IMO, the other Surround Processor to put on your list to consider would be the Anthem D2v.
But, you're looking at a $35,000 Levinson surround processor! Ask Keith the price to bring an outboard sound processor and tune your room for theater. I bet you can get the Denon, an Oppo Blu-Ray player, the outboard processor and Keith to come tune it all for less than that -- and you'd get better results.
I am not sure the person who buys a $1000 vacuum instead of a $150 one gets to ask that question .But is it worth 5X the price
Just so folks don't think mass market products and Levinson gear are created equally, here are the distortion product of one sample from each:
ML performance is 5X better.
It's OK to look Rob. I was not thinking of buying but I knew you would be able to compare them. Based on your Denon reviews one would be better served to go with Denon and do what you suggested. For me at this time I spend more time up there listening to music than watching movies so spending any money now on a processor just ain't happening.
so spending any money now on a processor just ain't happening.
Well, let me ask you this. If you are playing 16-bit CD, how many those bits would you like your equipment to faithfully reproduce?I'm all for overkill engineering and I am a Levinson fan, having voted with my pocketbook. 5X better is always nice, but when we're talking about THD+N at these levels, there are serious questions about whether these differences are even audible during playback
I suggested the same for movies. But don't want someone else stumbling here for other application think all boxes are created equally.OB said he had a budget to watch. With an eye on budget, this is the type of thing I would sacrifice first, especially knowing his application which is seriously tilted towards heavy investment and time spent with his two channel gear while home theater comes second.
But don't want someone else stumbling here for other application think all boxes are created equally.
But don't want someone else stumbling here for other application think all boxes are created equally.
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