mrowlands
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| Tuner recommendations I listen to FM fairly regularly, and just had to have a remote in order to switch away from lame tunes. I'm extremely happy with the Parasound T3 with a Fanfare antenna. I should disclose, however, that I've used only the balanced outputs and I al... | |
| Balanced XLR Turntable / Tonearm The last time I checked (about 2 years ago), the folks at www.originlive.com would special order their tonearms with balanced cables. I've heard that there can be a small but definite improvement (blacker background, possibly better dynamics) by g... | |
| Do we break in our componets or do our componets ? Actually, faith is required to believe that any component does not break-in, because changes caused by passing an electrical current / magnetic field through just about anything are indeed measurable. So the only question is whether anyone can hea... | |
| I'm confused Marty, it seems that you haven't actually stated your goal; is it to listen to bombastic movies without clipping? And/or do you want to be able to clearly hear each instrument in a 2 channel symphony? While it's true that the same amount of money ... | |
| XRCD Technology One thing overlooked here is the actual manufacturing process. There are numerous examples of bit-for-bit identical CDs coming from the plant that sound much worse. Many of us have even experienced this with our CD burners. This is evidently due t... | |
| Question for DENON 3803 owners Most DVD players can simultaneously output from the analog and digital outputs. It is up to you to use the menus to assign the correct input (analog or digital jacks) to the given source button on the receiver. Just a reminder that ANY processing ... | |
| Do we break in our componets or do our componets ? It's all of the above! Surely we ourselves get broken in somewhat but many of us have experience with breaking in a terrible sounding component without listening to it for several days, and then hearing an enormous improvement. I suppose you could... | |
| How do you store a whole lotta LP's? If you want good old wooden bookshelves and you aren't sure if the shelf can support the load, you can reinforce the shelves with 1/2 inch square hollow metal bars, available from Home Depot. Just cut to length, drill and countersink 4 or 5 holes,... | |
| Burning coxial antenna cable on a cooker. Fascinating idea! Changes due to vigorous burn-in might have an even greater effect on the ultra-low level FM signal. Unfortunately, if you think about the nature of a modulated signal in a typically RF saturated environment, they might not be for... | |
| A few questions about DAC basics Thanks for the update. Better cables will improve it even further. Have fun! | |
| Here's how a CD copy of a copy can sound better Matt8268, if you get a low jitter bitstream identical to the original CD, in theory you could achieve a better sound quality by re-recording at X1 speed for the reasons mentioned above. Do you have a way to do a bit-compare on audio CDs? Just try ... | |
| Here's how a CD copy of a copy can sound better Gboren, jitter most definitely occurs in the digital domain. Do a Yahoo search for "jitter definition" to see some examples. It should be easy to imagine that the "pits" on a CD won't be perfectly timed, and that the quality of the media as well a... | |
| A few questions about DAC basics Lkdog,Nice idea, but there's another problem in addition to the degradation mentioned by Mraybeck. When using the EXT inputs, you'll be running a full range signal to the front speakers, so the crossover setting in the sub that works well this way... | |
| A few questions about DAC basics It's a good idea to try the analog outs from the Pioneer. Regarding the subwoofer, an external DAC like the P3A will not have a subwoofer out, so I'm not sure what you're saying there. You will only be using the FL and FR inputs on the Denon. So t... | |
| A few questions about DAC basics Lkdog,The EXT IN is perfect, except that if you are using the Sub out from the Denon it may be useless when using the external DAC. I have the same situation with my bottom of the line Onkyo HT receiver, but I find that the music is so much better... |