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Finally dumped my old "fat" PS3 through Amazon trade-in. They gave me $190 in credit for it, which I was happy to get. I do use Netflix streaming heavily, but almost never use Vudu, Hulu, or Amazon, but that might change in the future. I've only used DLNA a handful of times. My priorities are Blu-ray playback (speed, compatibility, picture quality) and of course Netflix. Display is a 5-year old Samsung 50" DLP. The Sony S790 looks to be the new "player to beat"...
It's a high-rise apt building, so I'm not sure there's much I can do.
I'm thinking it's a bad ground. The APC power strip everything is plugged into occasionally indicates "site wiring fault". Am I way off base?
My desktop PC has an Audinst HUD-mx1 USB DAC. It's connected to a pair of JBL LSR2325 monitors with Blue Jeans LC-1 cable, about 3 feet in length. Lately I am noticing a lot of hum/static/hiss -- likely interference from the nearby LCD monitor and desktop computer. I have heard that XLR cables are less prone to noise; would a cable with RCA on one end (into the DAC) and XLR on the other end (into the monitors) help alleviate this? Any other ideas? The noise seems to...
The receiver can certainly drive them, yes. Is it optimal? Not really. Let Audyssey do its job. You have a subwoofer to fill in the deeper bass. If you really think the bass is weak, disconnect the sub and re-run Audyssey to see if it improves.
I have an old-school "fat" PS3 that I use to export PCM to my Marantz SR5005. Lately I've been considering selling it and buying the new super-slim one that uses less power and runs cooler/quieter. Does anyone know if the super-slim can export the raw DTS-MA and related streams? Mine does not and actually downconverts to regular DTS, but I know the slim ones did the pass-through. Did anything change on the super-slim?
I figured as much. I can't even remember the last time I watched SD content. Thanks for the info.
Truthfully I can't tell much of a difference, but I've only had it hooked up for a little while.Is there a good method or type of content to test?
I replaced my Onkyo TX-SR606 with a lightly-used Marantz SR5005. It has options for video upscaling. I record 99% HD content (720p and 1080i) on a TiVo HD; the Marantz can upscale "automatically" or I can set it to a static 1080p. They don't say whose upscaler it is (Faroudja, etc). The 6005 is an Anchor Bay 2015. Alternatively, I can use the TiVo's upscaler to convert all content to 1080i. Or I can just run 100% native resolution, but that's annoying because my Sammy...
Welp, I'm headed to pick it up now. Hopefully it pans out. Thanks for the advice.
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