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Yes, the wife endorsement is rare and to be cherished ;-)

Thanks Darryl. Your post is well timed. The two questions floating around in my mind are the relative importance of flat screen and 16:9 squeeze. I'd love to hear others comment on them. Here is my take. Flat screen seems not so important to me. Sure it nice to be able to see the screen from...

Thank-you gentlemen. My wife beat me to the puch and showed with a smaller combo set (tv/dvd/vcr) for the kids room. I had been thinking of a new tv for the den and move the old one down to the kids room. Now, I'll wait and troll the after X-mass sales to see what I can find. Right now I have...

I'd like to hear some of you weigh in on whether I should go with a 32" conventional or a 27" HD ready TV. The two types of sets are at about the same price point at the local circuit city. I've heard it said that at this size the HD does not add much. Really, I'm looking for a new tv in the

Thanks Dave. The monsoon is a factory option that complicates things... I've found an XM focused discusion board. A good discusion of the various options is provided here http://www.xm411.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=628 And I've started a Passat thread here...

I just bought the SkiFi receiver, installed it in my home, and I'm researching the best way is to affordably install it in my Passat. I have the Delphi SkiFi Car Kit, but could return it. Is there better equiptment that costs less or a little more? I plan to put the SkiFi on the dash and the...

Man, you gotta be careful about mentioning Miles in a thread ont this board!! Y'all get carried away. Actually, its all really interesting so keep it up. I may have to give BMG kudos, they responded to the e-mail I sent a day or so before I started this thread indicating that they are...

Thanks all. Here is what I ordered. Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet - (Remastered)Miles Davis A Love Supreme (Remastered) - John Coltrane Blue Train (Remastered) - John Coltrane The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 (Remastered) - Earth, Wind & Fire All N' All (Remastered) - Earth...

I've done a couple of searches and come up empty. I've got a couple of scratched CDs I want to repair. What is the best gadget for repairing CDs? How about Skip Doctor? Or, DiscRx? Or, Scotch CD and CD-ROM Surface Scratch Remover Kit?

Thank you for the additional information gentleman. I'll definitely go after the coltrane. Keith, has Anyone Out There but me identified your new romantic roots. I used to listen to that with Friends Of Mine, but now its just a Careless Memory. Is There Somthing I Should Know--should I get...

Cool, thanks for the info, and wish me luck. Edit: Looking around a little more I see a bunch of other CDs (moody blues, dire straights, ac/dc, earthwindfire, littlefeat, and DukeEllington) that are clearly marked 'remastered', so I think I'll get the Miles at the local store and and get...

Thanks Mike. If the remastered versions came out a couple of years ago the probability of BMG still having them seems small. Therefore, I'll gamble and see what happens (unless I'm told that probability is expected to be high). I can always return them. I'll post results after I receive them...

I'm thinking of joinging BMG and getting some Miles CDs. I was consider the following: Miles Davis All StarsWalkin' Miles Davis QuintetRelaxin' With Miles Looking on Amazon I see they are available in a 20-bit digitially re-mastered form. How can I tell if the ones at BMG are the same...

You could also braid the wire, and I don't believe there are negative repercusions from that. I'm sure others will chime in if it could affect sound quality.. To braid, 1) fold the wire at its midway point 2) Tie the folded end of the doubled wire (as opposed to the end with two loose...

Brett, thank you. I agree with you. I bought used ARs when I was in college back in the 80s and they were great. But I was hesitant to get this pair given the complete lack of reviews or comments on them. Now I'm glad I did. And you are right about the pricing, I was taking that all off the...

Brett: I would certaily hope that the AR9's sounded a lot better than the 216s. But it should be pointed out that you're comparing a $500 floor-standing main speaker to a $100 bookshelf speaker. I beleive the 216 is the previous generation of the performance series. I wonder how the 2062...

Dohhh! forgot to mention the ps-2052 and 2062 are bookshelf speakers.

Of course you can go straight to AR's web site to get infor: http://www.acoustic-research.com/. If you go to A4L, you can get the PS-2052's for 90 a pair, get 3 pair of those for 270 and a AR-S112PS for 190, and your out the door for 460 (less than the cost of the HC-6). The 2052's go lower...

The previous review was based on listening immediately after the speakers were de-crated. I would no longer characterize the Bass as boomy.

John, I didn't see ur reply before I started writing my last one. I like the idea of setting the speakers to small, and I'll try that this weekend. Another thing I'm trying to do is decide what the highest allowable setting for the receiver is. Then tell the wife. On my old Denon...

I may be wrong about the component outs, I took just a quick look and both my kids were with me. I've heard others say the picture on this unit is as good as other low-end units. If I don't get this, I'll get the toshiba 2800.

Vince, you're right about the volume. I rarely play it that high. I can see how a SW would solve the problem either way. Part of the reason I was asking is that I am re-evaluating the speakers after having had them for a while. And this is the only noticeable-to-me flaw I've detected (i...

When I play CD's and set the volume on my Denon above 0, the low end music does not sound right. The detail seems to go out of the bass. I know I said distortion in the title, but I'm not sure if that is technically the right term for the problem I am hearing. Based on what I hear, I suspect...

I too had been puzzled about the statement that if you were under-powered you will damage your speakers. I guess what people really mean when they say this is you are more likely to push a weaker amp into clipping and thus damage your speakers. Provided you kept your music/sound track quiet...

On sale for $89. It had S-video and component outs, a co-ax audio out, and a silver front panel. I don't need progressive scan or in-board audio decoders (have Denon 1802). I would like one that put's out a 16:9 picture, as I plan on doing the squeeze to my Tosiba 27AF41. Finally, I figure...

That other posters system of components in a closet with a fan to the garage sounded like a good one. Perhaps you could vent from closet to attic. As a father/home-owner I would probably object to a fan in the ceiling of my sons room, but not to one in the closet. The advantages of this...

seems like most people in this price range think of pannys or toshibas. Unless they are into tweaking and being 'region free' then they start talking about apex and daewoo. anyhow check out the Audio/Video Sources section of the forum that's where you'll get the answers to this sort of...

I'm not sure about the sensitivity stuff, but just thought I'd mention that resistance (a/k/a impedance) is an important thing to be aware of. You may know all about this, but if you don't you need to find out. Do the new speakers have a different resistance than the ones that are being...

I read a thread similar to this a while back. The take-home point was that depending on the exact equiptment being used, routing the video signal through receiver may of may not degrade the signal (in rare cases it may even improve it, at least one person made this claim). Therefore the only...

I've got a couple of scratched up CD's where there are skips and drop-out. I read an old thread about this. It seems most folk were recommending a home product called some thing like "DVD Disc Doctor." Any other recomendation like that? Where can it be purchased?