loomisjohnson

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Upgrade under $1000. Aragon or?
aragon and acurus are owned by the same company and to my knowledge their amps share the same architecture, so i'm not sure you'd hear much difference. in any event your amp/pre are very good and certainly on a par with what you'll find in their p... 
Hello - Need Help Please
peachtree nova (around $500 used) would fit your needs and will likely have a better quality dac than the amps you're considering. you might also look at a dac with volume control + seperate power amp. the emotiva xda2 is well regarded and they ha... 
Pssst . . . . best New Album Perhaps of the Decade
MOGed it. Not as bad as RL claims, but it does sounds alot like Coldplay, which is never a good thing. 
any one give the Polk Lsi25 a good listen?
I'm also surprised by the Polk hatefest on this thread--on previous threads their avid fans have leaped to their defense. Personally, I think Polk's finest work was in the 80s--the SDA, RTA and even the low-cost Monitor series were really good in ... 
Help with Acoustat Model 1 + 1
klinerm, i'm surprised that tubes would have enough juice--what specifically are you running your acoustats with? 
Upgrade Proceed PDP & PRE to AVP
i recently sold my avp s, which i used exclusively for two channel; it was a nice piece but i preferred my more transparent parasound and older hk preamps in my setup. i've never done a direct comparison between the avp s and the pdp/pre, though i... 
The profiteers have struck Squeezebox Touch $750
although some greed-crazed dorks were listing the sbt on ebay for as much as $1850(!), actual sales ranged from $320 (used) to $450 (new), which seems relatively sane. it's a free market, i know, but it offends me nonetheless when sellers egregiou... 
Cream: Disraeli Gears Documentary
donjr, thanks for the reference. as you said, it was cool to see clapton et. al. break down the songs and to learn, among other things, that "tales of brave ulysses" was lifted from "summer in the city" by the lovin spoonful. my take on cream, how... 
Who is Harry Nillson
just saw this documentary and was inspired to check out his recorded work. always thought nillson was to soft/aor to garner my interest, but on more critical listening have concluded that he really was a melodic genius and arguably the best white ... 
B&K Ref. 30 Problem
i think what you're getting in surround mode isn't center info, but the portion of the dialogue that gets normally summed to the L/R in the course of digital processing--the fact that it's much louder during the commercials is attributable to the ... 
B&K Ref. 30 Problem
so you've set the b&k to "no center" and, when your sources are connected to the analogue ins (whether rca or 5.1)the b&k is acting correctly. however, when you're sources are connected digitally, for whatever reason your b&k is readin... 
B&K Ref. 30 Problem
marco:intuitively, it sounds like a setup issue, but:1. with the digital connections, are you currently getting sound through your 2 surrounds or only your fronts?2. exactly what audio mode are you using on your b&k (surround, thx,dvd audio?).... 
Guilty pleasure of the month
maybe it's those curly locks, or the permanent brain damage resulting from hearing "i'm in you," but i never got into frampton's solo stuff. however, early humble pie (town and country/ as safe as yesterday) is really good, timeless stuff, as is "... 
SQ Touch without network
i had hoped to do exactly the same thing (connect the sbt directly to a large {500g} hd)--after much frustration logitech advised that the sbt wasn't designed to be used with a large cache of music files unless connected to a computer, though it d... 
Anyone have experience with Vincent Audio - SV-236
great sounding piece and very good value--favorably and credibly compared with much pricier amps. more power than your creek (which will make it beter for more demanding speakers) and has that warm, tube-y sound we all crave.