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Best speaker for vocals
Dali Helicons sound really great with vocals, no listening fatigue with the ribbon tweeters. 
Who is that incredible jazz bass girl?
thanks all, this is the one that got meESPERANZA SPALDING - "Overjoyed"at the White House tribute to Stevie Wonderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lNE7jWA5AE 
Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues
Sorry to report the replacement BDP-05FD now has same problem as last one, no video thru hdmi. Was working fine until unplugged, then no video thru hdmi, had to hook up component to get signal but won't go back to hdmi. Same thing happened with th... 
Who is that incredible jazz bass girl?
Esperanza Spalding... and she swings too, Phat pocket...Thats it! Esparanza Spalding thanks, how about that, right here in Portland. Brazilian influence is definitely there, big fan of bosa nova Getz/Gilberto stuffHave her cd on order, wonderful j... 
Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues
Thanks for all your helpful advice. Problem is now solvedExchanged it at BB for another 05 and now have 1080p.Difference is that this new 05 was setup with hdmi only and a 1080p tv from the get go. Other must have got some bad mojo on intial setup... 
Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues
Yes quality does differ lots, currently find my viewing driven by picture quality rather than content. Water is fascinating on the 151, you can see down into it. Apparently Rambo3 is supposed to be outstanding on bluray, if I can sit thru it again... 
Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues
Thankyou Cruz123, I asked the question on AVSforum last night, they were very helpful;sounds like an output priorty issue due to running both component and hdmi into the 151. Will unplug and try and reboot. 
Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues
This BD thing has been the biggest pain/format,I've ever encountered. Part of the problem is the discs themselves. It seems you can have the latest firmware and 2 weeks later a new disc won't play. I actually have 3 BD players and a HD-DVD player.... 
Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues
I first connected the bdp-05 to my sony crt where the initial setup took place. Then when connected via hdmi to the 151 plasma got audio but no video, and setup was greyed out. Unplugging and switching to component did not help. Maybe by using ana... 
Pioneer Elite vs. Pioneer "Standard" Kuro Plasmas
I too am curious about ISF. Im sure there would be an improvement over my best effort. But how does one qualify their expertise except thru reference. Anyone know of an ace in Portland area?The young guy at best buy said he was ISF trained and exp... 
Pioneer Elite vs. Pioneer "Standard" Kuro Plasmas
They had the 111 on sale for $2799 and 151 on sale for $5899. Settled on $4699 for the 151 and $550(799) for the BDP-05. Had to point out where the best Amazon pricing was. They also offered 2 years no payments or intrest on their card if your so ... 
Paradigm Studio 100 v.3 vs v.4
I have ver3 studio 20s, 550center and adp470 surrounds. Was going to add the 100s for mains but ended up switching to Dali Helicon here on agon. 100s are full size speaker for larger room and better bass.Version4 was said to be faster for better i... 
Pioneer Elite vs. Pioneer "Standard" Kuro Plasmas
Maybe their right. Besides the fall in high end sales could be Pioneer sees the end of the technology. This could be the last of the great plasmas before something like Mitsubishi's laserview technology wins out.Didnt mean to, but just pulled the ... 
Richard Gray's Power Company
I like my 600s and SubStation, great for video and protects my expensive cj equipment, like the substations softstart. Marked improvement over nothing but my oyaide outlets. 
Driving HT receiver w/quality preamp?
May want to consider a CJ Met1 6-ch hybrid preamp Ive got cd/sacd/dvd/tv into the cj pre to a cj amp,sub and a denon5803avr. Once it broke in this pre was an aha experience for me. Whether 2 or multi channel, cds, tv, movies, all sound better.