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The LJR II is my reference player, after buying the complete B&W
M-802/HTM-1/SCM-8/ASW-2000 speaker system, I was offered one for $399, and
it blew my cld-99 to hell and ebay, but not back anywhere around here --
*
Having collected laserdiscs from YEAR 1 [pioneer VP-1000] this is the finest
maching I've ever owned, though I do have every reason to believe that the
hld-x9/x0 may better it. With nearly 3000 laserdiscs still around, I'd love
to give them a side-by-side, but here [Boston] no hld-x-anything is to be
found, and $4000 from hong kong is ridiculous.
BTW, a couple years ago, I thought I had found one in Bulle Switzerland from
a guy name Gabriel at www.laserdique.ch. This man is a crook, and after
translating dozens of emails from the Swiss French in which we conducted our
transaction, Citibank twice ruled in my favor. He had first requested wire
transfer, but took the plastic when I insisted on protecting myself. DO NOT
CONDUCT BUSINESS with this person, unless you protect yourself well in
advance. I am fully fluent, and my preclusions of any possible language
related misunderstandings were confirmed by Citibank, as they translated
every piece of our written communication into English themselves. He's still
in business, so chances are he's dealing reputably with people in his
locality. He lied to me over and over again. [Çe message en traduction, et
tout courriel original disponible en français pour celui qui veut voir de
première main; I'm happy to provide this entire posting, and all the
original e-mails, in French, to anyone who wants to see it first-hand.]
I've seen LJR-II's fetch over $2000 on ebay in the past. Bear in mind that
this machine does not have digitial audio out, so you'll have to do
everything in audio outboard [that's my preference.] One of the
configurations has stereo analogue ouputs, but these are only good for
playback of analogue tracks on older discs, and for playing audio CD's
you'll always have to do that outboard as well--- i use Krell's HTS for all
these great things. I'm not going to sing praises about the CD transport on
the LJR-II; it really wasn't made for that. It's OK, your best bargain for a
superior audio CD transport can be found in one of the first generation sony
DVP-S7000 dvd players [it uses the same transport as the krell 28c, and
until pairing thelatter with krell's $8000 KCT pre-amp and a pair of $699
tansparent Cast cables, I had trouble discerning the difference] but let me
also mention that prior to that, I was using Krell's AV standard, a
masterpiece--- but with a cooling fan that turned dedicated listening to
drying your hair with a revlon on low cool. I've always found fan noise to
become transparent when watching films [just like projector noise in
commercial cinema,] but intolerable for music, unless you happen to be
drying your hair at the same time.
Anybody out there who would like to do a presto-change-o magical underpants
with me for an X9 or X0 you absolutley hate, look no further. I'll even
throw in my Smartchord AC-3 demodulator, vastly superior to any of the
japanese single-box units, this is piped with MIT CV 350 cabling and has an
outboard DC power supply; list $895, and when Goodwins had some available
for $495 they couldn't keep them in stock, and sold out advance order.
That's my plugggg nickel's worth---
enjoy --
"Kurtis Bahr" <kbahr@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:m_ednTsWYNdFdeffRVn-3w@comcast.com...
> The LJRII unit did correct the LX-900U AGC Video which is a good plus.
> Still will have a little more noise in a deep blue sky scene than a
> Pioneer unit but the LJRII has better Audio if it has the Audio R/L output
> board. Since this is a Panasonic based unit it definitely does not have
> the white 'C
> smear. I'm not surprised you preferred it over the LX-900U as the AGC
> improves the dynamics of the picture.
>
> This is definitely a "do you like a properly adjusted CLD-97 or LJRII
> better" and it is just personal preference as both are good units. I
> prefer the 97 but that is just my opinion.
>
> Kurtis
>
> "rhiohki" <rhiohki@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1115302392.248022.237300@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Kurtis Bahr wrote:
>>> Not that I know of but BDE in Europe still is that seemed to be
>> connected
>>> with Precision Laserdisc.
>>>
>>> Kurtis
>>>
>>> "BrianL" <stormbringer81@nospam.adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>> news:c6de4bc8f74ff67bda3b24aff97ca5ad@localhost.talkaboutvideo.com...
>>> > Is Precision LaserDisc still in business? I believe their site
>> lists that
>>> > they are no longer around.
>>> >
>>
>> Just a follow-up. The Runco LJR-II is brilliant. Through my stepping
>> stone process of starting out on the lower-end domestic LD players and
>> working my way up, I've noticed progressive differences. I am the one
>> who won the above auction by the way.
>>
>> With the NR off playing on a properly calibrated analog Direct View TV
>> (Laserdisc Video Essentials) using composite it's AMAZING. Especially
>> playing the masterfully transferred AnimEigo Urusei Yatsura LD box set
>> which IMHO is a better transfer than the DVD, considering the initial
>> DVD releases were cluttered with motion artificats.
>>
>> It truly is a step up. I haven't seen ANY SMEARING on any of the LDs I
>> have. I haven't seen an S9 or X9, but since I already have a CLD-97 and
>> a LX900U, I took a chance on this auction just because of the price
>> point and usually people dont go for high priced/risk of damage in
>> transit items with low-feedback sellers. Especially ones with 0
>> feedback. Considering what I got it for, it's completeness, and the
>> rarity of finding one in superb cosmetic and functioning condition, I
>> think I got a sweet deal. The seller is a great guy with a fantastic
>> home theater setup from what I hear when I talked with him on the
>> phone.
>>
>> Since I am not upgrading to an HDTV set for a long while, I wouldn't
>> need to get a HLD-X9 nor pay the price for one, but until I do, this is
>> the reference player for me.
>>
>
>
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