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| Sony XA5400ES vs XA9000ES Sorry I used "haughty indignation" that so jangled you, Samzx12. You wrote that you hoped everyone knew you meant the SACD 9000, a model that I think doesn't exist. By implication, I read that to be dismissive of the DVP-S9000ES, a model to which ... | |
| auralex platforms The Auralex platforms under my Velodyne HGS-15 and HGS-10 really improved the tightness and extension of the bass. This improvement was especially noticeable with the HGS-15. I've wondered about putting them under my KEF Reference 104.2s as well, ... | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs XA9000ES Samzx12,That answer is not sufficiently descriptive. Both units are built like a tank and weigh about the same, both play CDs and SACDs, but only one plays video discs. We must assume by your haughty indignation that you are referring to the audio... | |
| Outboard surround decoder? I used to have a Pioneer decoder that I used with my Proceed PAV before I bought a PAV/PDSD pre/pro. My recollection was lots of cables, but I'm not sure why that recollection would be accurate, but it caused me to try a Sony 444ES for simplificat... | |
| Meridian 861 v4 or classe 800 for movies?? Chadnliz,I wasn't attacking you, just trying to provide calibration for those less familiar with the way you express your opinions. At least one of the readers owns the unit you trashed. As I understand it, the purpose of these posts is to exchang... | |
| Meridian 861 v4 or classe 800 for movies?? Statman,A regular reading of Chadnliz posts, presumably written by Chad rather than Liz, suggest hyperbole is his stock and trade, so when he says a processor sucks it should be taken in that vein. Many more posters praise the sound of the Classe ... | |
| Help Me Choose Better 5-Channel Amp If you like your Accuphase P-3000, why not use that with a 3 channel amp or even with 3 of the 5 channels of the Anthem amp you now have? All you need do is distribute the main LR outputs from your processor to the Accuphase and the surrounds and ... | |
| set speakers large or small? I concur with pretty much everything Queefee wrote, but add this cautionary caveat to his Pertinent Quotes: Just because AE was a brilliant physicist does not imply he was a brilliant philosopher. There are many things I'd rather know through read... | |
| set speakers large or small? Ojgalli,Only the abstract of the JASA article seems relevant, and it suggests that the model they tested and human ability to localize LF sounds is poor, especially in other than anechoic conditions. The link didn't get me to the JASA article, so ... | |
| set speakers large or small? Ojgalli"Sounds below 80 Hz can be localized" is a sweeping statement of purported fact. Can you provide a reference, a refereed JASA article, for example? It's been decades since I worked in psychoacoustics, and my memory may be faulty, but IIRC w... | |
| How much better will a preamp be over a processor The idea of combining a Pass X-1 with something like an Integra 80.1 for a total cost of under $4K seems appealing. But many of the newer SACDs have a multi-channel layer or bit-streamed audio that can only be accessed via HDMI. Then there are the... | |
| set speakers large or small? If you set the front LCR high-pass at 60 Hz and the sub low-pass at 80 Hz you can expect an overlap region. It's not obvious why you wouldn't just high-pass the LCR and surrounds at 80 Hz as recommended by THX. If the processor has a large-small d... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES owners question I never use the control for selecting tracks, but I just rotated the knob without turning the unit on and noticed subtle but definite detents. As an aside, the 5400ES is very responsive to the Logitech Harmony One universal remote I use, much more... | |
| Proceed AVP vs Denon AVP-A1HDCI & Krell S-1000 I'm in the same boat. I have a Proceed PAV/PDSD pre/pro that I use with Proceed Amp 2 and Amp 3 to drive KEF 104.2s mains, 102.2 surrounds, and 200C center. I'd like a modern processor with HDMI 1.3, and perhaps DRC (I use a Velodyne SMS-1 DRC wit... | |
| SONY XA5400ES - Preliminary Observations It's not obvious to me what's getting broken in during the 500 hours of playing, but I assume it's caps, etc. So my question is: Does the player need to see 500 hours each of CD and SACD, or is the break-in time simply playing either?db |