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Are Plextor burners compatible with Macbook Pro?
Thanks for your responses. I actually did call Plextor and they said that all of their products are meant to work with windows and SHOULD work with mac but said that they could not guarantee it and said they couldn't offer any support. They only o... 
dts question
I don't know what is going on but lately (in the past year) I have only seen one or two new movies with DTS encoding). Before this there were a lot more movies available with DTS. Does anybody know why this is? I agree that the sound in most cases... 
Pass Labs X600.5 or a Pair of Classe Omicron's?
I have had both the Pass X250 and the Omicrons in my system and compared them side by side. I chose the Omicrons. If you like the sound of your Classe than I would go with the Omicrons. I definately found the Pass to be dry(although a great amp) a... 
Calling on Vandersteen 5a owners
I own a pair in rosewood with a high gloss finish and would say without a doubt the gloss finish is worth it, regardless if you get them in rosewood or cherry. It transforms the speaker from average looking to exquisite and really makes the speake... 
The Chieftains - which CDs have the best sound?
Tears of stone is outstanding sonically. There are a lot of different guest singers such as Diana Krall, Loreena McKennitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Coors etc, etc. Beautiful sounding female vocals. Enjoy! 
Vandersteen 5a tuning cd
I called Richard Vandersteen myself about the same thing and he told me the disc is the Stereophile test disc. That is the only disc he and the dealers use. 
MIT Shotgun vs Magnum
I agree with the above posters. MIT cables do require a long burn in time. One week is nothing. The difference once they are burned in is night and day and will sound like a different cable than what you are hearing now. The same thing happened wi... 
PrePro - Classe SSP-75 vs Krell HTS 7.1 vs ???
I own the SSP-75. I have never used the multi channel inputs, but can safely say 2 channel listening is exceptional. Going from the 30 to the 75 is a major step up. I can't imagine you would not be happy with the 75. 
Whats the coolest sounding movie?
Fast and the Furious has some incredible sounding race scenes and is one of the best soundng dvd's available. 
anyone use line doubler w/Sharp xvz9000u projector
Anyone????? 
What is the finest SACD's you ever heard?
John Pizzarelli-Kisses in the Rain 
Best female vocals on CD
200+ Responses to this thread and no mention of Linda Eder. NOT her latest(Gold), although it is still good, but the two before this one: "It's Time" and "It's No Secret Anymore" She has a voice like no one else. Her vocals are backed by an energe... 
split sub signal out of preamp to use 2 subs?
Thanks to all of you for your helpful responses. 
MF Nu-Vista 3DCD
Yep, there is a small cutout on mine also. Never noticed it before now. 
MF Nu-Vista 3DCD
Hi I have owned the nu-vista 3D for about four months now and you are right it is an incredible player. I am surprised there isn't more talk about this player. I know they are getting close to their 500 max limited edition pieces. The player gets ...