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zyx universe cartr.- ideal weight -ideal vta ,
DOugI guess what I was saying is I must not be in the sweet spot and am doing too much vta dialingthen again I was starting from parallel arm not parallel base of cartridgeI did hear times where the transients sounded all wrong(edgy top end) and t... 
zyx universe cartr.- ideal weight -ideal vta ,
I just finally set up my Universe/Triplanar on my Galibierand have to admit I haven't yet truly dialed in vtamaybe the problem is that I was trying to set it by tonearm parallel to record as opposed to the base of the cartridge being parallelI jus... 
Best Towers Under $4,000 / pair
stretch a little more - SAlk HT3'sor the HT2's in your price rangethe Song Towers well under your priceexquiste cabinets, exceptional sounddirect from the builderhttp://www.salksound.com/plenty of reviews herehttp://www.audiocircle.com/circles/ind... 
Which movie would you most like to see in HD
Godfather trilogy (well first two), LOTR, English Patient, Amelie 
HDMI 1.3 Audio Signal - Good Enough, or no?
4yank -I'm in a similar boat as I'm mostly doing the ht room to watch movies (dvd and blue ray) and will probably hook up satelitte (I'll switch from dish network which has less HD content).I'm hoping the newest 7.1 / 5.1 analog out high end blu r... 
HDMI 1.3 Audio Signal - Good Enough, or no?
I also recently bought an Arcam AVR 350Mine will be used only as my HT setup - BLu Ray I'm using a PS3 now, but will buy a Pioneer BDF05 (May release) which will output 7 discrete analog outputs with dac converters. THe new $2k Denon will do this ... 
Warner and Blu ray?
blu ray downconverts/outputs to 1080iI have a ps3 and soon a Pioneer BDF95the latest pioneer plasma mentioned at their press release will be a 2009 release with ultra black blacks -extreme contrasthttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/hands-on-with-p... 
Warner and Blu ray?
AolmrdI've seen the Kuros - they are fabulousthe best I've seentheir black level is off the chartsI wasn't saying mine was up to the Kuro"as good as I have at home" means I have a very life like picture I should be enjoying nowthe fact that there'... 
Warner and Blu ray?
owning a PS3 (my early blu ray player) and recently ordering a Pioneer BDF 95 ($999 upper end blu ray)I'm happy to see this resolving to one format (although it hurts for those who recently bought HD DVD.If this helps bring the average consumer to... 
SRA VR vs. Ohio
OEM - I have four VR series platformsturntable, cd player, amp, preampthe change was dramatic, my jaw was on the floorcan't even imagine what the Ohio sounds likestart with one component if you likeIt took all the stress and slight lack of resolve... 
Speakers with high WAF?
I'll second rockadanny's strong recommendation on the Salk'sI have a pair of HT3's that are just stunningmusically and sonicallyhttp://www.salksound.com/gallery-votm-0806-3.shtmlas much as JIm put's into his woodwork, his drivers, crossovers, etc ... 
new WHo Amazing Journey DVD - analog galore
I was quite upset when they carried on right after Johnsupposedly they were touring cause John had gotten himself in major debt (never slowed down his rock star collecting lifestyle)they should have let go gracefully after mooneyWho are too muscul... 
Movies that featured High End equipment
Reigh Over Me - a flick with Adam Sandler, DOn Cheatle and Will Smith's wife.Sandler in a serious role loses his family in 9-11He reverts to record collecting and other odd thingsVInyl (and a PS game colossus) is his big deal and Cheatle goes reco... 
Why are LCDs more popular than plasma?
I have a 30" widescreen lcd in the bed roomworks fine - decent visuals, no worries on burn inI have a Pioneer Elite 1130 in the music roomstunning Blu Ray, HD antenna, Upsampled dvd, so so DIsh Network, my son plays games on my old Proton 36" crtc... 
Non classical piano based music recommendaiton
Al has great recommendationsthe BIll Evans Village Vangaurd is now a 3 cd boxsetcontemporary - Danilio Perez, Edward Simon, Micheal Pelleramuch to enjoy there