robm321
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| How come there is no thread on the RealityCheck? Onhwy61 makes a great point. If you're going to throw out the fact that this escalates RB to LP or SACD quality or better. Then it's going to be a little hard to beleive. The review of it even mentioned that it brings out more tape noise, etc. It'... | |
| Best movies last two years I lost interest in "holleywood" - I used to have a HT setup and now it's just 2 channel music. I'm unimpressed with the lack of anything but the old cookie cutter story and special effects with political statements and advertising in the movie. I'... | |
| Another sign SACD is dying arkprof, That's why I buy SACDs that are pure DSD. Don't get remakes of old recordings on SACD unless they are remastered. Go for RB in that case. You gotta work with the system... ;) | |
| Notice how many SACD collections for sale? Whoever the doubters are - you do realize that we are all dying a slow death as well. Last I check immortality is at 0%. Should we all lay in our coffins next to our SACD collection? Everything comes and goes, but it's here now and for many years ... | |
| VON SCHWEIKERT VR-1 OR PARADIGM STUDIO 20 V3 I agree with some posts above. I've owned the Paradigm Studio 100s and VS speakers. With Rotel gear the Paradigms are a great match. If you end up going tubes (ASL, Jolida, etc) then VS might be the better choice. I tried VS with Rotel gear and th... | |
| Questions on Totem Hawks & Von Schweikert VR2 I've heard both, and you can't go wrong with either speaker. To be honest, you really should listen to both. They have different sounds - both great in their own ways. I prefer the VR2 simply because they have a smooth neutral sound and create a b... | |
| Would an Audiofile really download music? I download songs - listen a few times - and then erase. The amazon samples don't play the whole song and since there is an easy alternative, why not use it.If there is something I really like. I'll get the CD. | |
| Can i do better for $700 than Grado RS-1? The Grado RS-1 and RA-1 amp are great. They are my favorite and second to that is sennheiser hd600 (works good with tube amps). I have them both. If you are going portable, I would highly recommend shure or Ety's. Simply because you can block outs... | |
| Solid state amp for Von Schweikert vr4jr's "VR4j has a slow and somewhat foggy bass" - I would have to disagree. I'm using a 50 watt tube amp with mine (I used to have a 200wpc SS amp). The bass sounds solid and tight with both amps. It does sound a little loose with 50watts compared to 20... | |
| Best SACD player under $1500? My mod was the superclock II by modwright. It is the one that makes the biggest difference, but if you have the money, I would get the truth mod because dollar for dollar you will get more improvement than going to another stock CD player. | |
| Which iPod? I agree with Onhwy61. It's all about the interface. All mp3 players I have heard sound the same. There is nothing wrong with apple, but there are others that also good. | |
| Diagonal set up in small room & floorstander It will make a huge difference. I had to do the same thing. The only problem is that there isn't a lot of information around about placement diagonally. So, you have to do a lot of experimenting, but like you I felt the difference it made was very... | |
| Which iPod? Why get an iPod? Don't you want WMA capability? Other brands make mp3 players. And if you get an iPod you'll only be trendy until they come out with the next version in a few months. With Apple everything is proprietary including the music. | |
| Do you care about the LOOK??? Looks aren't important unless you have money to burn.I'll take the ugliest, cut corners $1000 anything that sounds like a $5-10k anything over a great looking $1000 something that sounds like a $800-1000 something kwim? | |
| Another sign SACD is dying Jaybo, This has always been a small community. Why would the lack of the non-audiophile general public effect this hobby now? I know chicken little is coming to theaters this weekend, but why are you stating that "the sky is falling"? The general ... |