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THE Show - worth going?
THE Show might be open to the public but CES is still industry only. Of course, many do find a way in.....Kal 
SACD/CD Player recommendation $3500 or below
" I'd thought of the Sony XA-9000, but the 6moons on it seems to trash it's native redbook playback vs the Denon DVD-5900 I've just sold."Hmmm. I prefer the Sony on Redbook. Different strokes....Kal 
When will HQV REALTA chips be in sets?
It will be in the Denon DV-5910 player, as well.Kal 
TDL transmission line speakers
TDLs, derived from IMFs, are big, beefy, widerange speakers but like a bit of power. The MF should be OK.Kal 
Revel Salons in an enclosure?
09-13-04: Jwells wrote: "You may also want to try out the Joseph audio inwall speakers. At the most recent CES, Jeff Joseph had a demo where he said his top of the line speakerswere playing only to reveal they weren't even hooked up; it was the in... 
The Magic of Brazilian Music
Esquina de SP (Wilma de Oliveira) SACD is excellent but strange. Each of the formats (MCH SACD, Stereo SACD, CD) has a different, but overlapping, selection of songs. Kal 
SACD vs DVD-A speaker set-up geometry
Answered in first response. Of course, there's no accounting for what the "gimmicky" discs might require. ;-)Kal 
Revel Studio Discussion- Everything Studio Here
Careful packing and storage in a cool, dry place should be fine. Make sure that the plastic bag moisture (and pest) barrier is intact.Alternatively, you can lend them to me for the interval in order to complete my MCH system. ;-)Kal 
SACD vs DVD-A speaker set-up geometry
I fully understand you, Ears, and I agree that such discs are annoying and unsatisfying. However, there are competent MCH discs. Perhaps my music preferences are different from yours but I find few gimmicky ones.Kal 
SACD vs DVD-A speaker set-up geometry
Eldartford-I was not speaking of music written for antiphonal or other spatial effects to be 'gimmicks' but was referring, specifically, to the previously-mentioned random placement of guitars and drums in the rear.Have you heard the Telarc Berlio... 
SACD vs DVD-A speaker set-up geometry
Despite Ears' cynical comment, music is almost always appreciated in an ambient situation. It simply depends on whether you can abide the synthetic ambience of a good listening room or prefer the real ambience of the performance space. Gimmicks re... 
Bass traps. ASC Bass Traps for my subwoofer??
Do you want to move the floor?Kal 
ultimate best speakers ever- now under 15K
All too many obvious candidates but you might consider, if you have not, putting half the money into room treatment. Otherwise, you are wasting money.Kal 
B&W Nuatilus
Well, first, just because the diamond tweeter was implemented in one way and resulted in a particular result, it is hard to predict that different tweeter implemented by another design team will give the same outcome. B&W did acknowledge that ... 
B&W Nuatilus
I like the way that several people make presumptions about the sound of the new models without having hear (or even seen) them. FWIW.Kal