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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cornell Ligon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> 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]> > Reply-To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[email protected]> > 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] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Cornell Ligon > Sent: 29 March 2007 03:51 AM > To: [email protected] > 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]> > Reply-To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[email protected]> > 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] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andri van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
