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| Great sounding close to back wall speakers. It's hard to guess what will work in a specific location, but certainly speakers designed to work close to the wall should be the focus of your search. In the relatively high efficiency group, I've heard and liked the sound of Audionote speakers. ... | |
| LCD or DLP? Dawgbyte,SXRD is Sony's name for what is essentially a LCoS technology. LCoS/SXRD is a form of reflective LCD technology. LCD technology involves a chip whose pixels are composed of long molecules that twist when an electric charge is applied. Tha... | |
| Listening to my HD650's, a sobering experience... I, too, like the AKG 1000. But, while it is not as much an in-the-head experience, it does not come close to the natural soundstage of speakers. I consider headphone listening to be a completely different experience so soundstaging is not importan... | |
| Best preamp is no preamp: always true? I have never heard a situation, where price was not a limitation, where NO preamp or where a passive preamp was superior to a really good, system-matched linestage. I know the mantra about sufficient output and compatible input and output impedanc... | |
| DLP or LCD what do you think Not only are they quite expensive, but unless you are willing to spend REALLY big bucks, they are still 720X1080 and not 1080X1920.The 3-chip SXRD front projector from Sony is the the one everyone now has to chase in front projectors. It is amazin... | |
| DLP or LCD what do you think Bruceomega,You are right about the Sony sets not accepting 1080p input. This is idiotic, considering that the display operates at a native 1080p rate. I own a Qualia set and I've been looking into outboard processors. It would be nice to input a f... | |
| DLP or LCD what do you think As noted above, SXRD, is a different form of LCD. It is a reflective LCD vs. a transmissive LCD. Reflective LCD (Sony SXRD or LCOS, the term used by other manufacturers) respond much faster than transmissive LCDs so they do not have problems with ... | |
| Best Isolation HRS? SRA? Zoethecus? Symposium? I have found there is no other way to approach mechanical isolation other than to try different products. It is not simply a matter of finding something that gives you the MOST isolation or dampening. Sometimes less is more desirable. I've heard s... | |
| Amati Anniversario in CES... Don't know about CES appearance, but the importer, Sumiko, generally does a static display in one of the big exhibition halls, and does not take a room at Alexis Park. I don't recall seeing any Sonus Faber speakers at Alexis Park or the next door ... | |
| Tremendous RF problem -- phono stage is a radio As noted above, it is an absolute "must" that you use shielded cables. Also, if you have your cartridge "unloaded" (e.g., 47kohms or higher) you might try a lower figure (higher loading), such as 1,000 ohm or 150 ohm, etc. Higher loading attenuate... | |
| "Off" vs. "Standby" and tube life The safety issue is not limited to tubes. The tube itself won't start a fire, but the failure of the tube could casue other components to overheat and create a hazard. But, that is the case with solid state gear as well. Actual fires from componen... | |
| Do speakers have to "warm-up" too? I doubt that there is much warmup for speakers. Conceivably, the suspension parts (surround, the spider, etc.) could be warmed by friction, but I have never heard of that making an appreciable difference. The voice coil itself is NOT a moving part... | |
| "Off" vs. "Standby" and tube life You can put the amp into standby, or you can mute the amp, or put it into standby or you can select a different input than the CD player before turning the CD player off. The point is that the CD player MAY emit a pulse when it is turned off which... | |
| I am openning a shop. What equipment should I sell These days, I don't see anyone that is not already a well-established dealer making money on audio. It's home theater, custom installation, distributed music/video, Crestron (or the like) control system and even automobile audio that makes money. ... | |
| Tube amp warm up As the charge builds on the plates of the capacitor, they actually move a bit in relationship to one another. But, for something sitting around for a few months, that is not the issue.Still, capacitors take a very long time to come up to song, som... |