My dilemma, some advice please.


In the mix of building up my new home theater. I want to use the new codecs from blu ray, of course.
What I am not sure about doing is this.
Buying a new receiver that will decode them for me, and get a denon 2500 (transport only) via hdmi.

Or buying a denon 3800 with analog out's and get a krell showcase 7.1 or HTS 7.1. Let the blu ray do the decoding. I know this will be killer for 2 channel also.

Thanks in advance.
him

Showing 1 response by russ_l

Kal, in referring to the Integra 9.8 in his last Music In the Round column, said “All processors have limited DSP capabilities, and the Integra DTC-9.8 cannot use Audyssey EQ with HD sources over 96 kHz”. To me, a critical point that’s never been discussed in this forum or any other forum that I am aware of.

Does this issue go away as you move up the price scale (faster DSP chips, more DSP chips)? Only knowing this would be a good argument for doing all the decoding in the BD player, leaving the prepro with enough capacity to handle the Audyssey equalization at 192kHz.

Would love to see Kal comment on this.

Russ