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| Pre-Amp vs Processor A preamp that has a built-in DAC will have a digital input in addition to analog inputs, and it may look like a phono plug input.db | |
| Jazz at the Pawn Shop. Anyone know what Vol. ? I've heard an LP and an SACD of J@PS in succession. IMO the SACD delivers the sense of ambience as well as the LP, and both are great at portraying that sense. Funny, though, I never would have characterized the music as Dixieland. I'll listen to ... | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs XA9000ES Don C55 & Tryeti,Obviously you missed the sense of irony I was striving at in my posts. Of course I don't think weight is the determining factor in the sound quality of disc players, otherwise I wouldn't have a lightweight like the XA5400ES as... | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs XA9000ES In further pursuit of build quality it might be noted that according to Sony the mass of the SCD-1 is 58 pounds, 7 ounces, so in comparison the XA9000ES is a light weight, and one might predict the less than 23 pound XA5400ES to be a piece of crap... | |
| Sony XA5400ES vs XA9000ES I'm not sure whether you meant "no comparison" as hyperbole, Gandme, but according to Sony the mass of the XA9000ES is 35 pounds, 5 ounces, whereas the mass of the DVP-S9000ES is 27 pounds, 12 ounces, more than 6 pounds less. But the mass of the X... | |
| 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... |