edesilva's Redbook Digital System

Whole different league in a lot of ways. Hard to compare the sonic costs and benefits of a amp built around a bunch of 6550s with something built with a couple 845s at over twice the price. I've al...

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edesilva's Redbook Digital System

One of the benefits here is that she really doesn't care what I do with the main rig, as long as I tell her how to fire it up and it doesn't require more than a page of instructions to watch _My_Na...

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edesilva's Redbook Digital System

Congrats to you as well... Quite the adventure. It does tend to put a crimp in stereo budget and time available for projects, however. It will all be worth it in the end, but that is sometimes toug...

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edesilva's Redbook Digital System

Yeah, I gather the U24 may be toast. Too bad, it was a nice box. You might want to double check the experiences with the Edirols; I used to have a UA-1D (I think that is the name, I'm doing this fr...

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I've actually revised the system a bit... I gave the Mac Mini to my Mom and bought a mini-ITX PC running WinXP:

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I thought about building my own RAID box, but ultimately the PITA factor was too high. I'm marginally competent with computers, but doing a build like that is a bit outside my comfort zone. B'sides...

posted over 19 years ago

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I think the A'gon server drops you at the last message, so you may have landed in the middle of this page--pics are up top. Just scroll up...As long as I'm here... Gefen did eventually repl...

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Argh. Well, I got an answer from Zektor. Turns out the AVS5.1 in its current version--like the Gefen 4x1 DVI switch--will not pass HDCP when you have an HDMI device as both the input and output. Ap...

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I feel a bit like venting, and this seems like the appropriate place. I upgraded my CATV box to the 8300HD, which was a good move--has a digital out that will down mix to PCM and a digital video ou...

posted over 19 years ago

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The room is, as they say, not ideal. This is one side of a large loft room that is 22' x 40'. To the left of the stereo is the kitchen and a space for a dining room. The "living room" are...

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System edited: As long as I was adding pictures... Found an old one with the Prodigy speakers, Theta Casablanca, the Sony XBR, and (ack!) a VCR...

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System edited: Finally got around to adding some pictures... The PS Audio 4.7 is in the shop b/c the 12V triggers need some work. The older PS Audio is doing temporary duty for now. Its kind of an ...

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