knucklenutz

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PlayStation2 as budget DVD source: why/why not?
I have had a PS2 for almost a year now and I have had quite a few problems with it freezing up on the second layer of DVDs...if you get one ...get it from Best Buy or from somewhere that offers a no questions warrenty...where you can bring it back... 
Where R U?????
Hello from the frozen tundra of northern WisconsinHayward ..to be exact...little tourist town where fishing and cross-country skiing are the big draws..no other audio nuts here...I know ..I know everyone in town and they think I'm a moron for spen... 
Movies with...
Hi-Fedelity with John Cusak...not sure what he had but I seen NAD on the CD player and I believe he had a Marantz 8b...not sure but he had a lot of classic equiptment in his house 
A good 2ch preamp?
Thanx for all the input so far....you guys have been great...I appreciate it...I will keep you posted with what I decide on....but by all means keep this thread going ...it will be a few weeks before I get a preamp....I will post maybe some pictur... 
anyone? anyone?
I can make you an entertainment center to house your big screen ....I live in wisconsin and have been building high-end custom cabinets for 8 years...go ahead and e-mail me at [email protected] 
Favorite HT demo scene from a movie?
True Lies-opening scene and the helicopter scene with Jamie Lee Curtis hanging out of the limo (which by the way she did herself with no stunt double)...Phantom Menace-Pod race and the underwater scene...Close encounters of the third kind-the scen... 
Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts
OK....I maybe alot younger than most of you....I wasn't even born with most of your concerts...but here I go....I know I'm gonna catch hell for this...I saw Van Halen in Hartford Connecticut back in the late 80's that was pretty awesome seeing edd... 
Sony DVP9000es lock up problem ?
I don't have a 9000es...but I have a Sony Playstation 2....I'm not comparing the two....but It sounds alot like the problem that I have had.....I called Sony and the PS2 had an auto-diagnostic function...this function reads the disc before you pla... 
Who R U?
Well ...I've been putzin' around audiogon for about two years...drooling over all the High-end audio and making my wish list for when I hit the lottery...I'm 26 from a small tourist town in Wisconsin called Hayward....home of the best Musky fishin... 
Problems with PS2
I use both optical and analog....Optical for Dts ...Dolby Digital...and analog for CD playback... 
Problems with PS2
OK...for all you playstaion 2 owners who have problems reading any discs at all....I called Sony and they gave me a solution.....in the browser screen.....press Traingle....select console and use the auto diagnostic mode....this corrects the laser...