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Title: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Tim on April 14, 2005, 12:45:21 PM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent

also, the Toshiba was in the Stereophile recommended components section in the last issue... pretty cool. I didn't notice the Music Hall 25 in there though :P
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Ed. on April 14, 2005, 12:48:41 PM
haha, very nice tim +t

i really need to get me another 4960
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: L Ron Hoover on April 14, 2005, 04:26:09 PM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent

also, the Toshiba was in the Stereophile recommended components section in the last issue... pretty cool. I didn't notice the Music Hall 25 in there though :P



I too had problems with play-back of discs that I had burned for people starting last summer. I was able to play the discs on my system just fine, so I wrote it off as being their problem. Well, it wasn't. My burner was on the fritz. Dell must use extremely cheap burners, because I couldn't have burnt more then 500 discs.
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Chuck on April 14, 2005, 05:23:08 PM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent

also, the Toshiba was in the Stereophile recommended components section in the last issue... pretty cool. I didn't notice the Music Hall 25 in there though :P


Tim, is yours "modded?"
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Tim on April 14, 2005, 05:28:54 PM
no it's not chuck...
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: BCostigan on April 14, 2005, 06:00:09 PM
DOh!

Nice to hear!   I though my new 4960 was "dropping out"........turns out it's a bad digi coax (Audio Magic no less).

Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Tim on April 14, 2005, 06:13:08 PM
the weird thing is I was having problems with some store bought dvd's and cd's... that seems to have subsided though. I'm not sure what was going with that thing... bizarre, but I'm not complaining.
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: BCostigan on April 14, 2005, 06:18:45 PM
the weird thing is I was having problems with some store bought dvd's and cd's... that seems to have subsided though. I'm not sure what was going with that thing... bizarre, but I'm not complaining.

mmmmmmm.......redbook cds.  Toshiba has given me a new love of redbook cds.  ;D


Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Chuck on April 14, 2005, 06:41:33 PM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent

also, the Toshiba was in the Stereophile recommended components section in the last issue... pretty cool. I didn't notice the Music Hall 25 in there though :P


Do you have a link to that article?
Is the 3680 the same player?
This has me intrigued...
Just how good is this thing?
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Nick Culbreth on April 14, 2005, 09:02:03 PM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent

also, the Toshiba was in the Stereophile recommended components section in the last issue... pretty cool. I didn't notice the Music Hall 25 in there though :P

Maybe you don't always get what you pay for.
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: George on April 14, 2005, 09:14:52 PM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent

also, the Toshiba was in the Stereophile recommended components section in the last issue... pretty cool. I didn't notice the Music Hall 25 in there though :P

Maybe you don't always get what you pay for.

apparently not  ;D

+t to getting things fixed
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Chuck on April 18, 2005, 10:39:31 AM
I just won an eBay auction on a Toshiba 3960. $22.50! It's from the Sears Liquidation Center, fingers crossed...
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: pfife on April 18, 2005, 10:45:01 AM
I just won an eBay auction on a Toshiba 3960. $22.50! It's from the Sears Liquidation Center, fingers crossed...

nice +t
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Chuck on April 21, 2005, 08:46:41 PM
I just won an eBay auction on a Toshiba 3960. $22.50! It's from the Sears Liquidation Center, fingers crossed...

nice +t


I got it today. I think is sounds great, stock, out of the box.
I may do the capacitor mod, since I use the analog outputs.
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Tim on April 21, 2005, 09:12:44 PM
glad you're enjoying it!
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: macdaddy on April 23, 2005, 07:26:08 AM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent


where do you get a computer + burner for $60..? i want in on that deal...
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: BCostigan on April 23, 2005, 08:08:02 AM
my 3960 has performed flawlessly since I got my new computer and burner, looks like the problem was in my old burner as some friends are reporting weird errors on some of the discs I've burned for them....

looks like $60 well spent


where do you get a computer + burner for $60..? i want in on that deal...


Pretty sure he's referring to the 3960.
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Chuck on April 24, 2005, 03:25:09 PM
If I play a 24 bit 196 KHz Audio DVD on my 3960 through the analog outputs, am I hearing the higher resolution audio or is the audio dithered to 16 bits?
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on April 24, 2005, 04:44:44 PM
If I play a 24 bit 196 KHz Audio DVD on my 3960 through the analog outputs, am I hearing the higher resolution audio or is the audio dithered to 16 bits?

You're hearing the output of the 24-bit ADC.
Title: Re: It wasn't my 3960 it was my old burner
Post by: Chuck on April 24, 2005, 06:43:31 PM
If I play a 24 bit 196 KHz Audio DVD on my 3960 through the analog outputs, am I hearing the higher resolution audio or is the audio dithered to 16 bits?

You're hearing the output of the 24-bit ADC.

That's what I was hoping...  :)