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| superbit? What is it? The superbit has a higher bit rate than standard DVDs. If you have a DVD player that can display the bit rate, you will notice that most DVDs change the bit rate during the picture. Scenes with a lot of motion require higher bit rates. Lower bit r... | |
| consensus on passive preamps? I have both a passive and active (in 2 different systems in the house). Passive can be very very good, but it does require more effort in component matching. You can get very poor results with passive when components are not selected carefully. Al... | |
| Any non-box or non-black grey amplifiers? Manley, Stingray. Looks kind of like it sounds. Perhaps retro looking in a way with the tubes--but definitely an eye catcher, and would probably be a very interesting contrast in a modern decor. | |
| Active crossovers The Marchand is quite good. Some have indicated it's better sounding than the Bryston, but I have to admit I have never done a direct comparison. I think it's fair to say that $ for $ it's probably the best out there. If your budget allows for mor... | |
| Active crossovers KP: There is a filter prior to the driver. It is effectively the cross-over. Essentially a high pass for the highs and a low pass for the lows. As Sean points out, you should bi-pass these. However, there is a word of warning here. While the cross... | |
| Active crossovers There are serveral good active cross overs. Bryston 10B and the Marchand are the two that both reasonably priced and sound very good. They are both solid state. I bought the Bryston--at the time Marchand did not make a balanced cross-over. I'm pre... | |
| Best sub- 300 DVD? I think Pioneer has the best low cost units out there. they have used their technology and really made very good units at that price point--consistently. Now having said that, by DVD 343 sound has gone out completely--only a year old. Will I buy a... | |
| What does this mean? Rwwear has it right. Audioquest could be the culprit of the confusion (no offense to AQ--I do like their cables), but they did a long line of "triple balanced, RCA or XLR connections" they also had a previous line of "double balanced" Then they ch... | |
| Balance control vs. Speaker placement I would suggest that you measure the speaker and room response of each channel independently. See if there are certain frequencies that are being attenuated by the room in one channel more so than the other. As previously mentioned an opening or o... | |
| Abstract7 signing over… Thanks you all. Please do let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. I value the feedback and forums here on Audiogon--obviously due to the caliber of people here. | |
| HE IS BACK AND BEWARE Did you notice that the winning bidder had given negative feedback on him twice--kind of odd--why would you bid on someone that you had not one, but two previous bad experiences with? |