snofun3
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| subs for music I have ML SL3's, Cinema and Aerius i's, with a Revel B15 - outstanding for both music and movies - fast as the stats. Found the REL wimpy in comparison, and the ML subs are a serious notch down. The Revel can be set up like the REL using it's inte... | |
| holiday suggestions... SoCal - From San Diego to LA to Santa Barbara there's a lot of interesting shops in a three hour driving distance. Good live music all around. Go farther north to chill on delicious Highway 1 scenery. Fly into John Wayne on JetBlue - cheap.Florida... | |
| Other than Nemo and the like... 1) Master & Commander2) Lost in Space3) The Making of Super Speedway4) Jurassic Park5) Lots of concerts, but primarily Stop Making sense and Two Against Nature. Great shadow detail with these. | |
| Room treatments without $$$ Use the ideas from above, then go to Guitar Center and buy Auralex panels - 2 x 4 - $18, corner bass traps, $25 - ask for a discount. If they were marketed by / for audiophools, they'd cost 10x more $. Available in a lot of colors too - go to Aura... | |
| Limited budget-spend more money on amp or preamp? Suggest you may want to consider the total amp-preamp package as 1) total dollars - looks to be around $1,3002) length you intend to keep the pieces.If you expect to keep both for awhile, the integrated makes sense. If you expect to upgrade again ... | |
| What concert or music DVD's are worth having? For Reference - Stop Making Sense is the standard for all concert videos.Steely Dan - Two Against Nature - check out Donald Fagan's canine's.Roger Water - In the Flesh - good Pink Floyd production.Eagles - Hell Freezes Over - cheesy music but grea... | |
| Besides Audio, what other ''passion'' do you have? 1) Alpine Skiing - When it gets hairy you get a new appreciation for life. Summer is what God gives you for your knees to heal.2) Acoustic and Electric Guitars - only three, but let's see what happens there.3) Kayaking - fresh and salt waterI noti... | |
| Multichannel InterconnectsÂ….. What Are YOU Using? Transparent Supers all the way around. Can't debate the quality. | |
| Mcintosh-Bad customer service? Who's taklking about shipping damage? Manufacturers won't cover damage from "misuse, abuse" etc. to anyone, even the original owner. The point we're discussing is transferability of warranty obviously without abuse from shipping, dropping, etc.Aut... | |
| Mcintosh-Bad customer service? Every company puts a "warranty reserve" into their pricing so they know their potential outstanding financial obligation, so if you sell before the end of the warranty period, Mac, or whoever, gets a freebie against their warranty reserve. They mu... | |
| Recommendations for banana plugs Reterminate with spades then use the Monster expanding banana plugs (Xterminators) which lock on to spades. Spades are waaaay preferable, and using this method you can have both spades and bananas. | |
| Which DAC processes CD audio - receiver or DVD? If you're using the digital coax, then the digital signal is going out from the Denon to the HK where it is being decoded. If you use the analog outputs from the Denon to the HK, then the Denon will do the decoding.Les | |
| I Hardly Listen to Music Anymore So the people who care about music less listen to it more and people who care about music more listen less.Careful, careful. Because you're part of a crowd that obsesses about equipment doesn't mean you care more about music. I always find it funn... | |
| Home theater cabling question For a nominal charge I suspect Comcast will provide you with a High Definition box that provides more options. Mine has S-VHS, component and DVI outputs.Without question the DVI is stunning, and if you're getting a plasma I assume it will have DVI... | |
| What speakers to replace Paradigm 100.2? Help Have you listened to the small Snells (Type K I think), or PSB Stratus Mini's. I had the mini's a few years back and evry now and then think about how I'd like to have them back again. Note that many of the Canadian speakers have similar tonal pro... |