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| How to make Sony DVP9000ES play Hybrid sacd layer My Sony DVP S9000ES certainly plays hybrid SACD, so I suspect all are supposed to do so. I sent my unit to Sony Laredo when it quite playing SACDs, and it came back working perfectly and sounding better than it ever had. Sony service is a real bar... | |
| Surround Sound Preamp Integra DHC-9.9 vs. Anthem Kal,The Proceed PDSD is the digital processor that would be replaced by the 9.8. It provides XLR outputs to 5 Proceed amps and a Velodyne SMS-1, as would the 9.8. I had imagined using the analog processing of the PAV, and passing the output of the... | |
| Surround Sound Preamp Integra DHC-9.9 vs. Anthem Kal,I didn't understand your reply. Specifically, how might I connect my Proceed PAV analog preamp to the 9.8 I expect to buy? The Proceed PDSD has LR & sub inputs identified as PAV pass-through with no processing.db | |
| Surround Sound Preamp Integra DHC-9.9 vs. Anthem Kal,Which input on an Integra 9.8 can you use for analog bypass? Might it be XLR? I think I'm going to buy a 9.8, though I've never seen one. Neither "Dealer" in Santa Barbara has a 9.9 for viewing or listening. I'll buy an Audiogon listing.db | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 Ckorody,Can you tell us what the improvements are in the 9.9? I've download the manual for the 9.8, but have yet to check if it has a pass through like the Proceed PDSD that passes analog from the PAV without processing. If it does, I could use my... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 The Integra 9.8 seems very attractive, but I'm confused about what seems a consensus that it's not so good for analog. Analog seems to entail less processing than digital, given there is no DAC. Did Integra skimp on the analog circuits in favor of... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 My sources are analog (SACD) and digital (CD) output from a Sony DVP-S9000ES in a video-off mode, analog output from a CIA phono stage (Throrens TD 160 II, SME Series III, Ortofon SME 30H), digital output from a PS3-80, and digital output from a D... | |
| Watch TV by pass preamp/processor The video doesn't change whether the pre/pro is on or off, if you take the video directly to the TV. Just the audio does. I zero the audio on the TV, turn on the pre/pro, and select the HD/DVR input. In my case, I do need to switch video if I go f... | |
| What is LFE on sub connections Dogmatix,Does your question imply that your receiver has both sub and LFE outputs?I must admit that I hadn't made such a distinction, often referring to my sub output as LFE. But I see that the manuals for my Proceed PAV/PDSD pre/pro label the out... | |
| Watch TV by pass preamp/processor I do essentially what Chadlesko recommends, but I use an HDMI switcher to choose a video source between my HD-DVR and PS3. You might do the same if you choose to include a DVD/BD player among your sources.db | |
| who does mods for the Sony SCD XA9000-ES? Why do you think it needs modding, or that the modder could do better than Sony?db | |
| The future of my hearing I haven't stayed current with hearing loss literature for decades, but the contention when i was studying auditory processing was that, absent noise-induced hearing loss, hearing loss with age is not expected. The evidence for this expectation was... | |
| Processor as a DAC for music? I've been very happy with the Proceed PAV/PDSD pre/pro for this application. I understand that the single chassis AVP-2 is as good, and perhaps better with newer DACs, but the AVP is not.db | |
| One sub, a two channel system ,one HT reciever ?? Tcatman,My experience with Velodyne is with the HGS 10 & 15 subs, and they are indeed fine. Placing the sub on an Auralex SubDude is a big win.I have a KUBE for my 104/2s that I have never tried. I've read it introduces distortion, but that ma... | |
| One sub, a two channel system ,one HT reciever ?? It seems to me that my biwired KEF 104/2s are just a bit more transparent when the crossover is set to 80 Hz. They also sound fine full range without the sub, but the low pedal notes of a pipe organ, for example, are missing. The HGS-15 fills that... |