Maddmaster

Welcome. You have found a great group of people here willing to share information. What gear did you pickup? We like pictures.

I don't listen to mine. They are boxed and tucked away.

Harlem Knights (Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Della Reese). Hi this is Richey, put your mother on the phone. Hi honey (to his wife), I'm never coming back home again." (After getting the best piece he ever had in life)

The cabinets on the 901's is sealed plastic matrix. You are better off using the U-Connector on the end of the wires. I would use a closed O-Connector instead of the U-Connector. Also unless those banana plugs are extremely tight they may come loose if they are plugged in and left vertical when the 901's are on the stands. The EQ was designed for the 901's only. Each series had it's own version of the EQ series to match each 901 series. What the EQ actually does is make the highs higher and bass lower for the 901 drivers. When you use it on a conventional speaker it can cause damage to you speakers if you crank them up too high.

I think it's fixed now but need someone to test it.

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The Rippingtons, track 2 "Wednesdays Child."

10 pairs and 2 subs.

I have the same problem and I also have a 160 Gb IPod. I kept all my CD's. I connect my IPod to a different PC now and just add the CD tracks I want. My library on the main PC is too large to pick and sort through songs to snyc to the IPod. Try picking from 75084 tracks. You get tired of clicking.

I have not read every post on this thread but my advice is to use MP3 coding and select 320 kbs for the sampling rate. I have used ITunes for a long time. Applelossless works well but if thats what you use and run out of hard drive space that's it. You can dreate another library but you will loss the other. There is no switching back and forth, especially if the new library is on a nother drive. Using the MP3 format, atleast you will then have the option to move the library and still be able to play it using other players besides ITunes.

I have Def Tech but the Mythos STS (Fronts), 10 & 8 (Center) and Gems (front height, side and rear surrounds). They do a good job with music and movies. If you get Rich to upgrade those M500's to mkII you will be amazed at the difference in the sound stage and quality. I use M 1.0t mkII for the front and centers.

Welcome to the forum. Great choice. You will definitely like it but once it's upgraded to mkII you will be hooked. I ended up buying a second mkII after I got the first one.

Welcome Snoop. Can't wait to see pictures.

Glad you found us. We like pictures. Hopefully you will post some soon. Welcome!!!

Welcome and enjoy the vast amount of information and knowledge you will find here.

You can find CDR's on sale 100 for $19.99 at Bestbuy, Sam's Club and Costco. Sam's and Costco carry Sony's.

The digital generation behind us don't care about reading album or cd covers; who the musicians, song writers and producers are. All they care about is listening to the music. I too have an Ipod but unless you spend alot of money on the earbuds/phones it's like listening to a transistor radio back in the day which I think really sucks. We have always shared music with the introduction of the cassette deck. They didn't realize that many time that helped sales. You would get something you liked from a friend and just had to have the original. So IMO as far as loosing a sale was a wash. Same goes today with CD's being copied to CDR. I like to have the original but want to know if I like it before I buy it. If a good product is released it sells. How many times have you bought a CD only to find 1 maybe 2 worthy songs on it? That opened the door for Napster, Rhapsody, ITunes and more. $1 per song and pick what you want. The record industry is also it's worse enemy. They worried too much about CD's being burned to CDR. A SACD burner wasn't available and I do not remember one being sold. They could have lowered the selling price and moved the format to SACD or DVD-Audio. They would have been safe for awhile. The SACD's failure was also because it really didn't hit the masses. What's funny is even to this day you can find people that do know what a SACD or DVD-Audio is, much less heard one. The other factor was the cost. The price was so jacked up people would pass it by for a plain old CD version. I know I passed a many of them unless it was something I really wanted. I think I ended up with about 50 of them before it started dying out. It may have a better chance now since HT in a box is cheap enough for most to buy which gives them the speaker setup needed. The sound quality will be lacking but the hardware is there.

Wow, your craftsmanship looks outstanding. I too await your finish project!

Everyone is right. You will here no difference. The only benefit is the DVD holds more, like said.

Welcome Sanford. You are in good company on this forum.

I moved away from Verbatum a couple years ago and switched to TDK. I catch them on sale at Costco for $19.99 for a 100 stack. Never got a coaster and I burn at 48X all the time. They play any where and anytime. No skips or freezes at all. I use TDK DVD R's too.