Recent content by Travis Ballstadt

I wish I had kept my 203. Selling it was a mistake.

Lots of speculation online that both of these brands simply bought up leftover chips when Oppo discontinued manufacturing and are not intending to be in the space long-term. Again, pure speculation, but makes sense when you think about how similar the interfaces are to the Oppo interface, and...

Been gone. At least that’s how I understand it.

I don't buy CDs anymore, vinyl only. I rarely buy something I don't already know that I like. I have Apple Music, so I listen to that for new music, along with KEXP, and what I know I like, I buy on vinyl.

Well, I was about to just buy a Panasonic 420 since I don’t want to spend premium money for a Source Direct mode when I’ll barely use the player. The Reavon and Magnetar I just don’t trust to be around to offer service in the future - Reavon is already gone. They seem like they are just running...

Hi. Gen X jazz record collector here. Imma watch the hell outta this.

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That was right about 9 feet. The screen was a 50" wide 16x9 to start, but by the last photo you can kind of tell that the bottom frame is thicker, because I converted it to a 2:1 screen that was 100" x 50". As luck would have it, I had an extra plank leftover from creating the frame, and...

How it started. White vinyl with black 2x4s from the previous owner. I had forgotten how, when I spun the room, I was able to use two windows and the hole from a non-functioning wall heater to hold the LCR speakers, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible because the two doors were only a...

At least I don't have to be disappointed with the new Cameron releases....since I don't really care about the movies! :) I did download the theatrical 4K T2 scan that has been going around, and it's glorious. The color grade I remember from seeing that in theaters. (Terminator is the only...

When I bought the house, that "room" was all cedar, walls and ceiling. It wasn't technically a room at all, it was originally the space under the back deck. The previous owner turned the back deck into an enclosed sunroom, and walled in below as a workshop. It had no HVAC, big windows, etc. I...

Don’t know don’t care. Insert goofy emoji here.

No, someone had brought up this conversation on the Kaleidescape forum when True Lies release was announced. I pulled from there.

I had to go back and look, and 10 years ago TO THE DAY I had found a set of B&W bookshelves and a center channel that I was grabbing on craigslist to put behind the Seymour screen and replace my decades old NHT front speakers. I had just finished a few months earlier spinning the room 180º and...