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| "Old" vs. "new" digital equipment I have done a lot of experimenting and I've found between most decently designed CD players, the differences are rather small. At first you might think there's a big difference but after a while, you'll find it's not as big as you thought. The fir... | |
| Has anyone tried modifying a CX-7e? As good as the CX7e is, what are you upgrading to improve upon? The CX7e is a truly balanced cd player and sounds better run balanced to other balanced components. It's level of performnce is very close to the C5xe on CD. You can change caps, resi... | |
| Enough Power The location of the volume control is more indicative of gain through the amp than power delivery. It follows the same idea as you would have to turn the volume higher for a low output source. As long as the amp is not clipping (distortion) I woul... | |
| "Old" vs. "new" digital equipment With CD being the "Flawed" source it is, it is amazing how much money we spend trying to make a format better. I know I have over the years. The problem is, as you go up in quality, the more flaws become apparent. If you offer every last degree of... | |
| Pushed in pin help needed on Grado Gold Cartridge. It has been my experience over the years that you have bit the bullet. The cartridge has tiny coil wire connected to the pin. It has oviously been broken. I doubt if the cartridge channel of this pin will output anything. Nothing it will hurt and ... | |
| Sony BDP-S2000ES Blue-ray question According to the owners manual:Bitstream Dolby HD, DTS HD, etc via HDMIWILL NOT bitstream regular Dolby Digital and DTS via HDMI (it must come through using the digital output or via the 5.1 analogue outputs.)The HDMI will pass analogue HD audio s... | |
| Sony BDP-S2000ES Blue-ray question Ckoffend, No that's not what I said. The 2000es WILL bit stream the new formats over HDMI. {The OLDER BDPS1 will NOT bitstream HD sound.} The new 2000es will bitstream the sound as well as 1080P resolution over HDMI. My last statement was the 2000... | |
| Sony BDP-S2000ES Blue-ray question If you look at the specifications page of your owners manual, you will see that it DOES bitstream DTS HD, Dolby Digital True HD, etc over HDMI.The older BDPS1, which this player is based, did not bitstream over HDMI. However, with the latest firmw... | |
| Best Integrated Amplifier Made at the USA The Ayre AX7e. A great little amp. | |
| acoustic zen silver reference & tara lab air 1 I have used both at one time or another. It's pretty much a toss up in my book but I'd lean toward the Tara's for vocals. | |
| Used Starter ht receiver.....5.1..... Search out a Marantz SR18ex. A great older receiver that I've seen for as little as $500 ( retailed for $3295.) Weighs 50+ lbs and gives a solid 140 per channel. Built like a tank and sounds good to boot.Denon has a few solid older HT receivers in... | |
| Thiel CS3.6 and Aragon 8008BB combo? The load of the speakers will certainly not be a problem for this amp. It has a very solid power supply indicated by doubling down into 4 ohms. This is a powerful amp!You got the question wrong about the brightness, you should ask will the speaker... | |
| Ayre amps - cool running? When I was using the Ayre V5Xe, it ran on the low side of moderately warm. My tube preamp generated a lot more heat. I never drove it hard so I can't speak to its temperature if it was really stressed.Swampwalker is correct. It has to do with how ... | |
| How critical is placement for Vandy 2 ce Sig. ? The setup instructions are in the owners manual which is located on the V. websight. You really need to follow the instructions as close as possible to obtain the performance built into these speakers. 3 feet may be enough depending on your other ... | |
| Vandersteen Quatros or B&W 803D's Look at the Vandersteen website where the complete manual for the Quatro is located. These speakers require every bit as much setup as any Vandersteen speaker and do benefit from being away from the wall. Imaging and depth will suffer being too cl... |