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| Oppo for HT & stereo without a processor? I suspect the reason you haven't received a reply is that this topic has been covered many times. There are plenty of folks who think a direct connection from the Oppo to the amp is optimum, others who prefer an intervening prepro. My Oppo 105D ... | |
| Best sounding universal player (CD, DVD-A, SACD) Hmm pekelola, I just added an Esoteric SA-60 for 5.1 to go with the Ayre C5xeMP I use for stereo. The SA-60 sounds pretty good to me. The SA-60 goes through the 7.1 analog bypass of a Bryston SP3; C-5xeMP goes through an analog Parasound JC 2 BP. | |
| Esoteric DV-60 or SA-60 As I suspected, it was pilot error with the Bryston SP3. I used the remote to select 7.1 bypass and glorious sound came up right away. "Jazz at the Pawnshop" convinced me the SA-60 delivers surround sound quality so close to that of stereo with ... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 or SA-60 I've connected the SA-60 to the Bryston SP3, and both appear to display the desired information, but there has been no sound. Given that both the SA-60 and SP3 are complex devices, I suspect it's a problem with connections or settings, at least I... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 or SA-60 gocubs999, I bought the Gaucho SACD in anticipation of the SA-60. It sounds pretty spectacular in surround played on my Sony 5400ES. The disc lets the KEF LS50 surrounds shine. It fired up the Velodyne HGS-15 subs first thing, even though they'... | |
| Esoteric DV-60 or SA-60 My offer for an SA-60 has been accepted. I plan to pass 5.1 analog from the SA-60 through my Bryston SP3. The LCR amps are Parasound JC 1 mono blocks; the LRS amp is an A 23. | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations - Halo P3/A21 KEF LS50s pair nicely with an A 21. Try "Legends of Jazz" BD played on the Oppo to appreciate just how nicely. | |
| Oh brother, am I in desperate need of help! 8) My first serious speaker was an Altec 604 coax in a cabinet I built from Altec plans. Viewed from the top it was a pentigon designed to be placed in a corner.My 20 year old KEF Reference 107/2s are among the best sounding speakers I've ever heard... | |
| Esoteric DV60 Dan, the Sony XA5400ES can output SACD from it's analog terminals and HDMI, because HDMI can incorporate copy protection that's unavailable with either coax or optical. It can output either stereo or multichannel from HDMI, but only stereo from a... | |
| Esoteric DV60 I presume surround from an SACD is available via the DV-60 5.1 analog. Sony was concerned about digital copying. | |
| I hate when this happens ...... Except for the Oppo 105s and a pair of KEF LS50s (I now have 7 LS50s), all my components were purchased on the preowned market for well under MSRP. | |
| I hate when this happens ...... garebear, my post was presumptuous, and I apologize for that. But at financial web sites a common woe is the realization on the verge of retirement that sufficient funds have not been accumulated. Saving simply wasn't a priority in the early yea... | |
| I hate when this happens ...... You financed speakers! Unless you got a special zero interest deal, which speaker twiddled your sonic interest wouldn't be a priority concern for me, financial planning would. | |
| Is there a Blu-Ray player that does SACD and has Audiophile quality sound? HDMI from my Oppo 105 goes to a Bryston SP3, because I think the analog section of the SP3 is superior to that of the 105. Would modding the 105 have any value in this case, or are the mods entirely aimed at the analog section of the disc player? | |
| klipschorns, they kick ass for sure A high light of the days when I attended the national Acoustical Society meetings was a debate between Edgar Villchur (sp?) and Paul Klipsch during which Klipsch said "I don't care if you push it with a broom handle, you still have to move the air... |