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  1. Chris Purvis

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    Impossible, because I don't think the film rights will ever be sold for it (unless maybe when they pass to Tolkien's grandchildren, who knows?) Anyway I kind of hope they don't. There's so many characters and storylines in that book it's hard for a die-hard Tolkien fan to keep them all straight...
  2. Chris Purvis

    Experiences with HK Factory Remanufactured AVRs?

    I bought one direct from them. They also sell them on eBay and often for less than the price on their webpage. I had no issues with it. The -Z is just their way of designating the unit as having been refurbished. Anyway, the refurbished units may have cosmetic issues, but they have a...
  3. Chris Purvis

    Going crazy-Panasonic sa xr45 or HK avr330?

    Add me to the "swapped analog amps for SA-XRxx crowd." I was using 3 GFA-535's paired with a H/K 320 (budget separates if there ever were any) to drive my 6.1 system and replaced them with an XR-25 which I was lucky enough to get in the recent Circuit City closeout for $139. I am completely...
  4. Chris Purvis

    Panasonic's new digital recievers: thoughts?

    A lot of people seem to think so - for me the main problem with the XR10 is that it's a 5.1 unit so for processing HT soundtracks it's somewhat out of date.
  5. Chris Purvis

    What to buy? High end projector OR low end projector and separates?

    I just want to point out that this is totally incorrect.
  6. Chris Purvis

    New Panasonic receiver with digital amps owner's manual now online

    I'm not sure what you mean by that - these new models have everything current including Pro Logic IIx...
  7. Chris Purvis

    New Panasonic receiver with digital amps owner's manual now online

    I have a separates system in my main theater - with a digital source and dolby digital or dts soundtrack material I could not tell a difference between the XR25 and my adcoms. And I am picky.
  8. Chris Purvis

    New Panasonic receiver with digital amps owner's manual now online

    well... that bites - the bass management is adjustable to 100, 150 or 200 Hz. Same minimum cutoff as the previous models.
  9. Chris Purvis

    Selling pre-owned Outlaw

    In my years of trolling for used Outlaw gear I can add that their stuff really does not come up for sale on the used market very often.
  10. Chris Purvis

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    You won't. Currently you PC CPU has to do all the work to decode corona-encoded HD material because it is decoded with software. Your DVD player (and your PC soon enough) will have a hardware chip that does it. Both NVidia and ATI have video cards in the pipeline which will have hardware...
  11. Chris Purvis

    Panasonic's new digital recievers: thoughts?

    I would really like to hear someone with experience compare the H/K DPR-1001 to the SA-XR25 - those are selling for around $450 now (down from > $1k). Very few reviews of them out there that I can find, though.
  12. Chris Purvis

    Panasonic's new digital recievers: thoughts?

    The sound quality is very good. I have a H/K 320 used as a pre/pro only connected to 3 Adcom GFA-535's. A totally stock XR-25 is at least as good as these in a home theater context with a digital input. I know because a friend brought his over and we tried it out in my room. Very, very...
  13. Chris Purvis

    I'm confident YOU can help me

    The only sticky thing for you is that 99% of home theater receivers aren't designed to drive a subwoofer - unless I misunderstand your post and your sub is powered and still working. If it's effectively passive now, most HT receivers aren't going to put out an amplified LFE signal and you'd need...
  14. Chris Purvis

    SCAD Requirement

    The main thing is that you can't get any digital bitstream out of a SACD player. (Okay, you CAN, but you'll just get normal CD fidelity if you do - sony is very protective of the high-resolution DSD bitstream). The D/A conversion has to happen inside the player itself, so you need to make sure...
  15. Chris Purvis

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

    this begs the question - how many films will the Hobbit be? Or more precisely, how much running time do you think is required to do justice to the Hobbit, and how many films will it take to provide that running time? Anyone think it can be done in one three-hour film?
  16. Chris Purvis

    DolbyIIx vs Thx Ultra 2?

    what I meant was, full L7 is available only on those 2 harmon/kardon branded models. The Lexicon processors all offer the full deal.
  17. Chris Purvis

    Going crazy-Panasonic sa xr45 or HK avr330?

    The other downside to that panasonic - if you have anything plugged into it which is NOT a digital input, it has to do an analog->digital conversion before it amplifies the signal and that is bad - always bad. Even the most expensive digital processors (I'm talking about > $10,000 digital video...
  18. Chris Purvis

    ADCOM Power Amp

    maybe, but now you are getting pretty subjective. I'd be willing to bet that it would depend entirely which specific adcom you were comparing to which specific rotel.
  19. Chris Purvis

    ADCOM Power Amp

    I have three of them, they are all about 15 years old, and they still work flawlessly and sound terrific. In that time period I've gone through many, many different speakers, preamps, home theater processors, etc. and the Adcom's are the one thing I've never been even slightly inclined to...
  20. Chris Purvis

    What was your very first DVD?

    That was my first one too, and I won't ever get rid of it even though I have the extreme edition now as well. Why? The "audio commentary for the visually impaired" track. "...the Terminator walks into a bar. He is naked." fantastic.
  21. Chris Purvis

    Decision Time.... What would you do?

    As good as multichannel soundtracks are, the 2 channel PCM soundtrack can be pretty satisfying - especially if you are going to upgrade later. I would consider buying a decent processor / receiver that you would like and just a front left and right stereo speaker pair for now. Sure, you won't...
  22. Chris Purvis

    How’s the headphone section on my h/k 525?

    I have some Grado 225's, and recently went through an equipment change - Also a friend here has the SR-60's so I've compared them extensively - here's my subjective observations. I have found that the headphone section in my H/K AVR-320 is pretty lacking compared to the same in a NAD-L40. It...
  23. Chris Purvis

    Would you pay $450 for a B&K 4420?

    my parent's HT has a pair of those powering Monarchy Audio Silver S-6's for the front mains & left and right surrounds. Anyway - the amps perform great in that system - very powerful and authoritative but sweet. The proverbial "velvet covered brick."
  24. Chris Purvis

    Opinions on M&K

    Do you mean B&K? M&K is a speaker / studio monitor manufacturer - although they do have powered subs and powered sattelites, but I don't think that's what you mean.
  25. Chris Purvis

    *** Official THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Discussion Thread

    Also, IIRC, there were no beacons in the books - and Pippin certainly didn't sneak off and send word to Rohan at the behest of Gandalf. In the books the symbol from Gondor was a red arrow delivered (on horseback?) to Rohan - but I don't remember if Rohan was in need if they would send a red...
  26. Chris Purvis

    HK receiver problem

    You could check the on screen setup menu and see if it is set to no surrounds and no subwoofer installed. That's what it sounds like to me.
  27. Chris Purvis

    What did I just buy?

  28. Chris Purvis

    Adding mono-amps - help me understand this

    Size of the speaker and drivers has nothing to do with it. Ask anyone driving a Klipschorn with a 3 watt tube amp how loud it gets. We used to have a pair of old Altec's which were about as big as your refridgerator (each) with a sensitivity of around 106 db/watt. A portable CD player could...
  29. Chris Purvis

    Polar Express (merged)

    This is another book that to me seems pretty hard to stretch into a feature length movie - the book has very little text and it's about a 5 minute story to read.
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