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That's unfortunate. I decided to buy one anyway so I guess I will see how much it annoys me. Tim

Does that include the hard buttons? Does the screen in fact light up when pressing them and can it be set not to? Thanks for answering my questions. I just don't want to shell out the cash and then find this annoying quirk. Tim

I have an old Pronto that is on its way out. So I need a replacement. My first thought was one of the new 3000's but I read over on Remotecentral that the backlight on these things aren't configuralbe. In particular when you press the hard buttons the screen comes on and in general there is no...

No, your post was reductionist and absurd and you know better. First, can a power cord or contiioner affect anything even though there are miles of cables before them? Yes and to suggest otherwise is facile and silly. It is possible to construct power cords and conditioners that measurably...

Since you will soon have both, why don't you let us know how they compare? Tim

Since you will soon have both, why don't you let us know how they compare? Tim

I understand your frustration that you don't like hearing people make claims they can't backup. I get rather annoyed about it myself. I don't fault you a bit for that and rather agree with you that it would certainly be nice if manufacturers were more careful about their science and more...

I had not seen those, but it does not surprise me in the least. I am also aware than wine tasters often engage in DBT's. That is, I believe how Wine Spectator and others construct their ratings. If you want to see what a real econometrician can do with DBT's and wine look here...

Just out of curiousity. . .many posts ago various people were mentioning that they preferred one beer over another. Can we see a show of hands for how many people formed those preferences through double blind tests? I could almost certainly measure all of those beers on a number of dimensions...

Sold.

I have about a HSU STF-3 subwoofer for sale that is only a few weeks old. I bought it as a potential second sub and then realized I didn't really need a second. It was only used a few weeks so it is in pristine condition. I will ship in original factory shipping boxes with all inserts. You can...

Avia can do a little toward helping set up two speakers but if you want a really good disk to help you out, go to www.chesky.com and check out their stereo set up CD. An invaluable disk in my opinion that can also help with surround setup if you eventually add more speakers later. Tim

I have a pair of RM1's. I previously had some mid-range B&W's and these are a large leap from those. I auditioned many others at dealers including the Revel Performa series speakers, some Dynaudio's and some Thiel's in the $2-3k raange and none really gave the VMPS' a close contest. They are...

I took a look at the Paradigms and they would probably work. Anyone have more recent pricing on the CS-50's? Tim

Thanks for the suggestions. Any others out there?

I was wondering if anyone has experience with using in-celing speakers for rear speakers. My sister is having a new house built and I think these would work well in her room, but I've never looked at these before. If anyone has recommendations that would be great. BTW, the in-celing speakers...

There is a much easier and simpler solution that I use with my VMPS RM 1's. If you get a packet of door shims, you can slide them under the speakers tilting them up just a bit which can fix the problem. Since you can put a couple of shims under and they go back far, they are also nice and...

A DAC connects between the source and the pre-amp. So you need a digital cable to connect there. The DAC outputs an anlog signal to your pre-amp which means you need a pair of analog cables for that connection. There are a number of DAC's you can get. MSB has several different levels and I've...

1. If your receiver has pre-outs then it is set up for this. It will absolutely not be a problem. 2. There is no need to keep your volume down. As you were saying, the amplifier has no volume control. The one on your receiver will work as it di with the amps on the receiver. My advice is...

I have the VMPS RM1's but haven't tried the 808's or 626's. I can tell you that it is in the VMPS ribbon speakers that the true magic resides. I would expect the 808's to be perfectly decent speakers but the ribbons will be very different beasts. I don't think I would recommend having a ribbon...

Chu, A. I have no idea if it is audible. My point was only that this determines the significance. B. As I said, I'm not trying to do science here. I'm just listening things to see if I like them. If someone wants a scientific study on this, they should by all means be contacting university...

RobertR, Saying "There couldn't have been a difference, it was just a mind trick" is the same thing as there was no difference. If you want to stick to this as a reason my and others' observations are worthless in determining whether break-in exists, explain to me why I didn't hear any...

Chu, It probably would be of interest to know what specifically and was measurably changed. I would love to know. Not, however, enough to spend a ton of cash on fine enough measurement equipment to do it, but if you want to go ahead. I'm also sure that if you ask Wayne over at Boulder Cables...

Holadem, Ummm, , ,you actually rather missed my point. The main point was the attitude of the naysayers. Someone says something is possible but has no scientific proof yet and there is complete rejection because of the fact that you aboslutely positively know nothing of the sort could ever be...

Quote from a hypothetical astronomer at the top of his field in the 1700's: "I know everything there is to know about orbital mechanics. I can compute the phases of the moon and changes of the season for years to come based on my knowledge. There is nothing anyone else could possibly ever...