Hey all, this is my first post on this forum after reading through it for several months.

Basically, I am a 22-year old student/part time worker at a BB/Magnolia store and am looking to build a 2.1 system in my bedroom until I graduate and move into a modest sized apartment as I pursue further education. I'm on a budget but I am willing to spend a few more bucks to get it done right rather than compromise.

Hello,

Please tell me - does the use of RCA splitters lower the sound quality at all? I am considering using them in 2 places - 1) My 6 channel McIntosh amp - if I use splitters on 4 channels, I can bypass my pre-amp and go straight from my source (2 channels RCA) to my amp (which has 6 channels RCA) - would I lose any sound quality? and 2) if I bypass my pre-amp as mentioned above, I will only have one input left available on my Sonos - so what if I use splitters and feed my satellite receiver and my computers output into splitters to share one input? Would I lose any quality?

I am starting to build my system from the ground up, starting with the speakers. I do not have any components to date. I am trying to decide between the Monitor Audio Silver Series and Paradigm Monitor Series. The MA will consist of RS8 or RS6, RSLCR and RSFX(2). The Paradigm will consist of Monitor 9 or 7, CC390 and ADP390(2). Thoughts, suggestions, alternatives? Thanks for your assistance.

I'm wondering whether the brand and/or formulation of CD-R makes any audible difference when copying Redbook CD data from a computer hard drive. I'd be particularly interested in any studies showing differences in the recorded data, or blind tests showing an audible difference. In my minimal, sighted listening tests, I've never noticed a difference in sound between the original CD and the CD-R copy, except when there's an obvious, drastic problem with the burn.

Thanks.