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  1. Art Miller

    sony ta-1000esd price?

    It's probably worth $100-200. I've got one that I bought new, what, a decade ago, and I just packed it away in a box, 'cause I can't bear to sell it for a 1/12 of what I paid. I'd have to disagree with Rachael, and say that I was never impressed with it as a stereo preamp. In fact I stopped...
  2. Art Miller

    2-channel system to 5.1/6.1 - How to get there from here?

    Been there-gave up on that. Can't adjust global volume continuously. I gave up and bought a Sherwood AVP9080r pre/pro ($1200 MSRP) on ubid for $349. Does everthing that you will need. You could use your integrated amp for two of the channels, but would need more amps for the surrounds, etc...
  3. Art Miller

    Grab a DVD Player now or wait?

    Atho, I had been warned that the Pioneer universal player was coming out and considered waiting too. I bought the Pan 91, and just a few days ago got my Stereophile rag in the mail with a picture of the new Pioneer unit on the cover. I thought, oh, damn, I just got ripped offf. Then I read...
  4. Art Miller

    Ok - Where to actually find a RP91 in stock for a decent price??

    Andy, glad that you were able to get the same price that I did. Gary, not all the salespeople have the same atitude at J&R. Try them again. I don't know that it really matters, but they are an authorized dealer. I've read that Pan doesn't care where you bought it and will honor the warrenty...
  5. Art Miller

    Sherwood 9800 owners - let's have those tips please.

    OK, yet another question. I bought a Home Theatermaster MX-500 remote a month or so ago, and figured that I'd wait until I got another preamp and a DVD before setting it up. Has anyone used this remote with the AVP9080r? Basically I'm asking if all the Sherwood codes are preprogrammed...
  6. Art Miller

    Seperate Processor only

    Funny, I was in the same predicament myself. I had a bunch of amps, preamps and hoped to buy a DVD with DD/DTS, and since that would be my primary surround source, use the master volume fade of the DVD player to contol the vol of all the channels. Gee, my old Laserdisk player has a master fade...
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    Ok - Where to actually find a RP91 in stock for a decent price??

    Andy, Here's what to do. Call up J&R, and tell them that you want the same price as I got, which was $425 plus $7 shipping, = $432. They can search on my name, confirm the price, and should meet it. good Luck! //Art Miller
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    Sherwood 9800 owners - let's have those tips please.

    John, Thanks for the tip. Sure doesn't sound like it ought to be this way though. Even my ancient Sony 1000ES had separate speaker adjustments. I agree that -theoretically- the speakers should only have to be balanced once, but practically speaking, there are numerous times when either the...
  9. Art Miller

    Sherwood 9800 owners - let's have those tips please.

    So how do you adjust the individual speaker volume on this thing? I thought that I was following the instructions in the manual but it doesn't seem to work. I hit the test tone while I'm in DD, and the pre cycles through the various speakers. While it's playing the test tone in one of the...
  10. Art Miller

    Help with LARGE speaker settings

    Colin, Exactly my question, much better way to put it. Since I really do have subs (2 12 in Shivas), I 'd like it not to matter how the sound gets there. 5.0 Large ought to equal 5.1 med/small. Anyone know for sure?
  11. Art Miller

    Sherwood 9800 owners - let's have those tips please.

    I got one of these from Ubid also. It took forever. I won the bid at $349 12/21 and it was not shipped until the 31st. Holidays shomalidays, 10 days is a long delay. It took another 6 days to arrive by stagecoach,er, ah I mean ground UPS ($35 shipping to NJ). Can't say a whole lot about it...
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    Help with LARGE speaker settings

    Quick question: If I'm using Large speaker settings in DD/DTS does ALL of the Low frequency info go to the main R/L speakers if I'm NOT using a sub? The reason I ask is that I am using a biamp MTM/Sub stereo speaker setup, and I'd prefer to leave it as it is, with the separate electronic...
  13. Art Miller

    Toslink Cable (Optical Cable)

    Outlaw audio sells a 1.8m toslink for $20. I've got one on order as well as 3 of their analog cables. Anyone use them or have any comments?
  14. Art Miller

    Sherwood America announces new preamp/processor and amp

    So interesting that it has the same faceplate as the AVP9080R. I'm sure that means that the one that I just bought will be upgradeable for a few hundred bucks huh?! --I won't hold my breath. But, since I only paid $350 for it new, I had suspected that it was already pretty obsolete. Sure...
  15. Art Miller

    Why save all your CD's onto your hard drive?

