Help multi-channel input

[stizach]

I have an onkyo 702 receiver connected via multichannel input to a denon dvd-2900, for sacd and dvd-audio playback but I need another multi-channel input for the upcoming hd players, any suggestions?

 

[mtrycrafts]

I have an onkyo 702 receiver connected via multichannel input to a denon dvd-2900, for sacd and dvd-audio playback but I need another multi-channel input for the upcoming hd players, any suggestions?

Those HD players will be backwards compatible so you won't need the 2900

 

[supervij]

But the likelihood of the new HD players being able to play SACD and DVD-A is low, particularly the first-generation players. I've been wondering the same thing myself. I'd hate to have to swap the cables every time I wanted to listen to a hi-res disc.

cheers,
supervij

 

[Johnd]

That's right. I think I heard of one hd/br player that will be able to play sacd. If it ever comes to fruition, you know it will be pricey for the proximate future. Welcome the Denon 5000 series of av receivers with multiple multichannel inputs (my 5803 has two sets).

Else, you can try a multichannel switcher like the one here:
http://www.zektor.com/mas3/index.html

Nice player by the way...when and where did you get it? I just got mine at Vann's for $479, and am about to play sacd for the first time this weekend.

 

[supervij]

Interesting; I didn't know those m/c switchers even existed! I should have known, of course, because whenever there's a need for something (even a perceived need), there's always gonna be someone making sure it's available! Thanks for the link, Johnd. Hopefully by the time I do purchase an HD/Blu-Ray player, I will have upgraded to a receiver that can pass the DolbyTrueHD and DTS-HD and whatever else over HDMI, so this won't be necessary. But if it is, it's good to know that this switcher is out there.

I think you must be mistaking my Pioneer 588A for something else, an Elite model perhaps. The 588A costs only about a hundred U.S. (mine was $150 CND) -- at no time did it retail for $479. But it IS a pretty sweet player. It plays DivX and WMA, as well as SACD and DVD-A. Its audio sound won't knock you out, but it sounds very nice indeed. It won't pass blacker than black, but other than that, the video looks beautiful. It's a budget model, but I'm very happy with it.

Enjoy the hi-res!

cheers,
supervij

 

[Johnd]

supervij: always happy to help! I was referring to stizach's 2900 though. Love the Kramer avatar by the way. Cheers!

 

[supervij]

No, no, no! You were referring to me and my gear, cos it's all about me!

cheers,
supervij

 

[Pyrrho]

I have an onkyo 702 receiver connected via multichannel input to a denon dvd-2900, for sacd and dvd-audio playback but I need another multi-channel input for the upcoming hd players, any suggestions?

Don't worry too much before you are ready to buy a new player that requires another input. Until you have a problem, don't try to fix it, because no matter what you try now, it may turn out that the new thing, once obtained, will make a different solution better than what you select now. Then you may decide you want a new receiver that can decode the new audio formats for the new players, or you may just buy a switch box that allows you to switch between different inputs. If such a product is needed, someone will make one when it is needed. And if not, you could always use multiple two channel switch boxes, which would be inconvenient, but would work. Just wait until you have the problem before you try to solve it, as appropriate solutions are more likely to present themselves at that time.