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Plasma 42 inch ....
I have the Hitachi 42HDS52 and I use a Sony DHG-HDD250, an HD DVR. I have intermittent lip sync problems with both my digital sources which are a Cambridge Audio DVD79 DVD player and the DVR. The weird thing is that the problem I have is the oppos... 
Harmony Remote Control
I have the 880 and it works well with the frankenstein system I currently have. I have had custom hex codes from pronto machines and others imported into my remote several times and customer support has always been responsive (within a day or two)... 
How to wire a speaker to multiple amps/preamps?
Thanks again for the responses, I'm getting some good ideas...If I didn't have switches at the volume controls, would I still be able to control the source in each room independently? I suppose I could have a main switch in one room that controlle... 
How to wire a speaker to multiple amps/preamps?
Thanks very much for the responses, this is very helpful.Now I'm thinking maybe I could get away with just having the wiring installed, and do the switches/volume controls and speakers myself (please warn me if that's crazy :), which could save me... 
How to wire a speaker to multiple amps/preamps?
Thanks for the answer. Is it possible the volume controls installed in each room come with switches, or would that be on a "main" switch for all the speakers? 
Please list all USB digital to analogue devices
M-Audio: Audiophile USB, FastTrack Pro/USB, MobilePre USBSlim Devices: Squeezebox2Apogee: MiniMe 
Music from hard drive better than CD?
I use the slim server software, which you can get and run on it's own, and it works well. It can stream most any format of music (shorten, flac, wav etc) over the internet (you'll need a fat upstream pipe), handles 100,000+ songs no problem, and i... 
Music from hard drive better than CD?
Thanks Edesilva, I had always assumed that there was a significant drawback to the long digital coax, even going into the "jitter buster" Meridian 518, so I replaced the long coax with an equally long USB cable attached to an M-Audio Audiophile US... 
If Rowland made PC cases.....
I agree with pc noise being a problem in the home audio setup, which is why I like this site:http://www.endpcnoise.com/They have a totally silent machine that cools with no moving parts in a soundproof case, nice! It kinda looks like a tower amp o... 
Music from hard drive better than CD?
Sorry, I just noticed that EAC has already been mentioned here.I believe there are 2 main issues that effect the quality of audio from a hard drive, which are 1) creating an accurate copy of the source material onto the hard drive and 2) accuratel... 
Music from hard drive better than CD?
It is also important to note that getting music from a cd onto a harddisk is non-trivial due to the vaguaries of the redbook format, so some quality will be dependent on the copy. There is more information about this at EAC (http://www.exactaudioc... 
Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo
Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin in Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho from Friday Night In San Francisco.I don't know about superlatives, but this is one amazing 11.5 minute pure guitar piece. 
Audiophile reggae?
Toots and the Maytals albums "From the Roots", "Funky Kingston" and "In The Dark" have been remastered well, and have many classics from which nearly every reggae artist (and many others) have been inspired.I second the Black Uhuru vote as well, "...