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• Are you planning on upgrading your Receiver to HDMI ? - oscar 14:56:47 05/04/07 (1)
  In Reply to: Well, there's a flood of good deals on HD today posted by Duilawyer on May 4, 2007 at 06:42:34:

  Do you realize the player you buy today will not be full featured and will be obsolete when the 2nd/3rd gen. players start showing up ?

  Unless you are trying to cure a real deep itch for HD content today, I'd consider waiting a few months for players/receivers with HDMI 1.3 support (unless you really don't care about TrueHD, DTS HD MA, and/or uncompressed PCM).
  
  

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  • thanks,, sounds like good advice. nt - Duilawyer 20:33:37 05/05/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Are you planning on upgrading your Receiver to HDMI ? posted by oscar on May 4, 2007 at 14:56:47:

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• Re: Well, there's a flood of good deals on HD today - Jack G 08:23:04 05/04/07 (2)
  In Reply to: Well, there's a flood of good deals on HD today posted by Duilawyer on May 4, 2007 at 06:42:34:

  You can use a component connection switcher, which bassically is just a switcher for a collection of 6-analog connections.
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  • Dui, if you are anywhere near a CompUSA that is closing down. - oscar 09:05:56 05/04/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: Well, there's a flood of good deals on HD today posted by Jack G on May 4, 2007 at 08:23:04:

    You might just be able to get a component switcher cheap.
    
    

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    • near one, not one closing down, but - Duilawyer 13:14:03 05/04/07 (0)
      In Reply to: Dui, if you are anywhere near a CompUSA that is closing down. posted by oscar on May 4, 2007 at 09:05:56:

      what the hey, I will try. THANKS!!!
      
      

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• You just use the 2nd set of six channel analog inputs on your receiver. :0) - oscar 07:09:36 05/04/07 (4)
  In Reply to: Well, there's a flood of good deals on HD today posted by Duilawyer on May 4, 2007 at 06:42:34:

  Fortunately, it's a solution available to me. I was already using two (2) sets of six channel inputs on a MC analog preamp. One set for the SACD/DVD-A player and one set for the ancient preamp/processor for DD/DTS decoding. I special-ordered another 6 cable set to route the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD combo player 6 channel output to a a third set of six channel inputs to the preamp. I still have a 4th set of 6 channel inputs for another source. Granted, most people won't have this solution; I'm hoping for a full-featured Uber-Universal player which will play BLU-RAY, HD-DVD, SACD, DVD-A, etc... but I expect that one, if it ever exists), is at least a year away.

  You can get the DD/DTS sound through the optical; you won't get the TrueHD, DTS HD MA, and probably not the uncompressed PCM. Still, Any of the DTS HD discs will have a DTS 1.5MB core track which will sound better than anything you'll have with DVD (and playable via coax/optical) through your receiver's DD/DTS decoder).
  
  

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  • I'll go coax, movie sound is not all that critical - Duilawyer 13:15:54 05/04/07 (1)
    In Reply to: You just use the 2nd set of six channel analog inputs on your receiver. :0) posted by oscar on May 4, 2007 at 07:09:36:

    as opposed to SACD and DVD Audio sound.
    
    

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    • Dolby digital sounds like mud once you've heard a good uncompressed PCM movie track. nt - oscar 13:29:18 05/04/07 (0)
      In Reply to: I'll go coax, movie sound is not all that critical posted by Duilawyer on May 4, 2007 at 13:15:54:

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  • "I was already using two (2) sets of six channel inputs on a MC analog preamp." Might that be a c-j MET1? - jeffreybehr 11:10:42 05/04/07 (1)
    In Reply to: You just use the 2nd set of six channel analog inputs on your receiver. :0) posted by oscar on May 4, 2007 at 07:09:36:

    I sure love mine. I too am using both sets of 6-channel inputs, one from my Denon 2900 and now one from my new-to-me Toshiba HD-XA1. Here's a pic--it's rather busy with triple 6s plus 2 stereo input pairs, another output cable to an additional centerchannel active filter, and the 72V.-dielectric-bias battery (for the Audioquest cable) my friend made.
    

    I commandeered that tape-out jack because I didn't want to use a y-splitter.
    

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    • Nah... it's one of those sterile sounding SS preamps Meitner builds. - oscar 13:25:45 05/04/07 (0)
      In Reply to: "I was already using two (2) sets of six channel inputs on a MC analog preamp." Might that be a c-j MET1? posted by jeffreybehr on May 4, 2007 at 11:10:42:

      I was going to try to get someone to build me a battery powered MC tubed preamp funds permitting, but that was before I found out about the CJ piece. I was going to go for shoot for tubed monoblocks in the HT room but the dynamics I'm hearing from uncompressed 24/48 movie soundtracks might set me straight there. I've got integration issues on this subject already using beefy Classe amps.
      
      

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