Hey guys, I'm in need of some input here. I just ripped a CD in Apple lossless format, and put it on my ipod. I had the same CD ripped in MP3 format at 128 kbps on the ipod also, so I could do a side-by-side comparison (the album was Alice in Chains' self titled album, full of clean acoustic guitars, harmonized vocals and intricate drumwork). I did the comparison using my Etymotic ER4p's, and then using my Shure E5C's.

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I just purchased a pair of B&W 805s. I am planning to make a home theater (This may take 2-3 yrs) but donot have enough money for it right now. I would like to purchase a multi channel amp. Krell Showcase 5 channels vs bryston 9b sst are the ones I am considering. I donot have any other speakers right now. But plan to get a HTM4s and CM1s as the other speakers later.

I would like to know which of these go well with my speakers. If there are any other multichannel amps, please do inform about them also.

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Babu

An Oldie But A Goodie (sent me by writer Steve Guttenberg):

We wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to our readers, but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So we met with the magazine's lawyers yesterday, and on her advice we wish to say the following:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/25/james.brown.obit.ap/index.html

i have a dell i9300 with just a headphone/mic jack on the side and i also bought a turtle beach roadie external sound card. the speakers i want to buy are the creative g500. if i use the turtle beach 5.1cable with the green/orange/black 3.5mm jacks to the g500's 3 input connections with a short male-to-male 3.5mm cable connecting them would that give me decent sound quality still?