sogood51
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| Wife approval factor? EldartfordThats not true...although my wife Maggie wasn't always an ugly room divider.Dave | |
| SACD VS Vinyl for Jazz and Classical I bought a turntable a few months ago pretty much for classical music. I know nothing much about classical music so am not about to find out the hard way ($15 a pop) which albums I like and which I do not. A 60 second sound-bite at Amazon.com does... | |
| Wife approval factor? My wife pretty much runs things in our house...as long as it has nothing to do with my stereo. I explained this to her 21 years and a few houses ago and it has worked out fine.Course...I'm a sweet old dawg, long as ya leave yer paws off my bone!Dave | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help " The only remaining problem would be to get a center that would integrate well (yes, even for movies!) with my Shahinian fronts."TonyYes that is the problem, I use Apogee Duetta Signatures for fronts and Apogee Centaur Minor for center. This is a... | |
| New Years Resolutions Sean cigarettes , done with um after after 38 years! I might not live any longer, but...a hell of a lot cheaper.As far as your posts...You and Eldartford are two of the guys I read and trust the most...I didn't exactly just fall off the back of th... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? Off topic, sorryI have been playing around with these FLAC and SHN lossless music downloads for a while...some are better than most cd's.In the last week I have downloaded 4 complete live shows of top quality music.{url]http://www.archive.org/audi... | |
| Ayre V-5x vs. McCormack DNA 225 I agree with 4yanx, the McCormack is the better amp. Always...IMO pick the amp that does the most things right. Dave | |
| Video transfer ? If your computer has an analog video input...you can do it your self. if not, you can buy an out-board USB video input and still do it. Other wise...send it out and have it done.Dave | |
| Using an amplifier with variable gain The gain control on the amp should be set to max, if you read your manual I'm sure it states this. If you were to bi-amp with more gain on that amp...then you might back it off to balance the sound.If the power amp gain is noisy, sell it...it's ju... | |
| Too many speakers for home theater? I like long wall placement with 7.1...di-pole on the sides and mono-pole front and rear.Dave | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help Not a bad idea Tony, don't forget about the Audio Refinement Pre-5 also. Stereophile liked it if I recall.I have had my Sunfire theatergrand for a good while so am out of the loop on the newer analog multichannel gear...if I were in your shoes tho... | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help TonyI run a dedicated LFE sub in my system while my other two subs are fed from the second set of pre-outs on my tubed pre-amp. Works great although does eat up soom floor space. There are. (I think) a couple of subs on the market which allow LFE ... | |
| Are Preamps necessary? DavidA lot of thought and reading results in success when building a system. You first need a plan...your plan must include everything you would like to achieve with the end result. You will also need to include your room this system will be place... | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help Well I don't agree with Beemer or Sean on most of their points at all. I do agree that you don't need an expensive Pre-pro. To each his own of course.For the price of an expensive pre-pro you can pick-up a used stereo pre-amp with HT-pass through ... | |
| Sony XA777ES plus Ack Dack? Well, the Ack Dack can be had at a cheap enough price and could be re-sold at no>( very little ) loss.I owned the XA-777es for a good while...edgy is not something it ever was in my system, laid-back would be a better discription.I found the So... |