loomisjohnson
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| Arcam AVR 600 Is it that good? conceptually, there's no reason that a well-designed avr won't sound as good as seperates utilizing substantially the same components, and a high end avr like the arcam should outperform more modest separates. to me, tho, it makes little sense to ... | |
| HDMI cable made a difference in picture quality?? i'm with macdad, almarg et.al.--i can't see a whit of difference between the generic hdmi cables eforcity sells for 22 cents on amazon and the megabuck super-duper, 48 carat gold, handmade by aryan-demigods cables peddled which retailers peddle so... | |
| DAC benefit compared to denon3930 given the inherent subjectivity of "sound quality", it's virtually impossible to tell if you're rig will sound better with a separate dac--you have to audition and decide. both your denon and your helios have high quality dacs;i haven't heard the ... | |
| Speakers you regret selling von schweikert vr-1s, which i impulsively sold to a wanna-be audiophile acquaintance. great rock and roll monitor--has the slam of a floorstander; beautifully finished and fantastic value at its $500-600 used price. i also sold sold my dunlavy sc1... | |
| Small speakers...big sound?? of the speakers on your list, the vr1s are the real mofo--big sounding with excellent low end extension (i haven't heard the gersman). i'd also look at proac response and paradigm signature s1 or s2--very full; big soundstage. | |
| Did anybody else notice this about PSB Speakers? PSB (along with Pardigm, Energy et. al.) is a big beneficiary of Canda's National Research Council, which finances R&D; because of the government's largesse, the Canadian manufacturers can sell great products at much lower cost. If our governm... | |
| Small Footprint Speakers for Rock with your rel, id go for a monitor with a big soundstage--proac response, psb synchrony or pardigm signature s1 or s2. you cannot go wrong with any of these. | |
| Big Star..?? Gotta disagree with Jaybo, who almost always has great taste--the Big Star reunion album blew chunks, I do, however, highly recommend Chris Bell's solo record, which despite demo-quality sound is every bit as good as the Big Star records. | |
| Changing to bookshelf speakers. Recommendations? qm gurus--pretty amazing wallop for their size | |
| Soulsavers, Mark Lanegan, Gutter Twins thanks for the heads up on the soulsavers. their cover of "some misunderstanding", an extremely obscure gene clark track, is fantastic. | |
| Integrated to use as preamp for now? within your budget, arcam alpha or a65/75 or music hall 25 should do ya nicely. i'm currently using an arcam alpha 9 as a pre and i like it mucho. | |
| Cambridge Audio 640c V2, 650c, or 740c differences mjcmt, you ask a really good question--i know some people prefer non-upsampling cdps because they're more forgiving, less glaring and sound more "analog" sounding than upsampling cdps. it's really a matter of personal taste, and, as you aver to, p... | |
| Cambridge Audio 640c V2, 650c, or 740c differences there are differences as you move up the cambridge line--the 740, 640 and 650, as well as the DACMagic appear to use the same DACs, but the 740 and the DACMagic are upsampling, which will makes an audible difference, while the 650 allegedly improv... | |
| Budget upgrade from Denon 1940ci DVD/CD? fpr an all in one dvp, with music playback being the priority, i'd opt for arcam. | |
| Bookshelf or Mini Monitor i did a very similar search recently and found the best for a nearfied, near-wall use to be the paradigm signature s1; at a lower budget threshold, the rega rs1s were unexpectedly really excellent. |