Lalami1990
Established Member
Hello everyone!
I managed to pick up a brand new, boxed (sealed) Pioneer SC-LX73 & BDP-LX54 today from someone locally for £450! The guy had bought them new in 2011, but ended up moving abroad for work and never got around to installing them.
I used to own a Pioneer VSX-2021 a few years back and I stupidly sold it to purchase a 4K compatible amp to go with my new 4K TV. I had ended up purchasing a Sony STR-DN1040 and I have since missed my old Pioneer amp, until I found this deal today.
Do you guys think that I grabbed a good deal today? Would you say that the SC-LX73 out performs my existing Sony STR-DN1040?
I decided to purchase this amp today because I feel somewhat disappointed with Pioneer's current offerings and I could never find a newer model that I like. I feel that the audio quality of a high-end Pioneer amp will be equivalent to the SC-LX73 amp that I picked up today, minus some features e.g. Dolby Atmos and 4K/HDR pass-through, which leads to my next question.
Which is the best way for me to get pure Dolby TrueHD/Uncompressed audio from my 4K devices?
Should I:
Thanks!
I managed to pick up a brand new, boxed (sealed) Pioneer SC-LX73 & BDP-LX54 today from someone locally for £450! The guy had bought them new in 2011, but ended up moving abroad for work and never got around to installing them.
I used to own a Pioneer VSX-2021 a few years back and I stupidly sold it to purchase a 4K compatible amp to go with my new 4K TV. I had ended up purchasing a Sony STR-DN1040 and I have since missed my old Pioneer amp, until I found this deal today.
Do you guys think that I grabbed a good deal today? Would you say that the SC-LX73 out performs my existing Sony STR-DN1040?
I decided to purchase this amp today because I feel somewhat disappointed with Pioneer's current offerings and I could never find a newer model that I like. I feel that the audio quality of a high-end Pioneer amp will be equivalent to the SC-LX73 amp that I picked up today, minus some features e.g. Dolby Atmos and 4K/HDR pass-through, which leads to my next question.
Which is the best way for me to get pure Dolby TrueHD/Uncompressed audio from my 4K devices?
Should I:
- Run a HDMI cable from the 4K source to the TV and have the amp use ARC to retrieve the audio from the TV?
- Use a HDMI splitter to split the 4K source into two outputs. One will feed directly to the 4K TV, and the other directly to the amp?
Thanks!