Granted. I asked what issues psf1 was concerned about. He answered "their measurements" which I took to refer to the criticisms regarding SINAD.
Specificity is useful.
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Review and Measurements of Marantz AV8805 AV Processor
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Specificity is useful.
I apologize. I was referring to the reference to a firmware update possibly rectifying the dac filtering issue. This seems to be the only pro that has received tacit approval. Does Amir ever do measurements with DIRAC/Audyssey turned on? Also, it seems a lot of folks take issue with his 4v standard protocol for measurements. How does the 8805 measure at lower voltage?
Pro?
I believe he refers to Pre/Pro as in preamp/processor.
Abbreviated to the point of obscurity.I believe he refers to Pre/Pro as in preamp/processor.
saw this today
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Suddenly I found out that my AV8805 was not decoding AC3/DD/DTS anymore playing from my windows 10 pc via HDMI.
It also lost the ability to play higher sample rates!
After a long search and reinstalling almost every involved piece of driver/sw I found out that it was a setting in the Marantz that was causing this.
Its far from trivial that this whould happen, so if you ever come in the same situation this could help you a long search for a solution
This behaviour is caused by having 1 source routed to 2 zones, in my case my PC was routed to HDMI out1 in the "main" zone.
For a test I also needed my PC to send audio to zone2. After that the above behaviour started.
So: dont route AC3/DD/DTS and >48KHz sources to more than one zone at a time..
It also lost the ability to play higher sample rates!
After a long search and reinstalling almost every involved piece of driver/sw I found out that it was a setting in the Marantz that was causing this.
Its far from trivial that this whould happen, so if you ever come in the same situation this could help you a long search for a solution
This behaviour is caused by having 1 source routed to 2 zones, in my case my PC was routed to HDMI out1 in the "main" zone.
For a test I also needed my PC to send audio to zone2. After that the above behaviour started.
So: dont route AC3/DD/DTS and >48KHz sources to more than one zone at a time..
Suddenly I found out that my AV8805 was not decoding AC3/DD/DTS anymore playing from my windows 10 pc via HDMI.
It also lost the ability to play higher sample rates!
After a long search and reinstalling almost every involved piece of driver/sw I found out that it was a setting in the Marantz that was causing this.
Its far from trivial that this whould happen, so if you ever come in the same situation this could help you a long search for a solution
This behaviour is caused by having 1 source routed to 2 zones, in my case my PC was routed to HDMI out1 in the "main" zone.
For a test I also needed my PC to send audio to zone2. After that the above behaviour started.
So: dont route AC3/DD/DTS and >48KHz sources to more than one zone at a time..
That makes sense when you consider the disparate capabilities. I have never used Zones but have had issues where the unit would not turn off and finally discovered, Zone2 was presses. Argh.
- Rich
I've had a few issues pop-up automagically like that. Before messing about I've pulled the power cord for a few minutes and then reconnected. After the unit finished rebooting it had returned to normal behavior, only routing to the main zone, etc.
looking at the measurements done by Amir I would say yes.
as there is no update on this you have the chance the current avm60 still has this performance...
Agreed
But at this point I find the question a bit obsolete,
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Anyone? It would be great if our friend @amirm could test headphone amp performance on AVRs and Processors when available.
(1) Yes
Appears to use NJM4556AD op amp taken from HDAM output, maximum output voltage not obvious however +/- 12V supplies to op amps, output impedance 100/3 = 33 ohms
Rusty on op amps, gain appears to be 2.2/1 + 1 = 3.2x relative to SE output of AV8805 L or R
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