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The samsung unit is the BDP-UP5000 and as of now its scheduled for an october/novemeber release.

Where have you been . One of the PS3's big selling points is its ability to play blu-ray. Coincidentally it also happens to be just about the best blu-ray available at the moment.

I would not get the LG player it doesn't fully support HD-DVD, wait for Samsung's hd-dvd/blu-ray player thats coming out in a month or two.

Yeah Outlaw's current deal is pretty good but the 970 doesn't have HDMI. Not sure if thats going to be an issue for you or not, if it is take a look at the current Denon and Marantz receivers. In terms of speakers there are literally thousands of options, it'd really help if you could give any sort of budget for them. In terms of DVD players you can't go wrong with the Denon 3910.

http://kraudioproducts.com/Kr/ProductDetail.aspx?CatID=13&ProductID=8

You do realize its coming out for the PC as well right?

If I ever finish downloading the torrent of it I'll host it online for anyone that wants it. I'll probably do an xvid rip of it too as I'm guessing the quality doesn't actually warrant the full size of a dvd.

That closed-in congested feeling is from the Raptors inability to drive low impedance headphones.

Ding, ding we have a winner. Nate, your super secret decoder ring is in the mail .

Grado Quality Control strikes again . Honesty I hate how people will pass this off as just being an effect of them being "handmade." Bullshit its crap quality control and cost cutting measures.

RME Audio makes a few things that might suit your needs. Not sure if they fit into your pricing though.

Nope I'm in Pittsburgh

no its definitely pop. calling any soft drink a soda could possibly get you shot in pittsburgh

The APL Denon's go for way more than that, typically around $4k used. I think you'd be happy with either the sacdmods 3910 or the modwright 3910.

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Bad idea, if she's that anal about the power bill just think of how bad she'll be if you ever need anything fixed or something else serious happens. Really sounds like a landlady worth staying away from.

I kind of assumed she was paying the utilities, but like I mentioned in my previous post your gear uses hardly any power. The A/C, refrigerator, computer will all use way more power than you gear is. If she can't understand that or is just a complete nutcase move on.

Granodemostasa, have you tried explaining that all those devices in total use hardly any power? I'd be surprised if all the gear in your list used more than 100-150 watts in total. Number of outlets in use does not equate to power usage in anyway shape or form.

Have either of you guys heard the GS-1000 at all? With the recent talk of the Ed.9 having a "V" shaped frequency response I'm curious if they sound similar to the GS-1000 (aside from the soundstage differences) as the GS-1000 also have a "V" shaped response.

Is the SHA-1 Gold or just the regular SHA-1? For the regular I'd say $400-$600 really depends a lot on the condition of it.

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Well thats true now, but at one point you could get replacement drivers from bluetin.com.

Indeed they do

Thats exactly how Mikhail has the preamp out on my amp working.