blindjim
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| Time to pull the trigger on BluRay? Whoa mood1... go ahead on! | |
| Basic electrical questions. RE Another breaker box?No. Well, not necessarily. Depends on the breakers actual physical nlayout. are there any blank (unused) spaces? If so your job will be much easier. Also the actual width of standard breakers (if used) allows for some hidden... | |
| like to buy a dac? Well I don't sit around here and make this stuff up.I made mention of the PCM output... which your PC does natually, as my FIOS HD cable box made by Motorola Q6200 doesn't output the audio data in PCM format. I found this out accidentally on purpo... | |
| like to buy a dac? Better make sure of two things going into this purchase/search... that the components you want to hook into the DAC output PCM data... or can be configured to output PCM. Most DAC only accept PCM info.or do ensure the DAC you buy accepts and conve... | |
| TV to Receiver cables Audio Art cables would do fine.I am curious about one thing here... Why? Why connect from the TV to the receiver? Why not just run coax or optical lines from the cable box and DVD player to the Marantz instead?Does the Marantz not have any digital... | |
| Basic electrical questions. Dedicated lines are a good thing... but not the best solutions of and by themselves.Dedicated lines merely limit added issues from the rest of the household. remember, ultimately, the neutrals and grounds are tied together. Even still, dedicated i... | |
| You've Won the Lottery: Your Dream System, Now. It's long been a thought of mine if I hit the Red neck retirement some Saturday night, what would I do?First I'd buy a new home and hire some experienced soul to build me a dedicated room for audio and one for video each one, acoustically treated ... | |
| the Digital Millineum Copyright Act criminalizes Maybe it'll wind up being like what happend when VHS hit the market. Lots of disclaimer, hoo ha-ing about copying penalties, yet no teeth in the bite to those who use it for solely personal activities.... and aimed primarily at pirates who spin of... | |
| Time to pull the trigger on BluRay? More importantly find out if it's 1080P capable. If so that signal can be carried on RBG component cables. HDMI allows for both video and audio if 1.2 or higher on one cable, AND video upsampling.... component cables won't allow for this upsamplin... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid Good amps go quickly. Facts & opinions, not withstanding. | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid I think the "Try it for yourself and/or in your system, preferably" disclaimer should be a banner ad at any audio forum website. it goes along without saying it of course. Duh! It is the obvious answer to about 80% or more, of all the questions ev... | |
| $2500 Tube Amp Recommendations Congratulations. given Levi's glowing review these should be most enjoyable, and fun to fool around with via tube rolling. AES Antique Electronic Supply has EL34 winged C from Russia tubes reasonably priced, and they'll match 'em too. | |
| HDMI video signal but no audio Perhaps as is said here, the hand shake didn't get done right. Powering up again following a check on the connections should do it. otherwise, on my Onkyo receiver on the front drop down panel there's a button which enables HDMI use... pressing th... | |
| Disable my soundcard? Q1 YESQ2 NAQ3 Can't hurt... BUT... how are you listening to the mp3's? Just on your PC/mac? or on your main stereo?if you are using or want to use USB output, I gotta assume you have a USB DAC.Depending on your OS once the USB DEVICE IS SEEN, it m... | |
| Better speakers than Von Schweiker VR4jr under 3k ... or Gallo. |