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    Do looks matter?

    The gemstone amp is pretty fugly, but sounds great and costs a decent amount. Funny this comes up as the best mic preamp I've ever used/heard was simply a black box with a switch, couple inputs/outpus, and 1 led. Everyone calls it the "brick", but it is sweet. When people see it they know what...
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    Anthem D1/AVM20/AVM30

    Anyone get the $CAN pricing on the AVM-30?
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    FS: SVS 25-31PCi

    I will ship as long as buyer assumes shipping costs. SC
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    FS: SVS 25-31PCi

    I have a 25-31 PCi that is really the 22-31. The reason for selling is that the sub gets in the way of the screen I will be putting up. The unit is 1.5 yrs old and has seen moderate use. On average we watch 4-6 movies per month during the winter (Nov- Apr.) and probably 2 or 3 a month during the...
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    Lock on "FULL" mode

    What exactly is this?? I recently got a DV45a and the 2.35:1 movies got larger than they were previously on a Denon 1000. I have a Mits 55511. I set the 45a up for a16x9 tv and the picture got larger than we previously saw, but if I set the player for a 4:3 screen I see the same image as before...
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    The wife said Yes ... (longish)

    I'm probably the young one here (24), but I'll chime in anyway. My wife is the best! With the $$ from the wedding we were going to get a big screen and she knew this and was all for it. Well, we purchased a newly built house so I've had to let her do all the decor. I was thinking a 48" WS would...
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    Pioneer PureCinema vs. Standard

    I just got this player yesterday and when outputing the 480P the image is blown up. I have a Mits 55511. I'll put it in standard and shut off the progressive scan and see what happens to the picture size. I now see 2.35:1 films with the smaller black bars (where 1.85:1) movies used to be on my...
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    Smaller black bars!!

    Hey there, I have a Mits WS-55511 and finally got a prog. scan DVD (Pioneer DV45a). I set it all up and everything and love the picture, much better than my previous Denon DVD1000!! One question though... all of a sudden all my 2:35 movies take up more of the screen!! I now only have the 2"...
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    New receiver came in. I think I've been had

    Nick & Brandon, I'm here in MI as well (Waterford) and I can't stand the local dealers. I'm 24 and look younger and going to these places and trying to get service is quite hard. I could walk aroun GRamophone, Almas, Audio Video Alternatives, etc for many hours before anyone actually asked if I...
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    Is it me or does dd have better bass-sounds than dts?

    I prefer DTS and when I played LOTR EE last weekend I had to look at my speaker settings. All this bass everyone was talking about wasn't blowing up my system. It was so tight and defined. That said, is anyone going to correct for the lack of bass compared to the DD signal when playing this...
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    Should I really wait for the Phillips 963??

    It is also being said there are clicks in audio playback on the 963a. I guess I'll wait a little while until we can get some more reviews. SC
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    Should I really wait for the Phillips 963??

    Thank goodness I'm not the only one who couldn't find squat about audio performance in that thread. Really I'm just as interested in SACD playback and DVD-A as I would be with the video. I'm thinking I'll just get the Denon and hit my man Doug/Jim Oade up for the SACD player. Then it will be...
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    Should I really wait for the Phillips 963??

    I'm looking for a nice prog scan DVD player and am currently looking at the Denon 1600. I want nice audio along with no "chroma bug". Either one of the 5 channel music formats will do as I'm sure at some point I'll want both. I also like the feature in the 963 that upsamples CD's as then I...
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    "source direct"

    Good, that is what I wanted. I know that going digi uses the DAC in the unit, but I plan on getting a sep. DAC to use and then run analog in through the rec. I was just confirming my thoughts that a PCM signal could be source direct. Thanks, SC
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    "source direct"

    I'll have a Marantz SR7200 in the near future and I'm wondering if I can use the source direct mode going coax digi into the unit to use it's DAC as opposed to my DVD's?? Does source direct only work w/ analog in?? I plan to get a DAC unit soon. SC
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