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Amp: Abrahamsen V2.0UP Speakers: IPL Acoustics S2TLK

Some William Shatner covers are better than originals. Others of his are, well, “different”. *biggrin* Venessa Carlton's version of Paint it Black is good, maybe not better than The Rolling Stones tough. There is a version of “Lean On” in the style of Stevie Wonder. Very good. The Youtube...

Bought a CD again after losing the first copy. Have 2 copies of 2 different Sega Saturn games. I repurchased them after thinking I sold them then found the original copies.

My TV has: HDMI, VGA, component, RGB, S-Video (all needed or wanted) and composite (not needed). Adaptors could mean I could use just HDMI on a newer TV, but what does a Sega Mega Drive or Sega Saturn look like on a 1080p or 4K TV? I would also need a more powerful graphics card in my PC to...

I know. I repair computers and know people who repair TV's. I'll still get it fixed. I looked at a possible replacement a few years ago but no TV's have the same features.

No. I still have my 7+ year old 32" HD Ready (1360×768) TV. Does what I need it to. Blu-Ray is high enough resolution for me. I've seen Blu-Ray on 1080 TV's, it's better but not enough for the compromise in connections I’ve got and need on my old TV. If my TV breaks I'll get it fixed.

I would probably be too honest. I would have to have a standard opening paragraph disclaimer before every review to prevent being sued. A few companies of very special products would love me though.

Abrahamsen V2.0UP only has 3 line level inputs. I can share one easily though so not a massive issue to me.

After demoing many speakers and amps I ended up buying an Abrahamsen V2.0UP amp followed by a pair of IPL S2TLK's from IQ Speakers for my 11'5" x 12'8" room. I've had the speakers for about 3 months. Due to their scale and overall balance I could not go smaller now. I tried the 8” stand...

I thought it was soft! Well, for GnR anyway... I'm going to have to listen to these suggestions. About time I bought something new.

Guns n Roses, Civil War

You already have a streamer? Go to a few stores and try a few amp and speakers combo's. You will know the combo when you find it. Abrahamsen and IPL are worth a demo.

To make a fair comparison you would need to be able to use the same device but be able to turn HDCD on/off. Two different devices and you're listening to the differences between two devices, not necessarily CD and HDCD. Were you able to do this? It could also be the way the extra info is...

I've got a few HDCD's. Most sound good although one is a bit bright, but taken from older recordings so it could be due to limitations of the day. As the CD standard was designed to be the best we would likely need for 2 channel stereo, I would put the good sound down to good recording and...

I 'downgraded' from IXOS interconnects, back to Chord Cobra, back to freebies. I notice no difference.