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| Hard Disk Playback Systems Dmitrydr, I think one way to implement the HD playback system is to use an USB 2.0/firewire outboard sound card. They are very common and inexpensive. From there, output a digital signal through SPDIF or AES/ebu to de-jittery device and then to an... | |
| Best new/demo/used value for $7.5K range With the room size at 20x25 and high ceiling, Dynaudio Confidence 5 will need a much larger amp than Levinson 27. Something like Levinson 333 or 336 would be closer. Maybe two monoblocks would be even better.The problem is that even with the monst... | |
| Anyone using Powered center/surround speaker?? Thanks for the suggestion on the Genelec. I will definitely check it out. I was also considering Tannoy as well. Perhaps I need to go to a pro shop and look around.Avalon no longer makes Avalon Radian HC speakers and their current center speaker s... | |
| Best new/demo/used value for $7.5K range Used Avalon speakers. There are few available right now on Audiogon. For this price range, I would recommand to have a local purchase if possible. All of the speakers you mentioned will be a large purchase in term of size, weight and money. Demo t... | |
| Anyone using Powered center/surround speaker?? How much are they?Also, how do you mount them for surround speakers? ATC 10 have very deep cabinet according to the web sites. I think my wife woould not let me have something that stick 2.5 ft into the room. | |
| Anyone using Powered center/surround speaker?? My hope was that I can keep the setup for a good 3-4 years. I am sure there will probably be 8-10 channels by then. :-)I forgot to mention that I do have a 5-channel Nakamichi amp at 100W/ch x 5 already. It's more of a case of not wanting to run v... | |
| Pioneer 563 universtal DVD player for less $200 Curbach,I am going to try using the Pioneer as a transport to up-sample CD output to the Anthem AVM-20's internal. It suppose to be able to do something close to 20/88.2. Not really sure, don't have the manual in front of me.To me, the best test i... | |
| converting to gitital It's hard to drop analog completely. There are recording that are only available on LPs. In my case, I am starting to experiment with SACD and DVD-A with low cost universal DVD player. They do sound good but I still want the LP for that special in... | |
| Solid state design options... All the discussion points to one thing. Trade-offs for the typical audiophile amps. They were all optimized for a few particular things but not everything and they can't be due to cost consideration.It's possible to design and build a 1000W/ch amp... | |
| Solid state design options... Given all else being equal. All five of your parameters are all desirable goals for amp design.Unfortunately all else are never equal. Designing andmanufactoring an amp at a given price range are always about compromises. That's why these goals ar... | |
| Pioneer 563 universtal DVD player for less $200 Well, since there was no response, I went out and bought one to try at home. Best Buy had it for $170+tax. Here is my current setup:Preamp Anthem AVM-20Amp Nakamichi PA-5Speaker: Epos-11Sub: HSU VTF-3 rosewood(still selecting home-theater speaker ... | |
| Newbie question on digital source. Roy2001,Going from the digital output of the CD-ROM is probably fairly jittery. I was thinking going from the HD through to a high quality sound card with a coaxial digital output. You might even find a Pro version with balanced AES/ebu digital ou... | |
| Newbie question on digital source. For You can pick up a new Philips DVD player that has SACD for around $500 that is also a good sounding cd player. There are a few used Sony ES SACD player that can double as DVD player at that price range as well.You can try the player out at you... | |
| A phono preamp for less than $1200?? You can also consider Sonic Frontier Phono-1 or Audio Research PH-3 for that price range. Another way to go would be a new preamp with build-in phono like Audioman4 said.Actually what quality/improvements are you looking for? | |
| Dynaudio Audience vs. Contour Dan, I have heard Dynaudio speaker with lesser electronics before and they just don't sound as good as they should. The issue is especially true if you plan on using a surround receiver. When all five speakers are going, there just isn't enough cl... |