nighthawk
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| Best Cd Player under $100,000 Rumor has it the Toshiba 3960 sounds killer with $99,900 worth of mods. | |
| DVD player with a silent transport?? The Sony 999ES is pretty quiet. Kind of a pain to load, though, due to the shallow tray. | |
| Can you have a huge 3D soundstage in a small room? The only way to get close to what you want is to put the speakers on the short wall, 7-8 feet apart. Then pull the speakers well out from the wall, 5 feet or more, and treat the first reflection points on the side walls with absorptive material. I... | |
| Want better sounding speakers?......Look at this Treyfrench, ye of one post, the only stench of ulterior motives I smell is yours. Rushton is the wrong guy to pick on. His credibility around here is beyond reproach. | |
| Ayre CX-7 vs. Meridian G08 ? FWIW, I have had my G08 14 months now and have only had one disc that caused any mechanical noise. That was solved by levelling the player. That disc no longer causes any noise.Also, in the manual it says the G08 runs its transport at standard CD ... | |
| Ayre CX-7 vs. Meridian G08 ? I've tried both in my system and ended up buying the G08. Tonally, the two players are more similar than different. They both sound very natural with a slight bias toward warmth, but the CX-7 is a little warmer than the G08. The main reason I boug... | |
| Best HT subwoofer betwwen $2k-3k? Since this is just for HT, have a look at one of the powered cylinders from SVS subwoofers. You can't beat them for bang for the buck. | |
| Receiver for pre/pro? Jer, it is pretty hard to have a warm-sounding receiver without a warm-sounding power amp section. Pre-amps tend to be more neutral than power amps. So, if you bypass the power amp section, it is a crap shoot as to what the tonal quality of the pr... | |
| Need to tame bass I am not familiar with Monster M.75, but I tried Monster M1 from an older system I had on my Soliloquy 6.5s and the sound was intolerably boomy, even when the speakers were 4 feet from the wall. Kimber Bifocal XL cleaned up the bass completely (wi... | |
| How long does cable technology take to 'turn'? Lrsky, which model of Shotgun did you try? AZ has three models - Satori Shotgun, Double Barrel, and Absolute Shotgun. The bottom two are all copper, while the Absolute is a copper/silver hybrid. | |
| Need Good Advice - Speaker Cable Try Cardas Neutral Reference. It has a very balanced sound. The Cardas family as a whole has a pleasing, warm character. I think the Nordost would sound too lean in your system. Kimber Monocle or Bifocal XL would also be good choices, but may be t... | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help Tony, you're right, I was unfamiliar with your speakers. I looked them up on Shahinian's website and they look quite interesting. Even though your mains are capable of subwoofer-quality bass you may still want a dedicated sub for the LFE channel. ... | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help Tony, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any mention of power amps for the surround channels. If you get a pre-pro, you're going to need some amps. On the other hand, if you get a cheap receiver, as Beemer said, you can use the internal amps to p... | |
| How important is the Centre Speaker ? The better your main speakers, the less need you have for a center channel, even for off axis listeners. Speakers that image well can hold a strong center image even if off axis. A dedicated center is usually placed below or above the screen (with... | |
| Guilty Pleasures? Earth, Wind, and Fire, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson, Bach pipe organ. |