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| Oversampling vs upsampling Another very informative article on the subject written by Mike Story of dCS Ltd., (manufacturer of the Ring-DAC), can be found at: http://www.audiophilesystems.com/dcs/dacsandupsamplers.htmJZ. | |
| Oversampling vs upsampling Check out the following URL for an excellent article on this subject. www.audiophilesystems.com/dcs/upandover.htm Cheers! JZ | |
| Aspect Ratio Control/DVD Player? Sedona - excellent question. You have uncovered a "dirty little secret" of some makes/models of progressive scan DVD players - many of them lack aspect-ratio control. This can be a problem because most HDTV's will lock onto their "full" mode when ... | |
| Efficient Bookshelfs on a budget? I agree with Royy.. If you don't have a receiver or integrated amp to power your bookshelf speakers, even a modest 3-piece powered sub/satellite system will run rings around a pair of bookshelfs powered by that tv's built-in amp. If you cannot swi... | |
| Integrated Amp with A/B Speaker Switch Most Arcam integrateds provide speaker A/B as do their power amps. | |
| Help a 'tardo out...... Slappy - Oops! Mis-read your line about DVD-A above. You were referring to the standard feature found on any DVD-A player, not the format itself. Sincerest apologies! - JZ | |
| Help a 'tardo out...... AVG - Yes, if the player is DVD-A and/or SACD compatible, the 5.1 analog outs do carry the multichannel audio for DVD-A and SACD to your preamp/receiver, but they also pull double-duty for outputting decoded DD/DTS movie soundtracks if you choose ... | |
| Help a 'tardo out...... ..Regarding the quality of decoding for DD/DTS.. Yes, you could generalize that the decoder chipset in the typical A/V receiver or pre/pro is often better sonically (or more flexible) than that found in many mass-market players, but there will be ... | |
| Help a 'tardo out...... Umm, I'm going to disagree a little bit with Foxtrot and Slappy (no offense, guys!). While many DVD players have built-in decoding for DD and/or DTS, many do not. It has become a fairly common feature on DVD players which also provide DVD-A and SA... | |
| Would you pay to rent my media/video room In the case of showing movies and charging your "patrons", you would be in violation of copyright laws if you did not pay a royalty to the owner of the content- unless you limit your selection to non-copyrighted home movies. DVD's etc. are for pri... | |
| Poweramp for channels Interesting question... Maybe we can get some discussion going on this one. Here's my take on it - it comes down to the specifics of your system and real-world vs. theoretical. Yes, equal power to all five (six? seven?) identical channels would se... | |
| Second Hand Classic or New Guy on the Block? While I cannot comment on the speakers you mention above, I should think a monitor like the Hales Trancendance One may work very nicely for your needs. Hand made in the U.S., they will allow you to "listen into" your very nice source components mu... | |
| live dvd/v concerts Yeah, the audio is pretty bad on the David Bowie - Serious Moonlight DVD mentioned above. What a shame, that's a terrific show esp. if you are a Bowie fan! JZ | |
| live dvd/v concerts Rush - In Rio. Great playlist. Very good mix in Dolby Digital 5.1. Compared to the Eagles Hell Freezes Over DVD (which is sonically excellent, but different), this Rush DVD conveys more raw power and sounds more like you are at the show, not a per... | |
| Speakers you regret selling I really regret selling my matched suite of Hales Revelation One's, Two's, and Center in the Saple finish. The One's and Center even had Paul Hales autograph on the back (waaay cool!) Oh wait, that was just a bad dream. Whew! I HATE nightmares! JZ... |