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In Reply to: The digital age lacks umph!! posted by altec4evr on July 20, 2002 at 11:50:21:
I'm a long time (like 40 years) analog fan but cannot agree with what you say about digital. I cannot comment too much about your components as I am unfamiliar with them but my (limited) experience is that, apart from careless software, and there is a lot of that around, it is the processing, or lack of it, of the digital signal that gives rise to bad music. Eliminating jitter in the digital signal is not easy or cheap and that jitter can arise in the player thereby giving any processor a near impossible task.That said Denon has a good reputation so I wonder if it is not revealing problems in the synergy between the amplifier in the Denon and your Altec Lansing Voice of the Theaters. I suggest you try to borrow some other good speakers to verify the problem still exists before you condemn digital.
Sadly there is no free lunch and obtaining nice music from those pits is neither easy nor cheap. However with top software there is plenty of umph to be had from digital.
John
Peace at AA
Follow Ups:
I must apologize for my lack of communications skills. The subject was meant to draw attention, rather than make a class statement. My DVD player does quite well when connected to my old Dynaco.It might be, as you suggest, simply a mis-match of equipment. Trying to incorporate new-age technology with older relics may be more daunting than I imagined.
I failed to mention that the Altec speakers are 16 ohm. Denon may not accommodate that as well as 8 ohm. Regardless, the Denon will go before the VOTT's. They are timeless, Denon is not.
Try a separate power from the pre outs of the Denon to the speakers, you should get your good sound back, at least most of it...
yeah, sounds like the main amplifier section of the Denon lacks the power/current output of your older unit.As for the digital processing, you might be able to rule that out. Does the denon have preouts? Try feeding the dvd player into the denon, then use the denon's preouts to feed the dynaco. then use the dynaco to power the speakers. This would bypass the denons main amps. If the sound is still weak, maybe the processing is destroying the sound. If the sound is fine. Then the amps in the denon may not be up to the task.
If the dynaco substantially heavier than the denon?
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