Stereo Steve
Novice Member
Well, just unpacked the one I bought off the forum. It's an original THX (no 5.1 bypass or 192 DACS) in black. I hooked it up to the Sony 900 SACD/DVD player I have also just bought and ran the monitor outs to the 5.1 inputs on my Rotel 1055 reciever. I was very pleased with the result.
First, CD's through a digital coax, in direct mode sounded stunning,even using the 1055 as a power amp. I was concerned that having moved form a Pio 656 that I would miss DVD-A and SACD but I tried a DVD-A disk in the 900, just playing the DD layer and I swear it's 95% of the way to DVD-A. SACD sounded superb although I was only able to connect the stereo cables of course. A couple questions cropped up in my mind.
1) I have the SACD players CD out connected to the AV32's AUX in. Am I missing anything here as I know newer recievers are branded as SACD ready. Do these standard phono inputs have lower frequency range or something?
2) Why have I never heard of TM Surround before? Everyone raves about Logic 7 but to me ears, TM is as good or better than PL2 (not tried movie/ TV with it yet, I admit). The Norah Jones SACD played with TM Surround on sounded sparkling and makes me wonder if I need a 5.1 input. I could have listened to it all night.
3) Would it be OK to use the 5.1 inputs of a low end reciever as a power stage until I get set up? I have a Sony 930 that could do the job. Will this cause harm to either unit?
I know these are silly questions really as it sounds better than my previous set-up but I'm interested to know anyway.
Now, where to get some cheap power amps to tide me over........
First, CD's through a digital coax, in direct mode sounded stunning,even using the 1055 as a power amp. I was concerned that having moved form a Pio 656 that I would miss DVD-A and SACD but I tried a DVD-A disk in the 900, just playing the DD layer and I swear it's 95% of the way to DVD-A. SACD sounded superb although I was only able to connect the stereo cables of course. A couple questions cropped up in my mind.
1) I have the SACD players CD out connected to the AV32's AUX in. Am I missing anything here as I know newer recievers are branded as SACD ready. Do these standard phono inputs have lower frequency range or something?
2) Why have I never heard of TM Surround before? Everyone raves about Logic 7 but to me ears, TM is as good or better than PL2 (not tried movie/ TV with it yet, I admit). The Norah Jones SACD played with TM Surround on sounded sparkling and makes me wonder if I need a 5.1 input. I could have listened to it all night.
3) Would it be OK to use the 5.1 inputs of a low end reciever as a power stage until I get set up? I have a Sony 930 that could do the job. Will this cause harm to either unit?
I know these are silly questions really as it sounds better than my previous set-up but I'm interested to know anyway.
Now, where to get some cheap power amps to tide me over........