mr_hosehead
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| Paradigm Studio 20 v.2's vs. Revel m20 The Revel center (C30, or I guess it's now the 32) is nominally smaller than the Studio CC v.2. It's also supposed to be an exceptional CC - clear as can be on voices, etc. I guess it depends on just how much (& where/why) your CC v.2 doesn't ... | |
| XM radio no longer commercial free When DirecTV came out with the news of the switch and I decided to wait on making the plunge into satellite radio until I could sample XM - and I'm sure glad I waited. I've now heard XM via DirecTV and Sirius during a trip to NY & back and am ... | |
| College budget reveiver help For a receiver, maybe also consider something like a used Pioneer Elite (43/45tx, 5_tx, etc) which should come in at way, way under your budget. As a college student w/ needs for "just" 5.1 I'd also guess you don't have a cavernous space to fill, ... | |
| Thoughts on A/V receivers Yeah, but maybe not exactly what you were asking for? For starters, I'd recommend that you make a list of the top 3 or 5 features that are most important to you (processing, connections, remote, etc.). Match that prioritized list w/ the receivers ... | |
| Drying sand in the oven- anyone try it? I vaguely remember a thread along this line quite a while back, but I don't have any link (sorry). I also vaguely remember there being comments about being a little careful about just what kind of sand & where you get it, because I think the p... | |
| Do Dacs have error correction? Yes, DACs have error correction. No, it is not the kind of ACK/NACK dialog you might find in a network, etc. where you might get a retransmit message. Think bitstream, a whole lotta bits coming down a one-way chute.The kind and amount of error cor... | |
| Best SACD-CD Player under $1000? Gotta second the Denon DVD-2910. If you do some research you'll find out just how good this unit can be. And if you work at it you should be able to find one for a decent price. There will likely be plenty of suggestions in this price range, many ... | |
| Should I or not Try 'em on the long wall. Not because they will for sure sound that much better, but because you can tell your brother you tried it and here's what you found. And, just to try it.None of us can really tell you exactly what's gonna happen when you ... | |
| Some guidance please? If you do decide to plunge into the used market for speakers, you might also want to consider trying to go for local pickup. It beats the heck out of shipping damage, you get to see them just before you hand over your cold hard cash (not that ther... | |
| Great concert Saw him 10 days ago at The Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. Tremendous music & musicianship, abysmal sound. Even the wife (she w/ a deaf ear) commented on the horrible mix. Opened here w/ a song from Ragpicker, had maybe one song from Shangr... | |
| HDCD, Digital Out or Thru DAC? Where is your HDCD processor? If I remember right, you're running an HDCD-ready Rotel for your HDCD processing, and since HDCD operates in the digital world it has to see those extra bits in a digital signal. Try looking around here: http://www.hd... | |
| Best HT Speaker "package" for under $2500?? For starters, head off to sites like these: Ascendaudio.com, Axiomaudio.com, AV123.com. You can buy pre-configured packages, design your own, and there even some on sale (Today only! just kidding on that part...). All have excellent offerings in t... | |
| Paradigm Studio v2 VS. Vandersteen 2Ce Signature ? It all depends... On things like: Are you actually talking Paradigm Studio v2s or v3s? (Yup, some do think there's a difference and not always that v3s are superior). On how old you are ('cause high-freq sensitivity does steadily drop after ~30, '... | |
| HDCD question..... ??? From what I was always taught, if your Rotel has the capability to handle the HDCD processing then you could use practically any player and still get the benefits of HDCD (as long as you connect them correctly). If "HDCD-ready" means the chip/... | |
| B&W JM Labs or Paradigm Signature S8.....Help? Without knowing or being able to control all of the variables - the most important being our hearing vs. yours - it's going to be hard to do more than offer encouragement to A/B as many of these as you can. Any input you get is really just persona... |