Evening All,
I've got a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I'm pretty much set on a Denon 2311 receiver for my forthcoming B&W 684 Theatre set (684 Fronts, 685 Reads, ASW601 and a HTM62) and was somewhat dissapointed to read that it has no network connection (3311 and up only). Which means, no native DLNA and no internet radio..... :-(
I can access most of my video content via DLNA on my Samsung C8000, and I guess i'll get audio back to the receiver via ARC for surround. So that should be covered.
However on the music/hi-fi side of things I have some question, which brings me back to the reason for this post.
I could survive with USB playback for a while, however i'm not sure on whether the USB playback supports FLAC? I don't see a mention of it in the manual......
I guess if it doesn't then i'm left looking for a streamer to pull it from my PC. Now interestingly enough when looking at the Denon site it does state that with the ASD-51N you gain DLNA Internet radion and FLAC support, but it's still music formats only by the looks of it.
I'm just wondering if buying the ASD-51N is worth it to gain integration with the existing denon menu's or -
- whether I should get a Touch (which seems to have a good DAC) to cover off the hi-fi side including internet radio.
- take a look at a streamer for video too e.g. a WD HS, however the quality of the audio (DAC and bitrate - for example I've read that the WD downsamples everything to 44.1) has me a bit uncertain.
- consider the move up to the 3311, but is it worth the difference in price?
I'd appreciate hearing now others have tackled this.
Thanks in advance.
Phil.
I've got a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I'm pretty much set on a Denon 2311 receiver for my forthcoming B&W 684 Theatre set (684 Fronts, 685 Reads, ASW601 and a HTM62) and was somewhat dissapointed to read that it has no network connection (3311 and up only). Which means, no native DLNA and no internet radio..... :-(
I can access most of my video content via DLNA on my Samsung C8000, and I guess i'll get audio back to the receiver via ARC for surround. So that should be covered.
However on the music/hi-fi side of things I have some question, which brings me back to the reason for this post.
I could survive with USB playback for a while, however i'm not sure on whether the USB playback supports FLAC? I don't see a mention of it in the manual......
I guess if it doesn't then i'm left looking for a streamer to pull it from my PC. Now interestingly enough when looking at the Denon site it does state that with the ASD-51N you gain DLNA Internet radion and FLAC support, but it's still music formats only by the looks of it.
I'm just wondering if buying the ASD-51N is worth it to gain integration with the existing denon menu's or -
- whether I should get a Touch (which seems to have a good DAC) to cover off the hi-fi side including internet radio.
- take a look at a streamer for video too e.g. a WD HS, however the quality of the audio (DAC and bitrate - for example I've read that the WD downsamples everything to 44.1) has me a bit uncertain.
- consider the move up to the 3311, but is it worth the difference in price?
I'd appreciate hearing now others have tackled this.
Thanks in advance.
Phil.