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    Well recorded CD's?

    Since you like Patria Barber and Dave Mathews, I'd conclude you have a knack for jazz materials as well, right? I would say that all the Patricia Barber albums I have, like Cafe Blue, Modern Cool, Companion, Distortion Of Love and Nightclub sound gorgeous. Some are on SACD but their CD...
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    Giving the gift of surround

    I'd be delighted to receive something like this. :D Especially if it improves my current set-up. And I'd certainly have a high opinion of the giver. If your GF is fond of movies at home and it seems she is as she has a stereo prologic system, I'm sure this would be greatly appreciated as...
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    sound difference

    Analog Connection: Different digital players employ different DAC circuits as well as after-DAC buffer amps. Depending on the model used, the DAC of the player may be superior to that in the Receiver or Preamp, so you are better off using the player's DAC, hence an analog connection may be...
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    Ultimate Center Channel, No comprimises here!

    Working with Rotel as their official amp to voice their speakers, B&W produces some of the finest speakers I've heard, especially their 800 nautilus line. I've always considered the B&W 800 series as one of the best sounding speakers out there, if not the best for their price. And their...
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    Computer + Amp or Receiver

    First let me clarify what you mean by amplifer. Is this an integrated amplifer or a power amplifier? The former has preamp circutiry, which might be overdriven by the PC soundcard output if its level is high. The latter has none and often found in most powered PC satellite speakers. You can...
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    what is suberbit?

    For me, this superbit editions are just marketing ploys to extract the most revenues from a DVD release. Sure, they have higher bitrates. But unless you have those large plasma screens, it's often debatable that you get any visual advantage. They often start with a bare bones edition. Then...
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    OK, here's my stoopid question...

    Encountered similar problems in the past. A few DVD titles I had would pixellate and freeze intermittently at or close to the last chapter. Even some CDs with 18 to 24 songs using all the disc capacity can encounter freezing on the last track. Something to do with the laser mechasims having a...
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    SACD...Stereo???

    Well, that could be a lesson to read the labels more carefully. Not ALL SACDs are in multi-channel. But the indications, often at the back, clearly spell out if its multichannel or stereo SACD. My Patricia Barber SACDs are all in Stereo, not multi. Even the Telarc SACD classics I saw at the...
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    The Sensibility of Timbre Matching

    Timbre doesn't matter when you only have stereo pairs to deal with. Those stereo pairs are always timbre matched. It becomes a serious consideration with the onset of multichannel systems, whether HT or multich audio, that started requiring more than 1 pair of speakers. With a mere...
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    From Denon to Nad

    You've got nothing to worry. I share your experience. Don't take this dude seriously. He's got nothing to contribute to your listening pleasures. The NAD can sound as powerful as another brand touting a higher power rating on the same load with the same -10db volume setting. Listening...
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    I want to turn certain speakers off sometimes

    This is one of the arguments to having separate amps for each channel, as you get the convinience of turning off unwanted channels in any mode. Lacking in such flexbility, I guess you would need some kind of switch along the audio path to the speakers to do that. I know there's not much logic...
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    From Denon to Nad

    I agree with those figures and your assessment. The NAD's power is conservatively rated, among the few commercial gears that are. Nothing to do with sound quality, but they take full disclosure on power quite seriously.
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    Which 5ch Amp?

    Your current reciever is already pumping out around 130watts RMS per channel continuously though not with all channels driven. Getting an outboard amp within the same power range will not yield significantly percetible audible improvements, unless it is radically more transparent and accurate...
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    Audio & Video Connections - The Definitive Guide

    Maximum Interconnect lengths Maybe a separate thread is in order. But since this topic is about interconnect, might was well post it here. What's the maximum length an RCA interconnect can have without significantly degrading sonic quality? Have read about your speaker cable lengths, what...
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    Home Theater Sat/Sub Speaker Opinions

    After narrowing your choices, you may want to start auditioning them, one after the other, or side by side. Preferrably at home. Opinions of those who doown any one are fine, but that's their own personal subjective assessments. At the end of the day, it's your ears that must be satistfied.
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    Mini-System Question plz help newbie

    I don't know how you "jammed" those speakers into those "holes" but I would guess you had the second pair of speakers from your old mini connected in parallel to the current ones. And whether they are in phase or not, you effectively HALVED the impedance as seen by your current mini system...
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    Dogmatism in Science

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    The Perfect Listening Room?

    I propbably had great expectations from the article quoted above. Like getting more details. But I guess you have to pay for that in consultancy fees. Nothing is really free. I agree with some assertions that a listening room is perfect as far as the listener's expectations are concerned...
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    Dogmatism in Science

    What is absurd in this hobby is to sit tight and wait for sceintific evidence to validate one's personal experience with this or that amp, CDP, cable, CD-R or what have you. It is precisely because the listening experience behind this hobby is a personal one that the burden of proof for any...
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    DAC's on NAD receivers

    The high resolution MLP sounds from your DVD-A player use the player's DACs and are output via their 5.1 analog to your receiver's analog input. It's analog all the way once they leave the player. Unless the player and the receiver enjoy a proprietary digital link like an i-link from pioneer...
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