    I went to a Sams club in NJ. The drive (WD 1000BB @ 7200rpm), was stickered at $269 with a $100 mail in rebate. When I got to the register it rang up at $219. When I got to the service desk to actully pick up the drive I saw another sticker on one with a $219 price with only a $50 rebate. So...
  16. Art Miller

    SInce we are still waiting for the Outlaw preamps, what's out there around same cost?

    youssserrr, So, you spend $600 for the Sony, add another $450 for a gadget to give it 6 channel analog in, and then you need 3 prs of cables specific to hookin only these 2 together, never mind the sources, say $100-200, so you are talking $1250-1350. I don't know how great that is for a new...
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    Why save all your CD's onto your hard drive?

    yeah but saving all your CD's as mp3 is going down the road to sonic displeasure. Sure you can save a lot of files to disk, but it's still only mp3. Now if you're talking saving the files uncompressed, I can aggree that it's worth the effort, and you can file away the CD's. But the...
  18. Art Miller

    Athlon XP 1700+ Project won't start -up

    Try here: http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kg7kr7/kg7kr7faq.htm for all things about the KG7 and KR7A Abit boards
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    SInce we are still waiting for the Outlaw preamps, what's out there around same cost?

    How about a Sherwood Newcastle AVP-9080 for less than $400 new? I and others found this unit on Ubid for about $309-349 plus about $35 shipping. Mine should arrive today, so can't comment on it's quality yet. It doesn't have the newer surround modes such as DPLII etc, but does have 6...
  20. Art Miller

    I have changed my mind about S-VHS "ET" mode...any suggestions?

    Bill, Don't know what brand SVHS VCR that you have, but my JVC (7600?) does SP and EP just like standard VHS. And 6 hour SVHS is still better than 2 hr VHS.
  21. Art Miller

    RP-91 $549.99 at Etronics? Really?

    Thomas, I price matched with J&R over the phone a couple of weeks ago, and rather than match another internet seller, they liked the idea that I could give them a name of someone who ordered the same product from them, ie YOU. When I tried to get them to sell it to me for less than $440...
  22. Art Miller

    RP-91 $549.99 at Etronics? Really?

    Bruce, As of Monday, 12/17 at 4 pm major fusion, aka more audio video (212-290-2650, 818-362-7474) had NONE in stock (either flavor) and had no eta.
  23. Art Miller

    I have changed my mind about S-VHS "ET" mode...any suggestions?

    But I'll still take used (one pass) pro-grade REAL SVHS tapes at $2.45 over regular VHS at the same price, recorded at ETVHS.
  24. Art Miller

    RP-91 $549.99 at Etronics? Really?

    Ya know, typing in a model number into pricegrabber, and coming up with a price of $429 means nothing if the unit is not available. Which it isn't. I've checked lots of places.
  25. Art Miller

    I have changed my mind about S-VHS "ET" mode...any suggestions?

    ET is handy when someone makes an SVHS tape for themselves (me) and loans the tape to someone who has only an ET capable VCR (like the inlaws). I use "real" SVHS tapes and find them to be much better than ET-VHS or drilled VHS. Try this link: http://www.tapetape.com/list.htm#1/2 Inch SVHS...
  26. Art Miller

    RP-91 $549.99 at Etronics? Really?

    Good luck finding one of these this week. I've had one on back order from J&R for 2 weeks, and was told that they might be in by the 1st of Jan. Another vendor told me that Panasonic amongst other companies scaled back production after 9/11. Don't know if I buy this, but I've tried half a...
  27. Art Miller

    Best place in the US to buy the Panny RP91?

    and good luck finding it at any of the aforementioned cheap places. I'm waiting for one on backorder at J&R....
  28. Art Miller

    Will this DAC configuration be effective in a DVD-Audio player?

    Further questioning to the NAD guy got a response that bass management and copy protection were the 2 major issues that concerned him. We are all aware of the former and that it is likely that next generation players will begin to address it (like SACD a single global xover?), but I'm not sure...
  29. Art Miller

    Will this DAC configuration be effective in a DVD-Audio player?

    Folks, I wouldn't worry about how this particular NAD will sound as you likely will never hear it. In response to a query I made to NAD yesterday about this player, I was told that this player is on "indefinite hold" pending the standards issues. The NAD spokesman sounding wounded by the fray...
  30. Art Miller

    Panasonic DVD-A players Different models??

    Ok, Everyone is familiar with the RP-91, and we know that except for a few examples in Canada, the RP-61 never made it to market. The RN-61 is the non-progressive version of the 65 and has recently been introduced. I just read in 2 different English rags about a RV-71. What is this? Is it a...
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