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Playstation 1.... An audiophiles dream????
boykster:
--- Quote from: shardian on June 06, 2007, 12:57:48 pm ---From what I understand of TRUE audiophiles, they don't buy new products - they restore original equipment from the hi-fi days of 20-30 or so years ago.
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Very very true of "2 channel" music guys...and push those numbers back as much as 50 years. Multi channel audio has turned that on its ear, and most 2 channel guys despise the multi-channel worlds. There is a new equipment market that specifically targets the 2 channel crowd....look at McIntosh amps and others.
I used to have a pair of Acoustic Research AR3a's. At one point considered the absolute BEST speakers ever made. Solid walnut cabinet, 3 way drivers, 15" VERY inefficient woofer, but absolutely wonderful sound. Couldnt' even use them in the living room near my (then CRT) tv as they weren't magnetically shielded and they did bad things to the picture.....I donated them to a local speaker restoration shop...the old gent running the place was very pleased when he saw what I was bringing him. I'm sure they've found a nice loving home by now.
boykster:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 06, 2007, 01:08:30 pm ---
Which Panny is that? Just curious.
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Panasonic SA-XR55 - pretty sure it's discontinuted but replaced with the SA-XR57 which is essentially the same thing but adds HDMI switching IIRC.
Very barebones AVR but has an absolutely CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN and moderately powerful digital amplification section. The noise floor (white noise at low/no volume) is essentially zero, compared to a few db as measured from nearly every analog amplification system.
ChadTower:
Now, given the commitment you just made to that piece, by selling off your existing receiver... are you worried about the construction quality dropoff? I would imagine a $300 AVR doesn't have anywhere near the quality of power supply and other components outside of the digital amp.
EDIT: Wow, $160
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: boykster on June 06, 2007, 01:12:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on June 06, 2007, 12:57:48 pm ---From what I understand of TRUE audiophiles, they don't buy new products - they restore original equipment from the hi-fi days of 20-30 or so years ago.
--- End quote ---
Very very true of "2 channel" music guys...and push those numbers back as much as 50 years. Multi channel audio has turned that on its ear, and most 2 channel guys despise the multi-channel worlds. There is a new equipment market that specifically targets the 2 channel crowd....look at McIntosh amps and others.
I used to have a pair of Acoustic Research AR3a's. At one point considered the absolute BEST speakers ever made. Solid walnut cabinet, 3 way drivers, 15" VERY inefficient woofer, but absolutely wonderful sound. Couldnt' even use them in the living room near my (then CRT) tv as they weren't magnetically shielded and they did bad things to the picture.....I donated them to a local speaker restoration shop...the old gent running the place was very pleased when he saw what I was bringing him. I'm sure they've found a nice loving home by now.
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That's my father to a T. He is a 2 channel guy and doesn't want to know anything about multichannel setups.. at least not for just music. He's got a simple 5.1 setup in the living room, but the basement is acoustically set up for 2 channel.
I grew up with him using only older equipment and was used to him shipping or driving stuff off to be rebuilt and refoamed. He's had some McIntosh stuff in the past and currently uses a Phase Linear amp/pre-amp setup with some Ohm speakers.
Old or not, those components really do blow away most of today's stuff. it's just amazing. I love going downstairs to listen to music, and with his DAC, I can actually run modern stuff through it like my Ipod with decent quality. He spends a good bit of time down there though, so I'm usually relegated to my headphone setup heh :)
boykster:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 06, 2007, 01:21:13 pm ---Now, given the commitment you just made to that piece, by selling off your existing receiver... are you worried about the construction quality dropoff? I would imagine a $300 AVR doesn't have anywhere near the quality of power supply and other components outside of the digital amp.
EDIT: Wow, $160
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I've had it in my theater for 18mos. No issues with build quality etc. And one of the MAJOR advantages of a digital amp section vs analog one is that it draws WAY less power and runs very very cool. I have not had a single "failure event" with the new amp vs the Denon which would power itself down at least once a month due to overheating....and it was on a rack shelf with active cooling (fans) and a good 2 feet above it for ventilation. The panny sits on a plain old rack shelf with something directly above it.
Heck, if it breaks, at such an inexpensive price I'll just buy another one.
:dunno
EDIT: Oh, and I've been very impressed with teh build quality of panasonic components. All 3 of my plasmas are panasonic, as is my projector. My oldest plasma did have a circuit board failure (which was repaired) but all other components have been performing nicely.
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