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Heavy Metaller needs some class ical .
Although i only listen to 200 year old dead guys on movie soundtracks,you can find classical trained musicians like joe satriani,yngwie malmstein and others that do modern versions of classical music.I will try a few of the above if only for the s... 
Stereo sounds better than 5.1?
For movies i agree 100% but for music i beleive if they could get it right and make it sound natural,which has NOT happened yet that would be great,but no one now can tell if my center channel is on when i play two channel,not even someone with go... 
The best CD Player for the money
The sony 9000es needs more than 100-200 hours i own one and its more like 3-400 hours before it opens up and that is the problem with a lot of these comparisons of the sony,they were Not broken in or the people comparing would be singing a differe... 
pick a DVD player for my HT
If you want resale value and a great picture you buy the 9000es as the resale market will be bigger because of sacd. 
Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list
1 Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" there masterpiece 2 Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" 3 Dire Straits "On Every Street" 4 Lynryd Skynryd "Endangered Species" this is unplugged in a studio and is a must hear domestic or imported. 5 Steve Earle "Copper... 
DVD Audio player Vs good CD player
widescreen reveiw using the pioneer dvd/dvd-a/sacd player[4,500] said that dvd audio sounded worse than the 6500.00 wadia cpd and that sacd was better than the wadia.Also check out positive feedback or robert harley reveiw of the 9000es and veiws ... 
SCD-1 vs DVP-S9000ES
robert harley votes for sacd and if you own a 9000es his reveiw will make your day,it is in the new perfect vision and it is a glowing reveiw to say the least. 
Solen vs Hovland caps
Thanks for the info but i bought these as kits and did not assemble the crossovers as i am a novice at this but not afraid to solder/assemble. The crossovers are 2.7khz 3rd order butterworth,solen caps,16ga air inductors and link resistors.The box... 
SACD, MSB/Upsampling, LPs Compared
Doubt it, maybe you should check out positive feedback for another unbiased opinion,because there comparison says sacd sounds better than the best analog and that dvd-a sounds like crap.thats three unbiased comparisons of sacd vs dvd-a and to a le... 
I give up on HT
some of us have kids and a wife that enjoy movies so we compromise.My tv is a 35 in reference monitor which sits above a fire place and a good 6 feet or so behind the speakers,but i can see were this would not work with a big screen and the monito... 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
ah, hence the 914 nut handle,video comes a far distant second to audio for me also.But if my family wants to watch movies,i make the effort to have decent sound and picture quality.there are a lot of old classics on dvd also,not just the latest bl... 
SACD vs ANALOG
Ilove to read reveiws that are unbiased,and much like the widescreen reveiw article,positive feedback tells it like it is.The war is over and sacd has [one].Ihave heard the future and the future is sacd.No question the format war is over and sacd ... 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
The reason people buy and rent dvd sotware is because it is superior to crap digital cable and has dd and dts,and in the case of the sony 9000 over 500 lines of resolution.I personnally do not like music in multi channel or the video.But if you ev... 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
Marklivias, please except my apology,i read your post to fast and agree, on cd playback the sonys are no giant killers and surely not the equal of yours. 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
Marklivia,not the 850 but 6500.00 860 is said to be bettered by sacd acording to widescreenreveiw,and i will stick with there opinion,as anyone who tells it like it is about dvd-a sounging terrible at the risk of advertising revenue has got my att...