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can harbeth speakers play loud
I did not mean to offendenjoy! 
can harbeth speakers play loud
a 12" woofer and a 6.5" midrange and you are concerned about enough volume? really?I heard these at a show and they cranked pretty good and I am sure they were just cruising along not even sweating... 
Putting together first stereo....
first of all welcome Chriskchung and do not worry about what we think, most of us have seen it all...the first thing you need to do is to make sure the speakers will work in the room that you have for them, can you place them out into the room if ... 
Do you ration your favorite music?
I do as well, something to be savored... 
Netflix streaming, is 11.5 mbps enough?
thanks again everyone.Just a quick update, I have the Apple TV and the picture is quite nice and looks better than my Uverse HD (which is average but decent overall) sometimes the Apple TV looks over saturated or a bit animated but is very enjoyab... 
DIY high end speakers?
Audio Note kits offer high efficiency models 
Music that everyone else loves but you just don't
Realremo, Radiohead is an easy target because they are so big and easy to remember tooI think they are OK but everything new seems just OK to me (not great) 
Can you believe this?
congrats but also let us know how you feel in 3 weeksany change has a way of sounding best for a brief period and then the things surface - bad things... cue ominous music...I hope not and it sounds as if you are having fun so good for you 
Music that everyone else loves but you just don't
almost all popular new music including rock, alternative and especially hip hop, rap etc etc etcnew music seems totally souless and contrived to me even very good groups like Wilco or Radiohead are lacking something of the older stuff I agree Spri... 
French Speakers?
JM Reynauds are Très bien 
Netflix streaming, is 11.5 mbps enough?
thank you very much Theo, I finally conceded that I will just plug the HDMI into the TV and use it's sound. If I want I can get the HDMI switch.I remember Leo from ZDTV (now G4) I hope he cut his ponytail off! ;)I am sold on the Apple and am off t... 
Netflix streaming, is 11.5 mbps enough?
Internetmin,Did you compare the pic and sound between the Roku and Apple?Are they close? Is it about DVD quality on the pic?I may just buy one or the other and forget about using my stereo so I can have cheap streaming.thanks again,Phil 
Netflix streaming, is 11.5 mbps enough?
If I use the RCA on the Roku I am stuck with the yellow RCA plug for pic because the player only supports one output at a time, if I use the HDMI to TV and then TV RCA out it will degrade the sound (by how much I do not know) but is a better optio... 
Netflix streaming, is 11.5 mbps enough?
I looked at both the Apple and Roku and neither allows you to hook it up to your stereo via RCA plugs, a big downer for me. I will keep looking and may buy an Oppo yet. 
how to hookup Netflix streaming to a OPPO BDP-93
thank you Gz3827 I finally got that info from Oppo as well.