loomisjohnson
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| Joseph Audio Pulsars i auditioned the pulsars recently with the new peachtree preamp and a pair of manley shrimp(s). they're very good--extremely fast, detailed and transparent. ruthlessly revealing--lousy recordings sound lousy. bass extension was not real deep (they... | |
| Small wall-mount speaker recommendations? rega rs1 are within your budget and size criteria and sound very good--they work very wall at or near wall. also consider audioengine passive monitor (p4?)--surprisingly good for the price. | |
| Genuine Basement tapes there's a 4cd version called tree with roots--usually available on ebay. | |
| Use Marantz 6006 as pre amp to a Rotel 1095? definitely worth trying--the amp section is the achilles heel on most mass market avrs. i'd be surprised if you didn't see significant information with the rotel. | |
| early 80s stereo receiver mm/mc phono.... remotes weren't commonplace 'til the late 80s, so you're probably looking at that era. in contrast to mofi, i'm very happy with my yamaha rx1000--lots of power features, etc. i've also heard some 2 ch sony es from the same period which should fit ... | |
| FM Radio is dead ....R.I.P xm (and to a lesser extent pandora) completely ruined fm for me--except for a couple of hard-to-get, sporadically good college stations, fm is a complete abyss in my town. that said, the audio quality of xm has always disappointed--it's not nearly... | |
| Monitor speaker with the best bass at $500 used fully agree with rrog re: the vs vr1s--they're a great, well-built speaker with massive thump for their size. $500-$550 is the correct used price--i've never seen 'em significantly cheaper. you could also look at polk lsi9. | |
| sleeper small subs stereo application i believe hsu designs the outlaw sub (haven't heard the outlaw, but the hsu is really good). also check out martin logan dynamo. | |
| LED vs Plasma, 60" vs 65" according to pcmag, black levels on the best leds are now better that plasma, to wit:Historically, plasma HDTVs have produced the best black levels, specifically the now-defunct Pioneer Kuro HDTV brand. The Kuro's screen got so satisfyingly dark t... | |
| RCA vs optical cable? someone dares to disrespect almarg? does he not fear the wrath of the audio gods? | |
| 2/3 of the way there. HT crash course help wanted if music were the priority, i'd opt for the b&k (or alternatively something like an arcam avr300)--they're sonically on another level than the mass-market avrs. however, since you indicate you'll be 80% movies, avgoround's advise is sound--a c... | |
| RCA vs optical cable? what i think you meant to ask is whether you can use a standard analog (red/white) rca audio cable as a digital coaxial (spdif) cable. (digital optical cables have a different type of connector). as kal notes, an analog rca cable has a different i... | |
| Help me build a nearfiield "desktop" audio system sounds like you're using your pc as a source, so you'll probably want a dac--consider something like the peachtree decco65 ($800), which is both integrated amp and dac + audioengine p4 speakers ($300ish) which are designed for at-or-near wall plac... | |
| Setup of Rotel RSX1056 w/o Remote? get yourself a harmony universal, which use an easy online setup and will control virtually anything--their earlier models like the 510 harmonyare very inexpensive ($50 or less) on ebay. it'll be much cheaper than buying a replacement rotel remote. | |
| I'm on StereoTimes... pathetic. sad. symetry. |