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In Reply to: Audio experience is already better than at the movies. posted by oscar on April 2, 2007 at 19:14:21:

Greetings Oscar;
Im presently spending some spare time looking through the forums today and duly noted you have the EMM Labs switchman and while Ive gone to there website I come away scratching my head. My question is twofold what is this piece used for and more importantly is it sonically beneficial.
Any info you can share is appreciated.

Regards,
/// Tim W. ///

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I obtained this multichannel (MC) analog preamp to support MC SACD playback. - oscar 13:29:15 04/06/07 (1)
At the time, I only had a preamp/processor which did not have 6 channel analog bypass (which you need for MC SACD or DVD-A). The Meitner was one of the few solutions available at the time which allowed me to play back multiple multichannel sources (one being the pre/pro's DD/DTS decoding of DVD or satellite). As a preamp, it kicked the butt out of my pre/pro so there were sonic benefits for music stereo playback too (I have an integrated HT/stereo system but I'm looking at going with separate systems because of tubes).
A Blu-ray/HD DVD player with decent MC analog outputs also turns out to be a good fit using the Meitner in lieu of spending beaucoup bucks on an HDMI 1.3-capable Preamp/processor.
YMMV. If I'm starting over, I'd be taking a real hard look at an HDMI 1.3-capable version of the Halcro SSP-100.
- Re: I obtained this multichannel (MC) analog preamp to support MC SACD playback. - timothywas1@comcast.net 19:54:35 04/06/07 (0)
  Thanks oscar,
  So essentially its a high quality multichannel preamp.
  I can understand your feelings about the rapid change in digital processing which is one of the main reasons I prefer to use AV Receivers. Putting the money into this part of the system seems like trying to catch the proverbial $$$ moving bullet, I know the Meitner products are highly respected,. The Halcro sounds tempting, as long as the software is upgradable. There's no " free lunch" in this industry.
  Thanks for the detailed explanation!
  
  Regards,
  /// Tim W. ///

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