rlwainwright
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| Are rig hours reversable? I always find it amusing that folks claim a positive difference after burn-in. I don't think I've ever heard it said that something sounded worse after X number of hours of burn-in. Frankly, this defies common sense and really makes question the v... | |
| What are the best on-wall speakers I *really* like my Gallo Reference AVs and they are a great voice-match to their Ref. 3.1s...-RW- | |
| flac player question Foobar2000 - absolutely FREE, lots of plug-ins to support 'most every file type (SACD, DVD-A, CD, FLAC, MP3, OGG, APE, etc., etc....), works as streamer thru DLNA.-RW- | |
| Top Audio Blu Ray Player Suggestions Addendum: My Oppo BDP-93 sounds terrific with the Porcupine Tree DVD-As that I have - Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia, Deadwing, Stupid Dream, Nil Recurring, and Arriving Somewhere. If you have not gotten all of these yet, by all means do so!!-RW- | |
| Weakest Link? Your honest opinions. Well, you're the one who lives with it, what do you think is the weakest link? Secondly, have you tried making your room as good as it can be? Waaayyyy too often folks throw money at equipment purchases when tweaking the room would pay much better... | |
| Top Audio Blu Ray Player Suggestions Oppo is the top-dog and many report it sounds very good indeed...-RW- | |
| Is HDtracks really selling you Hi-Rez music? HDTracks has been known to distribute re-sampled tunes that offer no benefit over the original plain old Redbook copy.I have a copy of Abraxas on CD that was done using SuperBit Mastering and it sounds very good.You might want to seek out the Supe... | |
| What kind of power cord comes with expensive gear >> And, yes, some component designers/manufacturers are clueless about cabling. <<As are most audiophiles...-RW- | |
| Best AV receiver to use as an AV pre amp >> The worst part of it is, they sometimes actually talk people into buying equipment based on their, less than adequate, understanding of audio equipment. <<If you are referring to me, you do not know what you are talking about. I hav... | |
| Gallo 3.5 Reference/ Speaker cable Solid Core? I would contact Gallo, if I were you. They sell a cable that is optimized for their technology, those may be your best bet...-RW- | |
| Cable Breakin Well, you know that all of the moving parts and the electronic components in a cable have to break-in before it sounds good, right? A year or two of break-in at 20 hrs. a day at 120db oughta do it.Just kidding...-RW- | |
| Best AV receiver to use as an AV pre amp Don't listen to the 2-channel bigots, they'll tell you that all multi-channel receivers are no good. Nonsense. Most of the better-quality Denons, Marantzs, Onkyos, Arcams and such are really quite good. And when you factor in the fact that they wi... | |
| Gallo 3.5 Reference and best speaker cables Paragraph breaks, plese - your post is un-readable...-RW- | |
| S Video to HDMI You need somthing like this, and HDMI to Compnent converter. $38.25 at MonoPrice.comhttp://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011410&p_id=8125&seq=1&format=2-RW- | |
| What are the "new" brands in amps and pre-amps nCore is getting some good reviews. And there are a bunch of ICE-powered designs that are gaining traction. It is a *very* good time for high-quality, real-world pricing on all sorts of gear...-RW- |