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| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? Is that a significant difference? IMHO, the advance to MultEQ XT32 is a significant difference.Kal | |
| Squeezbox Touch USB or SPDIF? It can be "reprogrammed" for USB output but the effort may not be worth it.Kal | |
| Need a program such as pure music with SB touch? The SBT must be used with its own program: Logitech Media Server. | |
| Mahler Project on LP Suckers, indeed. Considering the provenance, the SACDs are cheaper, have more information (multichannel) and, logically, must be superior. If you are suspicious of sacd transfers of classic analog recordings (I am not), the same (and additional) c... | |
| Mahler Project on LP Probably sounds almost, but not quite, as good as the SACDs with the DSD from which the vinyl was derived. :-)Kal | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? I am familiar with it, on paper, because I was considering getting one. Never heard one. | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? Wish I could help but I have never heard/used the RDC-7.1. I think it is a pretty rare device.Kal | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? The P7 is, imho, the best choice now. There are some others that one can seek but are hard to find: McCormack MAP-1, McIntosh C45, Audio Research MP-1 and, my favorite, the Bel Canto Pre6.Kal | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? Of course you are. The input stage of the Onkyo, its volume control circuitry and its output stage. I have no doubt that the 95 analog output is superb but it is constrained by the Onkyo which, in my experience, is not great. With a better prepro ... | |
| A few new questions for me 50.3 is probably good and newer than the ones I mentioned but I have no personal experience with it.Kal | |
| A few new questions for me It was built by Bryston and is a close relative of their 9B.What is your budget for the prepro? Bottom line, imho, is a used Integra 9.8 or 9.9 or Onkyo 886/886.Kal | |
| INTEGRA DHC-80.3 Surround Processor There is a bigger feature list for the "hi value for money" prepros than there is for most (but not all) of the high-end prepros but the fundamental sound quality is not as good. OTOH, one does pay a big price for this in $$ and in loss of feature... | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? C'mon. What is the Oppo connected to? Directly to the power amp or via a decent analog preamp? If so, that is quite different from going via the 885.I found that the weakest feature of the 9.8 (885) is the analog in/out, even direct.Kal | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? 01-01-12: BacardiI am using the analogue in the Oppo. Yes but are you running it through the mediocre analog of the 885?Kal | |
| Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8? Bacardi-I cannot believe that you find the analog from the 95 via the 885 is superior to HDMI since the 9.8 (equivalent of the 885) has mediocre analog inputs which would compromise that arrangement. Had you said that you were using an 80.2 or 80.... |