ckorody
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| AVR - Video Processing Chip? I have the Integra 9.8 pre/pro feeding a 50" Pioneer. It also has a Reon chip not sure if it is the same chip as tge 8.9 or a predecessor.When I did the ISF set up we looked critically at all of the scaling options. In the end we opted to let all ... | |
| SOTA reel to reel players If you want the absolute best analog deck, for my money it's a Studer... if you can't play there, get a well loved Otari with an Atmasphere pre - it will rockBut it's all a question of what your source is Tape is/was the mastering medium. Nothing ... | |
| SOTA reel to reel players Yes, you want to do 1/4".There is an enormous difference between the way the pro decks are set up (especially for recording) and the prosumer decks.I owned many TEAC, TASCAM and Otari decks for years. They were all pretty much bullet proof requiri... | |
| Receivers Short answer Mantaray is that you can mix and match to your hearts content. There is nothing that prevents it, and no reason not to.THX is a performance standard, developed by Lucas Films to make sure that Return of the Jedi sounded the way the te... | |
| Receivers Also take a look at Integra which is the upscale Onkyo brand - one other thought - I would look for a product that has the Audyssey MultiEQ function - IME it will do more for bringing your room together then matching the THX standardAudyssey is a ... | |
| Squeezebox Duet VS AppleTV Basically a lifestyle choice - all about how you want to interface with your music. The SB has to get the files from somewhere - there is no way to rip directly into Squeezebox... so you rip into iTunes and access the library through the SB browse... | |
| Mark Knophler; recommended music?? I think that All The Road Running which is by Knopfler and Emily Harris deserves a good long listen. Great guitar, amazing harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, flawless production. BTW I prefer the studio version to the live version which is Real Live Ro... | |
| Speaker/Equipment Placement Well that would be really unreal right? | |
| Beginners guide to tube audiio. The book Rodman links to is by Robert Harley who is the Editor of Absolute Sound. It provides an excellent overview of all things audio. He has published two other books on the subject as well. See them all at:http://www.hifibooks.com/ | |
| Speaker/Equipment Placement I highly recommend Jim Smith's book " Get Better Sound" which answers this question and many more. Long story short he is adamant that the rack not go between the speakers.BTW there is a thread on the book with many positive reviews running now. | |
| Tube rolling for Wavelength Cosecant HI - this is easy and inexpensive to do - the tubes are from a car radio and have the advantage of being both widely available and of no interest to audiophiles.I settled on a Mullard but the difference was slight at best | |
| Is Jim Smith's Book"Get Better Sound"Best Book ? Its well worth the money - as several folks have pointed out we regularly piddle away much more on much less.What I like is that it provides a methodology and a structure within which to work. And doing it all is in fact work - the kind of work th... | |
| Beginners guide to tube audiio. Do a search on Amazon. Most of the books that I have found on tube amplifiers etc are pretty technical. Frankly I found them virtually unreadable. They were most certainly over my head.I also suggest doing some Internet research. There is an enorm... | |
| New to tube rolling, where to purchase tubes? As you begin to hear about and meet these vendors it helps to know that some of these folks focus on selling current production tubes, while others specialize exclusively in what are called NOS tubes.NOS is a much misused term - it stands for New ... | |
| Speaker recommendations Also consider Silverlines - great line - very smooth and easy to drive - and the aesthetics of the Mark 1s which is very Avalon like might please Mrs WAF |