edesilva
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| HDMI/DVI Hub ? The better cables one (sadly) doesn't autosense either. Think its about the same price-wise as the gefen. I'd worry about the two ports--I've got DVI or HDMI for DVD right now, for my Mac Mini, will have it shortly on my CATV box, and anticipate t... | |
| "Commercial" plasma screens the real deal for HT? If someone needs a table top mount for a 42" (might also fit 50") Panny ED plasma, I just gave mine to my parents, but I think they are buying a wall mount. So... | |
| Any Time/Warner digital boxes output PCM? I like Chad's idea, but it probably won't work. Most of the boxes have optical, but no coax. Even if they did have both, they probably output the same feed electrically. My problem was that, in my case, the configuration of the STB would not permi... | |
| PC .wav player/indexer? I think, for a number of reasons, I'm going to try foobar. I'm not sure I care that much about compatibility, although it would be great if the audiotrons could see the tags. I just don't wanna type 'em all in, and I hear there are some extensions... | |
| HDMI/DVI Hub ? I did some research a while back--Gefen makes a switch. It operates via IR remote, but does not autosense. It is also isn't cheap.http://www.gefen.comIt's not even pretty. And the IR is kind of flakey. And the remote totally sucks. But, seemed lik... | |
| Any Time/Warner digital boxes output PCM? You might try running a search on the set top box manufacturers website--sometimes they have users manuals with more information. Sadly, I was able to discover that my Sci Atlanta box would not, in fact, down mix to PCM. | |
| Have U ever bought an LP because of the cover art? Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville... | |
| extrange connection? Sounds like a bad idea to me--if the both are switched on, aren't you going to be running something strange into your amps--a balanced signal from the CD player and an SE signal from the preamp? If one is off and the other on, seems like you might... | |
| "Commercial" plasma screens the real deal for HT? Most of the commercial plasmas I've seen have been pretty close to the consumer versions, but without some of the bells and whistles. I bought a commercial Panasonic EDTV plasma--great deal, and quality-wise no different than their consumer models... | |
| PC .wav player/indexer? Unfortunately, .wav files have no standardized tagging built into the file structure. So, even if EAC will recognize EAC tags, when you "import" the files into MM, MM won't see anything but the filename. Frustrating, because the bloody info is in ... | |
| Worst remote nomination... I'll nominate any remote that doesn't have real rubberized/metal buttons, and uses those horrible bubble dents instead. Got one for the PS Audio Power Director and one for my Gefen 4x1 HD DVI switcher. Honorable mentions in my house also go to the... | |
| Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help Just rechecked this thread... Its been awhile. Not sure if it works with Tivo, but the Mac firewire port can apparently allow the Mac to be used as a virtual HD-VHS deck. In other words, if your CATV box has a firewire out, you can dump content to... | |
| m-audio firewire 410 sound quality? Try the Waveterminal U24--its an external USB to coax converter. While it has a DAC in it, its only about $250, and the coax digital PCM output does not resample to 48 kHz like the M-Audio and Edirol devices, and keeps the signal at 44.1 kHz. It w... | |
| The black hole of component repair? It took me a year to get an NHT Sub Two with blown mosfets back from a local shop... I forgot about it after bugging them for several months and then only remembered when I moved. Hopefully that isn't normal... | |
| In Shower With M_Logans I'm assuming they were used panels? The showering thing was actually recommended to me by ML under some odd circumstances, although they were careful to say "no soap" (soap kills charge on panels). Because of that charge on the panels, they collec... |