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New tv?
Jjrenman, when I set mine to highest rate (240Hz) movies look like video made by home camera (soap opera effect). There is a reason why movie makers still record exactly 24 frames/s while technology allows for much more.http://www.gq.com/blogs/the... 
itunes/ext hard drive integration
Ernie, I keep separate disk (also 1TB) and 2 backups. My Time Machine is strictly for the MacMini but I could instruct it to backup also the other drive. I decided it might be not optimal since I prefer to have backup disk unpowered and disconnect... 
New tv?
AFAIK Kuro doesn't exist since 2010. Some of technologies were sold to Panasonic and used in Viera line.I can easily recognize Plasma in large stores because of its yellowish white. The fact that plasma, in the review, scored higher for contrast o... 
New tv?
I have 55" Samsung LED with edge lighting. It is just excellent. Black levels are as good as the best Plasmas while sharpness is stunning. Brightness and contrast stay during day in bright room (adjusts itself). The only problem is that Samsung co... 
do i still need a pre-amp
The signal being output by the TV will be Dolby Digital stereo or surround depending on the broadcastIt depends on TV. Panasonics output Dolby with digital and PCM with NTSC automatically. Since NTSC is gone you would be stuck with Dolby. There is... 
Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar Jewels
Ptss, you mentioned Laurindo Almeida. If you also like Sammy Davis Jr. I recommend this wonderful recordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkCw5Fl49I 
Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar Jewels
Sharon Isbin - Latin Romances for Guitar, Dreams of the World David Russell - Aire Latino (wonderful South American music), Reflections of SpainTry very high quality recording: David Russell - Art of The Guitar.Sharon Isbin is simply amazing while... 
Reading Spec Sheets
Bombaywalla, You mentioned important point - quality of power supply. Design seems straightforward with just transformer rectifier and capacitors but in reality it is pretty complex. Linear supply is unregulated and because of that requires a lot ... 
Reading Spec Sheets
Bombaywalla, Rowland 625 is class A/B amp with switching power supply. It is light amplifier (light power supply) in very heavy case. 
Reading Spec Sheets
Judging by power doubling, new Jeff Rowland Model 625 that outputs 300W@8ohms and 550W@4ohms is weak amplifier and that would be a mistake. Judging by weight, as Jmcgrogan2 suggested, is perhaps better, but there are exceptions. Amplifiers that ha... 
Stainless Steel Binding posts on speakers?
I would guess that it doesn't make much difference. Resistance of binding post is most like in order of milliohms* while speaker is in ohms. For the Damping Factor, speaker impedance is mostly resistive and in addition there are inductors in serie... 
Music Server now bane of my existence
Al, absolutely right, it takes too long. On the other hand, why to even make on line backup when it is already done in NSA. Just ask them for the copy. 
Music Server now bane of my existence
Doggiehowser, Right now about 650GB in ALAC. I stated time I spend connecting, checking disk, starting program and disconnecting. I don't count time when computer is doing backup (few hours) while I'm watching TV. Sometimes I start backup when I g... 
Music Server now bane of my existence
Timrhu, After backup is done program performs automatic verification. I also check before next backup. At each time I have main HD and two unpowered backups in storage. Whole operation is about 15 min of my time every 6 months.Server based playbac... 
Music Server now bane of my existence
Jult52, For me net result is flawless system, 15 min work every 6 months (or less often if I ripped <20 CDs) and no loss of quality over time. It didn't cost me time to rip CDs since I mostly ripped what I listened to (listening and ripping at ...