pzuckerman
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| Lack in harmonic richness The room/speaker interface is a cause of much audiophile dissatisfaction. Unfortunately, it isn't easy to cure the problem, as there are only so many things most of us can do or are prepared to do. I solved this exact dissatisfaction purely by acc... | |
| Sony STR-DA5300ES as Preamp? I use the predecessor STR-DA5200ES as a preamp. It replaced a TA-9000ES preamp. Over the years, I've owned a number of preamps, including APT, Briston, Denon, and the aforementioned Sony. I've also had occasion to audition other high-end brands in... | |
| Is it worth buying an SACD player? Sony does offer an Blue Ray Player with SACD decoding. It's the PS3 (except the 40 GB version). But Sony has abandonded the music side of SACD.I have about 200 SACDs and DVD Audio discs (DVD Audio is closer to death's door than SACD, but they are ... | |
| Which of Ravel's Bolero CD should I get? There is a great recording by Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra on Polygram, B0000041YR,and includes five other great Ravel works. | |
| Which Boney James Shake It Up, a joint effort by Boney James and Rick Braun, is the No. 1 seller as I understand it for either of them. If you're into smooth jazz, one listen will demonstrate why. The title cut is, as my wife comments, "the sexiest" song she's ever... | |
| Subwoofer: How low should I go? I'd consider a Buttkicker shaker and amp installed in the couch or listening chair, using the isolation feet the sell as well. The cost is small, the results impressive, and the neighbor disturbance factor zero. I have two Velodyne 15-inch subs PL... | |
| A real Gem I've had "Betcha Bottom Dollar" since it came out in 2007 and have loved it. The "Sisters" have a new release, "The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo," but Topperstopper's wish for more recordings from this group is not fulfilled. "Rise" is as abominable ... | |
| What's Toshiba replacing the Toshiba HD XA2 with? The history of all consumer electronics products is that with time they get better and the price drops. The computer I bought 10 years ago cost 10 times more than the one I bought last yeat and doesn't hold a candle to it. Blu-ray will be no diffe... | |
| move to multi-channel audio-only I've used the Sony TAP-9000es multichannel analogue preamp in conjunction with the Sony SCD-XA777es multi-channel SACD player for about the last six years. With a properly set-up multichannel speaker system, where the center is dead ahead, the fro... | |
| Netflix going Blu Best Buy announced it will feature and recommend Blu Ray in its stores, though it will continue to offer HD DVD. For those of you considering Blu Ray, the PS3 is the way to go. I'm not a gamer (the game that came with my PS3 is still in its shrink... | |
| SACD & DVDA done? There are recording labels which still produce SACD. I haven't seen a new DVD Audio release in a long time and many DVDA titles are no longer available except in the used market. I predict that Blu Ray surround sound music releases will replace bo... | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? I recommend SACD even at this date because even if you can't hear a difference between a Stereo SACD program and its redbook counterpart (I can hear a big difference, by the way), you surely can detect a monumental difference between a multichanne... | |
| In the World moving to Digital Interesting article which begs this question: What will happen when traditional projectors stop being manufactured? Won't tradiditional film-based movies suffer the same hardware upgrade retrieval loss as digital? I should think that not only digi... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? I propose a semi-scientific investigation which may lead to some insight. Perhaps there is a personality profile associated with being an audiophile, and perhaps the profile is prevalent in men and rare in women. I hereby propose the following inf... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? I think your estimate of 2 percent women is too high. I've never met one in over 30 years in the hobby. It's not as if women don't enjoy music, and they certainly patronize live music events. I know many women musicians and singers. I postulate th... |