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If we are just comparing regular DTS to DD, then DTS has the advantage when listening to multi channel music or very dynamic soundtracks in movies. As far as vocal intelligibility, I am not sure it would be audible. DTS uses less compression, has better channel to channel separation and less...

Darn I just picked up a copy of Animals on sale for $9.99 on CD and never thought to check for an SACD version. What a great album even to this day!

If it ain't Scottish its Crap! :D

B/C it would involve adding another DAC stage to the Zone2 preamp section. Unless you have a 5805, you will have to use analog connections for Zone 2 and 3.

Gasp - the thought of having sheep show up at your door :eek: LOL/

Robot; With your electronics and room dynamics I think you are better off with M60s. Also toe-ing in your speakers will only make them sound brighter. Of course you are hearing the B&Ws in a different room and with different electronics. Try bringing your Axioms to the showroom with the...

1. Genesis 2. Steely Dan 3. Pat Metheny Group 4. Marillion 5. Peter Gabriel

Yep they sure do. This is the rig I am using in my primary reference system along with the RBH T30-LSE system and its awesome!

Yea but true 720p can be pretty amazing. Dolby TrueHD is PCM. However, you cannot send the TrueHD bitstream from the DVD player unless its HDMI 1.3 capable. The question is, how much signal degradation (if any) is there sending raw PCM to the processor as opposed to having the processor do...

Thanks for clarifying and I understand. Did you compare the fidelity of TrueHD via HDMI vs analog on your 5805? I sure hope at least one of these new formats succeed beyond niche market status as I am certainly a fan of better audio and video quality. I would love to watch concert videos of...

Its my understanding that current Gen HD DVD players will re-encode TrueHD to DD+ and send that out via HDMI. I heard the next gen Toshiba and others will allow raw PCM output of TrueHD. I will be getting a Gen 2 player after CES to test out. Ideally however, we would have HDMI 1.3 with a...

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All of which was noted in my review and hence the average value rating. Though the average value rating was more because the 3910CI is nearly as good as the 5910CI at a fraction of the price. There is still no Blu-ray or HD player that can do SD as good as either of these Denon players...

The term universal came about to describe a DVD player that would handle DVD-A and SACD formats. WE are a # of years (if ever) from seeing a "Universal" player that will handle all existing formats including Blu-ray and HD DVD. To blame the manufacturers for this displays ignorance of the...

I thought I was pretty clear about that in this review. By esoteric, I mean DVD players from Linn, Krell, Arcam, etc. In many of our reviews such as the $4k Thule amp I recently reviewed in the past, it goes without saying there are better value products in their class. In that particular...

I had the opportunity to play a PS3 last night on my reference system. The graphics were excellent, at least as good as I've seen on my Xbox360. What I didn't like was the antiquated setup interface which I feel the Xbox360is superior in this regard. I also prefer the controllers of the...

Don't forget Clint has backup and I weigh a lot more than 150lbs and I am not particularly fond of smart allecs :D

Yea thats great if you wanna watch Lethal Weapon 1 or Waterworld, but the software selection of movies people actually want to watch is still very limited. I never said SD is better than HD. I simply said most of the first gen Blu-ray discs did not measure up, NOR did the first gen player...

This is the real trailer of the movie. I can't wait to see it :) http://www.spoil-sports.com/RockyVI.htm

Steve just sent me a bunch of his CD's to demo. I started with the Genesis Revisited one. Overall its decent but I hate to say he really kills the songs where he tries to sing in them, especially with the evil sounding voice. I really wish he would stick to what he is best at - playing...