randy-11
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| Jazz for aficionados in New Orleans, kids with horns are all over the place, walking home from school - at high school football games, even if the team loses, if your band wins that is a victoryand here's a quote from a friend (who does not live there):"most of the st... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? not yet - waiting on Oppo & reviews of it | |
| Need recommendation for a CD player I'm waiting on Oppo - they just released the Sonica, so need to stick a tray in there... | |
| Mystery of the Disappearing Frequency see if you can rent some tube traps | |
| Mystery of the Disappearing Frequency have you checked the calibration of the microphone? | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? I guess that is a Photochop mock-up as I don't see a disc tray... | |
| Dick's / Dave's picks It's truly a great time to be a Dead Head -- except for one thing...BTW, A poster asked above about Sound Test - it is a legendary 'show" based on the band noodling around as a sound .. er... test (not people asking about a way to test the sound o... | |
| WHAT'S UP WITH MARANTZ? if Champagne Gold is not available in the US, then maybe a parts distributor where it is available can sell & ship you a faceplatealso, people need to contact marantz/hk as they likely do not read this boardI do agree with the above re a high ... | |
| Seeking advice/tips on improving sound quality add a Vandie sub - or two | |
| Comparing these CD players with my gear... Cal Audio Labs Icon mkII Power Boss is about as good as the Oppo 103 -- but does not play SACDs, etc. just HDCDI would blind test the newest Oppo against a few others in your own system - they will give you 2-5 weeks to do that.Start working up a ... | |
| Looking for speaker ideas. Vandies + room treatments | |
| Optical Audio Outputs. Is there audible differences or are they all the same? the grapevine does not understand light wavesI don't know mansr but he seems knowledgable - I do agree that Toslink should have no jitter problems nowadays.I am giving information so the OP can avoid the unspeakable horror of actually listening to... | |
| Seeking advice/tips on improving sound quality #1 improvement will be to upgrade the Vandersteens to 3's or higher and work on placement & room treatments (or patio treatments)#2 is to got back to those original CDs and find better sounding ones - better mastering - esp. important if they ... | |
| Idiot trying to upgrade his system - likes the tube sound Oppo is the price/performance leader for disc players, tho some like MarantzDo you like the McIntosh "house sound"?If yes, then will a more powerful amp allow you to avoid clipping? You will want to find that out ...It does sound like you will ap... | |
| Magnepans it happens sometimes; dunno how often (i.e. what % of units)pricing should reflect a risk factor for that and consequent repairsyou could call the factory and ask Wendell how often it happens and if it is related to being near the ocean, in the su... |