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| Pioneer BDP-05FD vs Oppo BDP-83 I found the above posts perplexing, because I thought most of reviews of the BDP 83 found analog audio its weak point, thus the 83-SE. Why wouldn't the posters have compared HDMI audio where the 83 is said to be much more competitive?db | |
| Oppo BDP-83 SE vs McCormack UDP-1 Deluxe Paul,Not Kal responding, but my Sony XA5400ES is set up to output either HDMI or analog XLR to my Cary Cinema 11a processor. I prefer the HDMI even for stereo, but a well done bit-streamed multichannel SACD tips the scale heavily in favor of HDMI.... | |
| 4.1 HT? I've replaced the KEF 200C with a pair of KEF Reference 102s that have a tweeter that matches that of the KEF Reference 104.2s. Despite warnings about mutual interference with two center speakers, I've tried both single and twin 102s, and think th... | |
| KEF 102 center speaker Thanks for the advice, Loomisjohnson. I bought two pairs of mint KEF Reference 102s, and have replaced the KEF 200C with one of the speakers. The 102 is indeed a better match with the 104.2s. The soundstage in 5.1 is now seamless, whereas music se... | |
| Is rack between speakers always less than ideal? Having a TV, first a 36 XBR then a 40" monitor, between the main LR speakers did not interfere with 2 dimensional imaging, but it did with depth imaging. When I installed front projection, depth imaging substantially improved. I use balanced lines... | |
| Oppo BDP 83SE- RESULTS ARE IN I took delivery of a nearly new Cary Cinema 11a Saturday, and hooked up both the analog XLR and HDMI outputs of my Sony SCD-XA5400ES to it. In this case, we preferred the HDMI, but then the XA5400ES can output DSD from certain SACDs via HDMI and t... | |
| XA5400es for redbook CDs I replaced a fine sounding Sony DVP-S9000ES with a SCD-XA5400ES, and was struck by the improvement in redbook CD sound. My impression is CD playback got a lot of attention in the design of the XA5400ES. A well recorded CD leaves little to be desir... | |
| Location of surround speakers for music The revelation into multi-channel for me was an Arts SACD of Corelli violin sonatas processed by a Cary Cinema 11a. The sense of presence was greater than I've ever experienced with stereo.db | |
| Location of surround speakers for music Thanks for the advice; I'll look at the booklets with my multi-channel SACDs. I just bought two pairs of 70's KEF Reference 102s with tweeters similar to those of my KEF Reference 104.2s to replace newer 200C and 102.2s with Uni-Q tweeters. I may ... | |
| what is purpose of home theater processor? Kal Rubinson has been a strong proponent of surround sound for music in his Stereophile column. My limited experience (an Arts SACD of Corelli violin sonatas played on a Cary Cinema 11a) is that surround can give a greater sense of ambience than c... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Queefee, I don't know where some of the points in your post come from, e.g. purchased degrees/credentials, hearing loss in the Second World War. I just don't get the relevance of your first or third paragraphs, nor the last clause of the final sen... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Yeah, Macdadtexas, I did get carried away, but I am annoyed by writers who seem to go directly to the "Submit as-is" rather than the "Preview-first" button, leaving the reader to hack through garbled prose. The the poster's retort was to denigrate... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Queefee, you write like a pompous, careless windbag. If you're not writing to communicate so others can understand you, why bother? If you took a little time to cleanup your writing, you'd be showing respect for your readers.In my case, I was dire... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Queefee,Sorting through the double negative (neither are not) and the use of "neither" for more than two choices, I assume from the rest of your 10/24/10 post that you don't consider the receivers in question suitable for use in a high-end system ... | |
| 4.1 HT? The 104.2s are floor standers, each with 5 drivers, 2 woofers, two mids and tweeter located in a separate cavity in an Appolito arrangement. The 200C is a fairly large horizontal center speaker with 3 drivers, the center of which is a coaxial twee... |