blindjim
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| Room design - home theater dbPlenty of great ideas there...it all sounds very nice. I am afraid to cover the screen wall with anything sound absorbent though.My screen is hinged. It's bottom edge lifts up to expose double louvered bi-folds which open to a storage area in wh... | |
| Fav Hi Res downloads... What & Where? Streetdaddy you need two things... a media player that will play them for you in the file type they are formated into... AIF, WAV, FLAC.And of course a DAC capable of passing PCM data (usually) in whatever word lengths and bit rates the aforementi... | |
| Transport and DAC or Upgrade CDP? Usually the better sounding CDP is the better transport.Another digital cable recommend for not a lot could be something from Chris Somavigo Stereovox xv2, or his latest Black Cat 1.25M @ $125. the XV used should come in under that amount or rig... | |
| Room design - home theater PVC is an extremely easy material to work with if you want greater choices in wiring used 'in wall' for either power delivery or signal delivery.otherwise power lines ought to be shielded at least. I've noticed folks like JPS and others sell upsca... | |
| Fav Hi Res downloads... What & Where? Thanks much. | |
| Transport and DAC or Upgrade CDP? Well now youve gone and done it!Single or multi box solution. As I saw recently posted here on another thread as an answer Yes.Multi box = multi stuff. Basically more wires and shelf spaces are needed.Single box? Well you have just opened the do... | |
| Room design - home theater With the current idea of 20% use for video events you likely won't be going to a projector... BUT JIC... the level ceiling approach does entertain some further consideration.Things change, right? I know they do with me.i saw some time back a calcu... | |
| Best digital interconnect under 300 used The Stereovox XV2 Ultra has those traits you seek, while still retaining resolution and detail. it's not quite so edgy as the XV2 version.used, it would range in your budget. There are a number of these sorts of threads just recently. I posted one... | |
| A blasphemy....I know.... As humans, among other critters are trichromatic beings, meaning we perceive color by subjective appraisal of differences between long medium and short wave light, including yellow now should add to the overall color schemes we might see.Green and... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Larryif at $27K a pair of speakers doesn't floor you or everyone that hears them... the designer missed the mark and has lost perspective on value & performance.I'll go so far as to say the same thing for those speakers which sell for only $20... | |
| Best speaker cables for longer runs Second the Canare 4S11 note. and another one.With runs of 30-40ft in my main HT setup driving the Silverline SR15s (92db, 8ohms), bi wire is quite good... suplanting them with a pr of Canton two ways (87db 8ohms)I had to lose the bi wire approach ... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you I'd build a deck, screened in porch, some Blue Ray discs, a new suit or two, some shoes to go with them, some CDs, DVDs, maybe another SS amp, some speaker cables, and a pair of preowned Andrea IIs.OK... with the amp... scratch the deck. | |
| External hard drives and sound quality There are plenty of grey areas for end users in the arena of upper end audio, let alone the now addition of industrial appliances like personal confusers we want to add to the presiding mix.Trial and error and A versus B versus C etc, still shines... | |
| Mac 402 or 501 for B&W 802D? I found the 402 a very solid contender for many many speakers.... I've heard the 802N, but not the Diamonds. hearing the 501s on the same speakers as the 402 & 602, were the costs all the same I'd opt for the 602 and not look back.I thought th... | |
| tube rolling first-timer Tbg is right about the current tube selection in designs. Be it whomever... amp makers gotta choose which ones are avialable now and in good supply.otherwise they'd say which NOS ones to use and not supply tubes with their amps, right? Leaving it ... |