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| Very Sad News: Jason Bloom of Apogee Is Dead I don't post here often, butI just wanted to see if the word about Jason had been passed on. I only wish that my Duettas were in full function right now, I always tend to my sorrows with music. | |
| Is it worth upgrading DVD to progressive scan? I use a Yamaha 920 with Faroudja DCDi technology. Oh my!All the difference in the world! Best upgrade for $500.00I have ever found | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I have had Apogee Duettas since 1985 and could not think of another speaker. Apogee may be out of business, but a fellow named Graz is making replacement ribbons for all of the Apogee lines. His designs are better than the original.Long live Apoge... | |
| Loewe or Toshiba HDTV ready? All direct view televisions have an invar or shadow mask. It is situated behind the screen and is in place to prevent the electrons from bouncing back into the crt. If you drive the crt too hard, the invar mask will overheat. This results in Bloom... | |
| How big is too big? NTSC stated that screen size V. viewing distance should be calculated by diagonal size times 7 feet to eliminate the scan lines. I often hear people complain that their TV looks grainy, they are simply sitting too close. Don't let ego or oneupmans... | |
| Loewe or Toshiba HDTV ready? Panasonics in general have a problem developing solder cracks on their main PCB, very poor workmanship for the last ten years. The toshiba is a very good product well designed and engineered, pix is outstanding. THe loewe is like a ferrari, you wo... | |
| SONY WEGA and component video ......... Timmy, I work extensively on sony products on a daily basis and am a factory trained CET. You set is not a progressive scan unit, so if your DVD is progressive, we have a compatability problem. The regulator problem sounds very familiar, Hmmm? Whi... | |
| Complete system for 10k (Audio+video) whoops! directed my comments to the wrong person, sorry prs123, no offense. | |
| Complete system for 10k (Audio+video) Angela, you can visit their website and get all the info you have ever wanted. Training sites, dates, basic seminar agenda etc. Just type in key word ISF and it should take you right there. I have had my Sony KV32xbr96 calibrated by an authorized ... | |
| Complete system for 10k (Audio+video) Angela, there is a consulting market out there. I been doing this for around two years and I am going to get certified by ISF in the next year. Go get it and you can do what you want. | |
| Which flat-panel tv brand??? I didn't realize that Proton was still around, they do have a very good tube in them. I like the Sony Trinitron due to the fact that there is less glare because of the vertical flatness. Either choice would be better than a flat screen. | |
| Which flat-panel tv brand??? I hate to disparage a great endeavor but all flat screens are mediocre at best. They all exhibit elliptical smearing on the sides due to the geometry of the tube. They are also very heavy. The sony 36" tube weighs in at 185lbs. by itself. This has... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Alanlaw, I apologize for this showing up in your thread, this is most sincere. This is also most sincere, I have had enough of the crap that rears it's ugly head on Audiogon threads. After having been directly involved with the site for a little o... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Hey Dekay/Cornfed, let's keep comments to the thread at hand. If you want to make jabs, email each other and really make it personal. | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement It does sound like sour grapes. I don't think that John Dunlavy would appreciate one of his "dealers" making such a remark. Read some of his white papers available on the Dunlavy website. Bad, Bad form! |