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Hi,I am in the process of buying bluray player,I would like to connect it to my old but still good Pioneer amp via the analogue outs.Now the question.I have a couple of pairs of old Component leads(3 cables each set!)will they be okay to use to connect the player to the amp? I have had a long...

Hi,Dependent on the Marantz,could you bi-amp the front end,this would give you good gains without the additional costs.Plus most people i would have thought only use an additional integrated amp to power the front end when it is subsequently better than the A/V,this could mean spending a lot of...

Hi,Yes it is.I have done this as i have better quality integrated than my Pioneer A/V amp.Their are a few things to look at though! 1)Does your marantz have pre-out connectors on the back? 2)Does your integrated amp have a surround button or bypass switch? For example i have 2x rca connectors...

Hi,I had a similar problem,I have had various centres including a B&W cdm se(which looked a right @!%* on the top of my crt!)kef eggs,a dali.But i wanted something that sounded great,where voices didn't sound nasal,bright and tinny.Like the above mentioned the centre is very important indeed.I...

Hi,Thanks for the reply.I also bought the ax 5 & 868 combo and the fact that it has hdmi/i-link made it last this long.I have just had the 868 upgraded for analogue cd replay and it sounds great(heading to match a townsend eventually!).The trouble with hi-fi is the value after purchase and i am...

Thanks for the reply,When i look at what the ax5 can still do it just seems like a waste to get rid of it for peanuts!!If the ps3 did analogue outs!!(a great marketing ploy by sony!!).What level of upgrade would you look at to beat the ps3 as to me the picture looks graet.Thanks speed1268

I,like a lot of film fans have an old!! A/V amp(Pioneer VSX AX5i),This i now run with a PS3 for bluray.The system sounds great.But like others would like to upgrade to the newer audio formats.I have a few questions:- 1)Do i change the amp,and use the ps3 now it can decode the new formats via...

Hi,The answer is B