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It's been a while since I posted here but I am now reviewing audio gear and thought you would be interested in our latest "Best Of" article. This article covers all price points and it may be most useful for those working to improve their audio system...

I collect gold CDs for their often better sound quality. Today I picked up a copy of Ray Charles Greatest Country & Western Hits. What gold CDs do you have in your collection? What do you like and why?

I'm enjoying the new Badfingers. There is lots of detail on these CDs. Also, a local retailer broke street date and I was able to get Band on The Run. Sounds very good to me. I only got the standard release, not the deluxe version. Same team that did the excellent Beatles remasters.

I have just reached the end of my patience with this player. I have done all the updates and I simply want to watch my Season 3 Mad Men discs. It starts to load and it just goes into an infinite loop and just runs the moving bubble graphic across the screen.. 10 minutes later and my wife and...

Finally got a small TV so I could navigate my Oppo menu systems. Fired up The Doors Perception box set. Holy Cow! What sound on this one. Deep, detailed, musical. Having fun!

Need some help from the video experts here. I have a small TV that I want to use to navigate DVD-Audio menus. It only has a coaxial input jack on the back and I am not sure how to adapt it to the "RCA style" video output on the back of my Oppo 980H player. Do I need a special adapter? I tried...

Concord Music Group is considering dropping the SACD format for its Telarc and other labels. If you want to keep SACD stereo and multichannel releases coming from them please send them a polite email expressing your interest to the following email: Email...

I'd like to have a small library in my home theater to complement around a dozen titles I already have. I have the following titles: Transporter 1 & 3 Dr. No Australia 2001 Blade Runner Mad Men Season 1 The Queen Music & Lyrics Invincible 3:10 to Yuma Michael Clayton Black Hawk...

I generally find these to be excellent, especially the jazz Fantasy/OJC titles. Anyone else a fan? Which ones do you have? I picked up Workin by Miles Davis today and its very good.

Just curious what discs folks have and enjoy...

Felt this merited a separate public service announcement. I bought a $30 Pentatone 2 SACD set of Beaux Arts Trio for $7.50. They also had a MTT Mahler 6 for 75% off. I've seen this at two different Borders (for you locals the Buckhead store is wiped out now, check Ponce location :)). A real...

I have a couple of thoughts on BluRay adoption in terms of hardware and software... 1. I think $25-$40 per movie is waaaay too high for BluRay to go wide. I assume that increasing volumes will drive down costs but outside of some terrific Amazon and Fry's sales prices remain ridiculously...

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Hi folks! Have some newbie 1080P questions...I have a Sony KDS 50A3000 and Samsung 1400 Bluray Player: 1. Is the upconversion on the Samsung considered good? It looks great on some DVDs but not as great on others. 2. Should I look for one with the HQV chip? I have 30 days to return the...

Just curious what people think of the sound. Thanks. :)

Picked this up on vinyl yesterday and it's quite good (mastered by Bob Ludwig). It's very mellow but quite good as one would expect from Mark. Anyone else like this album?

Just curious if any members would consider buying a turntable these days... Would a lot more music titles do it for you? Would more economical tables work? Would you stay digital no matter what? Let me know your thoughts...I'm curious with the vinyl resurgence if anything can be done...

Any ideas? I seem to have lost my Cookie Pal subscription number with Kburra. Anything better out there? Anything free or low cost? Thanks! :)

I'm curious as I finally bought a VPI turntable (Scoutmaster) which was something I had planned to do for several years. I am finding vinyl quite fun for several reasons: 1. Sound quality is very hirez and non-fatiguing in long listening sessions. 2. It's fun to scavenger hunt and find...

I'm looking to learn more about a rap artist named David Bender. Anyone familiar with this musician? I want to learn more about what projects he has been involved with. Thanks! :)

This could be huge! http://macdailynews.com/index.php/we...omments/11747/ But think about this for a moment. Beatles will do an AAC song catalog but not one in hirez...a sad commentary on the times in my opinion.

Just noticed this...did I win a prize? :)

http://online.wsj.com/public/article..._20070803.html Yogi Berra: Deja Vu All Over Again! :D I have some thoughts on this: 1. Sadly, physical media may be almost dead (except for us niche audiophiles). This won't change that. 2. Will the consumer actually spend more $ on a better...

Big Steve Martin fan here and its getting great reviews....

These things are coming down to my humble budget range and the contrast ratio is good and they got a great review in Sound & Vision this month... Anyone have experience with these? Should I be worried about Dell from an after-sale service standpoint?

Thanks for your help. Looking for a tube-based TV for family room. Ideally want hidef capability and screen size of 32-36 and that circuit that keeps volume at same level during commercials... :)

A major shift in Apple strategy if true:

As Mac fans here know, today was the launch of Tiger's operating system. Well I thought it would be cool to line up early and see what these Apple releases were all about. I wwnt to one of the two Atlanta retail stores and about 40-50 people showed up around 5:00 for a 6:00PM opening of the...

I have been following the Tiger launch closely and I believe there is a fundamental flaw in much of the reporting - I'll explain. Many of the Tiger reviews are very, very positive particularly Walt Mossberg's but other reporters are saying things, based on no real insight or data to speak of...

Apple will announce new Macs next week...Three primary configurations will be offered with the following specifications: Dual-2GHz 512K L2 cache per processor Dual 1GHz frontside buses 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (4GB max.) 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive 128MB DDR SDRAM ATI Radeon 9600 video...