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| Anyone else remember this? In the 1970s, I briefly had a piece from Nakamichi that was as you describe. Gorgeous looking, but I thought it sounded hard and glassy, though very clean. | |
| Help me choose amp for 2-channel HT Marty's comment slipped in. Thanks, very helpful.I have no analog sources in this setup. I do appreciate the potential of room correction and EQ as well as 2.1, though the Oppo can support subwoofer out with two main channels, I believe. The Oppo ... | |
| Help me choose amp for 2-channel HT I understand. But since this system is used mostly for cable TV and Netflix streaming and some DVD, I'm not sure that better audio is worth the price difference. As for driving a power amp directly, is the Oppo's volume control up to the task in t... | |
| Help me choose amp for 2-channel HT Why 105 vs 103, apart from the headphone facility? | |
| What's next after Clearaudio Concept ? No, the RP6 had those qualities. | |
| Oppo 105 in place of pre/pro Would the 103 also work for this? | |
| Which Firewall cable If you were feeding a DAC with a Firewire cable, there might be some value in exploring better cables. But From an external drive to the computer, I would use a basic, inexpensive cable only. I don't believe there is any sonic benefit to be gained... | |
| Revel Performa 3 Any of you who have auditioned both the F206 and F208 have observations regarding their sonic differences? All things equal, I'd prefer the 206 not for its lower price but for its smaller size. And if anyone has compared these Revels with the KEF ... | |
| Sloppy but Famous Contest If you're NOT occasionally messing up, you're not playing very hard. Clapton may be the exception. | |
| Revel Speakers Regarding the F series versus the new Performa3 models, I'm a bit skeptical about the change. Certainly it's possible that the new models are an improvement, but the Performa 3 line looks to me like it's central design brief was to hit new, lower ... | |
| TOSLINK to SPDIF converter box There are a lot of converters that do what you want and cost practically nothing. Buy one and see how it goes. You probably won't get BNC out, but you can get coax cable with RCA on one end and BNC on the other, or a plug on adapter. | |
| Lateral move or real upgrade? Which playback software are you using in the MBA? If iTunes, your first upgrade should be to Audirvana. | |
| Ambient favorites Not sure what counts as ambient and what doesn't, but here are some suggestions for "music that is there, but not getting in the way of reading, talking etc. ..."Steve Roach, particularly his CD Structures from Silence (once you hear it, you'll kn... | |
| Amp suggestions Sorry, Sanders Magtech. | |
| Amp suggestions Magtech |