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| Best movie for subwoofer test ? I find War of the Worlds with the scene of the spaceships when they first appear to be the lowest note I have ever heard through my sub. Lots of movies have explosions but this is more like a pipe organ the size of a large building. | |
| Pat Metheny Fans, Great Suggestions Please ?? I recommend 'Speaking of Now' for a contemporary PMG recording. Great combination of composition, playing and sound.'Letter From Home' has always been one of my favorites from 1989. Amusing that it says "a digital recording" on the front cover. I ... | |
| Bose lifestyle 48 The biggest gripe I have with Bose is the price. For $4k and a bit of auditioning you could probably do a bit better or at least as good for less. Much of the price for Bose goes toward marketing. Don't believe people that tell you it is crap, it ... | |
| Classe SSP-600 or Parasound C-1/Any recommendation You should look at the Cary Cinema 11a that is due to be out soon. It will have room eq but not Audyssey, 2 hdmi inputs and 1 output. It will also process the new audio formats. It does not do any video processing but will pass the video untouched... | |
| Leave solid state amps on? Or turn off everytime? FWIW my Pass Labs x2.5 pre-amp does not have a power switch. The only way to turn it off is to unplug it. | |
| Brandi Carlile With T-Bone it will never be overcompressed and the quality of each sound is excellent but his mix is kind of dark and complex with a lot going on. I like his recordings and think they sound great on a nice rig but I do think he should evolve from... | |
| Confessions Tom Jones, Neil Diamond and the Monkeys. Radio only though. | |
| Widespread Panic on Austin City Limits... Don't tell the Band, 'Til the Medicine Takes, Aint Life Grand and Ball are my favorite Panic CD's. Other studio releases are just a notch below. Of course they made their mark with thier live shows. Great band. | |
| best artists in the last 15 years Ben Harper, Wilco, Porcupine Tree and Keb Mo. | |
| Jackson Browne CD's The Running On Empty CD that comes with a dvda also sounds awful. The odd thing is the dvda is outstsanding so the master tapes must be in good condition. We all know CD can sound wounderful so this one kind of makes me scratch my head. | |
| best choice for new processor for hd audio and 2 c Here is anothyer choice-http://www.caryaudio.com/products/cinema/cinema11a.html | |
| Amp Config for B&W 802D's Please keep in mind your budget and the quality of the amps. In general a $2000 stereo amp would most likely be better than 2 $1000 stereo amps used to biamp or 2 $500 monos.Having said that the best options in order are 4 monos to biamp, 2 stereo... | |
| Dynamic, deep bass tube preamp. The Modwright swl 9.0 se has great bass. Not really a tubey sound, just enough to take away some digital glare on top and add a bit of richness to the mids of an organ otherwise it kind of sounds like really good solid state, which is good for the... | |
| What comes after CD`s? PC based downloads seem to be the best bet for hi-rez music. I had big hopes for bluray but there seems to be a limiting factor with hdmi because it will always be linked with video wich we all know is bad for pure audio. Charles Hansen of Ayre sa... | |
| Best Power amps in $7000 range Pass Labs, Plinius, Ayre, Boulder are options but why not stick with what you know that works well with your speakers and pony up for a new Classe? |