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In Reply to: Re: Surround Sound Preamp...Which one is for me? posted by TomP on December 14, 2000 at 17:11:32:
The B&K has 8 24bit/96KHz DACs, with the ability to upgrade to 24/192KHz DACs as a pin compatible drop-in replacement.The Ref 30 has THX-EX 7.1 capability, plus DD/DTS decoding. An upgrade is supposed to be available after CES to add 6.1 capability.
It's a superb preamp for the price they're asking!
Hope this helps.
Regards,
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Where can I get good prices on these B&K online? Can you help? Thanks
Not only must the dacs be upgradeable but the line reciever must be as well. This can be decieving as a piece can have 24/192 dacs yet still only be capable of recieving and decoding a 24/96 signal. The Proceed AVP is an example. Although the dacs are 24/96 capable, the digital line reciever is 24/48 so without a major hardware upgrade the unit could not truly process such siganls. What is the case with B&K?
They can definitely handle 24/96 as stereo PCM. We'd have to check with B&K about handling 24/192... But then again, with the firewire ports capability (400 Mb/s) I'd guess anything higher than 23/96 will come through firewire.Note: While the Firewire port is installed, it is not activated at this time, and a controller update will be required to make it useful.
Yes anything greater than 2 channel 24/96 meaning that 5.1 24/96 would have to be handled by firewire. Make sure you ask them what the line reciever can handle. If you ask the question," Can the unit process 24/192?" you may get a yes answer but it can be misleading. Ask,"Can the unit process 24/192 at full resolution?"
----If you ask the question," Can the unit process 24/192?" you may get a yes answer but it can be misleading. Ask,"Can the unit process 24/192 at full resolution?" ----And even if you get a "no" answer, one still shouldn't exclude the B&K from your list of potential purchases. I challenge anyone to find a processor than can support 24/192 today through firewire. The specifications are simply not finalized yet. No matter what B&K, Meridian, Krell or anybody says about hardware upgradability, we really won't know until it's out. You may need to replace your processor at that time no matter what, so just buy what sounds good today! ;-)
Robert
What he said.
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