Decisions, decisions

[lovinthehd]

Its part of the home theater addiction! Lol Once u try great gear its tough to go backwards lol

Higher quality chipsets in the 8500h

Chipsets have been adequate/very good/excellent for years now....like your 5700, eh? I like good gear, have 4 multich setups as well as a 2ch....

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I do like the Yamaha aesthetics over the marantz. So the issues are with the yamaha pre pro only. The Mx 5200 is ok?

I didn’t see any non-SOTA measurements related to the MX-A5200.

The CX-A5200 had some non-SOTA measurements related only to the XLR output (not the RCA output) of the Front Left and Front Right channels. For example, THD was 0.1%, instead of 0.01% at a certain voltage.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Hmm so that is interesting on Denon 3600. Wonder if that means no Dolby upmixer use at all on dts or just no virtual heights without real height speakers? @PENG @AcuDefTechGuy @gene

I thought Dolby recanted and removed all restrictions?

Anyway, doesn’t affect me since the only upmixer I use is NeuralX.

 

[Steelersfan]

I didn’t see any non-SOTA measurements related to the MX-A5200.

The CX-A5200 had some non-SOTA measurements related only to the XLR output (not the RCA output) of the Front Left and Front Right channels. For example, THD was 0.1%, instead of 0.01% at a certain voltage.

So is that a good or bad thing? What is “SOTA”?

 

[snakeeyes]

I thought Dolby recanted and removed all restrictions?

Anyway, doesn’t affect me since the only upmixer I use is NeuralX.

Not sure. Sounds like maybe they are back to their old tricks. I definitely prefer competition so we end up with the best tech.

 

[Verdinut]

So is that a good or bad thing? What is “SOTA”?

SOTA = State of the art