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Trying to weed out my collection of CD's, DVD's, LP's. Took a few DVD's to a store which buys / sells all kinds of media. They rejected the few I took due to 'disc rot' The clerk explained "it's like an apple will rot faster if you leave it out instead of putting it in the fridge". The DVD's all...

Cleaned out the outdoor storage closet and came across this TT stored in two plastic bags. The belt was rotted away so I bought a new one. Plugged it in, nothing happened when I pressed the start/stop button. turned the platter by hand and it did spin a few seconds and the strobe light came on...

My "new" 4K UHD Blu-ray player also plays SACD's so I bought a couple of discs to try it out. Not impressive, the sound seems "muddy" or "muffled" Maybe I've got the wrong combination for playing SACD. Yamaha RX-A2A receiver, Sony UBP-X700 /M 4k UHD player. DefTech Studio Monitor 65 speakers...

Does not happen all the time, noticed a buzz at certain scenes while watching a blu-ray British import, english LPCM 1.0 ch mono, 48kHz/24bit. "The Deadly Affair" 1966, UK, 1.85:1 screen aspect ratio. Could the disc encoding be the problem, or the cross over circuit in the center channel? I...

Getting bitten by the upgrade bug. Will the newer bookshelf speakers being sold today offer an improvement over my pair of Definitive Technology Studio Monitor 65's? Bought them in 2016. Pretty much bored with surround sound, will stick to just 5.1.2 and beef up the front soundstage for music...

Is there a benefit to adding an external power amp, I'm thinking of adding one to my Yamaha RX-A2A AVR. Will be used for 2 channel stereo. The Yamaha is 100w, will adding a 150 or higher amp result in cleaner sound or just add the ability of driving the front speakers louder? Speakers are Def...

Found this surfing the web, user claims it keeps the cartridge aligned with the record groove for better sound. I thought having the needle placed in the groove was important but having the whole cartridge pivot is?

IF you are a certain age you probably remember the cassette tape. Now more or less obsolete, many music lovers have "upgraded" to digital formats. Going through my 200-plus tape collection I found many have holes on both ends of the case, I'm guessing it was for some type of steel rod security...

Have had the RX-A2A about 15 months now. Lately it's been acting strange, after I power everything off for the night, ( TV, Blu-ray player, AVR) around 11:00 PM the RX-A2A will suddenly power on for a few seconds then shut itself off. Does not happen every night, just a day here and there. It's...

I'd like to be able to read and respond to the subjects this site was named for, such as AUDIO / VIDEO, etc, and filter out the garbage I don't need to see, all the rants about Trump, guns, abortion, etc.

do the current lineup of 4k TV's support xvYCC? I've got a couple blu-ray movies which say "mastered in 4k , maximum picture, expanded color" and the fine print on the jewel box says "expanded color requires xvYCC-enabled TV and Blu-ray player" , before I buy a new 4K TV just wanted to be sure...

It's an IROC-Z, but I don't know which year, etc. The owner moves it around the apartment complex and out to the street to avoid it being towed away as junk. The interior is a mess to say the least.

Dwayne Bernard Hickman, an actor, producer and television director best known for his starring role in the 1950s and ’60s sitcom “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” died of complications related to Parkinson’s disease on Sunday. He was 87 years old. Hickman’s death was confirmed to Variety by the...

The director passed away on Jan. 6. aged 82. The Last Picture Show (1971) Paper Moon (1973) Noises Off! (1992) The Cat's Meow (2001)

So I was hooking up my gear to the "new" receiver, and broke the friggin' optical output on my Marantz CD player, now the Toslink cable will not snap in securely.. So if I want digital out I need a coax digital audio cable. The local Best Buy (1 mile away), does not have them in stock BUT they...

My AVR is out for repair, so the whole system is disconnected and I'm taking the opportunity to label all wires and cables, and replace some. I've got a 4K blu-ray player, wondering if I should upgrade that cable since the AVR will pass a 4K signal, but my current TV is not 4K (that's the next...

This just started happening: I have a Yamaha RX-A1020 AVR, Yamaha BD-S477 blu-ray, and Sony Bravia 50" LCD TV. all use HDMI. When I leave a dvd in the player and power on the system with my Logitech Harmony 650 remote, the speakers will pop, the AVR display panel will flip-flop between 'decoder...

Mine was a SONY DiscMan, came with a cassette tape shaped adapter to play a CD thru a car cassette deck. I still have it, was doing a little 'spring cleaning' and found it buried in the closet. Put some new batteries in and it still works.

IF I upgrade my TV (buy a new one) from a 2K to 4K, will I need to replace all HDMI cables? Not sure if I will get a 60hz or 120hz refresh rate TV.