We're getting back into the equipment purchase biz after 20 years. I have a pair of KEF 107 spkrs to start with and want to add amp/preamp, cd player and squeezebox (or like) to make a system. Our old system was a Mac C28 preamp, a Mac 200 watt amp, and an NAD CD player. Sound quality was fine. Any thoughts besides reading reviews? Anywhere in the Sacramento area We can listen to alternatives?

Does anyone here know of DVD-V authoring software that will allow placing varying sample rate and bit depth stereo PCM audio tracks on a DVD-V?

I am trying to create a DVD-V disc with a variety of uncompressed audio tracks to enable comparing, for example, 24/96 and 16/44 tracks of the same recording. (I will require listeners to close their eyes so this will be a blind test).

Just read MF review of the continuum criterion turntable and copperhead arm, I was disappointed Michael didn

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A scientific and industrial supply company. For instance, you pay $19.95 for a 6"x6" sorbothane sheet at Music Direct; at McMaster's you pay $15.90 for a 12"x12" sheet! About 40% of the price of MD! Plus, they all kinds of sizes and thicknesses that you won't find on audiophile sites. This is just the tip of the iceberg- name the raw material or machined item and they will probably have it.

According to the associated press, Toshiba has officially declared it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders. At the company's Tokyo offices, Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters on Tuesday, "We concluded that a swift decision would be best."

I'm not a big Sony fan, but can we finally get this shuyh on the roy'd? What's going to happen now, and how fast? Any guesses?

Both Melody & Cayin integrateds come off well in Sam Telling & Art Dudley's reviews. I'm happy to see that both reviewers went beyond the usually problematic made-in-China = problems formula to actually give both units serious considerations. I'm sure it does no service to the Melody amp that it follows Tellig's "best amp ever" christening of the LFD the month before, but it comes out rather well. It's a seriously gorgeous piece of equipment, probably the prettiest since the Pathos.

Guys,

I've owned the Thiels 2.3 and wondered how would you describe the sound of the Vandies 2 ce Sig II to the Avalons NP2' and are the Vandies easy to knock over in their bases? It's going to be 1 1/2 before I'm stationed back in the US, so I don't have the privilege of visiting a dealer for a session.

Thanks,
Wig