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hi, Mart, how's the processor working out?

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hi,
an answer to last weeks question: saw Galaxy Quest today. Had a ball, this is a sheer delight for a trekkie; prob a few of the unenlightened would enjoy it as well. So, yes, i enjoy going to the movies if it's a halfway decent flick.
as to picture quality, i find that question a bit surprising, but thats definitely my age showing. My family's first tv had about a 8 or 10 inch screen. My friend's 53" sony xbr with the built in line doubler is just great. And the sheer quality of that 36" Wega on a high def feed, wow.
anyway, i have been waiting for a review, or a few choice comments about the pre/pro you acquired recently. From a money standpoint, i am almost locked into the B+K family because i can always upgrade for about a
grand off current list price. But your new toy, and that sexy new Parasound
look to have better engineering. Particularly like the automatic room eq, combined with the fact that analog stays analog in the Parasound.

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May I inject? BobH 15:37:55 01/19/00 (1)
I am considering the Classe SSP-25 because it too has analog stereo separate from digital multichannel. Has it's own input to use with a CD transport so the internal high quality DACs can be used directly. I wonder how it would compare to the Parasound? I think there is a dealer in town so I might make the comparison with my new Maggies (after breakin). Did I hear the Parasound is $6K? (the Classe is $3K but there is a new $6K model too). Fortunately, I don't need to eat for the next 6 months ;-)
- details late 17:12:45 01/20/00 (0)
  hi,
  the Parasound lists at $3.2, but is usually discounted. i suspect most processors have multiformat dacs these days. widescreen review has been doing a processor survey, definitely worth reading. i might not always agree with Hardesty, but he is always worth the time. Hardesty seems to be saying there is a big difference in the quality of dacs. last, but not least, i am not sure an audition is worth much for comparative purposes.
don't remind me.... Mart 07:10:21 01/16/00 (4)
I'm still waiting. It was scheduled to have been built just last week as well as my AudioMagic Sorcerers. My brother's has gotten his stuff on my credit (he has none). But my stuff which was ordered before his, I'm impatiently waiting as an expectant father.
Which reminds me, I came home last week & found my system was left on. I thought my Krell died, but my brother decided to show off the Aragon 8008x3 that he received that day by hooking it up to my system. Talk about shrill. It sounded like someone replaced ALL my copper speaker wire going to my Maggies with steel. I'm not refering to just those 2" U metal clips. It was a quatum leap in garbage. No treble. No bass. No image. No stage. Just instant ear fatigue. I still don't know why he thought it sounded so great. Stating with his usual arogance that he never heard my Maggies sound so good. It's most probably because he has this preoccupation with speed. The Goertz:Sapphire did achieve that, but didn't conduct with uniform amplitude. They were snazy, but pailed considerably to the caverous holographic depth across an enormously black trapestry available by the AM:Sorcerers I auditioned.
I'm figuring silver speaker cable will generate more dynamic speed than a IC could think of. At least that's what I'm hoping.
- HIP _ HIP _ HOORAY Mart 19:09:11 01/19/00 (3)
  EAD returned my phone call when I got home tonight. They said that they finished my OvationPlus today & will be shipping tomorrow. AudioMagic said they finished my ICs friday & shipped yesterday. I've got my used X-PSU toenhance my used [ X-10D & X-Cans ] due tomorrow. What's that saying about a ham in a cesspool?
  - glad to hear it late 17:16:40 01/20/00 (2)
    btw,
    rented Muppets in Space, will be watching it this weekend. Had a bunch of Last stuff arrive today; it is depressing how dinky those bottles are.
    - bottles =?= tubes (nt Mart 20:51:04 01/20/00 (1)
      - Last late 08:59:30 01/21/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: bottles =?= tubes (nt posted by Mart on January 20, 2000 at 20:51:04:
        
        hi,
        Last suposedly makes the best treatments for records. Finally got some the other day. 2 of the bottles were .25 fluid oz, and cost about $25 after shipping, each! That's about $1600/lb. Got Stylus treatment, cleaner and the record preservative. Hoping to keep my records in good shape.

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