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| TV VIEWING DISTANCE QUESTION One additional word of caution. If you are sensitive and subject to eye strain from watching tv, be particularly cautious about DLP. A lot of people report becoming fatigued by viewing DLP sets using a single chip (all rear projection sets and, ge... | |
| TV VIEWING DISTANCE QUESTION Plasmas can be very bright. That can be the cause of eye strain, particularly if you are not used to the brightness. It is possible to cause more eye strain from sitting farther, not closer, because the bright spot (the picture) in a small part of... | |
| Wilson Sophia Jhorton 19,I heard the WP7 system set up with Halcro amps at CES this year. It was one of the worst sounding combinations at the show -- shockingly bad: tinny, harsh, brittle, and very mechanical sounding.Having heard the WP7 in other systems, I s... | |
| Wilson Sophia One of the reviewers in an audio magazine, I believe John Marks, had great advice on this subject. He said to buy the speaker that you fall in love with, even if you have to sacrifice in other areas for now, because that will determine the basic q... | |
| What SS Int Amp to match with Sonus Faber? I have listened to properly set up Domus Concerto speakers using two different systems in the same audition room. One system utilized Hovland electronics, the other Naim. I, as well as other listeners, much preferred the Naim setup with this parti... | |
| Wilson Sophia I think that the way a speaker scales from soft to loud is MUCH more important than just how loud it plays. Most of the expensive speakers that I don't like fail the test, not because they can't play loud, but because they sound thin or lifeless o... | |
| Need help with finding a new phono stage. Moving coil cartridges are relatively insensitive to capacitive loading, that is why nothing is specified and phono stages do not provide for variable capacitive loading. Conversely, moving magnet cartridges are sensitive to capacitive loading and... | |
| Best headphones you've ever heard/used I agree with Theduke that the ESP 950 is a terrific headphone. It is smooth and full sounding while managing to NOT muddle detail -- a pretty hard trick. I too find the Senn to be a crude and rough sounding phone, relatively speaking, but then aga... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening Do they have to be monitors? What about smaller floorstanding speakers or monitor-like speakers with an integrated stand. One of the best sounding smaller speaker I heard was the Gryphon Cantata (integrated stand), but it is quite pricey.Small, fl... | |
| Please recommend a good Tube preamp. Do you require full remote control or just volume control?I like the Emotive Audio Sira linestage and the rather pricey Epifania. Neither are remotely controlled, but Fred Volz, the designer/builder, said that he could put in a remotely controlled... | |
| Best solid state pre-amp below US $ 10.000,00 ?? I agree with Teajay that the Placette is a very good contender in the below $10,000 bracket. I own a Placette Active linestage, although it is now a backup to a much more expensive Levinson Ref. No. 32. The Levinson is much more flexible and contr... | |
| Need Help with Plasma Burn In vs. DLP Decisions Rysa4,You made some very good points. Particularly with the big LCDs, uneven lighting is an issue, and this is the case even if a light has not burned out.I can see the screen door effect on a 42" plasma set easy at ten feet, but, unless I am real... | |
| Need Help with Plasma Burn In vs. DLP Decisions While black levels are not up to plasma standards, backlit LCD displays in the 42" to 46" have come a long way. The other issue of motion artifacts due to the slow on-off response of the picture elements has also been improved. LCDs also have less... | |
| Sony Qualia 004 projector-How well does it work? I like the image from the Qualia 004. It produces blacks that are quite good (not yet the equal of Sony's 9" CRT, but acceptable), and the color is fantastic. The projector itself is quite nice looking and compact compared to some of the 3 chip DL... | |
| Full Range Speaker $15-$20000 Range? Some pretty good suggestions above (e.g., Andra and the Innersound Kaya). I like the pair of speaker I own (S.A.P. J2001 (twin woofer)), but it is no longer made and is a bit above your specified range.Some other models to consider that I think so... |