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    Liked the variable pre-out for connection to stereo power amp, and the possiblity to connect digitally to active DSP loudspeakers at a later date.

    Expensive. But there should be more of these type of products available from other manufacturers, within a few years.

    KvH you ever tried one of these?
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    Can't say I've heard it..

    The waters are way too troubled to spend that much on a DVD player right now. It doesn't even play SACDs! I would wait until the high definition formats have been decided upon, and then spend. I can actually remember when our store had both HiFi Beta AND VHS decks and both were over $1000 (this was before I worked there.) That price was halved in a year or two, and VHS had taken the clear lead by then. Can you imagine what that $1500 could have done in 1982 if you had put it in the stock market instead of a hifi Betamax?

    I spent quite a bit on my amps and speakers, but just can't bring myself to invest in a high end digital source component just yet. If I was to do so, I would have to get one of the Linn Unidisk players. Then again.. I have lots of LPs still.. Maybe that Linn Sondek..

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    • #3
      Got a Export spec (Pal Secam Ntsc) Toploading Sony Betamax downstairs gathering dust

      I'm going to wait a while till this format war is over / see where HTPC's / MCE end up. Once bitten.

      Speaking of turntables (other than SL 1210), know of any Hi-fi ones that have a 33 /45 switch rather than doing the thing with the belt?
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      • #4
        Muad'Dib, for those who remeber him, has a nice Linn amp powering a pair of Martin Logan Aeon speakers He loves his Linn amp.

        I too would recommend waiting for the next gen to get sorted out before spending this kind of cash on a video player. Though for a DVD player it's nice ... sans the lack of SACD support.

        Though I'm waiting for DTS-HD to hit on Blu-ray/HD-DVD. DTS-HD is a lossless audio CODEC for the next gen players. Coupled with a 25-100 GB capacity you could make a lossless copy of the masters for a performance or recording. Now THAT will be true fidelity matched only by sitting in the audience of a live performance.

        Can't wait.

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        • #5
          Yep i'm gonna put my non smoking money in a jar, and stick with my Nad / Dynaudio system, till i have enough to splash out.

          DTS-HD sounds interesting. I thought they were set on using MLP.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Fluff
            Yep i'm gonna put my non smoking money in a jar, and stick with my Nad / Dynaudio system, till i have enough to splash out.

            DTS-HD sounds interesting. I thought they were set on using MLP.
            THere are several audio formats planned for both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. DTS-HD is considered a "optional" format, meaning not all players are required to suport it. I haven't seen MLP on any of the next gen specs.
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            • #7
              I wish they would move away from a bare 5 1/4" optical disc, and use something similar in format (size) to a minidisc / UMD.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Fluff
                I wish they would move away from a bare 5 1/4" optical disc, and use something similar in format (size) to a minidisc / UMD.

                If they did they would have to spend much more on new packaging and would prob wind up with less storage then they do now due to a pyshical size. you have to figure that a 5 1/4 HDDVD is supposted to hold 100GB of info..a minidisc/umd would be stuck at half that.
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                • #9
                  Probably even less.
                  While CDs were 650MB, MiniDiscs were 150MB.
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