Jeff Rowland Concerto - First exposure to digital amp - NOT GOOD!

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I visited a local dealership just a little while back and asked to lead an ear to the Rowland Concerto that was setup in the main room.

I looked forward to this as I had not heard a modern digital/switching amp. I had developed some expectations based upon the comments of a friend whose sonic impression I generally trust. Basically my friends' report was on his exposure to one of the Nuforce amplifiers and it was characterized as having real "get up and go", a report that could easily be mistaken for the description of a Naim amp (not that I've heard one of those either).

Digital Lysenkoism

Digital Lysenkoism

Cory Doctorow has a new column in <I>The Guardian Unlimited</I>, which in itself is great news. Even better, he hits one out of the park first time out, with a comparison of DRM and ideologically comforting junk science.

Jukin'

Jukin'

Junior (John L. Doughty, Jr.) is a Mississippi Delta cultural anthropologist who documents juke joint culture. That means he gets to hang out in jukes and talk to people (and photograph it all). What a great job.

Hum & static from amp

I have an NAD 7150 integrated amp (circa 1983) feeding Boston Acoustics A150 speakers (same age). The amp has a phono output, but there is no phono connected. When the "listen" knob on the amp is turned to phono, I get a loud hum from the left speaker. Any idea what might be causing it?

Also, I get a bit of static-like noise when turning the volume knob (from both speakers). Again, any idea as to cause?

Thanks for your help.

Cable TV question

Here is a newbie question for you. I'm looking at purchasing a Denon avr-2807 as part of a new home theater. I am also planning on purchasing an Epson 1080 projector and connecting them via HDMI. I would like to be able to watch cable TV in this set up. Do I just connect the coaxial cable to one of the coax inputs on the avr 2807? And, will this receiver convert the cable signal to 480p?

Thanks

Very new to the game, need some help with speaker selection

Hello everyone, my name is Matt and i am 16 years old. I have just recently became interested in the world of Stereos. I started out with a all-in-one Fischer turntable/receiver, and I would listen to old records. Soon enough I became interested with high-end audio equipment and slowly but surly wish to build my system.

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