Video Asylum

Posted by TomP (i) on January 14, 2001 at 09:07:01:

In Reply to: Well, "Matrix" has a .... posted by John C. - Aussie on January 13, 2001 at 13:30:58:

I am one of the very few lucky dogs out there who can afford or manage to own two dedicated systems under one roof; one is a two channel and another is h/t is what I meant. As an audiophile or videophile myself, I've learned over the years that you cannot mix and match both sounds into one without pretty big sonic compromises. No matter how good your pre/pro may be sonically it cannot match or compare to, say class A preamp let it be tubed or ss. I will continue to enjoy keeping two systems until that day when everything is literally controlled by Fire-wire IEEE1394, all the way from source to transducer. Until that day, drop in one of my favorites SCDs into my SACD1, dim out the lights and ah....
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