johnnyb53
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| Which new OPPO DVD player is the one to get? I bought my Oppo DV-980H primarily for audio use, based on Oppo's own summaries of their product offerings. This little $169 wonder thoroughly trumps the Philips 963SA it replaces, plus it plays DVD-A, which the Philips could not. It is also a sta... | |
| Looking for a Solidly good inexpensive DAC Anybody familiar with the Lavry DA10? At the $1K price point, the Benchmark DAC 1 has been the gold standard for around six years. But the newer-design Lavry DA10 is causing some buzz. Here is a comparison test on a studio forum, performed over a ... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced 02-18-08: Stringreen..just for your information....I had a Grado Sonata low output. I thought it was wonderful until I replaced it with a Benz Ebony. ..no contest. The Grado was grainy, brown and colored, limited bandwith, etc. The change was a ja... | |
| The rout is on for Blu-Ray Since it looks like the end of Hd, I would recomend holding off on purchasing a Blu player, until they can work out the kinks.That's what angers me. For the past year I was watching lots of well-made, enjoyable HD DVDs on my totally reliable, upgr... | |
| The rout is on for Blu-Ray 02-16-08: EarsFor once, the superior format [Blu-ray] has won.How so? Just because it has 50GB in two layers instead of 30? Has anybody on this forum lamented freeze-ups, disappointing digital transfers, or compressed sound on HD DVD? You hear it ... | |
| Tracking Force The key to the tonearm not jumping the groove is damping. I used to use a Shure M97xE; with the damper brush deployed it would track anything, and I mean records with a 1/2" wave at the outer edge. And it was tracking at 1.25 to 1.5g.Since then I'... | |
| Least expensive receivers AND pre's w/HD Dolby/DTS 02-13-08: FlrnlambEr, doesn't have to be a pre/pro capable receiver, but that is a plus, yes. Just receivers or pre's. does the model down have my requirements? Looks like the Onkyo TX-SR605, the model down, has everything you're looking for. It h... | |
| Least expensive receivers AND pre's w/HD Dolby/DTS The cheapest route to full HDMI 1.3a pre/pro capability is an Onkyo TX-SR705, because--even though it's a receiver--it has 7.1 ch. pre-outs. It lists at $799 but can be had for as low as $599. It can decode Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby... | |
| Would an upconvertind player be an improvement? I have an Oppo DV-980H, and like it a lot. It upconverts std. DVDs to your choice of 480p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p, but only through the HDMI cable. IIRC, its component video output only upconverts to 480p. It would then be up to your Pioneer Elite ... | |
| Is it time to switch receivers? It depends on what your source is. If you have an Oppo DV-980H, the HDMI connection can pass an uncompressed surround digital stream from DVD-A and SACD discs.If you have a Blu-ray or HD DVD player, the HDMI connection can pass an uncompressed 7.1... | |
| Which movie would you most like to see in HD That 500 GB drive sure came in handy. I must have 50 HD movies on my DVR. ;)Before you mentioned this at the end, I was going to ask, how did you fit all those movies on a DVR?Having answered that, now I have to ask, how do you get a 500 GB DVR? | |
| Netflix going Blu I have a cheap little Toshiba HD-D2 that has given me nothing but pleasure. I've really enjoyed playing HD DVDs from Netflix. You can buy an HD-D3 from Sam's Club for $128.What bums me out is that it will probably be a year or more before Blu-ray ... | |
| entry level TT For $200, you could realistically go with the well-made Technics knock-off, the Audio-Technica AT-PL120. It was even well-reviewed in issue 11 of Tone Audio Online, p. 9, by the editor, whose main TT is a Rega P9.Another great entry level TT that ... | |
| Which movie would you most like to see in HD The Star Wars sextology has evidently been remastered in HD, just not released on discs yet. I've seen listings for HD broadcasts of all the Star Wars episodes on either StarzHD or HBO HD, can't remember which. And I checked some of them out and t... | |
| Outlaw 990 VS Yamaha RXV1500 Zigonht, you can be sure the reason the price of the Outlaw 990 is dropping fast is because it's obsolete, and I bet a replacement is in the wings. That's what happened when I bought my 950. I was so pleased that the price had dropped to $699 (sum... |