john_z
Responses from john_z
| design criteria, W.A.F. etc In addition to the good advice given above, you might want to narrow your search to speakers which provide a boundary compensation adjustment for positioning them near a room boundary. I find that one of the biggest issues with the waf isn't how t... | |
| SurroundSound Bar for Bedroom TV Hey Gerry, here's my do-it-on-the-cheap-but-effective idea.. Many Sony TV's still provide an analog audio output with a fixed/variable choice that you can assign from the TV's menu. On top of that, many Sony sets also have SRS-WOW simulated surrou... | |
| Older 5.1 avr For good 'ol 5.1, the Arcam AVR-200 will get you a solid amp section and PLII.. The AVR-250 and 280 will give you PLIIx and 6.1 or 7.1.. All are solid units and they sound much more powerful than their watts spec on paper would suggest.. -jz | |
| Opinions on Blu-ray with a 480p DLP projector? The primary reason I was asking is I'm trying to decide whether to wait for Blu-ray prices to drop a bit more or to jump on one of the blow-out deals on universal DVD players I'm seeing right now.. I'm tempted to pick up a Denon 2930Ci, for exampl... | |
| Miss my Dunlavy Speakers, Were to go... Since you loved your Dunlavys and I'm pretty sure they had 1st-order crossovers, that may be something to look for in your next speaker. The crossover design/build quality probably has as much to do with the sound of a speaker within your room's b... | |
| Aragon 8008x3 noise Klipsch acquired Mondial Designs, the original maker of the Acurus and Aragon brand, back in 2001. Not sure if they are still involved but you may want to contact Klipsch to see if they will service your amp. Great amp, by the way! -jz | |
| High WAF, simple, integrated amplifier Why not check out the Arcam Solo or Solo mini? Either one should fill the bill nicely. They each include a very high quality cd player in the bargain.They also provide pre-outs should you ever want to add a more powerful amp, though it's doubtful ... | |
| Bypass sub x over The subwoofer pre out's crossover in my ES receiver is fixed at 100hz and as far as I know is not defeatable. Unfortunately, the manual doesn't provide info on the slope characterisics. To avoid stacking filters, I use the LFE input on my sub with... | |
| Anyone experience/have info re. Arcam FMJ AVR 600? Don't take this the wrong way as I'm just mildy poking fun here.. I'm a big fan of Arcam gear and have a few of their fine pieces in my system and I'm sure the AVR600 is going to be an awesome unit. But as I read the Moncrieff review mentioned abo... | |
| Anyone experience/have info re. Arcam FMJ AVR 600? I too am looking forward to hearing a demo when it becomes available at my local dealer. I wonder how much of the perceived sound quality will be due to it's new Dolby Volume feature and I wonder if it is defeatable so you could compare the sound ... | |
| Best Used Floorstanders for Rock & HT under $2100? ...the New York seller even has the matching Revelation Center for Home Theater that he's willing to sell... all for way under $2,000! If you don't jump on those I may have to buy them and move my Rev 2's and Center to surround duty and upgrade to... | |
| Best Used Floorstanders for Rock & HT under $2100? I guess I'm too late to chime in here but I can't believe you guys overlooked the pair of Hales Revelation Threes for sale right now here on Audiogon. Even ten years on from when they were new there is still hardly anything being sold today that c... | |
| Should I replace my Technics SL-D202 I own and still use my original 1982 Technics SL-5 direct drive table for occasional vinyl listening. It probably has specs very similar to yours except mine is the linear tracking type. Several years ago I took the table out of storage and replac... | |
| Movies in the 70's & 80's was it stereo or mono? Mitch - that particular movie will play in it's original mono sound format. The movie's original mono soundtrack was encoded into Dolby Digital for use on the DVD. Dolby Digital may be scaled from mono up to 5.1 discreet channels depending on the ... | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen I remember seeing "To Fly" in the IMAX theater at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio back in the early '80's. That was my first IMAX experience and I certainly will never forget it! Definitely the real deal! |