I'm trying to hook up my laptop (Sony Vaio) to my stereo receiver (Harman/Kardon 3480--2 channel) in order to play the computer's music library on some nice JBL Hls speakers, and have run into a bit of a problem. I've got the laptop on one of those docking stations, which is supplied with a 'optical out' connections. The problem is that (to the best of my knowledge) the receiver does not have a optical in. To maker matters worse, I'm completely in the dark when it comes to this 'optical' audio business.

I have decent stereo speakers and like my music that way. My receiver died and I am considering a Yamaha RXV659 to replace it. I just bought a Pioneer Elite 930HD which comes with attached speakers. I would like to listen to Stereo on my old speakers and 5-channel audio when watching movies. Is this possible?

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Today I just had new idea of full range speaker, a friend bring a pair of John blue speaker 8" speaker from Taiwan and ask me want to taste nice and wonderful vocal sound or not, of course, why not?

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I have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem. The building is very old and wooden floor is too alive. If I am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner. Banging the floor with foot gives you a sense that furniture and fixture is going down. I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls.

News item:

The animated corpse of Leon Russell sat in state tonight in a small club in Las Vegas.

Voted the top concert act in the world by Billboard Magazine in 1973, Leon evidently dies sometime in the mid-80's and some evil carney (album pun) has been traveling around putting him on display since then.

He did appear remarkably lifelike, but this concert goer was not fooled.

There were several telltale bits of evidence that gave the illusion away:

He played keyboards with the same verve that Brian Wilson has been showing on his recent tours.

I know that there was another thread speculating on the influence of Blu-ray / HD-DVD on high end audio. I believe that people got hung up on the formats introduced by these two HD video products...

I finally got around to ordering it. Delivery will be around the end of OCT. According to Frank it will elevate my 2 channel listening enjoyment to a whole new level. At present I am very delighted with my 2 channel performance. But I am always looking for ways to improve without having to take out a second mortgage on my house. LOL!! Hence the need & curiousity to try the Ultra DAC to hear what it will add. Frank is very confident in his products & offers a generous return policy. If it's anything like his OmegaStar 440EX amp that I own, I'm sure it's going to be a keeper.

Cable Gurus help? I'm on my third PC upgrade audition and noticed none of these aftermarket power cords offers the "grip of death" one would expect at the IEC connection. One would think good stable contact would be the first order of business. One manufacturer even suggests this connection be checked periodically. I guess so, considering the weight of the cord seems to want to dislodge the connection.

Perhaps I just have POS male IEC's on my equipment?

Perhaps I just have not stumbled upon the correct power cord?