whiterockman
Responses from whiterockman
| Magnetar I too have been looking for a universal UHD player for my 4K movies, SACD’ and DVD-A’s. I have a Sony UHD player that will play SACD’s but not DVD-A’s. The Sony is “cheap” (U700) feeling in that it is light and very “plastic”. I had been using my ... | |
| Too much processing? So the OPPO has two HDMI outputs. It’s a little weird but only one HDMI output passes a DSD signal. I guess I could run two HDMI cables, one to the Marantz for “music” and the other to the TV for “video” (I know both will pass A and V). I guess my... | |
| Too much processing? I guess I could just try the HDMI direct to TV to see if there’s even a difference. The issue then is the audio portion - like if I listen to music from the OPPO - has to go to the TV first, then the preamp. | |
| TV audio I have a 75” Sony x93L and the sound is pretty good. Not very “spatial” like full full system but definitely good for 90% of the TV I watch. I do find it lacking when it comes to watching football however. The announcers are a little “lost” in the... | |
| Marantz vs. Oppo or Theta One more thing about the Marantz and OPPO. I have a large collections of SACD’s and DVD-A’s as I enjoy multichannel music. The main reason I kept the OPPO is it plays all these formats with ease and with the OPPO can send either the native DSD ove... | |
| Marantz vs. Oppo or Theta I haven’t heard the Theta but do own an OPPO BP 103 I bought in 2014 and purchased the Marantz 7706 last year. I love the Marantz for tone/room control. I used the Audyssey but ended up using manual adjustments (there are two presets so can use bo... | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? It’s ALWAYS been that way in my experience. If women were really into good quality audio en-mass, you would find more audio shops and record shops as they would be great places to meet girls! 😂 | |
| Volume on my system is too low with streaming! Help! Tried a scene from “Dune” on HBO Mac last night and it was fine. I switched back to Amazon music and the ATMOS tracks were easily 15db lower. I also noticed when I use the remote to change tracks the the sound becomes louder/clearer for a moment. ... | |
| Volume on my system is too low with streaming! Help! Yes, the Firecube is connected directly to the Marantz and am NOT using eARC (I didn't even set it up). I have not tired an ATMOS movie as of yet. I did watch some movies in 5.1. I will also note I just installed the ATMOS system (height and side ... | |
| Which Songs Make Good Ringtones? I have a friend named "Norm". Edited the snippet from Rush's "Vital Signs" from their album "Moving Pictures". Whenever he calls I hear Geddy Lee singing "From the Norm..." | |
| Another buzz issue But how do you do that??? I don’t want it to be a permanent solution either but I am no engineer and haven’t the slightest clue how to get “all safety grounds at the same potential”… | |
| Another buzz issue Success!!! Thanks for the suggestions. The solution turned out as follows: I had all my amps plugged into a Furman surge protector and the TV and some other ancillary products plugged into a Panamax, both of which were plugged into a dedicated cir... | |
| Another buzz issue Thanks for the suggestions. When this problem first occurred I detached the coax (from a TV antennae which I don’t use anymore) and didn’t solve it. I then put cheater plugs on all 3 prong outlets. No luck. I then put RCA “dummy” plugs into everyt... | |
| Another buzz issue Thanks. I haven’t tried turning off power to everything in the house - except that circuit - but did have an electrician out to look everything over. And to clarify, it does sound more like a 60 cycle “hum” than a “buzz”. I appreciate the info! As... | |
| Another buzz issue Thx! |