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Looking to use either the Denon 3803 (with its latest SHARC 32bit floating point DSP) or the Pioneer VSX-D2011 (with its 150 MIPS High-speed Dual DSP) as a processor only
I know about the rotel 1066 etc and others, but Im really only interested in the above and especially if anyone has or is using one this way with high end amps. (my amps are commercial specials I constructed and each channel is completely isolated with it's own high grade toroidal power supply)
I currently use a Pioneer ELITE SP-99D pre-processor, although one of the first available AC3 products still sounds fantastic but only offers Doby Digital & pro-logic and might be getting a little long in the tooth. Kind of leaning towards the Pioneer D2011 as I like the sound from my current processor plus it has the extra THX processing that the Denon doesn't. Don't know how good the MIPS dual processor is though?
I recently heard a TAG AV192 processor through powerful M&K speaker system at sevenoaks with the Sim projector and both the Mrs & I thought it sounded a bit too brash & brittle... not that it wasn't great, don't get me wrong, just to us it didn't sound as good as ours... maybe it was the active M&K's or the settings.
Anyway, anyone tried the pioneer or denon as a processor?
Thanks
I know about the rotel 1066 etc and others, but Im really only interested in the above and especially if anyone has or is using one this way with high end amps. (my amps are commercial specials I constructed and each channel is completely isolated with it's own high grade toroidal power supply)
I currently use a Pioneer ELITE SP-99D pre-processor, although one of the first available AC3 products still sounds fantastic but only offers Doby Digital & pro-logic and might be getting a little long in the tooth. Kind of leaning towards the Pioneer D2011 as I like the sound from my current processor plus it has the extra THX processing that the Denon doesn't. Don't know how good the MIPS dual processor is though?
I recently heard a TAG AV192 processor through powerful M&K speaker system at sevenoaks with the Sim projector and both the Mrs & I thought it sounded a bit too brash & brittle... not that it wasn't great, don't get me wrong, just to us it didn't sound as good as ours... maybe it was the active M&K's or the settings.
Anyway, anyone tried the pioneer or denon as a processor?
Thanks