Installed yesterday the latest firmware:
Version 7430-6233-3151-2044
-DTS Version 3.90.50.00
But no Auro-3D support yet...
On the Marantz SR8012 Auro-3D was present in the first firmware.
Thanks, there was no flyer in my box.There was a flyer in the box noting availability of the Auro3D firmware in May
I still haven't got round to auditioning the Denon or Marantz receivers but I'm beginning to go cold on the idea of upgrading. I auditioned the Arcam AVR 850 this morning and was talking to someone in the shop afterwards and what he was saying has convinced me I don't need a 13.2 or even 11.2 receiver, even for future proofing. If anything I'm looking at going back to 5.1 from 7.1 because from my seating position you don't get much separation between the main front and wide speakers. So I'm going to stick with my Pioneer receiver for the time being.
As for the AVR 850 it's fantastic for surround sound but I was more interested in it's stereo performance as I was hoping to have a one box solution. For me the 1200 quid Roskan amp sounds as good as the 4.5k Arcam receiver for two channel music.
I also had a listen to a pair of Kef R700s and thought they were a better speaker than my B&W CM8s. The Kefs sounded better at lower volumes and I think they had more bass. The CM8s sound a bit dull unless you increase the volume. Consider the can of worms duly opened.
I'm starting to lean towards the separates route I've decided to add a Roksan K3 amp to my set up for now and will move forward from there. A bigger AV stand will come in handy.Before i went with my current separates setup . I had few a few receivers all where terrible with stereo and i had the flagships, I used a Roksan Caspian M2 power amp to Run the fronts its outstanding, and like you stereo is most important, the only two i recommend are Arcam and Anthem as a one box solution there is a new Rotel rap 1580 which looks promising.
I have not heard the Marantz its the flagship and has all the characteristics of their higher end stereo amps Marantz are very musical so have a home demo with it if possible. If you do have the space then i would definitely recommand separates
If you're thinking of KEF R700s then audition them with a Rega Elicit R which really brings my R300s alive. Like you I'm space limited for layout and as much as I admire the 8500 I really don't need more than my 6200 gives me especially with the Rega driving the stereo pair.I'm starting to lean towards the separates route I've decided to add a Roksan K3 amp to my set up for now and will move forward from there. A bigger AV stand will come in handy.
Testing stereo performance on Pure Direct with Tidal Masters
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I think you are stretching it a bit with the 'special power cable'
If you want decent 2 channel get a reasonable stereo integrated. You will get far more without the need to try and fix limitations with expensive cables.
Yessiree, I just bought one. It's wonderful. Only problem I'm having so far is it doesn't recognise my second sub during Audyssey setup. I'm in a 7.2.6 config. I can manually add it after Audyssey completes and it works just fine, but it's weird that Audyssey can't seem to see that it's there. Oh, and it also told me all my height speakers were out of phase, which they weren't – I double-checked and I am super-careful with my pos/negs when wiring up as I know what an asshat it is to have to flip them.
Other than that, this thing is doing the absolute business. Couldn't be happier. Shame I had to sell the kids, but, you know. *shrugs*
Any questions, I'll answer them if I can.
Yessiree, I just bought one. It's wonderful.
Before you run Audyssey you need to double-check the second SW is enabled in the Channel Select menu. Sometimes it will be set to only look for one when it runs the EQ sweeps etc.
Yep. Did this. Still only one sub tested in Audyssey. I’m splitting off the second sub out both to an active sub and to a set of shakers installed in the sofa. May have something to do with it. I dunno. Worked fine on my X4200W. Happy to have second sub set up by ear. I tend to fiddle a little to taste post-Audyssey anyway. Audyssey always sets the crossovers a little too low IMO, and I get some pleasing additonal immediacy in the bass response if I add a couple of metres to the sub distances.
Yep. Did this. Still only one sub tested in Audyssey. I’m splitting off the second sub out both to an active sub and to a set of shakers installed in the sofa. May have something to do with it. I dunno. Worked fine on my X4200W. Happy to have second sub set up by ear. I tend to fiddle a little to taste post-Audyssey anyway. Audyssey always sets the crossovers a little too low IMO, and I get some pleasing additonal immediacy in the bass response if I add a couple of metres to the sub distances.
I think you should re-run Audyssey without the Shakers connected. You should be able to level both Subs before you start, IIRC.
Plus, moot point, Audyssey doesn’t set the crossovers, the AVR does based on the info Audyssey passes to it. It is normal to adjust the Crossovers to 80hz or higher afterwards. (Just never adjust below how the Denon set them to).
In your current set up, it seems you have setup one Sub to be Eq’ed by Audyssey, and One not to be.
It’s up to you, but I thinks that is not optimised.
Thanks for that. As I said, though, I can go in and manually change the channel settings to two subs, go to Audyssey setup and it INSTANTLY changes it to one again, before even running the test. It does this with or without the shakers. Agree that it’s not optimal, but what am I to do? Totally flummoxed by it.
It wasn't when I did it first time. Is now. Going to do it again once I've finished tinkering with room characteristics tomorrow. Will let you know if that fixed it.Strange, I have two subs connected and no problem with Audyssey setup.
Your firmware is updated?
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,,,and how did you find stereo performance?Testing stereo performance on Pure Direct with Tidal Masters