EHamner

I plan to get dvd audio and or Sony SACD in the future and I noticed no one makes speakers that cover the frequency range of these formats (except Sony) --- TroyTN - you've got the right idea but for the wrong reasons. Get the speakers for low distortion and/or for the budget. Get speakers to build a HT system with. The fronts become the rear. forget the rest. by the way - for DVD/CD/SACD the Sony DVP9000ES is an excelent choice. VERY smooth sound and great video image. take a look at the 9000es here - http://homepage.mac.com/earlghamner/PhotoAlbum3.html more on many subjects here - http://www.AudioAsylum.com/index.html

TV: Sony KV-36XBR450 ($2699.99) DVD: Sony DVP-S7700 ($999.00) Receiver: Sony STR-DE945 ($600.00) Speakers: Center: Klipsch SC-1 ($280.00), Mains: Klipsch SF-2 ($650.00), Surrounds: Klipsch SS-1 ($400.00), Subwoofer: Klipsch KSW-12 ($499.00). ----- KAiN64 Regarding your component list I would - Dump the S7700 in favor of the Sony DVP9000ES ( in a heartbeat). The 9000ES player is head and shoulders above the 7700 (and 7000) all of which I own. The playback sound is smoother in all three formats: CD or SACD or DVD (but not DVD-A) The video out is (coax or s-video or) PROGRESSIVE NON-INTERLACED and will connect directly into the XBR to give the best possible image you have ever seen. Here in the states the choice XBR / 9000ES dealer/price is by phone only - www.oade.com take a look at the 9000ES here - http://homepage.mac.com/earlghamner/PhotoAlbum3.html read the audioassylum Digital and HI-REZ forums for more info - http://www.AudioAsylum.com/index.html

Textc>Textf> General info re DVD-Audio and SACD (Super Audio by Sony/Phillips) DVD-A (everyone but Sony/Phillips) 1. requires dedicated dvd player 2. at the present date the players are made to be exclusive - cd or dvd-a but not sacd 3. the intention is to boost the sample rate per second from 44.1k/s to 96k/s (96,000 samples each second of time). 4. this yields a somewhat smoother sound, especially at the top end. How much better is a subject of some debate. The sound is smoother yet when the sample rate is increased again to 2 * 96k/s. SACD (Sony/Phillips) 1. requires dedicated player. 2. at the present date the players are made to be exclusive - cd or sacd (and perhaps dvd as in the SONY 9000ES) but not dvd-a. 3. the intention is to boost the sample rate per second from 44.1k/s (CD format) to 2.1 million/s (SACD format) using just one bit. 4. this yields a tremendously smooth sound with great dynamics and low distortion (my opinion, which is shared by others). 5. the decoding of sacd is done inside the player. This excludes external decoding (and thus copying of the digital stream). try the DIGITAL and HI-REZ (SACD) forum here for more info - http://www.AudioAsylum.com/index.html take a look at the sony 9000es here - http://homepage.mac.com/earlghamner/PhotoAlbum3.html

My Yamaha DSP-A1 is dead silent with 86db efficient speakers. Except back when all my Home Theater components' a.c. cords were first plugged into a fancy power strip! Low-level hum and sizzle but not 'hiss'. Solution? The 3-to-2 ground plug eliminator. About a dollar apiece at Home Depot. (AC switch section). Buy at least 4 to save repeat trips. Not all cords required the adaptor to solve the problem. This won't solve a noisy amp section but is sure cheap to try. Subsitution is another approach. RF problems must be tackled with those pricy power strips. Search YAHOO/shopping for "HTS2000". Advice from a local Hi-End dealer may be helpful. Check consignment sales and trade options while there. --- http://homepage.mac.com/earlghamner/PhotoAlbum3.html Snapshots of my new SONY 9000ES DVD player. Neat new toy! Plays DVDs/CDs smoother than the S7700 it replaced. Bought it at Oade Bros located in Georgia. No tax, shipping included. See www.oade.com. Call for price. The Maggies are cutting-edge. A combo of the old Tympani bass panels with newer 3.5 panels. Much improved bass here - but not like corner horns at all. Maggies' owner: BOBWIRE. I'm a Long-Time Klipsch wannabe. Thiel 3.6 pair now. A three-way with a 10" bass speaker and passive radiator. As wavelengths get longer this speaker gets smaller. No real bass power at all and none intended by the designer. Are the KHorns still in production? Looks like the New Management wants to fill the home theater market with the very opposite of the horn - the speaker in a small box. That's where the new HT sales are, no doubt. So why is this forum filled with stories of Cornwalls and new home construction? Next step - KLIPSCH is bought by the Japanese? (Like McIntosh.) My funny Klipsch story: Years ago Alco Paramount (now defunct), located in Mtn. View (and San Jose), was selling the KHorn. The demo room was a small add-on in a very large store. 1/4 ply exterior/interior finish and 2x4 construction. Shelves with receivers, turntables. KHorn pair in remote corners, looking into the long end of a short room. No speaker I've seen looks as powerful as a pair of these. Awesome even today. I brought in a Warner Bros. recording of Gus Farney at the Salt Lake Theater pipe organ. Popular music. Wide groove excursion indicated good stuff at the bottom. (A second album has NO wide groove excursion!) The recording played back at conversation level had plenty of pipe organ bass. Enough to resonate the human body AND the 1/4 ply walls of the room. IN ran the sales guy and OFF the turntable came the record and OUT the door went the customer! True story. To prove to myself something about sales guys I repeated this playback at the same store months later with the same recording. Different guy but Same Result. I can only conclude the sales staff and Klipsch Horns couldn't get along together. At least with Gus Farney. Earl Hamner Milpitas, Californa