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| Multi-Channel DAC There is no such thing as an external multi-channel DAC to play DVD-A and SACD formats. Right now multichannel DVD-A and SACD are decoded by the players themselves... no interface has been defined for these formats. In terms of any music encoded o... | |
| vaporware The shredding/baking was a result of a defective tape manufacturing process from the 70s. The problem was that the polyeurethane in the binder hydrolized causing sticky tape syndrome. Any magnetic tape medium with ployeurethane in it could exhibit... | |
| vaporware "For preservation, said Gibson, the Library of Congress - the largest information collector in the world – depends on half- track, quarter inch analog audio tape for backing up its over three million sound recordings."Namely, all digital media are... | |
| Rationalizing the Mark Levinson ML-40 Wait a sec hotrod, you have $250K of gear in your system and you are calling a reference video processor that costs $30K overkill that includes both state of the art audio and some pretty great video processing capabilities? You are calling the 40... | |
| Audiophile oddities I am surprised they didn't pot the darn little thingies so someone would have to go to all the trouble to slice it up into little bits to see what is inside... | |
| Digital recording, mixing Need professional help. A top analog machine is still superior to 16 bit digital (even with high quality 24 bit A/Ds). The big reason analog has been overshadowed by DAT is mostly a financial issue. A high quality analog mastering machine will cost between $5-15K dependi... | |
| Digital recording, mixing Need professional help. Once upon a time, our friends at the RIAA threatened to sue anyone who introduced a medium which could faithfully copy a CD... so, when DAT was being introduced it was greatly delayed because of fear of retaliation from the music industry. It was ... | |
| Digital recording, mixing Need professional help. To continue with Phil's discussion... a DAT is a 16 bit word just the same as CD redbook. However, DAT has the ability to record sample frequencies of 32 kHZ, 44.1 kHZ (CD standard), and 48 kHZ ( original consumer DAT standard). A DAT can make a d... | |
| Who does make excellent EQUALIZERS??? You need to qualify excellent... a Cello Pallette is going to cost you well more than $10K... the Manley, Accuphase, Z-Sys, GML are all going to cost north of $5K. The Z-Sys won't work for you because it operates strictly in the digital domain and... | |
| A/D recording suggestions and tips anyone? You aren't going to find any affordable HDCD encoding devices. Your best bet is to purchase an Apogee Rosetta A/D with built in UV22 (approx. $1K on the used market). It is one of the finest and yet afordable A/D's on the market. I would also mate... | |
| Rock and Roll System Avant Garde Duos or Trios... or Pipedreams... either of these can move more air than just about anything out there. | |
| questions about the DVP S9000es Wouldn't trust that it would... it never played any of mine... | |
| New dvd players without the chroma bug? Wait for a player with the new Faroudja chip... they are only now starting to hit the street... | |
| Two systems? Why? Tube-I wouldn't call HT a breeze... getting the audio soundtracks right for HT is a breeze... that is definitely true... getting the video right...well...Keep in mind that as much as we play around with our turntable setup and tubes, getting the b... | |
| Two systems? Why? In order to have a system that does both, it requires using either a front projector or a plasma display. I used to have two systems because sticking a television between my front speakers was nothing more than a sin to music reproduction... so I ... |