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RE: Well...

Posted by stehno (M) on March 1, 2015 at 12:25:05

In Reply to: Well... posted by Jim Pearce on March 1, 2015 at 08:51:18:

My points are focused on performance first and foremost, cost, simplicity, and space requirements, whether audio or video:

1. Within 10 days of installation, the OPPO was easily a nice improvement over the Esoteric UX-3SE. For video (which I don't use much) it was significatly better than the Esoteric. Especially when engaging the Darbee feature.

But then once I started using the OPPO's passive attentuator and eventually by-passed the CD transport using a thumb drive or SSD as a music server, the OPPO absolutely trounces the Esoteric's performance.
(BTW, I always thought my Esoteric excelled)

2. I have 2 little Wyred 4 Sound SX-1000 mono-block amps at 575wpc each ($2400 retail pair) that do not have any HDMI inputs. In my config. these amps absolutely trounce my previous $8 BMC C1 integrated amp.

3. I use:

a. one of the OPPO HDMI outputs going straight to the overhead projector.
b. one pair of balanced ic's from the OPPO to the 2 little amps.
c. I use 1 pair of speaker cables from the amps to the speakers.

What do you guys plan to use?

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My point being that your configurations will no doubt include:

a. more electronics,
b. more cabling,
c. more real estate space,
d. more shelves,
e. far less musicality.

More specifically, 1 superior line conditioner that properly treates the noisy AC coming in from the street, will make your classical music sound more natural and closer to the absolute sound than any surround sound config could ever do.

Last spring I swapped out $25k retail of gear (CDP, int. amp, and speakers) with $10k retail of gear, (CDP, amps, VMPS RM40 speakers) each of which are signifcantly superior to their predecessors.

But I also spend $14k behind the scenes on proper AC/electrical mgmt and proper vibration control mgmt. Two areas where few spent any time or money on. Yet, it's these two areas that actually make all the difference in the world as AC and vibration mgmt are actually the foundation for which all systems are built, even if nobody knows it.

The point being is, do you want a me too sound that is no better than anybody elses, or do you want a simple system that performance wise nobody else can touch? Surround sound or not.

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