ckorody
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| 5.1 vs 7.1 Kal gets to the heart of it when he asks how much 7.1 material you have. If you largely watch Direct or cable you are only getting 5.1 anyway.For me your question is room related. Strictly speaking, 5.1 places two speakers about 2/3rd way back the... | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Yes. The new iTunes format is 256kbs AAC which is a lossy compression format. The bigger news here is that there are no longer any DRM restrictions (digital rights management) meaning you can copy the files and put them on as many devices as you l... | |
| Connector Suggestions Here's how you figure it out:1) what connectors are on there now?Try to establish a baseline - look here and on Audioasylum to see how people characterize their sound2) what about them are you trying/hoping to improveLook up some different mfgrs a... | |
| Mac Mini vs. another Mac for music server Thnx Ehider - I very much admire people such as yourself who are such disciplined and careful listeners. Perhaps someday I'll achieve it.No quarrel with your advice - you did a spot on job of answering the question. Of course now you have me wonde... | |
| Mac Mini vs. another Mac for music server So let's agree for a minute that Ehider our EE is correct and that a Mini sounds better then a laptop. But what is "better sounding" - experience suggests that it will be difficult to hear those differences unless you have a system of a certain ca... | |
| Mac Mini vs. another Mac for music server So the one thing we have absolutely learned over the past few years is that step one is to get the conversion from digital to analog out of the computer. The exception is probably a Lynx or other pro-grade card but at the price point its hardly a ... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? A lot of good thoughts here. A few stand out.1) This is a global economy. No matter how bad it gets for some, there are others (perhaps in other parts of the world) that will do fine (maintain the status quo) or do better because they are first to... | |
| blue ray player that has excellent cd sound? Oppo has a new unit coming shortly - a BD player with their typical high quality DVD performance and all the key audio formats.I have no first hand experience of it - meaning what I am about to say may well be urban myth - but apparently many BD p... | |
| Power conditoner isolation No - if anything fewer pieces or a solid piece should be better. Argument being that the bigger piece is less likely to vibrate.But in my experience once you get to 1 1/2" - 2" thick its a moot point. In terms of wood, maple is the classic. I pers... | |
| DENON AVR3808ci vs Integra DHC9.9 Pre/Pro John - FWIW my Integra 9.8 doesn't have these problems. Nor do I find the GUI clunky though I did not compare it to the Marantz. If the Marantz is dramatically better, then its really slick.I think the key point Kenny is that if you are going to c... | |
| DENON AVR3808ci vs Integra DHC9.9 Pre/Pro Kenny - Each to their own - I had another brand pre/pro - it was a frickin' nightmare to use - I hated it for all the time I had it. There are a ton of features on these things - if you're undecided why not make it easy on yourself to get what you... | |
| DENON AVR3808ci vs Integra DHC9.9 Pre/Pro To Kennyt's point, you are comparing apples and oranges. IMHO (hey you asked) Integra is kicking serious booty right now on the price performance continuum. More to the point - every dime in the Integra goes to the pre/pro - do you suppose its any... | |
| Should I be worried if buying a 5-6 year old CDP? Actually it comes down to the laser. Find out what they charge to replace it... I was pretty shocked (not Classe) | |
| This may be a silly question but... Loving the history here - let's not forget that McIntosh for years said that zip was all that was required...Since Rsjb poses a sincere question which has bedeviled us all, IMHO audio is a game of inches. It is also highly cumulative - the better ... | |
| What have you discovered while downsizing? I second mapmans experience as I just went through it and came to the same conclusion.i did a pretty analytical analysis of where the money goes. i sold the stuff that was not core. i resolved to design a much simpler system. my bias is that it is... |