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Dec 25, 2001	Has anyone else ever reached an audio impasse? You say SACDs do not sound better than regular CDs. Do they at least sound different?
Dec 25, 2001	Has anyone else ever reached an audio impasse? You say SACDs do not sound better than regular CDs. Do they at least sound different?
Dec 25, 2001	Has anyone else ever reached an audio impasse? Is your comparison done as a rapid A/B switching back and forth between the two components? My experience is that a rapid A/B methodology obscures the differences between components. Listen for a while, then switch to the other component and liste...
Dec 20, 2001	Problem with my Sony SCD-777ES Got the unit back yesterday, less than 4 weeks after I shipped it off. Not too bad. Paperwork is skimpy, but indicates they replaced a motor. Seems to be working just fine. No charge, of course.Interestingly, I shipped it to Sony in Fremont, Calif...
Dec 19, 2001	Strategies for preserving tube life I should clarify that my system is on a lot when I am home, and I work out of my house, so I'm home a lot.
Dec 19, 2001	I don't get it IMO, 1-3 are all correct, especially #2 and #3.
Dec 19, 2001	Opinions on TacT RCS Room Correction System Many TacT users feel that the benefits of room correction outweigh the compromise of digitizing your analog sources. And many (myself included) continue to use an analog pre-amp, which gives you the option of bypassing the TacT with your analog or...
Dec 12, 2001	Auditioned Innersound gear Yes, Roger West is Sound Labs.
Dec 11, 2001	no difference between 4k meridian & 400 DVD? In my experience, rapid A/B evaluation disguises differences between components. Listen to a track, pause, switch players, listen again, and see if you don't hear a greater difference. Of course, this could mean that my method "creates" difference...
Dec 09, 2001	TIVO and Ultimate TV. Any recommendations? With TiVo, what you get for your $10 is their program guide downloaded to your TiVo box. That's how you preselect programs to record (other than by date and time), including Season Pass and other programming features. The system has an uncanny abi...
Dec 07, 2001	Dunlavy out of buisness? Their Web site has always been poor, ditto their marketing in general, not to mention the industrial design of their speakers. If re-worked, all of these these things could really refresh the brand.
Dec 07, 2001	Tweak worth 100X It's price - Vibrapods Neuance shelves are custom made for specific racks and are designed to be placed on top of upward-facing spikes. I'm sure people have found workarounds, however.My Vibrapods are a few years old, perhaps they've fixed the residue problem.
Dec 07, 2001	Tweak worth 100X It's price - Vibrapods Neuance shelves are custom made for specific racks and are designed to be placed on top of upward-facing spikes. I'm sure people have found workarounds, however.My Vibrapods are a few years old, perhaps they've fixed the residue problem.
Dec 06, 2001	equipment sound bad? My chief criterion for system building is to bring out the music on ALL recordings. This is not to say that I can't or won't be able to tell a good recroding from a bad one. But if music I love is unlistenable, mostly I blame the system. -Dan
Dec 06, 2001	Cd Player shootout ; which is the best of the best Lordgorian, the Levinson also has a digital input, but it will not accept its own digital out signal, even if modified by the TacT. Not sure why this is so or if it is necessarily true with all CDPs--that's my question.