIntosh MX120? Extremely reliable. Haven't had a single glitch since I bought it well over a year ago. Sound quality never stops to amaze me. In pure stereo mode, I really can't hear the difference between connecting the Wadia directly to the amp (via Cardas Cro... | |
| which Brand of Reciever produces the Best Audio? If your #1 concern is sound quality, I would recommend sticking to a good pre/pro (the older and quite inexpensive Krell HTS sounds awesome) and a good 5 channel amp. It will probably end up costing you close to the same as a new receiver, but sou... | |
| Krell HTS2 vs McIntosh MX120? Being a Krell user myself (HTS 7.1), I'm not certain that you will gain much by going to the MX120... yes, McIntosh does make some really nice gear, but this seems to be a side step, not really upgrade (or downgrade for that matter).Do you have an... | |
| Best Standard Def DVD Player under $8,000 used? Best video quality.. I would say that the $499 Oppo BDP-83 is up there amongst the best. Denon A1BDCI would also end up there. Yes, those are BluRay players, but both perform admirably with DVD's as well.For that kind of money, I would consider ge... | |
| 4.1 analog vs. digital Jaffeassc; I think that the Oppo would be well worth the money then. I've done a direct comparision between the Oppo BDP-83 and the Denon 3800BDCI in my own home. (comprising of Magnepan all driven by Krell amps and a KrellHTS7.1, so very a reveli... | |
| 4.1 analog vs. digital You will get the same benefit through 4.1 as you would 7.1... the big difference of the new lossless formats, is just that, lossless, no compression of audio signal. Just keep in mind that you are using the DAC's of the blu-ray player instead of t... | |
| Is hdmi a must have for home theater? I would agree that HDMI is not a necessity. Mulitchannel out from a high quality Blu-Ray player can sound fantastic.For video, HDMI does offer some very real benefits though, but no need to route that through a receiver anyway... best quality will... | |
| processor that could serve as a good preamp I would highly recommend Krell HTS7.1. No HDMI and no high-rez audio, but as it does sound wonderful with legacy formats (DD, DTS, etc.) and will outperform many very high-end preampsWhen I combined my stereo and HT (due to space limitations), I b... |