jkalman

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HELP B&W 802D or Revel Ultima Salon2
Both excellent speakers, but I definitely preferred the Salon2 to the 802D. You should listen to both and see which you prefer more. 
HDMI Cable comparisons
Keep in mind, 15m = 49 feet... 
HDMI Cable comparisons
I was only trying to point out that in some cases of borderline equipment performance then an audible difference "might" occur.Not in the context of $100+ (or even $50+) HDMI cables vs. $20 HDMI cables of the same length and gauge. If the cables h... 
HDMI Cable comparisons
Here is an older thread, but it has good technical info on jitter and HDMI. I'll post a link to page 3 which contains the most relevant info, but it is a great thread overall for info on jitter in general.http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.... 
Speakers that disappear
Shadorne, yep, yep!! Let her spend that other sucker's money now... I have more equipment to buy!!! :D 
HDMI Cable comparisons
Shadorne,In other words, what you are referring to is a product of HDMI in general (though no one has scientifically proven they can actually hear that small a level of jitter). It is an issue with the HDMI format itself, independent of cabling. 
HDMI Cable comparisons
There is a well known problem of interface jitter from transmitting the clock signal along with the data. I would agree that in the scheme of things this form of distortion is usally pretty small nowadays (compared to other problems like speaker d... 
HDMI Cable comparisons
Bob,Some people argue that you are getting a better maintained signal when you use a better cable. Some people also argue that bits aren't bits and that signal degradation is going to affect the sound even if the bits are still recognizable as one... 
Denon DVD 2500BTCI Blue Ray or Denon 3930CI player
Buy something cheap temporarily and then buy a great Blu-Ray player later when you have a TV with HD picture capability. You can get an Oppo for ~$180 dollars...Heck, if you feel like spending a lot, get the top of the line Oppo for S-DVD playback... 
What's the bottom line on Oppo 980 for CD playback
I'm using the Oppo 980H as a transport for SACD, DVD-A and CD ATM. It works great as a transport. I'm not sure about analog output. I'm using it temporarily until the new Denon Universal player is available so I can use Denon Link in my setup. 
Speakers that disappear
Hey, it could be worse... You could come home and find that your woman disappeared. You might even find your best friend disappeared along with her. Or is that a good thing? 
HDMI Cable comparisons
BTW Bob, I would consider those Blue Jeans cables to be in order with appropriate pricing and in-spec cabling... 
HDMI Cable comparisons
Where exactly is this cache residing? Not in the cable. So if it exists at all, it would be beyond the input receiver and would have nothing to do with the cable.It has everything to do with the cable. As long as the signal gets to the receiver wh... 
HDMI Cable comparisons
Don't waste money on an expensive HDMI cable...My Bachelor degree is in Computer Science with a specialization in networking; this included studying electrical signals and their propagation along electrical lines. Passing signals across HDMI is a ... 
To those who support idea a room isn't large enuff
The issue with rooms below around 1500 cubic feet is that the room colorations (resonant modes, nulls, RT, etc) become bad enough that even room correction becomes pointless in terms of decreasing the severity of the issues (info taken from the Ma...