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    STAX OMEGA4 compared to Omega1 / Omega2 / Omega3

    Stax Omega4 compared to Omega1/Omega2/Omega3 February 2024 Amidst the thousands of conventional stereo recordings that I sampled over the past 15 months via the new Omega4, I discovered to my surprise that many hundreds were closet binaural recordings. By Omega4, I am referring to the...
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    isnt anyone around here exited about this tuesday???

    http://www.suntimes.com/output/movie...ews-dvd24.html Enlightening article on how much effort Lowry Digital put in to clean up Eps 4,5,6 for the DVD release. Essentially, Lucasfilm digitised the old dirt-speckled film negatives into (presumably high definition) digital video, and sent that...
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    isnt anyone around here exited about this tuesday???

    Bought the new DVDs on Tuesday. Watched several scenes from all 3 movies -- the picture quality was simply superb, even when blown up in size on a 43" plasma TV. To get a better picture quality, I'd need to go for High Definition material. Strangely, on my system (Pioneer 43HD + HDMI...
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    isnt anyone around here exited about this tuesday???

    3) Possibly most critically, John Williams' entire score for the film has been flipped in the rear channels, so that what should be the left rear channel is playing from the right rear channel (and vise versa). What this means is that the rear channels don't match the front channels -...
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    isnt anyone around here exited about this tuesday???

    I'm giving in to the dark side on Tuesday. From numerous reviews popping up, one overwhelmingly recurrent comment, with nary a disagreement, seemed to be that the picture quality of these new DVDs are staggeringly good. Other than the links provided by KR, here's another one that also praises...
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    Am I the first owner ??? Qualia 010 !!!

    Way to go Nik. You have been the most adventurous among us and the first to own the newest, bestest and expensivest headphone gear. Congratulations on your purchase of both the 010s. I take the risk here to venture a guess that the 010 (the headphone) and the Linn CD12 form a...
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    Puzzled by difference between Stax 4040 and Omega 2

    Quote: Originally Posted by yannfr but the bas[s] polluted everthing Omega 2 owners definitely know where you are coming from, although most would probably see it another way: the bass pervades everything. The Omega 2 imbues each sonic image with a low-frequency cushion of...
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    How to force IE to open new windows maximized?

    Yeah, the registry is a minefield for me. Which string, and what value? Grrr...
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    How to force IE to open new windows maximized?

    Thanks guys. Not exactly the tips I was expecting, but hey...life is more exciting when we go down untrodden roads. (Untrodden by me, that is.) So it's a gulp, a deep breath, and new browsers here I come!
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    How to force IE to open new windows maximized?

    I have a related question I hope you guys could help me out with. My desktop resolution is set to 1600 width X 1200 hgt. (I use a 20" LCD screen, whose native rez is 1600X1200.) I like to have my IE window sized at 1000 width X 1200 hgt, positioned dead center of the desktop. When I...
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    ANNOUNCEMENT: Welcome to a new sponsor!

    Impressive... most impressive
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    REVIEW: Nik's STAX OMEGA II + RUDISTOR EGMONT REFERENCE; i've listened to it!!!

    Quote: Originally Posted by Nik ...But the tests with other headphones like Grado RS-1, PS-1, Senneisher H 650 and others... even the test with the Egmont + Lambda series have not that BIG soundstage ("headstage") 3D as with the Omega II. OK I see. Now I know where you are coming...
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    REVIEW: Nik's STAX OMEGA II + RUDISTOR EGMONT REFERENCE; i've listened to it!!!

    Thanks for the write-up, amartignano. I read it with great interest. At the point when Nik obtained the Omega II headphone, he already had the Linn CD12. It may not have been possible for him to isolate (as a controlled experiment) the contributing factor whether the soundstage...
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    REVIEW: Sennheiser HE90 "Orpheus" vs. Stax Omega 2

    That was a deceptively simple write-up, but we can see that a lot of effort went into careful selection and matching of words. I concur with many of Eric’s observations, specifically: (1)That the HE90 portrays an immensely vivid sense of perspective. The word “perspective” was used a...
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    ? for Omega's owners

    Quote: Originally posted by grinch it's sort of shocking at first, but soon you don't even notice. Same here!
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