Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-11 Thread ralphpnj
Mnyb wrote: > Can you drive your Vandersteens with the marantz ? , I've used a mixed > topology in the past driving some channels with the ht amp and some with > more powerfull amps . > My old Dynaudio speakers where basically low impedance 4 ohm and very > inefficient they worked much better wit

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-11 Thread Mnyb
ralphpnj wrote: > Not all HT receivers have inferior power amp sections. Marantz HTRs all > seem to have very decent power amp sections as do the top models from > most manufacturers. It's the el cheapo receivers that have not so good > power amp sections. Can you drive your Vandersteens with th

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-11 Thread ralphpnj
Mnyb wrote: > Good to see , it's basically a toss up depending in implementation as > usual , there is no way to favor any digital interface over the other > all basically "works". > > And AV recievers have got awesome performance lately ? If it has preout > you can probably surprise an unsuspec

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-11 Thread Mnyb
Archimago wrote: > Hello mnyb. > Glad to see you guys enjoying Keaton's "kontribution". The man's old but > crafty :cool:. > > Yes, I did test the Onkyo relatively fully back in this post: > http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/10/measurements-onkyo-tx-nr1009-as-hdmi.html > > The HDMI jitter actua

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-11 Thread Archimago
Mnyb wrote: > Thanks again for the measurement part . > > Hdmi has been accused of horrible " jitter " in it's implementation ? > And there are probably some not so fantastic implementations out there > especially older ht amps . > Can you see any of that in this Onkyo amp ? > > What's the spec

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-10 Thread Mnyb
Thanks again for the measurement part . Hdmi has been accused of horrible " jitter " in it's implementation ? And there are probably some not so fantastic implementations out there especially older ht amps . Can you see any of that in this Onkyo amp ? What's the spectrum using spdif or toslink a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-10 Thread ralphpnj
Archimago wrote: > Thank you Ralph for your inquiry. > > 1. The gods are correct. TAS and Stereophile are written by gentlemen of > distinction who are genetically devoid of earwax and hearing loss. I of > course run a custom HDMI DAC because I'm worth it and could afford to > hire one of the ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-10 Thread Archimago
ralphpnj wrote: > Thank you so much for presenting a clear and very reasonable > introduction and review to this wonderful new product. However I do have > a few questions which I feel are very important. > > As you know the new audiophile standard for listening to computer based > audio is the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-10 Thread ralphpnj
Thank you so much for presenting a clear and very reasonable introduction and review to this wonderful new product. However I do have a few questions which I feel are very important. As you know the new audiophile standard for listening to computer based audio is the Mac Mini -> USB -> tube based

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New HDMI Guest Review & Measurements...

2013-11-09 Thread Archimago
Greetings. True to his word, Keaton Goulden-Eyre has reviewed another set of cables for me... Along with some HDMI cable measurements... Enjoy :-) http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2013/11/guest-review-measurements-quantum-hdmi.html Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective'