Karl Erik Sylthe
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- Dec 14, 2000
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Yamaha have recently suplied aditional info on their new receiver-line.:
At the Japan-site: http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/prod...fo/rxv1200.pdf http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/prod...fo/rxv2200.pdf
And the US-Site: http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi...R00010HTR-5490 http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi...R00010RX-V1200
Some reflections:
The RX-V1200 (and HTR-5490) is a downgrade ampwise (6x80W vs. 5x100),
compared to the slightly lower priced RX-V1000, which it is obviously replacing.
On the decoding side, there seems to be notthing lacking, including DTS-ES Discrete,
DTS Neo:6, and DPL II. Lets hope the DPL II is a full-version, and not the
light-version that Marantz and Onkyo have supplied.
Both RX-V1200 and RX-V2200 have skipped the RS232-input found on
RX-V1000 and higher models. IMO disapointing.
This particular detail from the Japanese site is interesting:
"The 9 channels consist of Main L/R, Center, Rear L/R Rear Center,
Tront Effect L/R and Subwoofer (LFE) channels. Front effect channel
signals are mixed with main channel signals to achieve more precise separation
of dialogue, music and effects on the front sound stage".
This is stated as an explanation to the fact that RX-V1200/2200 has
96kHz/24-bit DAC for 9 channels.
In other words, the RX-V1200/2200 seem to have DSPs for front-effect
channels like earlier top models, but no amps, or even pre-outs for them.
Instead they offer a (HRTF-assisted?) down-mix to front-channels.
What I don`t quite understand, is
1. Why not at least pre-outs for front-effect channels, once they have
already suplied DACS for these channels? The extra cost should be minimal.
2. Why suply DACs for these channels? I asume all processing (including eventualy
HRTF) + downmixing is happening in the digital domain.
Regards
Karl Erik Sylthe
At the Japan-site: http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/prod...fo/rxv1200.pdf http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/prod...fo/rxv2200.pdf
And the US-Site: http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi...R00010HTR-5490 http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi...R00010RX-V1200
Some reflections:
The RX-V1200 (and HTR-5490) is a downgrade ampwise (6x80W vs. 5x100),
compared to the slightly lower priced RX-V1000, which it is obviously replacing.
On the decoding side, there seems to be notthing lacking, including DTS-ES Discrete,
DTS Neo:6, and DPL II. Lets hope the DPL II is a full-version, and not the
light-version that Marantz and Onkyo have supplied.
Both RX-V1200 and RX-V2200 have skipped the RS232-input found on
RX-V1000 and higher models. IMO disapointing.
This particular detail from the Japanese site is interesting:
"The 9 channels consist of Main L/R, Center, Rear L/R Rear Center,
Tront Effect L/R and Subwoofer (LFE) channels. Front effect channel
signals are mixed with main channel signals to achieve more precise separation
of dialogue, music and effects on the front sound stage".
This is stated as an explanation to the fact that RX-V1200/2200 has
96kHz/24-bit DAC for 9 channels.
In other words, the RX-V1200/2200 seem to have DSPs for front-effect
channels like earlier top models, but no amps, or even pre-outs for them.
Instead they offer a (HRTF-assisted?) down-mix to front-channels.
What I don`t quite understand, is
1. Why not at least pre-outs for front-effect channels, once they have
already suplied DACS for these channels? The extra cost should be minimal.
2. Why suply DACs for these channels? I asume all processing (including eventualy
HRTF) + downmixing is happening in the digital domain.
Regards
Karl Erik Sylthe