ghunter
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| Active studio monitors or Hi-fi speakers At this time, the real bottleneck with using a computer for a home theater system is the software. Windows Media Center and Myth-TV are the two main contenders, with Apple's new Front Row coming on strong. Do some research into them, and if you li... | |
| Totem Forest or Hawk -Help I agree that Hawks would be better in a relatively tight space. The smaller driver and reduced cabinet volume will make a big difference in terms of tight sound and reduced boominess. | |
| Best $1k Integrated Amp for Spendor S3/5's Interesting. Which tube amps? | |
| Best $1k Integrated Amp for Spendor S3/5's Without a doubt, the Exposure 2010 is among the best choices you'll have. Arguably better than the Nait in PRaT, the S3/5 will enjoy the additional power and you'll see more bass extension and (heaven forbid!) a soundstage. I've had both Naim/Spen... | |
| Help Speakers trapped on bookshelves Try a bunch of them, as they'll each have a different effect based on your system, shelves, and room. They're not all cheap, though :) | |
| Help Speakers trapped on bookshelves My Rainmakers are on my boookshelves and are on vibrapods - excellent! | |
| Subwoofer - Anyone use the Totem Lightning? I have this combination and it is hard to find words to say how good it is. They can integrate SEAMLESSLY if you're willing to spend an evening or two with positioning and setting the crossover. The Lightning is beautifully fast and musical and wo... | |
| Totem Forest or Hawk -Help Both are awesome speakers. Go for what you can afford and enjoy it. I have the Hawks in a room not a lot smaller than yours and they're wonderful, full, quick speakers. The Forest will be a little "fuller" but maybe not as "tight". | |
| Anyone Playing SACD/DVD-As on a PC ? Nope, no digital output nor recording with DVD-Audio. There's a warning/notice as soon as you put a DVD-Audio disc in the drive. | |
| Behringer SRC 2496 DAC At the very least, if you do buy one get one used so if you don't like it then you can sell it for a minimal loss (if any). | |
| Behringer SRC 2496 DAC I've had enough experience with Behringer products in the studio to know that you get what you pay for. I'd avoid this unit unless the total value of your system is under $1,000. Anything above that and you'd be better served buying something a no... | |
| Anyone Playing SACD/DVD-As on a PC ? Interesting questions - I'll investigate them over the weekend and will post back. | |
| Soundcards with wordclock input Theoretically, and DAC with jitter correction circuitry on board will do an excellent job of eliminating the need for an external word clock. My last two DAC's were the Musical Fidelity A3.24 and Audio Research DAC-5, both with jitter correction c... | |
| Anyone Playing SACD/DVD-As on a PC ? I just installed a Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS Platinum, and it has DVD-Audio built in. I might buy a DVD-Audio disc to check it out, but the lack of ability to import songs into iTunes is still a huge barrier for me to view this format as anything b... | |
| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx "unless you can afford them, you're really not in any position to judge whether the MAXX is a good value or not"I can afford them. I have heard them. They're not good value. If I couldn't afford them, it still wouldn't make my relative value judge... |