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| How to connect Oppo BDP 95 and Mcintosh MX136 As a matter of fact, my screen was not refreshed and I did not see the other responses, to include yours, therefore I was under the impression that their were no responses. Still, it does not matter, the OP will discern what response is really app... | |
| How to connect Oppo BDP 95 and Mcintosh MX136 To Kr4,Not sure why had to state that our comments were tangential. Based upon the ambiguous information provided by the OP on how to connect two different components. I personally felt that my suggestion was appropriate and useful based upon my e... | |
| How to connect Oppo BDP 95 and Mcintosh MX136 If the Oppo does not have analog out for surround channels, you need to get an HDM 5.1 analog converter. http://www.amazon.com/ViewHD-Extractor-Decoder-Headphone-VHD-H2HADi/dp/B00L0XIHEC/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1436615795&... | |
| Transrotor turntables I consider my Transrotor Apollon the last primary turntable I will ever purchase. Anything else I obtain in the future will be for use in other rooms. My sentiments regarding the Transrotor line vary. Transrotor has mostly non-suspended models whi... | |
| Barnes & Noble and vinyl LP's @ Tysons Corner in Virginia the Barnes and Noble is also selling very well. The last two times I went, they had more of a selection. I made some purchases the second time, along with many other people...skipped on the retro turntables though, also... | |
| Comments on interconnect cables "Audioquest4life, you're not being true to your name!! :^)"You are correct. I should take my own advice and be happy with what I have; however, being the ever curios "and have to mod this" homosapian that I am, I guess curiosity and experimenting ... | |
| Fess Up How much have you spent on this Hobby?? "The responsible thing is buy more stuff (Ohlala, 2015)." I agree, life is to short. If you manage your purchases in anything and are also planning for the future sensibly, then how much it costs over the years is not an issue. The same analogy ca... | |
| Comments on interconnect cables Since everyone is providing advice and recommendations, I might as well chime in. I have read about the Tempo Electric cables for years and have slowly switched a few of my Neotech IC's over to the Tempo Electric from the amp to the preamp. The di... | |
| Quiet Introduction of the Magnepan 1.7i The first time I heard the MBL 101's in Germany back in 2005, they were only 30,000euro if memory serves me right. Yeah, same experience, went home to listen to my then new B&W 800's and felt as if I was missing that homogenous sound and spaci... | |
| Best way to integrate analog with digital Effischer,Thank you for the reply. I also run the HDMI strait to the projector via an in wall HDMI connection or Peerless wireless. The Peerless gives me the benefit of adding three HDMI video sources to route video to the projector directly. It i... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I am an audio enthusiast and use Mcintosh...I am not sure what percentage of audiophiles statistically speaking falls into the "don't like camp"; however, there are a substantial amount of people, including myself, that just happen to like the sou... | |
| Isolation disc for speaker spikes on wood floors. How about cone coasters from Sound Anchors? I am using under my B&W 800's and two 15" subs.http://soundanchors.com/products/2055/conecoaster | |
| Room treatments behind or between speakers? I have often fretted about the various ways to treat a room,especially in between the speakers. There are several methods such as live end dead end, mass diffussion and absorption, adding mass (double drywall, concrete) to mitigate bass anomalies ... | |
| Where can I find a Benz lps cartridge for sale? Successfully using the Benz LP-S with a SME V arm with no counterweights. Balanced almost at the limit of the counterweight; however still some room to adjust slightly more. I would seriously consider the extra heavy counterweight that SME offers ... | |
| suggestions for a 110 to 220 step up transformer Amazon. Found many on the web from Amazon. Used them for European coffee machines I bought that were 220 volt. |