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| The only Denon DVD-3910 question never asked First of all, I appreciate the highly professional feedback on this thread! We got some big-time folks responding.Alex and Kal (as well as others, of course)--would you say stereo outputs are *generally* better on machines you've worked with? I ha... | |
| Please define If you're referring to listener fatigue, it's a term I personally associate with a very forward, in-your-face type of sound. When the soundstage is pushed aggressively and artificially toward me, I lose all sense of background, sublety, microdynam... | |
| Is SACD dead? Don't forget jazz, either...there are a decent number of both new releases and older re-releases that I find worthwhile. I probably have 20 such SACDs as well as the significant volume of classical music available on the format. | |
| Cablevision and HDTV As a lobbyist who works on telecommunications issues, I can tell you that the mandatory transition to digital television will occur on February 17, 2009.Remember though, "digital" does not necessarily mean "high definition". However, as the deadli... | |
| Speaker Cable for Merlin TSM-MM I use Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval on my VSM-MMs, with excellent and reasonably affordable results. | |
| Most significant WAF Audio Sacrifice you made.... I prefer SAF--System Acceptance Factor. If my speakers don't like my wife, she's gone. ;-) | |
| Which $12 glass Toslink were people raving about? You are probably referring to the Toslinks available from AudiogoN member captnstarstripe. I have two of his, and found them to be highly competitive against much more expensive Toslinks I tested.Quick editorial: I always found coax digital cables... | |
| Do people don't care or don't know? Honestly, I think life is like this in general. I've been on friends' boats and had a blast. I've watched a baseball game from a club level suite and enjoyed the hell out of it. Some of the greatest times of my life have occured in some of the mos... | |
| Polk Audio LSi 15 - are these the REAL DEAL ??? I actually owned these speakers once upon a time. I found them to be just the slightest bit forward, and not quite the last word in microdynamics. Overall, though, I'd say they were a 9 out of 10 (especially at that price point).I had to upgrade a... | |
| NPR, Wine Tasteing, & Audiophiles Yr44: You know me? ;-) | |
| Arcam AVR 300 need help I meant via e-mail. | |
| Arcam AVR 300 need help I also have this piece, and have found Arcam tech support to be pretty resposive on roughly a 24-hour basis. Have you contacted them, and they just aren't able to help you? | |
| Which speakers for use with iPod? I run my iPod into my big rig through a $35 cable that plugs into the line out of the iPod's base (2-channel stereo connection on the end that runs into the receiver).Any chance this is an option for you? | |
| Best Speaker to use with Arcam AVR300? Interestingly, and perhaps oddly, I'm using Merlin VSM-MMs with my Arcam AVR 300. I biamp them by taking the 6th and 7th channels and sending that power to the fronts.All I can say is, I'm happy with the results! I have no room in my rack for sepa... | |
| Rachmaninov for beginners I have four copies of Piano Concerto #2, and 2 of #3. I know Lang Lang has performed both of these pieces, so you could be referring to either one (perhaps Lang Lang has performed other Rachmaninov as well).I'd say #2 is slightly more engaging and... |