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Is there a real valid reason why some receivers use DB-25 connectors for multi-channel input? I hardly find any DB-25 interconnect from our local AV shops. When all receivers use RCA terminals, one brand would prefer to stand out and use something odd like a DB-25. Seems this is a stupid...

Perhaps about the only neutral CDs out there is a TEST CD with pure tones. Every CD album is a product of the studio recording engineer's best judgement in arriving at the mix. Not every CD is well mixed or pressed. So in judgeing between various makes of players, amps and speakers in various...

I wanted to do this, I just don't have the space in my room. I know some audiophiles who do use dual pairs of dipoles and monopoles via a speaker switch box. In some, they use an integrated stereo amp that has speaker A or B selector options to choose between the two.

I think they send the firmware on a CD. And you just play it to upgrade. Theoretically a DTS 96/24 should yield a more precise decoded analog waveform when it exits the player's analog outs. So I would assume 5900 should sound better than your 3802 receiver's DAC. There's a Denon...

I am not familiar with the SACD players you mentioned. I am aware that newer SACD players out there do have some bass management functions that earlier SACD players didn't have. And I believe the newer receivers especially from mid-to-flagships models from Onkyo, Denon and Yamaha, do have bass...

Let me try to answer them I haven't tried upgrading the firmware of my DVD player though mine is also upgradable. I think some units pop in a Data CD from the manufacturer to do the upgrade. If the DAC/processor on the receiver is known to be superior to what you have in the player...

Nice discovering this thread. I couldn't agree more.

Try her earlier album "When I Look In Your Eyes." I personnally prefer that album to her new ones. Then there's Patricia Barber. Have heard a few songs on the radio and have yet to get an album from her. Very sultry.

There are a number of ways to integrate/connect a sub to your main speakers depending on the available connection options to the sub. There are also placement considerations to improve bass propagation as well as treating the room to ensure as close to flat LF response at your listening...

1) Do some research on the net on the DAC chips used in receivers and players. There are good and bad DACs in either gear. Offhand I should say that the DAC on the NAD CD player C542 or a Rotel RCD1072, being HDCD capable, is an excellent one. If you had to invest on a CD-only player, get...

Try to get as much info about the vendor you are getting this discounted Denon from. If he makes good his promises to honor a customer's warrranty claim, replaces defective ones returned within a few days, and does a good job of having any of his returned goods fully restored within a...

The on-screen display menu does not work with component video connection in many receivers. Try the S-video connection. That's why some HT afficionados I know hook up a small LCD monitor to the receiver's s-video out connection for this purpose only. Or you could use the receiver's s-video...

My former Onkyo receiver was no slouch as it was a 1985 flagship, the TXSV919THX. But shifting to separate amps did provide me with better stereo imaging and a more focused center image(higher channel separation), better bass response (higher damping factor and extended linear bass response...

What's all these legal impediments about DVD backuping? The pirates here are thriving with their EXACT and NEARLY-EXACT copies of ALL hollywood and non-hollywood DVDs. Only difference are in the bit-rates. But very minimal.

The suspension looks kinda narrow for its size. It's definitely not a long-throw subwoofer. :D

Excellent review there. I am stacking up some really good arguments to getting the RCD1072 in favor of an Arcam CD player. But I'd be curious which DAC is really better, the Burr-Brown Sigma Delta or the Wolfson 8740 used in them, respectively. Both plays HDCD so the digital filterning should...

Nope, silence can mislead. If it just says 2 channels. Fine. The Aragon 3000 series says they measure it with 3 channels driven out of a total of 5. I have no problem with that. If it is says All channels driven, they are definetely misleading, if and only if, the power consumption betrays...

Upgrade the speakers first, if you ask me. You could be in for a big and pleasant surprise if and when you do. Then from your narrowed choices, i'd get an Onkyo 701. Apart from its usefull digital processing features, it gives a more solid musical quality in the sonics department. Equaly...

Offhand I don't think I could go wrong with either brands. The GFA7700 is a 175wpc brute, rated with All channels driven into 8 ohms. The 1075 is also a 5-channel power amp rated at only 120wpc at full bandwidth. From the tech specs alone I'd get the Adcom. Both amp are rated conservatively...

The Denon is fine, but given a choice on pure sonics alone, I'd go for the Rotel. This is essentially a very subjective choice and I should adivice you to take the time to audition both using the preferred speakers you have in mind, though it's also possible that either brand can work best on...