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| I've narrowed it down but... I'm having issues with Denon's website, so I can't be specific, but if you can afford it, consider getting a model with pre-outs available. Then you can get an amp later.I've owned three lowish end (<$1000) Marantz and two Denon. The three Ma... | |
| my ethernet cable? I would also suggest taking a look at your network switch/router. Many sold are still 10/100 and if you want maximum network speed with the Auralic you would need a gigabit switch. The sonos only has a 10/100 port on it, so no big deal. Cat5e and ... | |
| Banana Plug Wall Plate w/Cabling I've used something like this: http://www.homedepot.com/p/CE-TECH-6-Port-Wall-Plate-White-5006-WH/202689886You should be able to fit a cable through some of the holes and they offer flush covers for the unused holes (leaving little to no room for ... | |
| Playstation 3 + DSD disc + HDMI = Hi Rez sound?? To add to Kr4, you can transfer DSD over hdmi, but be careful on the receiver side. My Denon needs to be in "Pure" mode to shut of audyssey (it then says "DSD Direct" on the front panel). If the receiver is doing any processing on the DSD, it is m... | |
| AV Receiver Underpowered? I contemplated an XPA 3 instead of XPA 5 when buying my amp since getting more power to the surrounds wasn't a really high priority. I do use the 5.1 for movies and tv a lot, but the surrounds are so close and so small, that they don't really need... | |
| AV Receiver Underpowered? I did something similar with my Denon *BUT*, I also had to upgrade to a Denon that had pre-out (don't buy an amp and be disappointed you can actually hook it up). I had to go up to a 3313 to get pre-out (nothing lower had pre-out) and bought an Em... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? I just ran across this, which actually seems to cover things I forgot: http://www.lanshack.com/cat5e-tutorial.aspxIt looks like about 1" radius is the minimum. The article is pretty good and points out that the faster you want the network, the mor... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? I should have emphasized "properly installed". :) Poorly installed cat 7 may be insufficient for what you want. I've actually had some limited training on cable installation (though, i'm admittedly no pro) and to get cat 5e *certified* for gigabit... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? Properly installed cat5e or cat6 should be more than sufficient for streaming audio on a local network. Cat5e *properly installed* is rated for gigabit speed. Cat5e, slightly sub-optimal, should get you 100 megabit, which should also be good enoug... | |
| External HD VS Flash Drive Sound Quality Question hmmm... OK. So I put Beck's Sea Change on a usb drive. I then compared the USB drive to the SSD for Stereo mix. Nothing obviously different. I then compared it to a wired network connection to the same file on my server. Also, nothing obviously di... | |
| External HD VS Flash Drive Sound Quality Question I can try to give it a try today (my wife is out of the house for a bit :) ), but I don't expect much difference. The SSD is basically a large flash drive, with some subtle differences. It is powered by the USB directly just as the flash drive (no... | |
| External HD VS Flash Drive Sound Quality Question I'm compelled to create an account instead of lurking. There should be no direct difference in sound quality due to hard drive or ssd or usb cables. The files are transferred to the Oppo as files and Oppo does the conversion from file in Oppo memo... |