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| Is SACD dead? Not if you listen to classical music. I still cannot keep up with all the new issues.Kal | |
| EQ's... why doesnt everybody have one? I have reviewed the Meridian 861 twice and I just had mine updated to the latest version. However, I have not yet had the time to install it and take advantage of the EQ.One reason that you might not have been impressed with show demos is that you... | |
| EQ's... why doesnt everybody have one? Unsound asked: "Does a high quality digital room correction device that only effects sound below this point exist?"There are subwoofer EQs such as the R-DES and the Velodyne SMS-1 and, of course, you can use the Behringer and z-systems units only ... | |
| Are there different size toslink connectors? AFAIK, there is only one TOSlink connector but there is a smaller 1/8"-compatible optical connector, as well.Kal | |
| EQ's... why doesnt everybody have one? Dan wrote: "I owned a TacT for a while and, while I never had great results with it, I continue to believe in the technology and think Peter Lyngdorf is one of the few genuine geniuses in high-end audio."TacT is now run by the original software de... | |
| "Reverse" Bi-Wire Question No harm. No benefit. Single wire is simpler.Kal | |
| EQ's... why doesnt everybody have one? Eldartford wrote: "Kal...Maybe it ain't perfect, but the $300 Behringer DEQ2496 does a job which needs to be heard to be believed. Really!"I do not doubt it. I have used the Rives PARC and the Audyssey and the Velodyne SMS-1 and all of them were v... | |
| EQ's... why doesnt everybody have one? "This $200 piece of equiptment ($100 on sale at musiciansfriend.com) replaces several thousand dollars in assembling a perfectly linear system in perfectly linear room, and in my opinion, accomplishes the task better than any room design could no ... | |
| Anybody heard of a Marantz PH22 phono stage? AFAIK, they were all solid-state.Kal | |
| Which 5.1 ch Pre? The best deal is, still, a used Sony P9000ES but they are hard to find. AFAIK, YBA has discontinued the AR line, so the Pre-5 supply will be or is drying up now.Kal | |
| Anybody heard of a Marantz PH22 phono stage? Yes, I recall them and they were generally highly regarded at the time. IIRC, Ken Kessler reviewed some of the series (amps, at least) for HFN&RR.Kal | |
| speaker distance settings effect on soundstaging It should only be a time delay to account for the distance. However, what you may be hearing is the difference between no delay processing and added delay. Kal | |
| Subwoofers that do both L/R & LFE simultaneously? Why not get an Outlaw ICBM? It lets you combine and balance LFE and managed bass from any/all channels with any sub.Kal | |
| putting speaker vertical or horizontal? Would they image? Possibly or we would not have stereo, would we? OTOH, that is with slightly different signals. If you compare a mono signal over the pair with a mono signal over a single centered driver, you can hear the difference in terms of i... | |
| Power conditioners PureAV is a line of products which, of course, have varying features and capabilities. Which model are you referring to and what AC problems do you need to deal with?Kal |