kthomas
Responses from kthomas
| Classe vs Meridian vs. Theta I think the answer probably really depends a lot on how much you value the movie reproduction, how many of the countless surround sound formats you care about, etc. The Lexicon MC-1 is widely applauded for it's ease of use and it's top-notch movie... | |
| Krell 500 vs. Bryston 9B Which models of Dynaudio would you be pushing? I have no hands-on experience with the Bryston, so unfortunately, I can't give you any comparison. I have owned the Krell KAV500 for a couple years now, and for the last year have driven Dynaudios wit... | |
| Home theatre and Musical Experience You've gotten some excellent advice, particularly with the analog preamp w/ HT pass through comment. If you're using nice speakers (which the N805's certainly are), you're not going to get anywhere near their full potential unless you give them ad... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I was going to say 1 in a 1000 but thought it might sound overly emphatic, despite the fact that it seems about right. It's probably slightly higher than that if you include the people I've drug in to one.I'm not suggesting a need to pander, and c... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Docwarnock, I agree - HT as a phenomena exists because of the classic marketing of creating a solution to a problem that didn't necessarily exist. Show people something cool, and sell them on how there life would be better if they owned one, and t... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Isn't the basic question how the Hi-end defines itself, at least with respect to how wide a band of interest they can shoot for? There seems to be a pretty constant pressure from "the high-end" to define big chunks of stuff out of the picture - po... | |
| Dunlavy SC-VI Where in the world does somebody PUT both a pair of V's and VI's :-)This is asked, of course, with extreme envy.... | |
| SACD Going Mainstream? The only low-priced SACD players I've seen announced have been by Sony. I haven't seen many low-priced DVD-A players either. I have no real insight as to strategy, but it makes sense to me that Sony's introduction of the cheaper SACD player is hop... | |
| SACD Going Mainstream? The only low-priced SACD players I've seen announced have been by Sony. I haven't seen many low-priced DVD-A players either. I have no real insight as to strategy, but it makes sense to me that Sony's introduction of the cheaper SACD player is hop... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I don't think the emphasis is so much on people being lazy or ignorant as it is on people not "caring" about better sound - it's (inexplicably to some of us) unimportant to them. This isn't the result of rapidly increasing laziness on the part of ... | |
| How many DVDs/CDs/LPs do you own? 75 DVDs800 CDs0 LPsActual software cost is about 40% of actual cost of hardware.Other potentially interesting demographic bits:Not DVD-A enabled.Not SACD enabled.PVR enabled. | |
| Dynaudio Contour vs. Confidence Thanks for the excellent hands-on advice - of course, you've put me in an bad situation now, having to raise the money, convince the wife, etc., but it's really great to know that it'll be well worth it. -Kirk | |
| DVD s reading CD-R s and CD-RW s I use Memorex media and have no problems with the Sony DVP-7700. | |
| DC-1 Vs. Proceed AVP I owned the DC-1 and have auditioned the AVP, though not extensively. They're both a bit dated at this point, but the DC-1 more so than the AVP. The DC-1 was/is really great on HT - it was a bit step up from my original Denon AVR-3600 for both mov... | |
| DVD s reading CD-R s and CD-RW s Which Sony player are you using? My DVP-7700 reads CDRs just fine, and I thought Sony was a line that did in general (obviously I'm wrong!). There are a lot of DVD players that don't, so it's definitely an issue. |