mmarvin19
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| A/V power conditioner under $200 My limited understanding is that surge protection (AC suppression)is measured in Joules - the more the better. The best spike protection is auto shutdown - the faster the better. This is measured by suppression response time; e.g., < 1 nanoseco... | |
| Playstation 3 Blue Ray quality - How good is it ? My 14 year old nephew has a PS3 (he can afford one, I can't) and I've seen 4 or 5 BDs on my brother's 47" 720p LCD with the PS3. It seemed to me that the picture could only be improved with a 1080p TV. But, even if I had the money now to buy a PS3... | |
| Information on Parasound Pre-Amp Hi Astrobird.This must be a pre-1994 model as the Para web site does not show it under Dicsontinued Products.You might try writing to Parasound.Mike19 | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Hi Osgorth.German technicians are well-known perfectionists: ME-109 fighter plane, Panzer tanks, 88mm multi pupose canon,WW II standard 7.62 machine gun (which the US Army adopted as the MG60 in the late 50s and is still using 50 years later), the... | |
| Denon AVR-2808CI or Onkyo TX-SR805? Hi Newsman.I have an 805 - no popping but it does run hot. I remedied this with a small $9 desk fan (at Office Depot)that has a large clip instead of a base. I fastened togehter 2 angle irons to form a big "Z". I attached the fan's clamp to one ar... | |
| Computer output to DAC, which route? Check out the Soundblaster lineup of outboard soundcards/DACs. They connect to the the PC by USB, most with USB 1.1 and do not require Asio driver. They do stereo, 5.1 and some do 7.1. 24 bit/92 Hz DACs. S/N ratios over 100 dB (cause its outside t... | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers In 1985,I bought my first hi-fi stereo system at a trustworthy high end local dealer. I was pretty much a novice at the time. I told the dealer my budget was $3000 and he brought me in at $2800 as follows:20% on speakers (Spica TC-50s w/custom sta... |