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| H.T. Processor witch is better in sound... I never did a side-by-side comparison of the sound of the Proceed PAV/PDSD pair with the Cary Cinema 11a that replaced them, but I suspect the Proceed might be the winner by a small margin. The PAV/PDSD is in the living room now; the 11a is sittin... | |
| H.T. Processor witch is better in sound... I checked the Anthem web site and failed to see a trademark symbol in connection with the description of Anthem Room Correction (ARC).db | |
| H.T. Processor witch is better in sound... Kal,Are you sure Anthem has a trademark on ARC? As in Atlantic Richfield Corp as well as acoustic room correction that seems unlikely. Perhaps I haven't noticed the tm declaration next to ARC when used by Anthem. I innocently used ARC as an abbrev... | |
| H.T. Processor witch is better in sound... OP does not provide enough information. If the choice is just between the two processors and acoustic room correction is wanted, then It's probably the Anthem, because ARC was a major bug in the Cary 11a and likely to be in the 12 -- the Cary 11a ... | |
| Oppo 105 Analog vs HDMI? Are you sure the Marantz is passing through the analog from the Oppo without further processing? I took analog from the 105 through Cary 11a inputs set to by-pass and obtained a clean and open sound. Now stereo from the 105 goes through a Parasoun... | |
| MARK LEVINSON No. 40 PRO/PRE I have a Proceed PAV/PDSD pair in our living room with an Oppo 95 connected to the PDSD bypass. The PAV controls volume. The Oppo decodes lossless formats. For reasons I don't understand, I prefer the sound of this setup to having the output from ... | |
| Any reason to even buy a new PJ at this juncture?? I'm still pleased with my old Sony VW VPL VW-50 projecting onto a 100" screen, but I assume brightness and contrast is likely to have improved on newer models.db | |
| Using a RS SPL meter I think the microphone is designed to be pointed up rather than directed at the sound source. Slow trajectory is commonly used to get a steadier reading. Measurement with sine waves might be fraught with artifacts.db | |
| MARK LEVINSON No. 40 PRO/PRE An alternate in the face of developing processor technology is to use a high-quality analog stereo preamp for front LR and bypass the other channels to a processor. An Oppo 105 does this nicely. In addition to playing almost any kind of disc, it p... | |
| mid-rang pre amp I assumed the cable box has HDMI output that would go to the rear HDMI input of the Oppo 105. The other two units would use standard digital AV connections. In our setup HDMI output from a DirecTV HD-DVR goes to the 105, and uses the Oppo's superi... | |
| mid-rang pre amp Runnin's first post re input restriction seems misguided. The 105 has two digital audio inputs, an HDMI input in the rear for cable and it would make Sleepie's Blu-Ray player redundant. I've never seen an X-Box, so i don't know if its output is di... | |
| mid-rang pre amp You don't tell us what sources you want to use with a preamp, but there is a strong contingent that favors an Oppo 105 that can play a wide variety of discs, provide excellent audio/video processing through its rear HDMI connection, process comput... | |
| AR 3 Speakers Onhyw61, the AR3a speakers have been sitting in my closet for years and are likely to remain there. I use the 400 watt/channel amps with a pair of KEF 107/2 mains and a pair of 102 surrounds, speakers much more efficient than the ARs. The danger y... | |
| AR 3 Speakers The relationship is power needed to achieve a given SPL, and it isn't usually very much for practical listening levels. What gives AR speakers their LF capability is the large excursion the diaphragm can make. I recall a debate between Paul Klipsc... | |
| AR 3 Speakers How silly the above two posts are. Of course, you don't slam speakers with the maximum power available. The speakers these amps are used with now are much more efficient than ARs.db |