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| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test I hate to contribute to these never-ending threads, but...With all due respects to HDM, no matter how many times you repeat it, I think it's obvious that continuing this debate is yielding very little. If you personally hear dramatic changes in an... | |
| Bigger is Better... I'm far from a videophile, but I'd be wary of HDTV via a cable box. Most of what I've seen is far inferior to satellite, which is understandable considering the differences in how the HD signal gets there. The box used by the cable company in our ... | |
| Top 3 Best Sounding Room In The HE Show 04' Excluding the big and/or mega-priced stuff, I was particularly impressed with two SS amps - Red Planet Labs and the Linar 5 channel integrated amp.I don't think most people realized how impressive it was to combine a high efficiency speaker like t... | |
| Best of Home Entertainment 2004 NY ? Maybe it's just my taste, but I just don't get that MBL stuff. Nevertheless, I won't deny that their sound is appealing to many.I also will give them credit for showing up. I can't believe how many WEREN'T there compared to Frisco and NYC 2 years ... | |
| Merlin Room at 2004 HE Show in NY It was a good room, but it's not surprising because he knows what he is doing. Besides putting together an excellent speaker, he does a few other smart things:1. The speakers are mated with electronics known to have ideal synergy. You'd be surpris... | |
| Stereo system Too Bright I can almost guarantee it's your CDP. Using a passive preamp (which usually is very transparent) is likely exposing more of the problem with the CDP. Also, since you are getting no gain from the preamp, you may be stressing your amp depending on h... | |
| Review: Shanling SCD-T200 w/ EA Turbomod CD Player Tobias,Thanks for the kind words. You're right. The main point of my review was to point out how much extra value Steve's mods brought to the Shanling. With just the Underwood mods, I was disappointed. In hindsight, I think one is MUCH better off ... | |
| Can sibilance be eliminated? Stehno,I think you can remove virtually all sibilance/distortion from digital. If you want to get technical and say absolutely 100% is not possible even with the best parts and designs, I could acknowledge that point. No playback system I've heard... | |
| Sonus Faber Stradivarius It was a very good review and got his "wholehearted recommendation". He particularly pointed out it's convincing representation of a full orchestra and called it one of the world's great loudspeakers.It also measureed quite well in the limited lab... | |
| Can sibilance be eliminated? Yes, sibilance can be eliminated.Absolutely NO, it is NOT the price you pay with high detail digital playback. It's the price you pay with poor digital playback. The problem is that most CDPs are still relatively poor performers, even many of the ... | |
| Is the McCormack DNA .5 that great? Not sure what kind of answer you're looking for. If you've researched prior threads, you'll probably get the same answers from this thread. (I know I've responded to my fair share in the past.)Nevertheless, here is a summary of why I recommend thi... | |
| Purist Audio & Stereophile I may be wrong, but didn't one of the Stereophile writers mock the Purist Audio RLS cables because they used a light in the cable. I thought I remember reading a sarcastic comment about shining a flashlight at your cables to accomplish the same th... | |
| Step-up from Plinius SA-102? It's rare to find Plinius amps not providing enough power, especially the SA-250. In fact, I'm wondering if the amp is really the problem. You must be pressurizing an awfully big room. Maybe you should double check your power situation (also don't... | |
| Equitech 1.5Q or Shunyata Hydra 8? After quite a bit of analysis last year, I'd go with balanced power over most any other option. The only other option I would consider is the somewhat similar Richard Gray Subtstation, which is a big step-down transformer that uses a 240 volt line... | |
| Anyone in Vegas listen to the Gilmore speakers??? While the Gilmore's were not exactly to my taste in sound, looks and price, it's probably not fair to totally indict them just based on their nascent performance in less than optimal show conditions. They don't seem near optimally suited for the s... |