john_z
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| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen "Terminator Salvation" - I saw the trailer last night. Oh, pleeeze somebody get us out of the PG-13 purgatory that all recent Hollywood big-budget action movies seem to be stuck in.Give me the menacing R-rated Terminator originals any day! | |
| Animated Movies "American Pop" is one of my animated favorites. Great story and great soundtrack! I also own "Akira" which is a cool/trippy story.Disney's "Dinosaur" is pretty awesome on a front-projector system esp. the teradactyl's flight sequence near the star... | |
| Arcam fmj cd23 vs cd33 Ihcho - Sorry for hijacking your thread.. -jz | |
| Arcam fmj cd23 vs cd33 Hi Jim,I agree their equipment is very sound and good value for money. I have a 10-year-old Alpha 10P x 3-channel amp in my system (it's a brick!) driving my front L/C/R and it still sounds great!My only (mild) beef with Arcam is their shift from ... | |
| Arcam fmj cd23 vs cd33 I love my Cd23. I can listen for hours on end without a hint of fatigue. Haven't spent time with the 33. I think the Ring DAC-derivative chipset in the 23 is very hard to top for overall refinement to the sound. I hope my DAC board never fails.. e... | |
| Reciever with input volume adjustment?? Look at the Arcam integrateds like the A38 (or a used A32) for this feature.-jz | |
| Can anyone help identify this LP cleaning machine? Thanks for solving that mystery for me, gentleman! I had been wondering about that for years. One of the albums I had cleaned on it is the CBS Masterworks' half-speed pressing of Michael Jackson's "Thriller". The horn section on the title track so... | |
| managable and affordable indoor FM antenna For indoor use, I've had very good results with the Silver Ribbon from Magnum-Dynalab. It's a passive dipole but in a unique folded shape. You can adjust the height/width to fine-tune for stations at either the lower or upper end of the FM dial.Re... | |
| tube audio dealer in SF Bay area? My curiosity was peaked by this post and since i had some free time yesterday I dropped by to check out Music Lover's in Berkeley for the first time ever.I was greeted by Will, the assistant manager, soon after I walked in and he asked if he could... | |
| B&K 507 upgrade for HDMI & Dolby Processing? Norma s., I went through the same "learning curve" while setting up my neighbor's HDMI-equipped DVD player. His Yamaha receiver won't handle the audio signal from HDMI so we connected an optical digital cable instead for sound.At first his receive... | |
| Recommendation for a New HT AVR? I would keep the B&K for now and invest in a player with internal decoding and multi-channel analog outs. A quality pre-amp and amp like what's in your B&K will go a very long way in the overall sound of your system.If you look at the amou... | |
| HDMI connection It sounds like you are looping the audio of your source components through your TV and then a single run audio output to your preamp and using the TV to switch among audio sources?If so, it will work but you may have to also run a set of analog au... | |
| Need help with pre-out/main-in question Thanks guys. Now this is making more sense to me. I was afraid of damaging the receiver by taking out the jumpers and not connecting something to the pre-out jacks.The Sony EP9ES processor I'm considering is an excellent, inexpensive (used) DD dec... | |
| What speakers to buy for Arcam Solo Movie 5.1 Arcam developed a speaker system to match their Solo units called "Muso". They are two-way reflex bookshelf units that will pair very well with the amp in the Solo. There's also an optional matching subwoofer called "Logo".I haven't had a chance t... | |
| how should i move forward...blu-ray etc...? Oops, I was looking at specs for the 6 analog OUTputs for decoded DD/DTS.. My bad... Johnnyb53 summed things up nicely. -jz |