Recent content by rblock

Hi, I have just hooked up an apple airport express to my yamaha A810 receiver to enable me to stream my ripped CDs via iTunes. I have used an audioquest forest optical/mini toslink cable so (I think) the yamaha DACs are doing the conversion. I've ripped my CDs into apple lossless files stored...

Sorry for not responding sooner but I did purchase some Atlas element integra audio leads based on what hifi's reviews and I am very impressed with the sound quality. I'm hearing so much difference through my wharfedale speakers,they seem much happier as I'm able to set the amp speaker...

Well! I bought the yamaha 810. I was able to demo it as it was being used at my local richersounds & found its timing to be a step up from my older denon. Where as the denon could be quite 'crashy' & hectic, the yamaha took anything thrown at it in its stride. I must stress my denon is an older...

Excellent. Many thanks for your response. I am quite taken with the Yamaha & will have a demonstration tomorrow. I appreciate it is a matter of personal taste, after speaking to a couple of dealers, the Denons they say, are not great this year but no one has given any explanation as to why...

Could any one who have heard or own one of these amps give any feed back with regards their performance. I'm currently deciding to change my ageing Denon 1909. I like the idea of AirPlay facility on the Denon & at the moment are heavily reduced, or I have sourced the Yamaha which was last years...

I am currently using 2 Chord company 1.3 silver plus leads connecting a Sony BDP 370 blu-ray player, Denon AVR1909 receiver, Philips 40" 9704 TV together & I am considering uprading them to either the supershield or active silver plus leads. Would I benefit from buying the 1.4 versions over the...

I have just purchased a 40"9704 which is fantastic for colour, contrast etc. I do understand the concerns about motion with the Philips sets with PNM switched on though, it can only be described as vision after a few (alot) alcohol beveridges walking around from one place to another! When it is...

I have read excellent reviews from many different sources regarding the phillips set & I am very tempted to replace my Sony 40W5500. I am generally pleased with the sony but it does suffer from backlight clouding in the corners which is noticeable when watching darker scenes. Would the phillips...

Have you managed to rectify your whining noise during playback? I've just purchased this player to replace my Panasonic bd55. Generally I am impressed with the overall performance, especially with sound! However I too have noticed a high pitched whine during disc playback during quieter...

Many thanks for your feedback. I will certainly consider the Sony as the Panasonics extra sound options most likely wouldn't get used. Although the bd55 does have the dialogue enhancer which I have on but don't notice much benefit.

I'm thinking of replaceing my Panasonic which at the time cost around £230ish & have been considering the Sony 370 blu-ray player. I only use the internet connection for updates mainly so not to concerned about built in memory storage etc..My main concern is would it match or better the...