Recent content by Norm Strong

Gold speaker wires? I can see a very good reason for them. It's a good way to store gold bullion. No thief is likely to find it. Lots safer than casting it into a sailboat keel.

The amplifiers may indeed be indentical. However, it's the power supply that determines whether or not they will all put out their advertised power at once.

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What is the basic difference between these two series of ReplayTV units? What technical features does one have that the other doesn't, and what are the plusses and minuses of each? I'm having trouble getting the straight scoop. Thanks a bunch, Norm Strong

The "you" is a generallized you. The most troubling part to me is the part where they can remove the commercial skip feature at any time. It's not like the Apex AD600 where Apex had to get their hands on your unit to remove the "secret" menu. If Sonic Blue is successfully sued by the major...

Did you read the legal agreement? SonicBlue can remove any feature of RePlayTV without notice and at their sole discretion. IOW, they can remove the commercial skip feature at any time, and you have no recourse. In fact, they reserve the right to alter RePlay's software in any way they...

Perhaps you'd give us something to go on other than the price. Such as, How much power into what load? Then there's things like, is a fan acceptable?

My recommendation would be for "less".

I have an Apex. I've had it for 2 years. It works perfectly. But, since I've only looked at one other brand on my own TV set, I can't really argue with the esteemed gentlemen above. The "feature" set, however, is undeniable.

The reason bass management is not added to receivers is that it is difficult and expensive, since it has to be done in the analog domain. Since the signal from an SACD or DVD-A player is only available as a set of analog signals, the receiver would first have to send each channel through a...

The only reason to match brands is to get unified remote controls. There is no quality issue.

There are excellent reasons for buying a DVD player as a dedicated CD player. They play, not only CDs, but CD-R, CD-RW, and all of them encoded with MP3. How many home CD decks do you know that will do that?

If you want to play vinyl, why did you buy a 950, which is notable for having no phono stage?

Place the amplifier on the floor. Put a sturdy chair on each side. Now lay a board across the seats of the chairs, and your amplifier has been bridged.

Buy a couple of CD cabinets that are 18" high. Put the speakers on them.