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Just two months after I received my new Oppo BDP-95 player, I have had to send it back for warranty service. On SACD's and DVD-A's, the player's analog outputs (both stereo and multichannel) produce exceedingly high levels of hiss and distortion and, in the worst instances, a gurgling sound...

Has anyone tried using external crossovers to take care of bass management duties? My Oppo player will not direct bass to the subwoofer, at least not on 5.0 SACD discs, no matter what I do (I assume because of DRM issues). So, I'm thinking that I could put a high-pass filter (e.g., Marchand...

I have often heard it said that the front left and front right speakers should form an equilateral triangle with the listening position. I have a relatively small listening room. In order to also maintain equal distance between the front speakers and the surrounds relative to the listening...

I don't seem to be getting any signal from the digital out connection on my Denon 2900. I got the unit last year mainly for the SACD/DVD-Audio capability and have been quite satisfied with it. I have found that the 2900 is also a very respectable CD player and I am now using it to listen to all...

My stereo system has developed a ringing sound in the left channel. At first I thought it was just some distortion or mic noise that had found its way into a live recording I was listening to (a performance of Mahler's 6th symphony by the Philadelphia Orchestra - a great new SACD by the way...

When I first began thinking about upgrading my stereo system I thought I wanted a "universal" player but I have come to the conclusion that with my focus on music only, it is pointless to get any player that also plays DVDs. (Although the few PCM DVD-A disks I have sound great on an...

I am wondering what folks think of the Marantz DV-9500 vs. Denon DVD-3910 vs. Pioneer Elite DV59-AVi universal players. I am mainly interested in their audio performance: SACD, DVD-Audio, and Redbook CD in a stereo or 2.1 configuration. There seem to be few comparisons of these players to one...