Not that hard to find. (Plus a heresey.)

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Posted by Sam9 on February 21, 2002 at 09:34:21

In Reply to: I'm looking for a HT preamp that decodes DTS, AC3 and strereo prologic posted by Scholl on February 21, 2002 at 06:53:33:

These are pretty vanilla requirements. Outlaw Audio comes to mind. B&K has such a unit as well.

Here is a high-end heresey: There are plenty of mass market (Sony, HK, Denon, Pioneer, JVC ...) AVRs with pre-outs. Quite a few folks take advantage of the preouts to use these as preamp/processors. Several use 24/96 or even 24/192 DACs, are compatible with other formats as well such as HDCD, Neo etc. Pioneer even applies bass management to 7.1 inputs. Comparred to more rarified audio they are dirt cheap.

Their biggest sonic compromise is stuffing 5-6 channels of amplification in to a single box and hoping that the power supply can "take it". If you use separate power amps this is moot.

The second compromise is that they usually don't have a phono input or the one they have probably won't be up to the standards of you typical vinyl afacianado.

I don't equate HT with high-end audio anyway. This is not snobism on my part. It's my about my taste in films: I spend a lot more time watching "Grand Illusion", "Ninotchka", "Diabolique" (the orginal!), etc. than I do watching "Die Hard (1-2-3)", or "X-man". I will admit, however, that seeing some re-mastered classics like "Singin' in the Rain" or "My Fair Lady" in 2 or 3 channel stereo remasterd in DD on a decent HT setup is fantastic.

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Topic - I'm looking for a HT preamp that decodes DTS, AC3 and strereo prologic - Scholl 06:53:33 02/21/02 (11)

How about the Sherwood Newcastle 9080R preamp/processor - bilbobaggins 05:28:09 03/07/02 (0)

Re: I'm looking for a HT preamp that decodes DTS, AC3 and strereo prologic - Donut 05:33:48 02/23/02 (0)

here's some useful advice - petew 09:43:06 02/22/02 (0)

Prologic II more important than DTS IMHO (nt) - John C. - Aussie 15:43:05 02/21/02 (1)

Re: Prologic II more important than DTS IMHO (nt) - cfraser 00:29:33 02/23/02 (0)

Not that hard to find. (Plus a heresey.) - Sam9 09:34:21 02/21/02 (5)

Totally agree - JoshK 13:36:51 02/22/02 (0)

Suggest a few please? - mhamilton 12:04:16 02/21/02 (2)

Re: Suggest a few please? - sam9 13:35:13 02/21/02 (1)

One more thing - sam9 13:37:09 02/21/02 (0)

Re: Not that hard to find. (Plus a heresey.) - Scholl 11:01:06 02/21/02 (0)

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Not that hard to find. (Plus a heresey.) - Sam9 09:34:21 02/21/02 (5)

Totally agree - JoshK 13:36:51 02/22/02 (0)

Suggest a few please? - mhamilton 12:04:16 02/21/02 (2)

Re: Suggest a few please? - sam9 13:35:13 02/21/02 (1)

One more thing - sam9 13:37:09 02/21/02 (0)

Re: Not that hard to find. (Plus a heresey.) - Scholl 11:01:06 02/21/02 (0)

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