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Yes, a wonderful peice. Defeatable soft clipping, defeatable bass & treble and pream outs, as well as a remote that will control other NAD products. According to the designer it was created with the goal of delivering 80-90% of the performance you'd get by spending multiples more. I think it...

I have to say selling my SP3 was one of the stupidist audio moves I've ever made. :mad: At the time I had just moved into a small house and had no room for a separate 2CH rig, so I figured I might as well get my money out of it. But like a moron I ended up buying an NAD C320BEE when it dawned...

Nice review, but I wonder if something is wrong with your 3805? Mine has no problem with the OSD thru component input, although the same can't be said for my older 3802. I've never even had S-Vid or composite hooked up to my 3805, btw.

BTW, as emorphien said, a good receiver is an option, too. I don't want to sound like an "amp snob" or purist. $300 for an NAD vs $300 for a receiver will definately give you less "features" with the NAD- all it will do is play music. It won't switch video, serve as a DAC, or do bass...

I have purchased lots of gear new and a fair bit used. The longer I'm in this hobby the more I tend to try to buy most stuff used, though. Many (if not most) audiophiles are inveterate tinkerers who just can't leave well enough alone. So you often see components up for sale that still smell...

Wow, that's stunning!:eek: Even nicer than my old Onix Ref-1's in Rosewood.

If I go MC upstairs I'll probably leave my tubed Butler TDB-3150 in the music rig- my Denon AVR-3805 has plenty of power to do HT, especially with subs. I hooked up my ACEi S.O.S. , too. Wow!:eek: Very nice! For those unfamiliar with it, it's a fully automatic, single band parametric sub EQ...

Some of you may recall that I moved into a new house at the end of April...Well, I finally got the "Big Rig" hooked up again! I sold my PJ to my sister with the idea of getting a new one once I got settled in, so that's next on my list. I think I'll build an HT system in my basement with a...

I don't use MP3 much but I'm a big fan of VBR when I do. Note that I normally use bitrates of over 300 kbps with VBR- much of the file will use lower rates so the file size isn't excessive for my purposes.

Check out this interesting article from MaximumPC magazine. Granted, it's not a purely scientific test and has a few problems (eg- it was single blind, not double and the soundcard, while tolerable, is not really very high end) but is a fun read. Has anyone here (besides obsessive-compulsive...

I had a Star PD for years and liked it very much. I would say it wasn't a real fun gun to plink with however. It was alloy framed and very light; besides the recoil, the torque of the bullet travelling down the barrel actually caused the pistol to roll in the hand.:eek:

I'm barely a thousandaire!;) I do have maybe $15,000 in gear but it was purchased over years, and audio & video are my only expensive hobbies.

I suspect that the 'additional distortion' will not be audible. Perhaps you should arrange a DBT to verify that. I suspect you'll find no statistically meaningful difference, WmAx.

I was discussing the article with a coworker; he hadn't heard of Bell by name but is a musician and appreciates classical. He made the point that if he'd have been playing in a park he'd have probably gotten a better response. In the station people were on a schedule and many didn't have time...

Certainly the Epson will create pricing pressure, and as a rule CE products get cheaper over time as the technology matures. While it's probably risky to make any grand predictions, I don't expect 1080p to hit the $2k mark in '07. Maybe after CES in '08. Of course, anything you'll read here...

The 120 gig HD will rock; one of the best uses for it will be to store downloaded HD movies. I don't have a PS3 or 360 yet but my brother downloads quite a few movies for his 360. The large drive will be handy for that. Once I get moved (within a month) I'll replace my current PJ with an HD...

Even the bands are at the mercy of The System. Remember way back when Pearl Jam sued TicketBastard...er, Ticketmaster? They ended up getting nowhere, and when they gave a free concert for their fans the venue insisted on TicketBastard issuing the tickets- complete with their service...

Welcome to AH, rockygreatdane! I hope you enjoy the site.:D

I think MS's goal was to knock the Playstation franchise off it's pedestal; the 360 was built to win the Console War, not the Video Format War. They assert they won't build an Xbox with a built-in HD-DVD drive because they don't want to "fragment the market." There's a lot to be said for that...

I agree, the speakers are the most important (next to the room itself). I was only commenting that since HDMI seems to be a priority for him, and budget seems not to be the issue, getting a nice rec is a good idea. There's no such thing as future proof, but you'll be in good shape if you get...