cundare2
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| Looking for a WiFi interface Follow-up: after a few days of extensive use, the SVS unit still works great. No latency issues, no drop-outs, although I did lose some volume. Nice little product. | |
| Marantz AV7705 AV Receiver: HDMI out to external DAC @erik_squires Yeah, you’re right that a 5.1->2.0 mixdown wouldn’t do the job. But as mentioned above, even the Theta board wouldn’t get me past the real sticking point: A digital input can’t be configured for HT Bypass. My mistake was not think... | |
| Marantz AV7705 AV Receiver: HDMI out to external DAC OK, wait, wait. I get it. A digital HT bypass could work ONLY IF the sending unit could control the volume of the digital signal before it hit the DAC in the receiving component. But it's not possible to control the volume level of an encoded di... | |
| Marantz AV7705 AV Receiver: HDMI out to external DAC For once, I agree with @soix. Jeez, driving the front channels with the T+A's preamp & DAC would CERTAINLY make a difference. In fact, when the T+A arrived last week, I did a direct comparison, with hirez SACD stereo sources, running the Opp... | |
| Can an unbalanced-to-balanced adaptor damage an amplifier? FINAL RESOLUTION I plugged in the headphones with the Amazon adaptor & they work fine. The T+A hasn’t been reviewed yet, but I can confirm that it drives my 22-ohm Audeze phones quite nicely. Can’t comment on SQ b/c nothing is broken in yet, ... | |
| T+A's new R 2500 R integrated amp Actually, Ayre was high on my list when I first started my search. Those X and R series models, and especially the $12K EX-8 2.0 integrated, were almost a slam dunk for me. Unfortunately, it seems that Ayre is having some serious internal issues... | |
| Marantz AV7705 AV Receiver: HDMI out to external DAC @audiotroy I'm still not sure what you're trying to say: "get an integrated amplifier to power your mains then mains then by adding a Dac to the Marantz." Sending the AVR's digital output to the T+A is "adding a DAC to the Marantz," right? Or ... | |
| Can an unbalanced-to-balanced adaptor damage an amplifier? Thanks, Erik. That’s good input -- although your last paragraph, I think, highlights the problem: Unless a manufacturer publishes a pinout, buying an adaptor can be a crap shoot until you have it in hand & can check it out with a multimeter. ... | |
| T+A's new R 2500 R integrated amp ***FINAL RESOLUTION*** Well, my R 2500 R arrived a few days ago and is burning in. My initial reaction is very positive, even using lower-grade cables until my new, longer cables arrive. The sonics are everything I was promised, and they're a gr... | |
| Can an unbalanced-to-balanced adaptor damage an amplifier? Yeah, my dealer has had a question in to T+A but no reply so far from Germany. The issue, I’m finding out, is that XLR connectors can have two different pin outs. If an adaptor, or a cable with a balanced connector, is wired to the wrong standard... | |
| Looking for a WiFi interface ...and I just did. Thanks, everybody, for your help. This low-latency, stereo, WiFi interface looks like just what I need to do the job, no more, no less. | |
| Looking for a WiFi interface My copy of Rhino's "Quadio" Joni Mitchell Asylum Albums SACD arrived last night. One thing that was strange was that the Atmos mixes -- downmixed by my receiver to 5.1 -- seemed to have greater ambience than the remastered stereo tracks. Almost ... | |
| Looking for a WiFi interface The SVS SoundPath Tri-Band looks like a pretty good fit for a mere $200. Stereo, full-range frequency response, three selectable WiFi frequencies. https://www.crutchfield.com/S-HU4OqDfoiDE/p_946SPTBWAA/SVS-SoundPath-Tri-Band.html | |
| Looking for a WiFi interface @aschuh The Denon looked like a good fit, but unfortunately, it's discontinued. The SVS & Rel interfaces seem to target powered subs, so they're mono. I see expansion modules, but I'll look first for a simpler topology. FWIW, just for the ... | |
| Looking for a WiFi interface Thanks -- I'll check out SVS & Rel, both trusted names in my book. |