Aliixer said:
I would then wait for the s400 cable and use that. You don't have to rely on the coaxial out. Once you have the firewire you won't want to go back.
The chances are that you're right; it arrives on Monday. But I need to get to the bottom of this issue; if I don't, it'll slowly eat away at me.
Aliixer said:
One of the ways I have my dvd connected is with basic analog cables and input then to the Z9 under pure direct. I enjoy this when I listen to music late at night. I turn the display off on the denon and the yamaha display automatically turns off. That way the lights are off and I have no distractions from the music. Try it.....
It's amazing just how like-minded we seem to be! From what you have written in previous posts too! I also have used the Pure Direct function, although personally I prefer the digital options available to me.
Todays S2500/Z9 episode raised even more questions than it answered. The shop loaned me an optical digital cable and another coaxial digital cable in order to try and determine whether I may simply have a cable problem. Having the cables also allowed me to try the Optical Input jack, the theory being that if the problem ocurred with more than one type of input, it couldn't be (a) a cable issue, or (b) a problem with the Input jacks themelves, i.e. it had to be a hardware problem.
The problem did persist, so at least we have ruled-out two potential causes. I have also tried analogue cables and there never seems to be any problem, leading me to think that the problem almost certainly lies in the digital domain of either the S2500 or Z9 (goodness knows which).
I have also tried all three connection types (analogue, coaxial digital and optical digital) with my old Sony (budget) DVD player hooked up to the Z9 and it simply never fails; not once! On the one hand, this convinces me that the problem lies with the S2500, yet because both S2500 DVD players that I have now tried give the same problem, I'm inclined to believe it's the Z9 at fault.
I am totally stumped by this, as is the Yamaha technician the shop has been liasing with. I've to take the Z9 into the shop on Monday.
By the way, if I am starting to sound like a whine, or simply boring you, please just tell me to quit whilst I'm behind. I'll not be offended.
Regards
EDIT: I have been furiously thinking, and may have an answer (he says modestly!
). What if there is nothing 'wrong' with either the Z9 or S2500? This may seem a strange thing to say, but consider:
1. When the S2500 plays CDs ok, it
always plays them ok.
2. The Z9
never seems to have a problem with other DVD/CD players CD signals.
3. When the Z9's input is switched off, then back onto CD, a CD that was playing incorrectly plays perfectly.
It's as if the problem is of a 'triggering' sort. It makes absolutely perfect sense if other players 'trigger' the Z9 to recieve PCM at the correct bandwidth, but the S2500 for some reason isn't. It's correctly sending the signal, but just hasn't 'triggered' the Z9 in the same way other players do. When the Z9's input is switched back, then forward to 'reconsider' what signal is being input, it then locks onto the S2500's signal, in a sense, because it has been manually compelled to do so.
To me, this is perfectly logical. Do others agree?
A test I am planning should resolve this: If I take the optical (say) from the S2500 to the Z9, and the coaxial (say) from the S2500 to another amp, then wire the Left speaker (say) from one amp and the Right speaker (say) from the Z9, then a clear camparison can be made when the Z9 is outputting an incorrect signal to the Right speaker.
Will the Left speaker sound the same?
