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Yes that is a good assumption. In fact, Dolby isn't licensing DD+ this year to anyone mostly b/c of Blu-Ray/HD struggle, interface standards and lack of firmware. As for no separates, I still consider the AVR-5805 to be a separates solution in a single box, especially since they are...

Couple of notes guys: 1) We should be seeing new Audyssey update firmware within a few weeks. Yes I know its taking more time than they said. However, I understand they are doing some other minor performance tweaks so I am sure it will be worth the wait. 2) No separates to market for...

The M60's and M80s are a more dynamic sounding speaker than the M22's. The M60 is definately a good tower speaker and the M80 builds on it further by increasing output power handling, SPL capabilities, and a bit larger soundstage but a little more difficult load to drive than the M22 or M60s.

Actually I am on a Marillion kick right now. But I may throw on some Moving Pictures on my ride home. It rained towards mid afternoon until evening so we had to limit our water activities to the indoor pool. I shot some mean hoops in the pool though. Who said white men can't jump...

Depending on the speakers sensitivity and impedance/phase profile, room characteristics and listening preferences, you may or may not need another amp. The RXV1400 is a great pre/pro. Your best route is to use it as such and buy an external amp to power your speakers (assuming you need one)...

I would go with the M22's crossed over at 80Hz and add an EP500 or two :rolleyes: You will achieve better midrange performance out of the M22's.

Personally I'd rather be cooking up a nice T-Bone :rolleyes:

The problem is there really are no standards established for multichannel testing yet :rolleyes: "All Channels Driven" is NOT a realistic test condition as we have stated many times in the past. Its a worst case test with an ideal test load that at best will demonstrate wall voltage sag...

We are currently in Amelia Island near Jacksonville Florida enjoying the sunny weather and awaiting a special conference Denon invited us to in which they will be debuting new products and chairing a special conference with Dolby Labs on the new HD audio format DD++. Stay glued here as we will...

Yes I chose the primary listening positions. In addition, since my speakers are a truncated line array, I also took measurements at varying heights from the 4 primary positions. Check out my Calibration Suggestions on Audyssey for further information.

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Event-Horizon; Nice write up, hey want a job!? :p You should try the "Audyssey" EQ setting again as that should actually give you the most accurate results. Also, I suggest trying some of the measurement techniques I established in my AVR-5805 review (IE. pointing the mic at each speaker...

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You're not really getting 3dB of headroom since the amp isn't being bridged to double power to the entire speaker. What you are getting is two amps driving a broken up reactive speaker load which can increase system linearity since each amp is only driving a portion of the loudspeaker and the...

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you need a power meter to do this or you can stick an Oscope in parallel to your speaker load and guesstimate an average impedance, and calculate the power. This is of course a somewhat nebulous goal, since music is very peaky in nature and source material varies in loudness even at a fixed...

troytn; I believe you can engage PLIIx for DVD-A and SACD via i.link. Its been awhile since I reviewed it, but I seem to remember doing a specific audio setup for i.link that allowed the user to use DSP processing such as PLIIx for all formats via i.link. Perhaps you are engaging "Pure...

Many folks are still swallowing the misconception that separates are always better than receivers. This simply isn't the case anymore. Many receivers make better pre/pros than dedicated pre/pros. On the other hand, some also prefer the boutique pre/pros b/c they look more impressive and...

It has to do with the way they are rating power to appeal to different markets. Two similarly priced receivers from their RX-V and HTR lines are virtually identical but the latter is rated at 1kHz and higher distortion for a bigger power number than the RX-V rated at full bandwidth, lower...