srabu
Standard Member
Hello Forum,
This is my first post here, so hello everyone
I read this forum since quite some time and would like to thank you all very much for sharing your knowledge!
I upgraded my AVR200 / Denon 2910 recently to a AVR350 / DV139 combination after reading the advise on this forum. Since then, I spend some wonderful hours listening to music. Had to watch one movie yesterday since we had guests over and I must admit the quality was a big improvement to the Denon DVD playback as well, but still have to fiddle with the quality adjustments and the projector to get the most out of it. Still, the quality is a big improvement to the old setup which was tuned with a test DVD and two nights of adjusting details of the setup.
The music quality is so good that I did not have the time for that yet.
The only thing I was disappointed about was the quality of the remote (CR100), but I can live with that, and the fact that I have to point the remote directly to the AVR350 to adjust volume etc. The IR reception on the DV139 is a bit better, but still very bad. My comparison is a Bang & Olufsen system in the bedroom where you can point the remote anywhere in the room and the system responds at once. Also, the quality of the B&O remote is far better than the Arcam device.
To solve that problem, I ordered a Xantech 291-10 IR receiver as mentioned in the AVR350 manual and placed it below the center speaker. Also, I connected the AVR350 and the DV139 IR connection as explained in the manual.
This solved the problem. The remote still has to be pointed to the center speaker rather then being able to point it anywhere in the room, but the reception is reliable up to 9m (29,5 feet) distance. Far away from Bang & Olufsen standard, but audio quality vs. money is far away in the opposite direction, so I'm happy with that solution.
One thing I noticed: The AVR350 IR receiver is deactivated as soon as you plug in the Xantech device, but the DV139 receives IR signal through the Xantech device as well as through its own IR receiver.
Summary: If you own an AVR350 and your favourite listening position is not directly facing your equipment and very close to it, the Xantech 291-10 will make your life much easier
This is my first post here, so hello everyone
I read this forum since quite some time and would like to thank you all very much for sharing your knowledge!
I upgraded my AVR200 / Denon 2910 recently to a AVR350 / DV139 combination after reading the advise on this forum. Since then, I spend some wonderful hours listening to music. Had to watch one movie yesterday since we had guests over and I must admit the quality was a big improvement to the Denon DVD playback as well, but still have to fiddle with the quality adjustments and the projector to get the most out of it. Still, the quality is a big improvement to the old setup which was tuned with a test DVD and two nights of adjusting details of the setup.
The music quality is so good that I did not have the time for that yet.
The only thing I was disappointed about was the quality of the remote (CR100), but I can live with that, and the fact that I have to point the remote directly to the AVR350 to adjust volume etc. The IR reception on the DV139 is a bit better, but still very bad. My comparison is a Bang & Olufsen system in the bedroom where you can point the remote anywhere in the room and the system responds at once. Also, the quality of the B&O remote is far better than the Arcam device.
To solve that problem, I ordered a Xantech 291-10 IR receiver as mentioned in the AVR350 manual and placed it below the center speaker. Also, I connected the AVR350 and the DV139 IR connection as explained in the manual.
This solved the problem. The remote still has to be pointed to the center speaker rather then being able to point it anywhere in the room, but the reception is reliable up to 9m (29,5 feet) distance. Far away from Bang & Olufsen standard, but audio quality vs. money is far away in the opposite direction, so I'm happy with that solution.
One thing I noticed: The AVR350 IR receiver is deactivated as soon as you plug in the Xantech device, but the DV139 receives IR signal through the Xantech device as well as through its own IR receiver.
Summary: If you own an AVR350 and your favourite listening position is not directly facing your equipment and very close to it, the Xantech 291-10 will make your life much easier