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I will be taking the digital signal from either a fibre spdif or coaxial??? from my Sony 725Dpw. the front channels are going to be amplified using the pre-outs to my Musical fidelity XA-2 amp and then to my B&W CDM1se speakers. (i use van den hul teatrack biwire its great cable). So which one (and it doesnt have to be a common or garden brand) in reality has the best DAC??? maybe a Marantz or is it a Denon???
Also which has the cleanest power reserves (doesnt have to be massive power as the front 2 channels are not being used)Thanks
phill.
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I generally prefer coaxial digital-out to optical digital-out interconnection. Incidentally, I suppose that you will use no center speaker and will select "no center speaker" on your receiver. The receiver's center amp will clearly be inferior to the two in your Musical Fidelity XA-2 amplifier. The results will be much better with a high quality "ghost" center channel. I happen to like the DAC and preamps in the better Yamaha receivers, but the amplifiers are not special.You will have no power supply concern with any large HT receiver using the two, or even four, effects channels with the front three amplifiers idle. Beyond idle current, an amplifier requires from a power supply about 2.5 times the output power. Thus, should you ever run from all rear channels a total output of 150-watts (very doubtful), then your receiver need only be rated for a maximum power consumption of about 375-watts for the rear amps plus an allowance for the rest of the receiver. A total power consumption rating of 450-watts is certainly adequate for a HT receiver with the front three amps idle.
Ensure that you select a receiver having a phono amp and, if possible, Pro Logic 2 processing. Good luck.
Hi, I'll offer a few suggestions:1. Most seem to think that Marantz are the more musical sounding of the available receiver brands.
2. A feature you will want is a reciever with a 2 channel direct listening mode. This will bypass all the DSP junk and send the audio out directly to your power amp and speakers: Onkyo and their higher end Integra units have this feature, I think that the Marantz may as well.
3. Many are very happy with the Denon products such as the 3802.If you are in Europe, you may want to check out the offerings from NAD and Arcam. Be warned that they are basically the same design, with the Arcam version implementing some different parts to improve music listening..
Almost all of the reciever's now rave about 24/192 hz capable dacs, but I'm not sure whether they are the same quality as those found in good quality integrated units.
As you already have a good power amp for your mains, you may want to check out www.outlawaudio.com as they have a model 1050 reciever and a newly released model 950 pre-amp. The pre-amp and a used 3 or 5 channel power amp would give you the most flexibility in your system.
Hope this helps.
I'm not sure what prologic 2 has to do with CD reproduction, but you could certainly make use of that feature if you watch a lot of broadcast TV, or older vhs movies with dolby surround decoding only.
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