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| Where does your user name come from? Specs are promising. The musical MoJo or a system's signature sound connects us closest to beloved recorded performances. | |
| Please Advise me on Building a System on a Budget Better link: Here is the link in working order: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17725584/Critical%20Listening.pdf | |
| Please Advise me on Building a System on a Budget Another member posted a great note on developing better critical lisening skills. Critical listening skills can help you better interpret transient changes in music reproduction during high demands. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17725584/Critical%20List... | |
| Please Advise me on Building a System on a Budget Answers depend on the experiences of someone responding, and well-learned lessons. I suggest system matched components. By that I mean learning to appreciate reading spec sheets. For example, pro's have different output levels and amps have differ... | |
| What did you get for Christmas? I got corrected! The D-35 IS east indian rosewood and the D-18 has mohagany sides and back. Thank you Polk432 and hope you thoroughly enjoy those warmer rosewood tones! | |
| Any input on the oppo BDP-93 as a transport That's a couple versions up from my OPPO HD 981. I have it connected 3 ways - 5.1 SACD analog, and both digital RCA and optical output signal's. I can do live A/B comparison's immediately by pressing the CD source button on my pro. As a strict tra... | |
| What did you get for Christmas? Three new surround's. I added larger front main's a couple years back. The new surround's have much smoother ribbon tweeter's. The previous surround's had a 3.5 Hz peak of harsh horn distortion. Generally, I like smooth horns very much, too. I cho... | |
| Legacy speakers and what amps? Update on the Marquis amp connections. For a reason unknown to me at the moment, it sounds better with the speaker terminal jumpers in place. I've read that bi-amping may effect some speaker crossover's. That may be it. I don't understand why, but... | |
| Legacy speakers and what amps? I've recently changed surrounds to a Marquis HD and two Studio HD's. My Proceed pro has 10-volt balanced LCR out's and the Procced AMP 5 requires 2.24 volts for full rated balanced output of 125 watts 8 ohms and 250 at 4. With the extra signal hea... | |
| Has anyone heard behringer Src 24/96 Dac? The Behringer DEQ 2496 DAC's may be the same - they are a bit graney in the high frequencies for some speakers. I've read the internal DAC upgrades on The Gon with aftermarket mods that have reportedly worked quite well, too. | |
| software filters WIth the lack of tone controls on most newer gear, a simple rotary knob adjustment is nearly past history. You can insert a Behringer DEQ 2496 in the digital pathway. It has a parametric EQ with various slopes that may tame it for you. Used strick... | |
| Has LED caught up to Plasma? I demo'd the 60 inch Elite Pro last week. It's very noticeably the best picture I've seen. At 6K, I searched and saw Amazon listed them at near 4,500. I called Sharps' Elite Pro registration center and they accept Amazon approved purchases. I'd us... | |
| using non-hdmi home theater system with blue ray My Pro isn't HDMI ready and I have a OPPO /w multi-channel, too. My HDMI video is connected directly to a 60 inch screen from the OPPO. All audio sources are connected directly to my pro. My pro has a delay dial on the front panel if voices and vi... | |
| Bi-amping MBL 101's - combining tube & ss If your main amp's speaker connections inside your speaker's are equally split or "Y'ed" to each driver's crossover, it should be doable. Your "extra" pre-amp gain is key. Splitting the pre-amp signal has to meet the input sensitivities of both am... | |
| Why the obsession with the lowest octave Another good way to appreciate "full range" in the real world is listening to a locomotive freight train live and up close. If your home has a slow rolling locomotive freight line nearby and you stop close to the safety rails, step out of your veh... |