Sony 5400 ES-SACD Player

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Submitted by rmeyer52 on

After coming to the conclusion that being able to purchase a $6000 CD player was not a reality, and doing a lot of research online, I purchased the Sony 5400ES-SACD player. I have a lot of SACD's so trashing them and replacing them was not an option for me.

The 5400 has both unbalanced and balanced outputs along with HDMI output. The remote is simple and the display has several options including the option to turn it off. The machine is clean and functional in design.

Some great March tidbits!

Submitted by Buddha on

There were some really interesting bits of commentary this month!

To wit:

1) Kal Rubinson described the effect of an amplifier's sound on his sytem, while it wasn't 'installed' in his sytem.

Not earthshakingly amazing, but he mentioned that the original Bel Canto Ref1000 amplifiers could be plugged in to an outlet in his room, and not connected to his gear, yet they generated noise that was audible in his system, and that this noise was eliminated by line filters.

Nice point of embarkation to talk about filters and power conditioning!

How many of you had/have reel to reel recorders?

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Submitted by rmeyer52 on

When I was in the Air Force and stationed in England we used to purchase our audio stuff at the Audio club. I had a Pioneer SX 1010 amp with JBL Century 100 speakers and an Akai 285 auto reverse reel to reel. At the time Akai was famous for it's "glass head". We used to put all our albums on reel to reel tape. I even remember going to Sam Goody after I got out and finding prerecorded reel to reel tapes !!!

The Fifth Element #52 Contacts

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I've been chipping away for some time at the task of trying to put together a music lover's stereo system for about half the money of my last such effort: $2500 to $3750 now, <I>vs</I> around $7500 back in 2005. My timing was good: CD and DVD receivers are a hot product category, with several attractive new entries at various prices.

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I've been chipping away for some time at the task of trying to put together a music lover's stereo system for about half the money of my last such effort: $2500 to $3750 now, <I>vs</I> around $7500 back in 2005. My timing was good: CD and DVD receivers are a hot product category, with several attractive new entries at various prices.

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I've been chipping away for some time at the task of trying to put together a music lover's stereo system for about half the money of my last such effort: $2500 to $3750 now, <I>vs</I> around $7500 back in 2005. My timing was good: CD and DVD receivers are a hot product category, with several attractive new entries at various prices.

The Fifth Element #52

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Feb 24, 2009

I've been chipping away for some time at the task of trying to put together a music lover's stereo system for about half the money of my last such effort: $2500 to $3750 now, <I>vs</I> around $7500 back in 2005. My timing was good: CD and DVD receivers are a hot product category, with several attractive new entries at various prices.

Eminent Technology LFT-III loudspeaker Specifications

Eminent Technology LFT-III loudspeaker Specifications

There is something especially exciting about a new loudspeaker design, if only because speakers are the component where one constantly hopes for the sonic miracle that will suddenly make it all sound real. No other component has the same overall impact in coloring the system, presents more room problems, or inspires more frustration on the road to the perfect system.

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Eminent Technology LFT-III loudspeaker

Eminent Technology LFT-III loudspeaker

Feb 24, 2009 First Published:Apr 24, 1987

There is something especially exciting about a new loudspeaker design, if only because speakers are the component where one constantly hopes for the sonic miracle that will suddenly make it all sound real. No other component has the same overall impact in coloring the system, presents more room problems, or inspires more frustration on the road to the perfect system.

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