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I've seen a few comments on this thread or perhaps others about IMD distortion testing. The reality is, in most cases, THD+N is good enough info to have for today's wide bandwidth amplifiers. In fact, it's been my experience if you see good THD+N performance, than IMD will also be similarly...

Yea that was one of my biggest undertakenings. Saddest day in my audio careere was when I finally sold that masterpiece and realized Denon would never make a receiver like that again :(

In pure direct mode, all digital circuitry is bypassed. The signal chain is completely analog.

Agreed, especially since Yamaha does their own clocking to keep Jitter extremely low. I'd use the DAC in the 5100. It's superb.

Lately I've been reminiscing about my favorite AV receivers I've either owned, reviewed or had personal experiences with throughout the years. This includes some of the super receivers back in the golden age long gone never to be seen again. From a technology standpoint, these products are now...

The AXPONA audio show had another huge turnout in both exhibitors and attendees this year, and we were lucky enough to get front row seats to see some surprising new products. In this part of our coverage, we focus on a handful of loudspeakers below $6,000/pair as being some of the relatively...

The new CBT24 'Epique' floor-standing line array by Dayton Audio is an unconventional speaker, to say the least. However, the marketplace of loudspeakers has dozens if not hundreds of offbeat designs that promise some extraordinary advantage through some radical new engineering approach. So the...

They only recently started showing both power specs after we called them out on the first generation of Atmos receivers. I just sent this to my marketing contact at Onkyo/Pioneer:

Not if you're just doing 2CH fullrange audio. It makes no sense to use multi-ch analog outputs of that player when your processor will decode all of the latest codecs and apply bass management much better than the Oppo can however.

We recently previewed the Onkyo TX-SR383 and since Onkyo bought Pioneer's Home Theater Entertainment section a few years ago, it was only a matter of time until receivers with similar feature sets and performance came out from Pioneer. The Pioneer VSX-LX103 is a $499, 7.2 channel receiver with...

Extra Bass feature will allow this.

Lossless is WAY better than DD 5.1 which almost always sounds intolerable for music. DTS is close to lossless but you owe it to yourself to get some,high res multi-ch Blu-rays from Pure Audio and others. Lossless audio rocks. The RX-a3070 amp section isn't as robust as the Z9 which may or may...

Last month, we took a humorous trip down memory lane and recounted some of the most glorious failures in audio-video history. Now, we’re going to shift gears a bit and focus on what went right. In this article we’re going to look at the specific technologies and product categories that have...

Yea the AVR-X3300W was a quick review so I didn't do a full battery of tests like I normally do. My cousin bought it and lent it to me for a few hours to test. The 90dB SNR was the analog preouts at 1Vrms with 100mV input drive. Usually the speaker outs will measure 2-3dB lower at 1 watt than...

thank you. I plan on doing a similar review of the Marantz SR8012 in the coming months.

See my answers in red text below by expanding your post quote. No problem and I appreciate your suggestions. I'm always looking to improve my testing procedure for accuracy and consistency.

In that case, keep the 3070. Use the internal amps of it to power your Atmos channels and other zones and the MXA-5000 for the other channels. Either way you have plenty of power for that system.

If the choice is between a 3070 or CX-A5100 and price is similar, I'd go CX-A5100. It has some upgrades to the preamp outputs and balanced connections to match your MX-A5000 amp. See my review to learn more...

That's too bad James bc I'm thinking you'd have loved them. We do have Theo reviewing a set. RBH is fyling down to his place to help him set them up! He will be directly comparing them to his Revel Salon 2's. Should be interesting ;)