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| Quality required to hear vinyl It's possible you wont hear why people still buy and listen to vinyl. I suspect there are many reasons. I've heard excellent digital and analog side by side, e.g. an SACD and 45 RPM of the same recording, and any difference I perceive is less than... | |
| Home Theater Preamp/amp advice. Jmetrisin,Your idea of separate pre/pro and amps is a good one, and for the reason you mention. I suspect you already know enough to make an informed selection. Aside from the info sought, I think you got some good equipment suggestions, especiall... | |
| separate system for just music? First, I doubt a separate system for music is common practice, but I haven't seen any credible surveys to support that conclusion.Second, unless you plan on a separate room for music, speaker placement is like to be a greater consideration than am... | |
| Insert for 45 RPM singles Thanks Jaybo and Scottz; I hadn't even looked. Last night I bought an adapter from a link posted on the Asylum in response to the same question posed there.db | |
| What is the best way to add a 5:1 system rr,Well, I see a MC 303-3 on Audiogon for $7K, so bd's suggestion of buying a mono amp for the center looks attractive. I assume your B&Ws are inefficient and require lots of power.db | |
| What is the best way to add a 5:1 system Regardless of what I wrote in my previous post, I actually use my Proceed Amp 3 for LCR, with 14' XLR lines running from the PAV/PDSD pre/pro to the amps. The amp sits between the LR speakers and behind the center speaker. In stereo mode, of cours... | |
| What is the best way to add a 5:1 system Jeff,I'm attracted to the notion of an Integra 9.9 processor for surround SACD via HDMI and newer codecs for films, but I'd still like to use my Proceed PAV/PDSD for stereo music. (Maybe the PDSD would be redundant.) Just to be explicit, are you s... | |
| Proceed PAV/PDSD HT Processors Good? Of course it depends on what kind of video cables you plan to input and output. I'm using a DVDO Edge video processor and switcher that accepts various kinds of inputs, but only outputs HDMI. AVS had a group buy on the Edge, and I've been very ple... | |
| where to place equipment rack? If you do use a longer run from pre/pro to amp, you might want to consider using balanced (XLR) lines.db | |
| Proceed PAV/PDSD HT Processors Good? Rereading this series of posts has reconfirmed my thinking re the PAV/PDSD for a system that does both stereo music as well as surround HT. The main changes to my system since my '05 post is a Sony VPL-50 "Pearl" front projector with 100" 1.3 gain... | |
| Need help with Proceed PAV/PDSD The Proceed PAV/PDSD are built very well indeed. Do you think it's coincidence or causality that you upgraded the firmware to support 24/96 on the front left right channel then needed to replace the balanced output card for the front left right ch... | |
| Need help with Proceed PAV/PDSD I have used a PAV/PDSD pair for a number of years without incident. The PAV recently did have a power supply problem that was repaired locally. They also replaced a number of caps that were leaking, returning the unit to pristine sound. The PAV do... | |
| Best audiophile multichannel SACD player Nguyen357,To follow the logic of your post, you'd have to try every new component in your system. The last sentence of your post is inconsistent with that logic. That's probably not a practical suggestion; I'd guess few suppliers would let you try... | |
| problem with my velodyne HGS-12 Contact Velodyne. In my experience, they're very helpful.db | |
| CD players and HDMI If by CD player, Mitch includes those that play SACD, doesn't HDMI offer the advantage of direct digital output from SACD so you don't have to rely on the DAC in the player?db |