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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18112 |  kcguitar (5) Jan 02, 2008 - 07:00 am
| » Maybe your right...
Hey you seem to have some even handed posts here so I'll check out what you say about the jvc and polks. I will say that jvc has never impressed me with their musicality and most ht receivers are produced to make movies go boom, not to play music equally well. I have found a few that do that aren't crazy expensive, Nad being one of them. I did a side by side with a very nice Nad and a Rotel and although the rotel beat the nad in imaging and space around the instruments, the nad was more musically involving where the rotel came out a little too sterile for me. For a little more though the Audio Refinement preamp and multi 5 amp were in a league all their own. It was like comparing my hitachi boom box from high school to a home theater receiver, just extraordinary. My point? Put your money where you like, I would prefer a smaller tv and a better audio system which I have found, 10 minutes into any movie you really experience more from the audio portion of a movie than looking at a big picture because 10 minutes in you really are just watching the movie and not proclaiming "oh my, did you see that Frodo's ring is 3" bigger on this set that my old 36"? : )
I'm not a fanboy of any brand because no one can say "this is the best" as I have learned with audio everyones ears are different. Hell, I even get tired of speakers I have had and trade them out all the time because I get tired of them and I'm talking some nice speakers by JM lab, dynaudio, psb, triangle, dali, b&w and the list goes on. It's just important to get something that's right for you.
Having said that your comment about speaker wire in this thread is true. I know for a fact it makes a difference as I was a long time doubter and then I did a lot of a/b tests where I finally had my eyes opened. The friends I did the tests with were equally convinced but, I know their ears can hear the difference. To try and convince everyone that there is a difference, esp when many people really can't hear it, is like trying to describe a rainbow to a blind man. Good luck. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18112 | kcguitar (5) Nov 10, 2007 - 03:40 pm
| Douglord paradigm are fine speakers but there is much better out there. Don't pigeonhole yourself. Some other brands, among many, are: Triangle, James Loudspeakers, Dali, Celestion, Canton, Dynaudio, ATC, Amphion, B&W, Focal - JMLab, REL, Gallo, Sonus Faber, Revel, Martin Logan, Acoustic Zen, Amphion, Thiel, Vandersteen, Wilson.
These all offer much more sonic pleasure than Paradigm although I do like the signature series from paradigm as they step into a better sonic landscape than their other lines.
Good luck and happy listening. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Shout Box Link » /matrix/user.asp/66205 | kcguitar (5) Nov 10, 2007 - 03:31 pm
| » douglord
Hey dude paradigm are ok but there are so many more speakers out there that are better. I find getting stuck on a name brand is usually pigeonholing yourself. Paradigm markets themselves much more than some manufactorers in the higher end stuff.
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18112 | kcguitar (5) Nov 08, 2007 - 11:00 am
| » Look in the Right Place for your Reviews
Not a bad article but I would tell folks to look a little deeper into the audio section if you really enjoy music with your system. If you just like loud rock then this is fine but there is much better out there than polk/jvc for listening to good music even at this price.
You can get good speakers from any of the high end brands he names in the article and 20 or 30 other brands for around the same price that sound much better.
Denon is good for ht but if you enjoy music too look into audio refinement, nad, rotel, arcam etc.
Get your audio recommendations from an unbiased audio site, not a gaming site. Likewise don't go to stereophile for good ideas on a gaming system or the latest fps. :D Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17886 | kcguitar (5) Oct 19, 2007 - 07:19 pm
| » hd dvd vs dvd
Thanks for the article, some interesting stuff.
I do agree with the one gentlemans comments that your upsampling dvd player is a little suspect, your audio setup is very weak but I know this article isn't about that. It just pains me to see people spend 2 or 3 thousand on the video portion and have weak components in comparison for the audio channels.
For all the comments on the small difference, and not being worth it, these comments are mostly a waste of time because people choose what they choose based on personal preference. If you can't see a difference then why would you spend the money? If you can, and want it enough you probably will. There clearly is a difference but the farther you back away it's less discernable so how close you sit makes a difference. Also, how big is your screen? If you have a small screen and nothing close to this big projection they used in this test the differences are more negligible.
Lots of variables in there plus you still have personal preferences mixed in so trying to have a black and white opinion here is just silly. Some people for instance can't tell the difference in cable quality when listening to high end audio equipment, some people hear it so well that they can identify the cables being used. Ever try to convince the ones that can hear it that they are wasting their money? If not, go for it, and then squat down and jump to the moon if you're successful doing that. ; ) Flag this | Edit this post |
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