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Well, would you not want a format that does not require that you have to compress and therefore compromise the original recording? It would appear that (according to what was written) that the RBCD 44.1/16 bit is a compromised format for todays higher resolution reording equipment. Would it...

If you follow the traditional rules of HT, (speakers set to ‘small’ with a sub-woofer) then the power should not be that much of an issue unless you plan on letting your neighbors listen in as well. :D If you listen to a lot of 2-channel and find you need extra power because you want to use the...

I would take it that the digital inputs on your receiver are not assignable, so why don’t you just plug your digital SAT box into the DVD input and your DVD player into your SAT input and just remember that. It sure beats adding two adapters that are not necessary [in this situation].

By the way, the Cowboy Junkies are an aquired taste, many people I know that have listened to their stuff initially did not like them, but could not get their sound or songs out of their head, and eventually became ardent fans, kind of like John Coltrane or Miles Davis; not sure why you are...

Geez, and I thought the discussions concerning tube and solid state amplifiers got contentious!

Commonly known as THE WHITE VAN SPEAKERS, (or a derivitave of) although I did find a web site for them: http://trtheaterresearch.com/default.html This site list some of the speakers they sell: http://www.speaker-city.com/ As in all things, buyer beware! If it sounds to good to be...

Sweet Jane can be found on The Trinity Sessions and on their Greatest Hit's album. The Trinity Sessions is one of those seminal works that is a must for any music lover to have in his/her collection. My second favorite is an album called OPEN. It was recorded between tour dates on one of their...

I apologize to anyone who may take offense at my previous post, but I stand by what I said. Audiosouse, Rob Babcock is correct as are others, why leave a hobby, when after all, it is just a hobby!!! I could care less what people with tons of money spend it on, so long as they don't buy my...

So Rip, anybody who actually listens to a piece of audio gear that does not meet your criteria of what that is is an asshole?!?!?! Does that mean if you were to come to my home to enjoy a movie and then listen to some music, that you would leave because I own a turntable and still use it on a...

The above are great movies. I second them all, especially 'The Red Violin', although the ending IMO is a bit chessy. One I just caught on satellite was 'The Legend of 1900'. It's about a piano player who does not leave the ship he was born on. There is a scene between 1900 (yes, that is the...

Here goes: Underated: Cowboy Junkies Robert Lucas Lyle Lovett The Mavericks The Bobs Overated: Dosen't the word CRAP have RAP in it?!?! :D Enough said.

I guess I am in the minority here as I listen to vinyl just about everyday. I have several hundred albums of which probably 25-30% will never be available in a digital format. My current rig is: VPI HW-19 Mk III.5 - Modified Arm Board Eminent Technology ET-2.5 Air Bearing Tonearm...

AMEN. I have both set-ups within my current system, using the high level signal (read speaker) for my 2-channel set-up going to one sub and the low level (read line level) for my HT going to a second sub. The following was taken from the manual for my REL subwoofer: I all does come down...

I have been a big fan of the Cowboy Junkies. You are correct in that their recordings have [almost] always been first rate. I think part of this is their recording philosophy, everybody in the studio at the same time. Most of their recordings are basically 'live' in studio performances. I think...

I use to run my system this way, but found that I had to remember to set the volume on the pre-amp everytime I wanted listen to HT. One of my mad engineering friends made me a switchbox (used a switch from a radio used on a WWII Navy destroyer!). Now I switch between my 2-channel/HT system as...

This may be due to the electrical system on the boat. It sounds like the same thing that happens to car audio systems when electrical interferance from the coil and spark plugs gets into the rest of electrical. You can try the various spark arrestors sold in car audio stores to see if this helps.

I don't get where you are going with this and whose response you are referencing to. If it is av_philes, I did not read anything that he stated that was not within the spirit of what started this thread which is quite simply, when is good enough, enough?; (with respect to speakers) which is a...

Do a Google search for diy audio. There are quite a few sites out there. DSA

I am an owner of a REL (Strata II) and have enjoyed it immensely in the time that I have had it. It is used exclusively in my two-channel set-up where it augments a pair of B&W loudspeakers. I would look at the Strata III or V as they are both reasonably small, have separate internal...