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<font color='#000000'>My set-up is a little complicated but sufffice it to say that my main multi-ch power amo can only support one set of 5.1 inputs. &nbsp;So is the pre-amp. &nbsp;If i purchase a universal player that requires 5.1 connection, I won't have any 5.1 spare inout to connect them...

<font color='#000000'>Offhand i could think of the Pioneer VSX D811S which i think cost around $300. &nbsp;It's a 7.1 BTW. &nbsp;It has excellent features and source/format flexibility but has a lousy amplifier section that is rated at 1% THD at 1KHz, &nbsp;not audophile-grade in my opinion...

<font color='#000000'>In general, the same speakers forming a series for main, center and surround would benefit from timbre matching that can yield a more seamless soundstage. &nbsp;Timbre is another term for color or sound signature. &nbsp;This applies to most commercial speakers in the low to...

<font color='#000000'>I am a little uncomfortable with compressed files as I've read that MP3 and WMP files are not considered audiophile-grade. &nbsp;So i usually rip CDs using WAV format. &nbsp;But recently I also read these are compressed files as well. &nbsp;Is that correct? &nbsp;Aren't WAV...

<font color='#000000'>Thanks Yamahaluver,  will look into the EAC one of these days. Is it the same the NERO software.  Am just starting to navigate through it.   Thanks</font>

<font color='#000000'>Thanks Yamahaluver, I live in the Philippines and yes, VCD sales are still strong and doing well. &nbsp;A VCD cost a tenth of a typical DVD price. &nbsp;Goes to show that the third world countries are not the market for DVD which is priced almost a fifith of the monthly...

<font color='#000000'>Allow me to share what little i know. &nbsp;The 5.1 output of a DVD player sends out analog signals that have been processed by the player's internal Digital-to-Analog Coverter or DAC.and associated post-DAC circuitry. In contrast, the digital output sends out a stream of...

<font color='#000000'>Glad to hear it works. &nbsp;So now you can record your DVDs audio output to the PC hard drive and subsequently into a CD or DVD writer. &nbsp;Right?</font>

<font color='#000000'>The SP/DIF (Sony-Philips Digital Interface) standard for digital interconnect mandates a 75-ohm impedance for consmer electronics.  I think this site may be helpful. http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html</font>

<font color='#000000'>I read in the news article that the propsoed EVD format is a direct governmnet response from the copyright requirmeents behind the DVD encryption technology which cost too much according to the CHinese.  If even half the chinese and indian population patronizes the new...

<font color='#000000'>Could timbre matching between the front and back be the culprit? &nbsp;Timbre matching is important if you want a seamless soundfield across all speakers, thereby contirbuting to the illusionof a soundstage depth. Jist my 2 cents.</font>

<font color='#000000'>Power ratings, efficiency, impedances - these are technical specs that have very little to do with the quality of the speaker's voice, its timbre or neutrality, its accuracy or color,  its dynamics or attack - qualities qhich I look for in spealers.   It's safe to match...

<font color='#000000'>Personally i prefer floorstanders for my speakers, whether front or back. That's also in preparation for those SACDs and DVD-As that are touted to have low bass even for surrounds and requires full rangers all around. I am sure there are excellent JBL floorstanders in its...

<font color='#000000'>Let me see if i understood your set-up correctly: You want to bypass the crossover of your stereo speakers between the woofer and the mids and run the woofer directly to a power amp connected to the sub-out of your 5.1 receiver. That seems ok, the receiver's sub-out is...

<font color='#000000'>Based on experience, an SPL (Sound PRessure Level()meter would help a lot. &nbsp;I am not aware of any fast rule on subwoofer volume position relative to the mains as these speaker and their amp charaterisitcs differ so widely. &nbsp;If your ears are accusotmed to hearing...

<font color='#000000'>I have the impression the more expensive the receiver is the better or more decent its video switching circuitry is. &nbsp;I know many hi-end AV preamps actually have defeatble video switches to preclude extraneous nooise entering the audio circuits. &nbsp;Many mid-priced...

<font color='#000000'>Have you tried connecting the receiver's digital output to the digital input of a DAT? &nbsp; Am not sure if I understood your problem correctly, but maybe some receivers disallow this for copyright reasons.</font>

<font color='#000000'>The tape audio out does not pass through the receiver's volume control and preamp. &nbsp;It is meant to send out the source or another tape signal to a recording gear so you can record the source level independent of the volume or tone settings of the receiver. IT's a...

<font color='#000000'>I had suspected that too and so reversed the L and R speakers. &nbsp;But the problem just rransfered from left to right. &nbsp;So i concluded it's speaker related.</font>

<font color='#000000'>I have a speaker that, at low volume levels or signals, generate spourious sounds like clapping or popcorn popping that is most evident when I listen close. &nbsp;THis is from the Left speaker. &nbsp; I have reversed the L and R speakers and the noise has transferred to the...