Recent content by ClassAct

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    Best Sound quality in-ear headphones (up to £300), Shure or IE80

    With taking at look at your requirements and despite you stating you have narrowed the choices down, I would suggest taking a look at some of the newcomers in this market segment. For example the Dunu Titan 1 ticks the boxes for having amazing treble detail and clarity, bass is still abundant...
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    New 4K TV - Soap Opera Effect?

    What picture settings are enabled when you are watching Netflix 4K? Are experiencing the same issue with other sources? Check to see if any additional picture processing is being employed by the Samsung
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    Fundamentals of OLED (vs LCD)

    I'm sure Son of SJ is just keeping forum standards high that's all.
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    Cambridge CXU Blu ray Player

    Just looking at the pictures provided for What Hi Fi's review of the aforementioned Blu ray player. I can see Darbee processing inscribed on the front of the unit. I think I can smell Oppo.
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    Finally! A proper 11.2 channel AV receiver with Atmos and DTS:X from Anthem!!

    Exceptionally promising. I'm hoping Arcam will release new AVR's with Atmos/Auro 3D in addition to HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2. I take it you will be upgrading to it from your current Marantz, Bigboss?
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    Buy a phablet or tablet with sim card phone functionality.

    I cannot recommend the Note 4 highly enough. So much functionality.
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    can you hear a difference?

    For me I can hear a difference between lossy and lossless codecs (DVD quality and high definition/blu ray quality). DTS HD Master Audio for example to my ears sounds a lot more spacious and detailed than an equivalent dolby digital soundtrack. What I can't hear a difference between is the...
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    Call me Snake.

    That is a lovely player. So many positive reviews and lots of retailers are willing to make the multi region modification. It's a shame it's a bit more than what I need. Let us now how you find your copy of EFNY.
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    Call me Snake.

    I believe Prince of Darkness and Christine are available on Region A too which are some more of my favourite Carpenter Classics. I'm definitely going to give Big Trouble a watch.
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    Call me Snake.

    That's cool to know. What blu ray player do you have if you don't mind me asking David? Cheeseboy the artwork on Big Trouble in Little China looks interesting and as I've never seen the film it's convincing me to watch it :)
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    Call me Snake.

    I believe apart from the (spoiler alert) Statue of Liberty scene, the vast majority of the street scenes if not all are filmed in the then run down east side of St Louis, Missouri. They convincingly stand in for the abandoned streets of Manhattan. The remainder of Liberty Island security...
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    Call me Snake.

    Any fellow Escape from NY fans on here? Scream Factory/Shout Factory have recently released the latest transfer of John Carpenter's Escape From New York on blu ray disc. I'm an avid fan of the film yet only own the Optimum/Studio Canal Region B version. It is a standard definition upscale and...
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    Upgrade from Pioneer VSX AX4ASI

    Whoops! Looks like I've been incorrect in my measurement then. I apologise for the misinformation. I will have to run the spl again.
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    Upgrade from Pioneer VSX AX4ASI

    Equalising the subwoofer would be beneficial. But it is not the be all and end all. Sub positioning and setup and far more important and will make the biggest contribution to how it sounds. I agree with Series1boy. Give some Yamahas and Marantzs an audition too if that's possible. I have an...
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    Upgrade from Pioneer VSX AX4ASI

    Thank you Banda. The salesperson could well be right in saying that Audysessy is the only room correction software to equalise the sub. However they're varying levels of Audysessy such as the higher level XT32 which I assume would do a better job in general in eq'ing your set up (not just the...