rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| Thoughts on Sharp's Aquos 70" LED TV? I, too, have a Mitsu DLP and I really like it. As for "expensive" bulb replacements, the bulbs are only $99 direct from Mitsu. I really like the picture that my DLP presents, very natural looking with excellent blacks. You can't beat the price, ei... | |
| can i improve my system with a better cd player? When thinking about which unit is doing the digital to analog conversion, think of it this way:If the cable(s) connecting the player to the DSP-A1 are analog cables (RCA) the signal is analog and the player has already done the digital to analog c... | |
| can i improve my system with a better cd player? I just scanned the Agon ads, there is an 83 available for $600. Stretch your budget by $100 and you will have a superlative player... | |
| can i improve my system with a better cd player? You *might* be able to score an Oppo BDP-83SE for that money now. That unit had a VERY good analog 2-channel section. And, it gives you the ability to play ANY shiny disc available today...-RW- | |
| Inexpensive Phono Cables Recommendations When I jumped back into the Audiophool arena a few years back, I had read some glowing reviews of the Music Boy cables made by Petra. I do not have them on my phono rig, but I do use them in other parts of the system. To my ears they sound quite g... | |
| Musical Fidelity Buffer I never could understand why anyone would insert a device in the signal path whose sole job is to introduce distortion into the system. And let's face it, that is *exactly* what a tube buffer does, plain and simple.I thought the whole idea was to ... | |
| What software for 24/192 playback on PC? Another thumbs up for Foobar2000. And, it's totally free!-RW- | |
| 5 legendary speakers? Bose 901 - a finer speaker has never been made...-RW- | |
| Audio File Monitoring / Analyzing Software The Windows Media Player has something like this in its Visualizations. FooBar2000 also has a spectrograph feature...-RW- | |
| Best surround speakers for music? The Gallo Reference AV speakers are *very* good. And, using the wall as a backplane they are pretty flat down to about 45Hz. Your surrounds do NOT need to have low bass output, a good subwoofer will handle this quite well. | |
| Pink Floyd Another naked money-grab by the reord industry execs. However, the packaging and bonus matls. are somewhat interesting... | |
| Good CD for testing bass response Junior Wells "Come On In This House". This is a DTS CD mastered and engineered by Bob Ludwig. The sound quality is astounding, a true reference disc! | |
| Opinions on a good HT/Music AVR Forget all-in-one receivers. For 3 Large you can buy a Butler TDB-5150 5-channel tube/MOSFET amp and an Emotiva UMC-1 preprocessor. This combo will lay waste to most any receiver of equal value...-RW- | |
| Receiver or Preamp with 5 channel analog outputs Yes, the Emotiva UMC-1 has this. I have one connected to my Butler TDB-5150 and the pairing is pure magic...UMC-1, $699 direct from Emotiva.com-RW- | |
| Great sounding CDs out there... The Other Ones "The Strange Remain" is an exceptionally good-sounding recording, especially since it was done live. This one is an HDCD disc, as are all of the Grateful Dead albums.For that matter, GD's "American Beauty" and "Terrapin Station" are... |