Conrad Johnson MET 1 6 channel Analogue help

Agreed,
the MET-1 is still a fine analogue preamp for those not wanting a processor (of sorts).

I don't have experience with the CJ but do with 6 channel analog. I use a McCormack MAP1 pre that is the same configuration. I like the simplicity and great sound with DVD's and music. The only real disadvantage I find is with HDTV. All the boxes have 2 channel analog (using crappy on board DAC's) or digital outs for multi channel. While the McCormack's ARM does a good job of creating multi-channel, it still sounds a bit compressed, probably due to the crappy DAC's in the HDTV box.

Startrek- One of the (many) early disapointments with Hi-def DVD is none of the early software, to my knowledge, is taking advantage of lossless 5.1 audio.

Russ

Searching the Audio Asylums for 'MET1' probably will get you lots of info.

I have one and love it. Its predecessor was an Audio Refinements Pre 5, another all-analog 6-channel preamp that sounded very good in my system. My Pre 5 was improved with better input- and output-coupling and powersupply caps. I'm no GEA who hears quickly all kinds of subtle differences, but the c-j definitely makes the music sound 'wholer', more like music, compared with the Pre 5, and the Pre 5 sounded better than the big Marantz 9000 pre/pro that preceded it in my system. Harry Pearson in 'The Absolute Sound' wrote, among other positive things, that the MET1 added meat to the bones of multichannel music. E-mail me at jeffreybehr(at)cox(dot)net and I'll send you that blurb. The Denon DVD 2900 and an old CD player are the only digital devices in my MC-music/video system.

Also, the MET1 participated in a hi-end-preamp comparison the Arizona Audio Video Club did early this year. Read that here http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?forum=amp&n=93960&highlight=met1+jeffreybehr&r=&session= . Some woudl say that it 'won'.

As far as movies sounding "...much better as a 2 channel (sic) output than the 5.1 digital equivelent (sic)", I don't agree or disagree, as I never listen in 2-channel to movies that have multichannel digital soundtracks.
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This is not a processor of any sort. It is an entirely analog 6 channel preamp. Any processing, except for channel levelling, must be done externally.

Kal