12/19/2023 0 Comments Pine player to play sacd![]() For such a smallish amount of cash (the quality of the other components in my system notwithstanding), my dream 4.0 has suddenly materialised In fact, it's so good, I might just stick with disc playback for m/c audio and leave my HTPC to play digital stereo and my TT vinyl. ![]() Suddenly I'm experiencing the sort of m/c magnificence I hoped for all along. I just ran the Audyessy setup wizard and played Gaucho and wow, what a difference. It became clear very quickly that without some sort of DSP, my hopes for good sounding 4.0 m/c music would be dashed for the foreseeable future.Įven though I want to move to PC based setup for m/c music in the long term, I knew there was no way I could live with m/c the way it is and so yesterday I bought a (fairly cheap at £250) Marantz NR1504 AVR, which importantly, has Preouts for the front channels and adequate DSP trickery. Well, the stereo poweramp arrived a few days ago and with rabid excitement, I played Gaucho on SACD and frankly, it was a dreadful experience because there was very little cohesion between front and rear speakers, if any at all. Until funds could allow the purchase of an Exasound E28 m/c DAC and volume control, I planned on using my OPPO 103D as source, digital processor and preamp with audio routed to stereo integrated amp (with AV Bypass) for front speakers and stereo poweramp for rear speakers. I rarely swear (apologies for any offence caused), but felt it appropriate to do so because although my view of cost/ value is somewhat subjective, it suddenly seems like a lot of dosh for a m/c setup.Īs I mentioned earlier in the thread, I'm in the process of moving to a PC based 4.0 setup for m/c music. ![]() Mac Mini (my HTPC probably won't cope with the level of processing required): £400 or more, depending on model. M/c DAC: £2,500 (or more!), probably Exasound E28 So here's a break down of potential costs in my plan to have a 4.0 setup and only the rear speakers have been purchased (as well as front speakers and amp). I'd also need software to make sure the sound is EQ'd between front and back and account for speaker distances etc, and the potential costs are staggering. I had a huge WTF moment earlier while considering options to get a 4.0 setup in place at the cost of software to apply EQ and as I've been watching Lillyhammer, starring Steven Van Zandt (from The Sopranos/ E Street Band), I did it in the style of an Italian-American gangster ala De Niro's typical character and said, with my face slightly screwed up on side, wha' da fuuk'.īecause I want m/c from my PC and afaik, there aren't any AV Receivers that can accept multichannel audio via Async USB, the alternative is to buy a separate m/c DAC and feed it to two Teddy Pardo amps (i80a at the front and ST-60 at the rear).
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