Dirac Live only supports one subwoofer while Audyssey XT32 has support for at least two, even in older receivers. For more than one subwoofer one has to buy a DLBC license, that will be offered in the future sometime i.e. vaporware. Still expensive, though, for those with more than one subwoofer. Still lacks dynamic volume so a downgrade in sound quality.
The way that they test it, there is no sensible way for them to write a bad review, as all the potential flaws are not properly revealed in their testing, and therefore all AVRs are the same except the interface...
Yes it is, but a chance for DLBC in the future is better than no chance. Plus multi-sub support out of the box rather than single sub only. If you plan to use the device for a long time, I'd still consider an x3800h over RZ-50 (if you can even find an RZ-50), although if you don't absolutely have to buy an AVR this year I'd keep waiting until DLBC is implemented and working correctly or at least until there are some appropriate (blind and apples to apples) comparisons of Audyssey vs Dirac, which will probably be easier to conduct once the Denon AVRs are available with both.
Technically, these are not independent subwoofers (3700), they will still receive the same signal. You just can indpendently change gain and delay.
Out of curiosity, why would one want 4 separate sub outputs? Does any soundtrack have 4 separate sub channels?
You can put multiple subs in a room so bass response is not localized. It seems that more members than I thought have room for 4 subwoofers. I do not in my space.
Not speaking of 4 subs, but the previous poster intimated having 4 separate sub outputs were somehow more desirable than 4 sub outs that all contain the same program material. I was just looking for clarification on why this would be preferable over the 3800's 4 independent sub outs but all sending the exact same program material.
tecnically - whatever amount of subs you have, your setup will still be x.1.x (unless you are able to put your hands on handful of available DtsX Pro mixes, that have 2 LFE channels), so here you are right.
Can it? Where did you find that nugget of information?
It's not about program material but about being able to change each sub signal independently with EQ. That was not possible at all due to hardware limitations in prior Denons. It's a requirement for DLBC to function as well as other modern multi-sub optimizers like MSO.
Manual.
"Any X3700H you can buy new today (manufactured after May 2021 and ending with a serial number higher than 70001) has the same TI DACs as found in the X3800H and therefore the same SINAD performance".
Thanks! Okay, so this is a bit different indeed. So I assume there is some option to tell what is the closest speaker to any of the subs then?
Actually this is where I am not fully clear [actually I was thinking about buying top of the line Marantz to my tertiary setup]
I don't think so. The directional function is just a mixing feature. Whatever Audyssey does, is on top of this. There is no per-sub EQ.
