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| WHICH HT PROCESSOR HT bypass input circuitry is analog and it will bypass everything in the stereo preamp including the volume control, DAC if your preamp has one, so the analog signal from your Marantz HT processor will be directed straight out to the power amp. | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question AV preamp processors receive regular software update supports as AVRs do. I've always been using AV pre pro in my dedicated HT room and I received software update support regularly. I don't know where you got the info from and what made you think ... | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? @mzkmxcv Sorry man, I won’t buy your BS. None of us agree that numbers (measurements) do not mean anything. I have spoken with couple chief designers / engineers at Naim Audio, Linn, Audio Research among others and they once told me that measureme... | |
| WHICH HT PROCESSOR @rwrightcpa The new flagship Marantz AV8805 will sound better than your AV7704. It will be a nice upgrade in audio performance for your HT needs. I would get the AV8805 if I were you. You said earlier that your budget for a new HT processor is $10... | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question Good quality AV separates (AV pre pro + power amps) will way outperform AV receivers. No question asked. | |
| Need help with system connection I think any sort of switcher will degrade signal purity and sound quality since it has to go through another circuitry. @ghulamr You will need to get an analog stereo preamp that has HT bypass input. And you can run your Benchmark DAC1 directly to... | |
| Parasound vs Rotel Amps @donjr 7 years ago the Rotel 15xx series amps are not the same as the current newer 15xx series amps. Which Rotel 15xx series amp did you have? | |
| A good sounding amp for my GoldenEar Refderence @audiotroy @hifiman5 @eternalcamper The older Classe amps are slightly on the darker warmer side and might be lacking transparency but the latest generation of Classe Delta series such as the OP’s CA-5300 amp is very neutral with great dynamic and... | |
| Parasound vs Rotel Amps The older Rotel 10xx series amps are somewhat forward and dry sounding with grainy treble and tonally on the cool side of neutral when not paired carefully with the right speakers, upstream components and cables. But the newer and current Rotel 15... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @georgehifi +1 re Linn CD12 cd player. I had the CD12 in the past and it was excellent and was probably one of the most musical sounding CD player back then and even by today standard the Linn CD12 is still considered a reference CD player but lim... | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? @mzkmxcv You cannot base solely on measurements. Many equipments that have great measurements or look great on papers don’t necessarily sound that great or musical and vice versa. Never look solely at measurements. You cannot evaluate the audio pe... | |
| A good sounding amp for my GoldenEar Refderence How do you like the Golden Ear/Classe pairing right now? If you like your current pairing now and since you already have the Classe CA-5300 five-channel amp, you can look for a used Classe CAM-300 monoblock amps or the CAM-600 monoblock amps, whic... | |
| WHICH HT PROCESSOR Are you looking for a new HT processor that supports 4K pass through with HDR? What about Dolby Atmos, DTS-X & Auro-3D? | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? I would get the Dan D'Agostino Momentum M400 monoblock power amps or the Momentum stereo power amp with the Momentum linestage preamp. This will be a great upgrade path. | |
| Surround Sound Amp and Processor What kind of B&W 804 do you have? The 804 D3, 804 D2, 804 D1 or 804 N or 804 S? What kind of stereo preamp and power amp are you using right now? So let me get this right, you are only doing 5.1 setup, correct? And you already have a separate ... |