Laserdisc-The godfather of ALL consumer optical disc media
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Thanks HA!
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honestaquarian wrote: »
That's funny. I was watching 2 of those 3 already.....HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
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I'll step aside then.
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rednedtugent wrote: »I'll step aside then.
Don't. I'm watching to see the prices and still have to get my tax refund before I can buy.HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
Additional projects: RTA 12c's -
Eight of the only nine titles released on Laserdisc in 6.1 channel Dolby Digital EX
The last one is Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Sixth Day. Which was one of the last titles to be released on Laserdisc in 2001. It was a Japan only release,which is why it is so hard to find (*and so ridiculously expensive when you can*) Ironically I found out about it the very day I FINALLY got my greasy grabbers on End of Days.
I had been under the mistaken impression that there were only eight titles in Dolby EX only to discover quite by accident on lddb.com after two years of searching high and low and successfully procuring the eight that there actually were nine -
Remembering why I have been such a fan of this label for decades.
The bass drum WHACKS on this disc could easily blow your woofers with lesser amps or loudspeakers. Telarc became well known for finally marrying excellent performances with world class digital sound quality bar none (*two things that had been largely mutually exclusive until they came along and consistently married them*) They used no compression,limiting or equalization. I just heard this disc for the first time again like I have NEVER heard it before!!
This Pioneer Elite DVL-91/Meridian 509 combo effing ROCKS! -
WOW
This one is up for sale on eBay now for a LOT of money
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PIONEER-ELITE-CLD-97-LASERDISC-CD-CDV-PLAYER-TOP-OF-THE-LINE-Vintage-1993-/141908092943?hash=item210a61a80f -
A lot of the telarc discs mention how they are recorded.
The care in recording and equipment help explain why they
sound so good to me...
Sadly they use monster cable.
honestaquarian wrote: »
Remembering why I have been such a fan of this label for decades.
The bass drum WHACKS on this disc could easily blow your woofers with lesser amps or loudspeakers. Telarc became well known for finally marrying excellent performances with world class digital sound quality bar none (*two things that had been largely mutually exclusive until they came along and consistently married them*) They used no compression,limiting or equalization. I just heard this disc for the first time again like I have NEVER heard it before!!
This Pioneer Elite DVL-91/Meridian 509 combo effing ROCKS!
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Oy there juss ain't no pleezing yew is there????
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To be honest, I have no experience with monster pro cables.
No offense. And I don't want another cable fire storm. If
someone finds their sweet spot with a coat hanger or a
10,000 dollar cable I'm good with it. Peace. -
I'm really glad you posted those LD titles HA. Got something to look for now
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BTW, if I find that elusive title, it is yours.
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Well good luck hunting
As I said it took me two solid years of hunting to get all of them. he Austin Powers and Star wars were the easiest. They're everywhere on eBay and lddb.com,however the others not so much depending on the day or week.
Expensive too!
http://www.lddb.com/list.php?format=ld&list=ex
This is the list of 6.1 titles.Click on each and you can see if anyone has one for sale there. -
Thanks
However when you look at what it is going for on lddb.com you will forgive my skepticism
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I just did.
You doubt the king of dollar media?
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@rednedtugent IF you can find the sixth day and give it to me I will be ETERNALLY GREATFUL (*dead*)
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Another Telarc CD that I've had for a good thirty years(*you can tell by the water stains on the back*)
Tracks 7 and 13 make for good SDA demo material -
Anyone remember what used to the Ubiquitous Pierre Verany test CD's that EVERYONE used to use to test anything that played CD's?(*including Laserdisc Players*)
No those aren't scratches
They are sections that test a CD player's data interpolation capabilities with damaged or scratched CD's. They purposefully left out increasingly larger sections of information to see which track would trip up the player. -
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Thks has some admittedly pretty cheasy disco tracks,but it makes for great SDA demo music! -
2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables. -
rednedtugent wrote: »Interesting HA, I'll look out for one.
I guess LDPs have gone the way of really great cassette players.
There are some hard core fans but why? I plugged in my
player a while back and it was like watching VHS!
My thoughts are that LD's are not nearly the resolution of BD's, but there are titles available on LD's that have not and most likely will never come out on DVD or BD. That's why I still have mine.
BTW, I have a Pioneer LD-S2, which IMO is the best LD player ever made. This player will outlast any other optical movie disc player on the planet, IMO.
Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
"I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion."![:\](https://forum.polkaudio.com/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....
"Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson
"Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee -
Look who showed up!Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
honestaquarian wrote: »
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rednedtugent wrote: »Interesting HA, I'll look out for one.
I guess LDPs have gone the way of really great cassette players.
There are some hard core fans but why? I plugged in my
player a while back and it was like watching VHS!
My thoughts are that LD's are not nearly the resolution of BD's, but there are titles available on LD's that have not and most likely will never come out on DVD or BD. That's why I still have mine.
BTW, I have a Pioneer LD-S2, which IMO is the best LD player ever made. This player will outlast any other optical movie disc player on the planet, IMO.
@headrott
TANK!!!!!
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@headrott
Just out of curiosity did you ever get the AC-3 RF upgrade? -
@rednedtugent
On eBay right now.This one is based on the DVL-700.It's the one they made before the DVL-91.I had this one right before I found a DVL-91
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pioneer-DVL-90-Elite-Series-Home-Theater-LaserDisc-Laser-Disc-LD-DVD-CD-Player-/262308975996?hash=item3d12d5557c
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thanks HA.
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honestaquarian wrote: »@headrott
Just out of curiosity did you ever get the AC-3 RF upgrade?
I didn't. I don't do AC-3 much through the LD player. Usually just stereo, so I didn't see the need.
Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
"I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion."
My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....
"Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson
"Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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