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| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? Would a used Anthem AVM50 with ARC be suitable for implementation of acoustic room correction?Shortly after the Cary Cinema 11a came out, an AVS thread was full of raves about its sound quality and hisses about the buggy implementation and inaccur... | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? Marty,I discovered that I could compare the Oppo 105 direct to the amps or through the preamp by connecting one to the XLR and the other to the SE inputs of the amps, and switching between them. I left that arrangement connected so I can choose ei... | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? Bob, a look at the versions of used Meridian pre/pros is revealing of the upgrades that have occurred along the way. I have a Proceed PAV/PDSD pair, and the idea Madrigal had was that the PDSD would be essentially a card cage into which the latest... | |
| Witch H.T. processor is the best Tim's recommendation has merit unless you have analog sources. The Oppo has no analog inputs, but does take HDMI, coax, optical, and asynchronous USB. Its speaker configuration, bass management, and volume control are excellent.I do have analog st... | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? What does price have to do with it, Bob? The reviews I've read suggest a Marantz AV7005 does not have the same quality of sound a Bryston SP3 is capable of delivering. I decided to go analog rather than climb the slippery slope up the processor la... | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? Caveat re my previous post: I use acoustic room correction (ARC) via Velodyne SMS-1s for my subs, but otherwise have no experience with the technology. ARC is one of the functions that doesn't work properly in the Cirrus chip of the Cary Cinema 11... | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? So I ask you again, Bob, are you thinking of the sonics of a $3.5K, $8K, or $10K processor? My reading suggests not everyone is pleased with ARC.db | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? Bob seems to be hanging his hat of acoustic room correction, because if there is one component likely to become obsolete it's the processor as technology changes. So Bob, are you recommending something like a Marantz 8801, a Classe SSP 800, or a B... | |
| OPPO 103 or OPPO 95? Bob, I have no experience with room mode correction (ARC) except for LF ARC for a pair of subs, so I can't comment on the relative merits of ARC v superior analog. I think with either the 95 or 103 Joe can take video from HDMI-1 to his TV/monitor/... | |
| Two subwoofers I bought the two SMS-1s from a guy in Wyoming, I think. It was probably a listing on Audiogon.db | |
| OPPO 103 or OPPO 95? Bob, your recommendation is predicated on your first point, that Joe considers the analog process of the 9.9 amazing, and that may be sufficient. But reviews suggest the analog section of the 95 is superior. It seems as though your advice relies o... | |
| Two subwoofers I use a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s controlled by an SMS-1. I recently bought a pair of SMS-1s with the thought that I might try an SMS-1 for each HGS-15 and use the third SMS-1 in another setup with an HGS-10. I can't quite get my head around the ef... | |
| Oppo BD 105, stand alone DAC, or music streamer I think the Oppo 105 analog is quite good, but you can decide for yourself by taking advantage of Oppo's 30-day return policy if it doesn't satisfy you. You'd be out only the cost of return shipping. Lots of folks who post at AVS argue for using a... | |
| OPPO 103 or OPPO 95? If you want analog output, get the 95, because its analog process is superior.db | |
| Some amplifier questions My DirecTV HD-DVR also connects to the Oppo 105 via HDMI, but I use a Logitech Harmony One to control all the components in the setup. The preamp triggers the amps.db |