Free Pioneer BDP-LX54

[Pistol Pete1]

I know the LX83 would be extremely ggod with the Q500's, but I'm sure the Q700/900 would be more appropriate......thats all I'm saying, David....

I would expect the Marantz SR7005 or LX73 to be a more suitable match, price wise.....

 

[Frank Harvey]

Those will be fine

 

[Anonymous]

FrankHarveyHiFi:How far are these manufacturer promotions going to go?! Great for the consumer!

Hi David, have you tried the new LX54 blu-ray player with any Pioneer amps yet? I've heard that there are a few issues with CD playback and lip-sync with blu-rays. Inception and Terminator 2 Skynet Edtion seem to throw up the most complaints, with some disk refusing to even load. There's also no sign of You Tube function or iControl feature. What's your verdict? Any news could save me making a costly mistake. Thanks.

 

[Frank Harvey]

Hi Jase

Well if it's free, who cares?!!

We've been using the LX54 in our middle demo room (along with the BDPLX91) and not really had many issues yet, but then, we don't have thousands of films for demo! The only one I know that failed to read was Mamma Mia (which I'm actually quite glad about, as I've avoided any sight or sound of it thus far). I've got Inception, which I'll take into work tomorrow and see if I get a problem.

Lip synch issues vary from film to film, and in some cases, scene to scene. Most amps will need to be set to about 90/100ms delay, although I've had some films up to 270ms.

I've never used any YouTube type functionon any Bluray player, so can't really comment on that side of things - our demos tend to be playing Blurays or playing CD's