Gary,
Do you have your computer incorporated into your Home Theater system? Thats
what I ultimately want to do, but when I did so a few months ago, my
computer screen didnt read well on a HD TV. The wife said all characters
looked weird, but I only have composite and S video out on my video card and
no adaptor to accommodate the 16:9 TV screen.
Dont quote me on this, but I heard the B&K Audio Components AVR 507receiver
will allow software programs, such as JAWS to be loaded onto its system
allowing blind folk to use it more easily. Im currently running an Onkyo
989 version 2 THX Ultra 2 receiver and considering a few other options now
as Im trying to sell the Onkyo.
JVC has wireless PC hook up capability as well as Sirius satellite radio
built right into the 702B model. So, Im considering the B&K as mentioned
above or the JVC once I sell my Onkyo, or I might just wait to see if Onkyo
has an upgrade soon with newer HD features.
I also like to use a few surround features when playing music.
Best Regards,
Cornell
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From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 00:49:33 -0500
Well I like my home theater system. I play my music in surround sound, as
well as watching movies with it, and I think it sounds pretty good. I have
a Pioneer system not, but am not sure what I'm going to get next time. I
plan to get a new system though. I'm not sure about on screen programming
since I can't read the screen. This may have strayed off topic, but people
were comparing audio files with home theater.
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From: "Cornell Ligon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 9:48 AM
Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
> Andre,
> No, I understood what you were stating, but I'm such a junky for audio
> equipment in any capacity and I'm familiar with Nad's reputation for
> keeping
> things simple without too many bells and whistles. I'm also an audio
file,
> but I began to incorporate home theater A/V into my system back in 91
with
> an Onkyo 70 Pro integra receiver with discreet amplification.
> For the most part, I fully agree with you about home theater systems not
> that great for audio files. However, when you get into higher end
systems,
> at least with a few out there, they tend to accommodate audio listening
> quite well along with the home theater features. But, that typically
means
> spending $1800 to almost $4000 for a good system.
> Quick note - I had a great 6 channel 170 watts per channel rms THX
> Parasound
> power amp that I sold two years ago and kind of regret now, but tend to
> like
> to change up audio equipment every few years.
> Sorry to get so far off topic.
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Cornell
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: André van Deventer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:59:52 +0200
>
> Hi Cornell
>
> The Nad c320b is an integrated amplifier. I do not need a home theter
> system so I went for a simple amplifier to listen to music.
>
> This is a very simple integrated amp with no bells or whistles, like we
> have
> ben expecting from NAD over the years. I don't know what their home
> theater
> systems are at all.
>
> Perhaps I should have stated this in my original message. The reason I
> asked these questions is that I wanted to listen to high quality music
and
> not home theater.
>
> And I must say that the few times I listened to music on home theater
> systems the sound quality was horrible to put it mildly!!
>
> Andre
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Behalf Of Cornell Ligon
> Sent: 29 March 2007 03:51 AM
> To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
> Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
>
> Hi,
> is the Nad a power amp or a receiver? In other words, do you have your
> computer system and stereo or home theater integrated?
> I did this awhile ago until I realized my phone jack in family room
wasn't
> powerful enough to handle DSL for the nt, so I temporarily move my
> computer
> system back into my office.
> I am however considering a 'Home Thater ' computer to integrate into my
> Onkyo 989 V2, and also considering upgrading it to a newer B&K audio
> system
> that handles HD TV, HD audio files and wireless communication with the
PC.
>
> being an audio file with 'home audio', I must say I don't quite have the
> same ear for audio on my computer, because I can't tell much difference
in
> sound quality from using WMP, REal Player or ITunes other than ease of
> use.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Cornell
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Andri van Deventer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
> Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:19:37 +0200
>
> Hi Kevin
>
> The setup I use here is of course my PC with win xp and windows media
> player 11.
>
> I have a emagic emi 2/6 usb professional soundcard running into a
> newly-purchased NAD c320b.
>
> So I am not using computer speakers but a proper hifi system.
>
> So the soundcard in this stage is completely isolated from the computer.
> Oh yes - on windows media player 11 is there a way to completel y turn
> off
> the equalizer? I know there is a certain menu item to not make the
> equalizer show but is it then turned off completely?
>
> Andre
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd
> Sent: 28 March 2007 08:55 PM
> To: PC audio discussion list.
> Subject: Re: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
>
> Hi Andre.
>
> In my opinion windows media player provides a better listen than winamp.
> There's really very little difference but specifically if you listen to
> live
> albums or concept albums, windows media player is far superior to winamp
> in
> playing the tracks seemlessly. I prefer windows media player personally
> and
> I believe you won't get a third party product to play a proprietary
format
> like WMA better than a player produced by the company that produced the
> WMA
> format itself.
>
> With regards to your other question, no, a computer won't play a CD as
> well
> as a good CD player. I've had a number of machines over the years and
> find
> the transports are more flimsy than a good quality CD player and don't
> hold
> the CD as well. This can lead to jitter and distortion. A computer's
> CD-ROM is primarily designed to play data CD's and so there was never a
> need
> originally to worry about this aspect. Incidentally, I've found laptops
to
> have the better transports which surprised me but they do tend to have a
> raised centre onto which you can firmly place the disc and so eliminate
> jitter.
>
> After the transport you've got the processing of the signal which is
going
> through a dirty box of electrics in close proximity and generally feeding
> finally into a not too wonderful soundcard. A good quality CD player
will
> have more separation between the digital processing and power supply to
> remove RF generated by all that hot electrics.
>
> Best way to listen to a collection of music on a computer in my opinion
is
> to get a decent USB soundcard and connect to a quality amplifier,
> preferably
> using a digital connection.
>
> Regards.
>
> Kevin
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andri van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:40 AM
> Subject: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS
>
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I know that I am now probably starting a rather difficult and perhaps
> >
> controversial thread, but I really want to get an answer to my questions.
> >
> > 1. Is there a difference in the audio quality between winamp and
> windows
> > media player? I like using windows media player but I do want the
best
> > audio quality. I put all my cds in windows media lossless format so I
> > >
> want > lossless sound out of the audio player also.
> >
> > 2. Would you get the same sound quality out of playing audio cds on a
> >
> computer than you would get playing them on a good quality cd player?
> >
> > I am not really interested in saving my music in wav format as you
> cannot
> > seem to get media info on a wav file.
> > Andre
> >
> >
> >
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