kr4
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| Redefining "Universal Player" Hmmm. I've had much more than a dozen players, including universals and BluRay players, none have had a digital input and I never even noticed.And today, there's even a decreasing need for it as more and more players are simply transports which ou... | |
| Big AV Receivers : Digital or Analogue ? So, why is it necessary to consider it either one or the other? I don't.Kal | |
| TacT, Lyngdorf, Audyssey Pre/Pro, PARC? BTW, one advantage of any EQ or measurement system that has a good display is that you can use it to optimize sub placement and to view the effects of acoustical treatements. Not an insignificant feature.Kal | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? The Blu-Ray HD lossless formats are excellent but there are seriously few audio HD music releases. In any case, they do not blow away SACD as demonstrated by the 2L Divertimenti set which includes both. (One can argue what is better/preferable but... | |
| Is there a consensus as to blu ray sound quality? Developmenti? :-)I gotta admit, though, that it never enters my mind to put an "audiophile" CD into one of the BluRay players. OTOH, since I feed the digital output of all the players into the same processor, I would not expect much of a differenc... | |
| TacT, Lyngdorf, Audyssey Pre/Pro, PARC? I do not know of any system which will do all you ask for. It is a task for knowledgeable humans. Of course, some products do make the claim. http://www.neptuneaudio.net/neptuneEQ_silver_p/neptuneeq-b.htmKal | |
| TacT, Lyngdorf, Audyssey Pre/Pro, PARC? The real reason that the auto-correction with the SMS-1 is inferior to the manual correction has very little to do with your analysis, although the choice of crossover does complicate the issue and the Velodyne has some limitations in that regard.... | |
| Amp for Soliloquy 5.3i floor standing speaker? Saki70's recollection is close to mine. http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/459/index.htmlKal | |
| Heard the Bryston SST 2 Squared ? The SST2 mods are different for the different models and are more potent for the internally balanced models.Kal | |
| Amp for Soliloquy 5.3i floor standing speaker? I'd start by looking at Cary amps as they were developed with them.Kal | |
| HT Bypass vs Piggy Back What you call "piggy back" is dangerous to your amps. Never connect two amps to the same terminals as they will shunt each other, possibly even with one of them not powered up.Is the VC on the ARC stepped? If so, simply choose a comfortable settin... | |
| TacT, Lyngdorf, Audyssey Pre/Pro, PARC? BTW, I have not heard the Denon prepro but, on paper, it also fills the bill.Kal | |
| TacT, Lyngdorf, Audyssey Pre/Pro, PARC? 1. Yes.2. Yup. The Oppo 980H (cheap but competent), the Pioneer DV-58 (better, sturdier), the Sony XA5400ES (CD/SACD only) and the upcoming universals from Denon and Oppo. Mebbe more.3. Depends. If you want a pure correction, the built-in Audyssey... | |
| TacT, Lyngdorf, Audyssey Pre/Pro, PARC? With only digital sources, I would avoid the DAC and the external EQ and go with the Anthem or the Classe SSP-800, if you add an external measurement system like REW. Those can handle all digital sources and have excellent DACs and DSP. The not-ye... | |
| Preamp or int amp best way to imprv HT 2 chl SQ? The drawback to the external EQ is, precisely, the additional A/D/A conversions which confound any attempt to maintain a coherent analog signal path. Of course, that is just as much "theory" as the presumption that pre/pros can't compete with dedi... |