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SACD playback the DAC
Kal - I was thinking of the AV8003. It is both audio and video which is a plus in my situation but only if the audio end is up to the task. 
SACD playback the DAC
Im a subscriber. I look forward to it. The new marantz looks interesting. I use a Jeff Rowland Capri as a 2 ch pre and on the used market they are both priced about the same. I might try picking up the marantz and then selling whichever I like less. 
SACD playback the DAC
Kal - It does. The 2 moth recent iterations do anyway. Not to say that they do it well, just that they do it.I hope that you wont mind if I pick your brain on a couple of subjects. I want to explore the possibilities of sacd/dvda over hdmi to a pr... 
SACD playback the DAC
Kal - I thought that the mostrecent integra multi format player output the SACD via hdmi. 
Surround pre quality
Hi folks. Rather than start a new thread, this one seems pretty close to my question.I am pretty new to all of this. My apologies in advance if this is a question better posed somewhere else.I am about 50/50 ht to 2ch but have been less picky abou... 
Simaudio I-7 or Pass INT-150
Kiwi - Read your reviews. Did you ever settle on a new integrated? 
Hi Rez digital to Benchmark DAC?
Sleepy -Interesting...Better than redbook via what kind of playback? I still prefer the Ayre cx7e's redbook to wav files via the benchmark but I would love to assemble a computer based front end that would outclass it. 
Small hi-res player?
that would be great. I'd be ready to go with the pcm 192/24 and a portable with a digital output.I would guess that it is the drm on sacd and dvd/a sources that is a sticking point. 
Small hi-res player?
tripped over this thread while looking for something else, and now I cant even remember what I was looking for.What a great idea! Especially now that portables have such large memory capacity.We are talking about an ipod-like portable that would p... 
Upgraded Sonos ZP-80 Power Cord
just in case anyone ever checks back on this thread. There is an adaptor that you can put on an IEC power cable to make it fit a c7 input like the sonos. cable co. has them for $20. I am going to give one a shot for grins. 
Dedicated Lines, Now what?
terra3 - good question. Right now I have my amps on one and my pre and dac on another. but I have not done the a/b work to compare the dedicated lines to the common lines. I need to experiment with plugging things into different lines to get a fee... 
Dedicated Lines, Now what?
Hevac1-It is all outputs. And my center channel as well (and it dosent go thru my 2ch pre at all) 
Dedicated Lines, Now what?
nope it was always there. but if it is normal that is good enough for me.thx! 
PS3 as source?
Riley - Thanks. Saw that. Was hoping that if I described the sound that I was getting that someone would tell me that I had and internal setting wrong that would fix the problem. Because it dosent just sound like a "bad" cd player. It sounds "wron... 
Cullen ZP-80 Mod and D-Link 3 mod
I finally took the time to plug in one of my non modded sonos zp80's next to my cullen modded zp-80. I then tried to A/B. It was not blind and I had to swap the coax cable that runs to my benchmark DAC but I could tell a differnce (I thought).My n...