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| DEMAND DSD Doug Sax says he'd rather listen to HD formats available on Blu-Ray than to vinyl.I'll go with Blu-Ray. | |
| Tweaks I'd like to see . . . How about a vacation rental cabin?Built underground with five foot concrete all around, impeccable room treatment and purified A/C.I'd say 50 X 50 feet with 20 foot ceilings?Just specify what components should be waiting when you arrive. | |
| Warming up the ARC LS2B Doesn't someone make a tubed buffer "black box" that is insertedbetween the source and preamp?Google yielded: Pacific Valve Yaqin CD-1 ($200)and the ZBOX from Decware ($449).This might help. | |
| HDMI 1.3a vs. 1.4a HDMI 1.4 allows 3D to flow smoothly (not sure how).Another feature is an additional two HDMI channels for TV sound from your 1.4 TV to a 1.4 receiver.Currently, you can't get TV sound (i.e. sound coming over the air) using a 1.3 HDMI connection.I ... | |
| Old Blue Point Special- worth replacing stylus? Call Music Direct and ask them about Sumiko's trade-in allowance for the Blue Point line. I just got $100 off a Blue Point Evo for my old BPS-II.Couldn't hurt to ask... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Genghis Khan and his brother Don / Couldn't keep on keepin' on" Dylan: You Ain't Goin' nowhere"Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain / And all the children are insane"The Doors: The End | |
| What is the 'BAT sound'? The best way to describe the sound of my (former, sniff) 300X-SE is "open, neutral, unimpeded".I think this is due to the no-feedback design.Other equipment I've owned seemed to be holding back the music -"maybe if I just turn it up a little more.... | |
| recommended sacd list? C'mon, pay your dues like the rest of us.I'd say 40% of my collection are stinkers (especially some recommended by magazine reviewers "Oh, this album is just so frickin' great!!!" (yeah right)).The other 60% are pretty good.It would be nice to "ju... | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? "Tunnel of Love" Da Boss... | |
| Anyone Make Budget Flat Speaker Cable? Found some flat wire at Home Depot -slightly more than $1/ft. | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. Forgot the Queen...Mary Fahl (formerly of October Project) | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. Grace SlickHarriet Wheeler (Sundays - Blind)Bobby Gentry (Ode to Billy Joe)Julie Driscoll (mesmerize me Baby)Dianna KrallRicky Lee JonesDawn Upshaw | |
| Anyone Make Budget Flat Speaker Cable? Elizabeth: I agree. I'm using AR copper pair (glorified lamp cord) but too bulky under rug.It's hard to believe Nordost doesn't make resonably priced wire for the "prosperity challenged" audiophile.Listening to Blu-Ray Start-Trek, the AR wire pass... | |
| Anyone Make Budget Flat Speaker Cable? Thanks to all!Will check out Radio Shack first.TVAD: No doubt Goert is fine stuff but I'm looking for something around $1 a foot not $1 an inch. | |
| Andreas Vollenweider? Saw him in San Diego at SDSU open air pavillion.Best of New Age IMO (Michael Hedges at Ravinia not far behind). |