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| Speaker placement along the long wall My main concern would be if the new 8' listening distance gives the drivers a chance to gel together. If memory serves the drivers in the Rev3s are somewhat far apart, so this may be an issue. If you experience a lack of coherence between bass/mid... | |
| Replace DVD or add dedicated CD? I'd second the Bel Canto DAC1, and I'd avoid the Pioneer universal player -- heard there are new models coming out in the next couple of months that may have some type of digital connection for the hi-rez formats. Also, the 47a hasn't gotten the g... | |
| What Rags carry the most review weight??? In general I think mag reviews should be treated like stock analysts -- use them to get information and some indications, but do your own homework in making final decisions on what to buy. Even if a reviewer does a great job and is completely hone... | |
| Considering the Rule of Diminishing Returns....... An optimal compromise that might save you a good amount of money are the relatively new Energy C-9 towers. They go down to the low 30s, which will serve you well for HT even if you don't have a sub, yet they are refined enough to compete with much... | |
| Upsampling the way to go? ? I have also heard there have been some issues with the Perpetual Technologies P1A, and I don't know if it is an ongoing problem or if PT has fixed the problems. In any event, I posted the link purely for informational purposes and not to endorse a... | |
| My EMC-1 24 192 experience Jctubes--Nice post and I totally agree that the format should serve the music. Therefore I can see why vinyl still has a reason for being, but it's hard to fathom anyone lamenting the demise of CDs when SACD/DVD-A become the standard. Some "old" f... | |
| Big Difference With New Source? What represents a major, dramatic improvement is a relative thing that changes over time with your tastes and listening experience. As you listen to more and more gear you get a better sense of which components have an effect on what aspect of sou... | |
| Has anyone compared the CD 3 Audio Research to...? Someone on audioreview.com compared the CD3 head to head with the Electrocompaniet EMC-1(24/192) and found them to be very similar except that the EMC-1 was about half the price, so that was that. Go to audioreview.com and look under EMC-1 if you ... | |
| Digital Front End.. help please SF is out of the tube business, at least for now, so that might be a consideration.I don't necessarily agree with your separate transport/DAC option in that with any new format you may have to update one or both, and there's no guarantee they'll b... | |
| Upsampling the way to go? ? The only comparison I've seen between an upsampling CD player and the CD3 is the one below from audioreview.com comparing it to the Electrocompaniet EMC1(24/192 version)--for what it's worth. I know the Electrocompaniet EMC1 is highly thought of a... | |
| Upsampling the way to go? ? Anyone interested in reading a little more about the process of upsampling, oversampling, interpolation, dither, etc. and how it can benefit(or hurt) the musical signal may find this interesting from the Perpetual Technology folks(see link below--... | |
| Any one help with AAD speakers I agree with Albert that the performance/price ratio is high with these speakers and are certainly worthy of consideration. If I were in the market for speakers in this realm I'd also give the new Energy speakers a listen, and I'd also look into A... | |
| Acoustic Zen speaker Cables ..In general I'm using the Satori shotgun bi-wire and would classify them as decidedly neutral, but they seem to pass more of the musical signal than other cables I've heard--that's the best way I can describe it. If you're looking to use speaker cables to tun... | |
| looking for a better DVD player If you're running the DVD player from its progressive scan output, which I assume you are into the Mits, you might get off cheap with the Denon DVD player as it is one of the only less-expensive players(around $500) that uses the Faroudja/Sage DCD... | |
| Tubes plus SS Tubes can be noisy buggers, and for this reason some people prefer keeping tubes away from the low-level signals originating from source components. This would favor those who support using a ss preamp and tube amp. I'm not saying this is right or... |