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| Ayre C-5xe-mp v Sony XA5400ES Zd542,I'd really like to hear both, but we live in Montecito, a small town adjacent to Santa Barbara, so sampling is limited unless I venture into the dreaded LA area, and even then, the Ayre has been discontinued. I suspect you guys are right tho... | |
| Help with processor decision Try the inexpensive Radio Shack SPL meter. It comes with simple instructions and is totally adequate for the job. I assume you use the excellent analog output of the Oppo 105, because that's what distinguishes it from a 103. Many posters on the Op... | |
| Help with processor decision You might replace the Denon receiver in your rack with a two channel preamp connected to your amp. You'd connect stereo from your Oppo 105 to the preamp, surround directly to the amps, SW directly to the sub. Using an SPL meter and the internal no... | |
| Which pre/pro under 3k? Avgoround's passive box is why I suggest if OP's source is an Oppo BDP-105 he skip the processor and preamp and connect the Oppo directly to the amp. What's a preamp going to do for the analog stereo output of the Oppo? At most it could color it i... | |
| Which pre/pro under 3k? I followed a version of the path suggested by Avgoround. I replaced a Cary Cinema 11a with a Parasound JC-2 analog preamp. I had been using only analog bypass inputs to the Cary. If you buy an Oppo 105, that could serve as your processor. It does ... | |
| Subwoofer Placement If it were practical within the limitations of your furniture placement, I think a 6-7' separation between your mains would be preferable. Of course, you would want to sit closer to the mains. Then you could place a pair of subs on either side of ... | |
| Subwoofer Placement Perhaps I don't understand your setup, but a 10" sub placed just inboard of each main would seem ideal. You don't tells us the distance separating your mains, but if you're seated 10' away from them I assume it's near 10'. It doesn't seem ideal to... | |
| One or two subs I've been using my two Velodyne HGS-15s with an SMS-1. Since I acquired a second SMS-1, I have been reading the manual about daisy chaining them so each sub can have its own acoustic room correction. I think I'll give it a try.db | |
| Help ref Oppo 105 with Marantz AV7005 set up There is a flaw in the observation made in my 4-26-14 post. The output of the JC-2 preamp goes through the KEF KUBE, whereas direct from the 105 does not. The KEF Reference 107/2s were designed to be used with the KUBE. My observation about taking... | |
| oppo's volume control The analog stereo output of my 105 goes to a Parasound JC-2 preamp, surrounds go directly to Proceed HPA amps, SW to a Velodyne SMS-1 (LF acoustic room correction). The level of the JC-2 is set to match the other channels, and the volume is contro... | |
| Help ref Oppo 105 with Marantz AV7005 set up Dopogue, I think I prefer the sound of my 105 through my Parasound JC-2, but it's a close call. The JC-2 seems to take just a bit of edge off the 105, making it sound smoother and more elegant. But, of course, that means the JC-2 colors the sound ... | |
| Help ref Oppo 105 with Marantz AV7005 set up A bit snarky, Dopogue. I was just pointing out two explanations for your preference, not criticizing it. Do you really perceive the sound from an unmodded 105 as bleak and threadbare?db | |
| Help ref Oppo 105 with Marantz AV7005 set up According to Oppo there is no sonic difference between the single ended (RCA) and balanced (XLR) outputs except for the level of the XLR being 3 dB higher. If that 3 dB is important for the following equipment, there is no reason not to use XLR if... | |
| Help ref Oppo 105 with Marantz AV7005 set up If you have connected both 5.1 RCA and HDMI outputs from the 105 to the 7005, both are active and either should be selectable by switching among the 7005 inputs. When you select the 5.1 RCA inputs, you are using the DACs in the 105; when you selec... | |
| New to digital high-end, need help There are a number of folks who argue for taking analog output of an Oppo BDP-105 directly to amps. The 105 accepts input from a computer via asynchronous USB or regular USB, HDMI, and optical and coax S/PDIF. The 105 provides speaker configuratio... |