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| Why do I need a phono-pre??? Depends on your cartridge and receiver/pre-amp. You may not. What do you have? | |
| Velodyne DD-series subwoofer Great subs, the determining factor should be real estate. How much floor space do you want to dedicate. I have a room similar in size and have the DD-12 and it does just fine. If anything I might recommend, since the price is right for you, get 2)... | |
| McIntosh MX119/134/135 pre/pro or Krell HTS 7.1 I have owned the MX132-MX134 and now the MX 135 and I can say the 135 definetly exceeds the performance of the 134 in both analog 2 channel and digital 5.1 channel. The movie soundtracks that I have such a U571-River Wild-Saving Private Ryan etc h... | |
| Only three manufacturers? The only way a non-expert can attempt to gain validity is to make a statement sound valid. The world is full of unknowing experts. My old football coach used to say "Opinions are like a**hole*, everybody has one". Obviuosly the author of the Playb... | |
| Subwoofer recommendations for mostly music Velodyne Digital Drive series. I have the DD-12 and find it so adaptable to the musice source and the best part is the 6 pre-set eq adjustments you set. So you can have one setting for movies and progress up to six incremental steps to tighter qui... | |
| DVD audio output: Optical or Digital RCA? Always go with coax when a vailable. Most manufactures build in optical because of cost. Direct wire is better in all applications, expecially longer runs | |
| What CD cleaner to use? Second the Shine Ola easy to use and effective. I have tried a number of them and this one does the trick. | |
| what speakers for 4k or less new or used Take a listen to the Revel Perfoma F32's or the Vienna Acoustics Bethoven Grands | |
| CD pcm to ................SACD dsd "Wish List" Third the Floyd catalog and Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.David Gilmours albumsAll Moody BluesAll Dire StraitsDavid and David: BoomtownRobbie Robertson-selftitledJoni Mitchell -catalogPeter Gabreil-Catalog-HYBRIDNeil Young-all-forget the dvd-aare yo... | |
| speaker grilles I think all speaker sound better with grills off. Theil is another that says they designed with the grills in place. I think it is a sales pitch. It's like "hey we build such a great speaker and design such a great cabinet that our speakers sound ... | |
| A short afternoon of Linn, Basis and Redpoint Interesting report, George. I have only recently listened to the LP12 and a VPI Scoutmaster and the Linn sounded better but it may have been setup. I do want to listen to the Basis and some Clearaudio TT's but haven't found the time. I did a head ... | |
| Marantz 9500 I had the 8300 trade to the 8400 and now have the 9500. The biggest improvement I can see is the video. The SACD and DVD-A seem to be about the same, maybe just a little better imaging at best. However as a DVD player it , in my opinion, excells t... | |
| What makes a speaker perform well at low volume? Second the good amp but add a very neutral cable | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? Linn Ikemi, I purchased it based on it's analog sound or non-digital sound. All though I would like to get a universal player that sounds as good on redbook the only one I have heard that comes close is the Escoteric DV50 in full upsample mode. | |
| Best HT subwoofer betwwen $2k-3k? I don't think you can beat the sound, quality, adjustability and set-up features of the DD-12 by Velodyne.Mine works great for music and theater. Retail 3K |