Recent content by sos

Fidelio - wasn't that the password to the secret society in Eyes Wide Shut?

Against: surely cheaping out and only having a single HDMI 2.1 port is a big negative? Means you get to choose if you plug in your PC, PS5 or Xbox X if you want all the good gaming features that HDMI 2.1 brings. Bizarre choice by Denon (and Marantz) to only include a single 2.1 input in their...

Like you, I had to invest in an analog multi channel BD player - and now that all new receivers have 7.1 HD decoding built in - all of the new mass-market BD players are HDMI audio only. I have an old Yamaha DSP-A1. Great old 5.1 amp, but no HDMI, and no 7.1 HD decoding. Still, it's a grunty...

Yet another experiment worth trying for those who can claim to see or hear a difference in HDMI cables: Do a blinded comparison (not literally, which would of course make the picture somewhat difficult to assess). Have a friend swap the HDMI cables over and then, without knowing which cable is...

Isn't toslink, being optical, immune to groundwire differences, hence hum? In contrast, coxaial isn't, hence is. Sure, there's the prospect of jitter over optical.

In a sudden turn of events, I'm not purchasing the A2's (or any other small desktop sound solution). This is for two reasons: 1) I went into a store today which had the A2's set up. Yes, it was a large showroom, but even at 50cms, and angled in and up, the A2's just didn't sound very puncy to...

Thanks for the input. I had seen those AVI 9.1's on several reviews, and they do look (and presumably sound) like the business. In the absence of me giving a budget, however, all options were fair game for suggestions! That said, that could be the long, long term plan, as it will take that...

Listening to an increasing amount of music from my PC, I've decided to upgrade my no-midrange Logitech Z640 5.1 system (brought during my student days). There are so many options, but I'm pretty keen just to go for a straight out 2.0 set up - no subwoofer to clutter up the place. Main use is...