shadorne
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| Break in period Break-in has nothing to do with the quality of components I have nothing more I can say to those who claim dramatic audible break-in changes, which can drive people nearly nuts, have nothing to do with the design "quality" of components; I beg to... | |
| DVD music concerts I played last night again; BEP Black Eyed Peas - Live from Sydney to Vegas (Sydney has amazingly good sound for a concert, Vegas sucks!).I compared it to Pulse ( a highly rated DVD in these and many threads ). While I prefer the music of Pink Floy... | |
| Seeking opinions on PMC IB2 Congrats those IB2's are great speakers.I would go 20" stands and a good powerful SS amp. Good luck! | |
| DVD music concerts Wow six recommendations for Gilmour/Waters/Pink Floyd DVD's...all done by James Guthrie.Either this is age related (Floyd peak period fan effect) or James Guthrie has indeed become a great surround mix/mastering engineer, as indicated by the audio... | |
| Break in period Guidocorona, laudable belief. Unfortunately reality is impervious to our wishes, beliefs, opinions or otherwise. Things either are or are not, regardless of what we believe they 'should' truly be IMHO, in reality, one can select high quality elect... | |
| DVD music concerts Some "crank this baby" suggestionsSome more with excellent soundBlack Eyed Peas - Live from Vegas to Sydney (Sydney has amazingly good sound for a concert, Vegas sucks!)Robbie Williams - Live At the Albert Hall (Swing music)Eagles Hell Freezes Ove... | |
| Break in period advice of fellow a'goners regd optimal break in period and is the break in period dependent on playback volume or amount ofgain. I will re-iterate what I normally say to these threads; well designed audio electronics equipment and cables should N... | |
| How significant is a power cord upgrade? I'm with Newbee on this as Gnugear specifically asked how significant is it compared to upgrading speaker cords and interconnects? I too would expect that speaker cords and interconnnects will make much more of a difference than a power cord (afte... | |
| I'd love some help/opinions SO if I'm looking at spending $900-$1200 on a used pair of speakers that soundstage well and are good at resolving detail, am I going to find anything better than my Snell JIII's or would I just be spinning my wheels? I'd like to spend $1500 on ... | |
| Pink Floyd"TDSOTM" SACD:2 ch SACD playback? I found this review and an interview with the guys behind the consol on the historic "DarkSide" recordings (both original and the latest SACD). The first article confirms the two channel DSD layer on the SACD and goes on to say "This [SACD] releas... | |
| Pioneer vs. Panasonic plasma Both Pioneer and Panasonic are excellent. One thing worth checking is how they handle ordinary DVD or standard TV signals compared to 720p 0r 1080p. Unfortunately both LCD and Plasma have fixed pixels of many flavors (unlike CRT's)..most upscaled ... | |
| I'd love some help/opinions I'd personally plan to spend a little more for the spks. Bill I concur with Bill. Mike, it seems you are bent on a splashing out on a big brawny amplifier...just remember that amplifier specifications are several orders of magnitude lower in dist... | |
| Pink Floyd"TDSOTM" SACD:2 ch SACD playback? It has both 2 channel and 5.1 in DSD (SACD) and a CD layer as well. The CD layer has been "soft-limited" or clipped in the mastering studio to sound like other typical "hot" CD's (another harsh sounding victim of the CD "loudness wars")The SACD is... | |
| Sealed Subwoofer Recommendation Stereo phile says one of those King Kong subs I have just what the doctor ordered;King Kong Sub | |
| Another room treatment convert Acoustat6 is right of course. Fortunately my wife is very accepting of acoustic treatments ;-) RPG Treatment |