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| New ASR Basis Exclusive 2010 I have the version right before the gold board version. What are the differences between the gold board and the latest 2010 version in terms of design and sound?I am thinking upgrading to the latest version around March 2010. Thanks. | |
| Jim Thiel has passed. It is a very bad news. His great talents and designs will be missed. I have been a fan of Thiel's speakers. I owned CS2, CS3.6, and now own CS7.2. The CS2 taught me what soundstage was.I thought I would be upgrading to another new design (CS9?) in... | |
| Audio Research PH7 versus Manley Steelhead ? Now I have different phono stage. I used to have the Steelhead and played it side by side witht the PH7. They are both great phono stages. I personally prefer the Steelhead. In addition to its good sound quality, it has tons of adjustment so that ... | |
| DVD/Turntable Dilemna Kimber claimed that their HD19 HDMI can go up to 20 meter long. They are not inexpensive though. | |
| 30 ft rca run too long for a phono to preamp? Almarg,Thanks for correcting me. Even between phono stage and preamp, long cable is also not a good idea IMHO. I believe long cable (if done right) is fine between pre and power amp.Another thought is to replace the Vandersteen with some small mon... | |
| 30 ft rca run too long for a phono to preamp? As far as I heard, most cable manufacturers don't recommend phono cable longer than 2 meters. I would either better isolate the table or try longer IC between preamp and power amp. Phono signal is so low that it is susceptible to noise such as RFI. | |
| Upgrading wall outlets When I tried these premium outlets then, I didn't have dedicated lines yet. But replacing those cheap $1.50 outlets that come with the house with the audiophile grade ones brought huge improvements. Try it. | |
| Upgrading wall outlets Well, believe it or not. The premium outlet (like PS Audio's PowerPort) that I am using does make a big difference. In fact, it was one of the best upgrade I have ever made in my audio life. I am not an engineer. I can't explain why. The premium o... | |
| phono input to low? ? I believe the Grado Red has 5mv output. It should have plenty of output for your Sony. What cartridge did you use on the old Luxman turntable? | |
| DTS-HD Master Audio / Dolby TrueHD / PCM 5.1 It is hard to tell unless you have a movie soundtrack that has at least DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD to compare. It is easy to switch to PCM. It really depends on how it is done. I have heard bad DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD. If you pointed a gun at me to a... | |
| Blu-Ray movies I really like Batman: Dark Knight. Great video and audio quality. Recently, Knowing, by Nicolas Cage, has very impressive sound and nice picture. The train and plane crash sound is just jaw dropping. Another great video is the Curious Case of Benj... | |
| HDMI Cable with New Oppo Bluray Player I have the new Oppo BDP-83. I used to have Monster Ultra 1000 HDMI, then Kimber HD19, and now Kimber HD29. The HD29 is the best of the three and also the most expensive. Frankly, although it is better than the others, but not by much. The noticeab... | |
| How does one choose a phono stage. I usually stay away from tube phono stages especially when I use only low-output moving coils. Dead quiet phono stages that can take low output moving coils usually don't come cheap. I do love using tube preamp though to mix up with solid state ph... | |
| Is 7.1 better than 5.1 I originally have a 5.1 setup and bought two more speakers to make it 7.1. If the movie has 7.1 soundtrack, the extra two speakers make the sound more wraparound especially in the back. It is better, but not by much. I think the 7.1 technology is ... | |
| "Best" multichannel universal player right now? Kr4,I use HDMI all the way through. To me ears, it is decent sounding. I don't think it is in Esoteric's territory either. Two channel is fine, but I think its surround sound is quite good. Its video quality is really up there. Be realistic, for $... |