rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| modest towers with high WAF for living room? Gallo Reference 3.1s - available here for approx. $1800/pr. gntly used. Much better than any of the speakers listed so far...-RW- | |
| Thoughts on Sharp's Aquos 70" LED TV? I, too, have a Mitsu DLP and I really like it. As for "expensive" bulb replacements, the bulbs are only $99 direct from Mitsu. I really like the picture that my DLP presents, very natural looking with excellent blacks. You can't beat the price, ei... | |
| can i improve my system with a better cd player? When thinking about which unit is doing the digital to analog conversion, think of it this way:If the cable(s) connecting the player to the DSP-A1 are analog cables (RCA) the signal is analog and the player has already done the digital to analog c... | |
| can i improve my system with a better cd player? I just scanned the Agon ads, there is an 83 available for $600. Stretch your budget by $100 and you will have a superlative player... | |
| can i improve my system with a better cd player? You *might* be able to score an Oppo BDP-83SE for that money now. That unit had a VERY good analog 2-channel section. And, it gives you the ability to play ANY shiny disc available today...-RW- | |
| Inexpensive Phono Cables Recommendations When I jumped back into the Audiophool arena a few years back, I had read some glowing reviews of the Music Boy cables made by Petra. I do not have them on my phono rig, but I do use them in other parts of the system. To my ears they sound quite g... | |
| Musical Fidelity Buffer I never could understand why anyone would insert a device in the signal path whose sole job is to introduce distortion into the system. And let's face it, that is *exactly* what a tube buffer does, plain and simple.I thought the whole idea was to ... | |
| What software for 24/192 playback on PC? Another thumbs up for Foobar2000. And, it's totally free!-RW- | |
| 5 legendary speakers? Bose 901 - a finer speaker has never been made...-RW- | |
| Audio File Monitoring / Analyzing Software The Windows Media Player has something like this in its Visualizations. FooBar2000 also has a spectrograph feature...-RW- | |
| Best surround speakers for music? The Gallo Reference AV speakers are *very* good. And, using the wall as a backplane they are pretty flat down to about 45Hz. Your surrounds do NOT need to have low bass output, a good subwoofer will handle this quite well. | |
| Pink Floyd Another naked money-grab by the reord industry execs. However, the packaging and bonus matls. are somewhat interesting... | |
| Good CD for testing bass response Junior Wells "Come On In This House". This is a DTS CD mastered and engineered by Bob Ludwig. The sound quality is astounding, a true reference disc! | |
| Opinions on a good HT/Music AVR Forget all-in-one receivers. For 3 Large you can buy a Butler TDB-5150 5-channel tube/MOSFET amp and an Emotiva UMC-1 preprocessor. This combo will lay waste to most any receiver of equal value...-RW- | |
| Receiver or Preamp with 5 channel analog outputs Yes, the Emotiva UMC-1 has this. I have one connected to my Butler TDB-5150 and the pairing is pure magic...UMC-1, $699 direct from Emotiva.com-RW- |