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I don't see how they can do another story of his origins. The first Batman movie with Mike Keaton covered that and they referenced in in the last 3 as well. What will be different about this one? Now we have yet another man behind the mask to get used to. I say lets stick to the cartoon...

Yes in many cases the Receiver has a better dac implementation than the DVD player with perhaps the rare exception to the DVD-5900. In addition, many receivers/pre/pros only have one global channel trim setting making it difficult to calibrate for all formats. Most Universal DVD players have...

Having reboxed the Z9 and reconnected the 5803 I can personally say the Z9 will be sorely missed. I almost can't function without DSP Adventure Mode for movies and PLIIX for music and old analog video sources ;) Denon is introducing some new whoppers at Cedia, including a replacement to the...

We have emailed them a few times but never received a reply. I did look at some of their marketing lit and found it pretty, but questionable on some accounts.

You have to make sure your DVD-5900 has been upgraded to activate the i.link port. Check out this page for more info: Denon Firmware/Hardware Upgrades

Boe, the Face Off II article you are referring to is only the introduction portion. I have not yet completed the full article, but plan on doing so shortly. The bottom line is all of the cables except perhaps the Goertz and Acoustic Research ones should yield similar sonic results. There is...

Keenan, you are correct and sorry for the confusion. However, we expect to see receivers in the $1k price range with active i.link soon.

Monster video cables are usually of good quality, but their terminations fit too snug on most gear. I prefer component video cables with Canare terminations from companies we have listed on our site as approved cable vendors (IE. Bluejeans, Cobalt, AVCable, River Cable, AVIC).

Rip; Denon have a receiver with i.link for about $1200. I believe you will see more receivers in this price class introduced at Cedia with i.link. Pre/pros are always a few generations behind on technology. I am working with a company that will be introducing a pre/pro for around $1500...

Be careful with proamps. They are usually designed for power and efficiency with little regard to noise control. In most cases you are better off with lower power, lower noise amplifiers in dedicated home theater amplifiers and even high end receivers. The AV123 combo does look promising...

Diablo; Thanks for the link. This review does seem more balanced from what he have seen in the past on this product. However it would be nice to see a review of this product that doesn't keep restating manufacturers marketing literature (particularly about upsampling) as gospel truths...

Mark; Welcome aboard. Spend some time in our Cable Info Center and you will see the comparisions and detailed analysis on cables that we have made. The bottom line is only poorly designed cables sound different. While measurable differences in good cables exist, it often takes drastic...

We were on alert all day yesterday and had to evacuate our homes. Luckily we got nothing, not even rain! Unfortunately my bro wasn't so lucky and had 3 tress (2 over 100yrs old) ripped off his property and he now has no electricity. Today we are getting the aftermath with non stop rain...

Again there is nothing wrong with biwiring, but if you use a quality single wire to begin with there is no need for doing it other than to impress your friends :D

I haven't heard of Pacific cables but I will have to check them out. My recommendations based on experience are : Bluejeans Cable AV Cable Impact Acoustics Cable All of these are affordable and snake oil free ;)

Maybe you should wait till you see our Cedia coverage in a few weeks. Your decision making may get harder/easier ;)

Of course at frequencies where cable termination methods matter for speaker cables there is no amplifier gain available for it to become an issue, not to mention the brickwall filter in digital playback systems ensures signal attenuation greater that 100dB after 22kHz :)

Not it will likely be for multiple rooms of 5.1 or biamping unused channels into a 5.1 or 7.1 system. The .2 is likel stereo subwoofer outputs :)

KJ; Feel free to post your experiences with the Yamaha RX-Z9, but please start another thread for it if you will. I would like to keep this thread on supporting the RX-Z9 and peoples operational questions/etc. Thats all.

Steve, I am a bit disappointed in your commentary listed above. It is the typical argument used by cable dealers/manufacturers to discredit folks that don't buy into the expensive exotics. As a professional reviewer I have found much of the high end (expensive) esoteric gear to be either...