johnnyb53
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| Which movie would you most like to see in HD 02-08-08: SchipoPlan 9 from outer space.He-he. Good one. Not in the same league, but right now I have the HD DVD of 1956's Forbidden Planet in the house from Netflix.What I'd like to see in hi-def? Lord of the Rings trilogy. Going hi-def did wonde... | |
| Deciding on a phono preamp Although it doesn't look like the black widow is compatible with a MC cardtidge it would leave me room to move into one by getting another tonearm down the road.If you like the overall compliance/effective mass match of the Grado Green and the Bla... | |
| Outlaw 990 VS Yamaha RXV1500 I have another pre/pro based on the Sherwood-Newcastle P-965--the Boston Acoustics AVP7. I haven't heard or compared it to the Yamaha you're asking about. But I concur with Javachip that the Sherwood-Newcastle P-965 is clean and quiet. I've had mi... | |
| Lonely piece of marble: where should it go? Put the marble on top of your subwoofer. | |
| Best Cartridge for Less than $500 I nominate the Rega Exact 2. It's a dead-nuts compliance/resonance/alignment match for an RB300, price is in your ballpark, doesn't require anything fancy in the way of stepup transformer or hi-gain preamp, and in its element (i.e., on a Rega tone... | |
| Who LOVES their under $ 1000 table combination ? Can you give more info on what the "Denon 1800" is? Drive type? Era? Any pix online you could find? | |
| Best Mid-Priced DVD/SACD/DVD-A/HDCD Player? Another vote for the Oppo. I have the Oppo DV-980H. It doesn't have the Faroudja chip, but the video and the HDMI upconverting are very satisfactory. Oppo says the 980 is slanted more toward sound quality. For a music player I really like it. It i... | |
| I have a 7.1 preamp,is there a 7.1 dvd player? The Oppo DV-980H has 7.1 analog outs. I plug mine into a Boston Acoustics AVP7, which has 7.1 analog inputs. I like the sound and performance of this arrangement. It does a nice job on Red Book, HDCD, DVD-A, SACD, and std. DVD video. I actually sl... | |
| Ortofon 2M Black vs. Dynavector 10X5 No, but I'm sure interested. I've heard encouraging things about the 2M Blue from Marc Phillips, who reviews for Tone Publications, has a Michell Orbe SE, and normally lives by LOMCs and SET amps. The Black not only has the Shibata stylus, Ortofon... | |
| Who LOVES their under $ 1000 table combination ? Meeeeeeeee! I looooooooooove my Technics SL 1210 M5G. I've tweaked it enough that it comes in just under $1K, but it's those tweaks that have made it so musically endearing.Breakdown:Turntable from Guitar Center: $500Used Oracle Groove Isolator ma... | |
| Warner and Blu ray? 01-27-08: ShadorneAt least people who buy a $99 player will not have much to complain about if HD-DVD media does die out....That's why I bought the HD-D2--I never planned to buy discs, just play HD DVDs from Netflix and get a good upconversion fro... | |
| Warner and Blu ray? I didn't trust that 93% figure either, as it was on www.blu-ray.com, and I found it hard to believe that Blu-ray player sales would double immediately after the Warner announcement, given that $150 HD DVD players were suddenly flying out the door ... | |
| Warner and Blu ray? 01-26-08: RugyboogieLocal retailers are advertising their HD DVD players for $99 plus get 3 movies for free. At this price point you know who is going to buy this price. The local A&B Sound says that they have sold over 300 in just 2 days. May... | |
| Anybody have experience with a Pro-ject RM 6 SB? Whether the Pro-Ject/Sumiko ensemble is worth purchasing is somewhat dependent on the asking price. At $200 it's a no-brainer. At $600, you might want to spend just a little more and get a Technics SL-1210 from Musiciansfriend for $400, a KAB flui... | |
| SACD & DVDA done? I think the Blu-ray spec is so complicated, demanding, and dense, that it's difficult to get a Blu-ray drive to share formats with anything. The first ones couldn't even play CDs. As they work things out, the Blu-ray players appear to be able to p... |