johnnyb53
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| DTS-HD Master Audio 07-13-09: Kr4This, btw, is one of my pet peeves about BR, as well as DVDs: Lots of busy, noisy menus with absolutely no standardization....including no consistent default--sometimes it's DD5.1 and sometimes it's the highest resolution blu-ray code... | |
| Cambricge 840v2 vs NAD 372? as interim amp 07-13-09: KnownothingYou cannot go wrong on any of these ...In any case - they all deserve an upgraded power cable - nothing too fancy needed, but would definitely add to your enjoyment. Another candidate or two: PS Audio PerfectWave AC3 or AC5. I... | |
| Great old speakers that are as good as new ones 07-13-09: Flyin2jzyou know whats tough? auditioning older speakers. there is no way to listen to any of this old gear anymore.I guess I'm lucky where I live, close to this store. Scroll down to their used speakers. At their store they'll take any ... | |
| Bought a new TV, now what? with audio & blu ray? My post was:Great Hi-rez sound from the analog outputs from a $200-300 BR player seems doubtful at best to me compared to what your Rotel should be capable of.And I say that even mid-fi gear decoding a lossless surround source will sound better th... | |
| Bought a new TV, now what? with audio & blu ray? Johnnyb53-I have been looking for this article with no success. Can you let me know exactly where it is so I can look into it.Thanks-SteveThis one should do: http://www.stereophile.com/news/072907dolbytrue/index.html. It's Wes's account of his fir... | |
| Magnepan anything new on the horizon? Yes, I saw that Magnepan panel/woofer demo at a high end store mfr's open house in Feb. Verrrry impressive. I wish Magneplanar would get those panels and that wonderful separate woofer productized, priced, and distributed.With the right price, tho... | |
| Opinions on Blu-ray with a 480p DLP projector? Although 1080p front projectors are still $2K and above, you can get 720p projectors for a song--around $550. Even a 720p projector is noticeably higher-rez picture than a 480p. It has double the pixels. I have a 720p 55" rear projector TV and I h... | |
| DTS-HD Master Audio HDMI cables can be had pretty inexpensively and keep your cable count low. Your Sony can internally decode TrueHD, but not DTS-HD Master Audio. It can, however, *read* DTS-HD Master Audio and send the resulting PCM bitstream over HDMI to be decode... | |
| Is 7.1 better than 5.1 I used to pooh-pooh the difference between 5.1 and 7.1. Then four years ago I got a 7.1 processor and my brand's matching surround speakers went on sale. Bought the speakers and brought an extra 2-channel amp out of the garage (later replaced by a... | |
| Grado Headphones Hi folks:What is a relatively inexpensive way to get more gain from that ipod, are there mini- headphone amps? Appreciate any thoughts,CathyHi, Cathy. The Nuforce Icon Mobile should give you just what you're looking for. It's $99, is very attracti... | |
| Great old speakers that are as good as new ones I have a pair of Mirage M5si's from 1996, about the same year as the PSB Stratus Gold's heyday. These Mirages still anchor the L-R speakers in my HT system. They like lots of power and good cables, but they are very natural sounding, very timbre-c... | |
| Cambricge 840v2 vs NAD 372? as interim amp I don't think you could lose with either one. I haven't heard the Cambridge 840Av2, per se, but I've heard the 640A fairly extensively and was impressed. Haven't heard the NAD c372, but the Internet is rife with favorable reviews.I think you shoul... | |
| Speakers for a desktop system 07-10-09: Daniel825Does anyone make a line preamp with usb that also has a DAC in it? So that I don't have to use the DAC that is in the Mac?This is a rapidly emerging product category. The easy answer is also a bit expensive--the Benchmark DAC Pr... | |
| Bought a new TV, now what? with audio & blu ray? There is a THX color code for the six channels; here it is according to this HTGuide forum discussion:BLUE------Front LeftGREEN-----Front CenterRED--------Front RightBROWN----SubwooferBLACK----Left Surround)YELLOW---Right Surround)When using the B... | |
| grilles on or off the speakers?? 07-10-09: RsassoSo I jammed the foam plugs back in, and all is well. They sound great again.Comments??The plugs aren't just for shipping; they're also for helping match the speakers' bass output to the room, and change the amount of bass damping (... |