My advice would be to buy from a dealer who isn't reluctant to install several speaker/sub combinations for you to compare!

The major issue you have converting video is that you'll need additional hardware - a video capture card for your PC. These needn't be very expensive and some (most?) TV cards are capable. It would be better to have a card that accepted the composite signal or s-video rather than the rf modulated "aerial" output. Most cards will have

[quote user="david coyne"] Hello I never realised there were so many sites where you could actually purchase high bit rate music.... Now probably a silly question, do B&O CD players play SACD?? David [/quote] As I think you've already guessed .....................No!

[quote user="Alex"] [quote user="Dave Moulton"] Because the CD uses copyrighted materials, I do not sell it, but I do hand it out for free to students and colleagues for the kind of study that Alex is interested in, as a matter of course (it falls under the "Fair Use Doctrine of the US Copyright Law). I'm not sure how to

[quote user="BeoMedia"] Hi, yes they are fine on other units. I've simply dragged-and-dropped them from iTunes to the SD card (Mac). Have sent an email to B&O customer service - let's se if they can cast some light on this. Will post here if useful info from them. Thanks for your input. [/quote] Are these downloaded MP3's or

Sorry for being obvious, but do these MP3's sound OK on other kit than your BS3?

DOH!!! Just realised!

[quote user="Dave"] Would funds permit a second-life pair of 9's for the front (moving the 3's to the back)? [/quote] I don't think the glass shelves would be up to it! [quote user="ZeroHour"] Hi all, - due to the design of my room the front speakers are sitting on a glass shelves in a wall unit, so there isn't really

[quote user="Alex"] Out of interest, as I really want to increase my level of knowledge about mastering, what do you actually use as a reference CD - a technical recording with test tones etc... or musical content. If the latter, what do you actually use, and how do you choose it? Cheers. [/quote] Read THIS and, as Dave says, visit Bob's

[quote user="Alex"] SACD/Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) for listening at home. PWM is a much smarter way of doing things than the conventional way of recording/storing/reproducing digital audio - it almost always seems to sound less angular and edgy! Unfortunately, PWM recording takes up a lot more processing power than the conventional digital