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It IS expensive. You know why? It has no peer. There is no direct competition to this unit. Not even close. I was able to get it retail for close to $1200, however, which is downright reasonable if you look at the price of Integra's DVD units (arguably a quality peer of the Sovereign line...

I would like to add that it's a fine CD changer as well. As a matter of fact, mine has 300 CDs and 30 DVDs. CDs can be categorized by music type (genre) and up to 8 custom filter types.

You can read a lot about the new Kenwood DVD players (5900M, 5050M, 5700M) in avsforum.com's DVD board. In any case, I have a 5900M (the souped-up version of the 5050, with DVD-Audio support and Faroudja progressive processing. All in all, I like the changer a lot. It supports almost every...

I have a 5900M and didn't return it. Despite its GUI flaws, it still is one high-performing, very convenient, great-looking unit. Plus, it's the ONLY mega-changer on the market that includes support for DVD-Audio. Plus, it's one of the ONLY DVD-A players (changer or not) that has BASS...

I'm surprised noone has mentioned the upcoming valhala of remotes: The Marantz RC9200!! Picture here: http://www.remotecentral.com/cedia01/photo001.htm Features: - A touchscreen (COLOR) that looks similar in size to the Pronto's screen. - 15 hard buttons! (more than 2x that of the...

Yes, most, if not all, DVD-A discs also have a Dolby Digital track that allows for them to be played on all DVD players. Some have a DTS track as well. So, here's how it works: For the Dolby Digital track on the DVD-A disc, all you need is a normal DVD-Video player, and the material will go...

A few comments on items on this thread:

>I don't think this player has multichannel DVD-A capabilities. Isn't it just 192kh/24bit PCM only ? Nah. The DVD-A spec requires both 192/24 for 2-channel and 96/24 for 6 channel. What Chris is saying is that he was unable to get the 4700 to go into "2-channel DVD-A" mode to realize the full...

FYI -- Just for kicks, I hit PAUSE on my TOSlink-connected CD player through my B&K Ref30 & B&K AV5000II pre-amp/amp combo. At +10 - +15, I hear an audible hiss from all 5 channels. Also, depending on the input, I get different kinds of hiss/noise. I wonder what's up with that...

quote: It seems to that the author of this thread has his own biases as well,like pretty much everyone has,however to connect Daniel Kumin's write up on 3 highend processors,with the typo of the Terminator photo with the David Ranada's review of the Marantz SR7200 review and conclude that...

I'm starting this thread as an outgrowth of the thread around S&V's review of the Marantz SR7200. They pretty much trashed this new receiver, and there are questions around their testing procedures, their biases, and their lack of checking with Marantz about what might have been a dud unit...

I agree that S&V will ultimately be a highly regarded magazine if they review in an unbiased manner. I, too, am kind of sick of the "kid gloves" that rags are using to review equipment out there. That said, that same issue of S&V also reviewed the B&K Ref30, Meridian 561, and Lexicon MC-1...

I called Marantz USA to talk to them about this issue, and here's what I learned: They do, indeed, "take one off the shelf" and send it to reviewers without any QC or modifications. They think this is the only fair way to conduct a review. Even a QC could be considered to be an opportunity to...

Your Carver amp will have one RCA input for each amplifier. In theory, you could connect ONE unit (CD player, tape, VCR) to your amp and it would play. It's likely, though, that you have a bunch of audio components (tape, cd, dvd, vcr, etc.). You most likely don't want to unplug each device...

So, it sounds like most progressive units have either a software or hardware switch that will allow me to put out an interlaced signal. This is good. I hope to confirm this with the SD4700 when they finally release them. Yes, my 4:3 Philips 60PP9601 has the 16:9 squeeze mode...

Yeah, I suppose it's possible that going through the analog domain would significantly diminish the quality. But, I would like to have the option to choose my line-doubler. Does anyone know whether Toshiba units allow you to output progressive or interlaced? ------------------ Jon Link...

Folks, I currently have a DVDO iScan Pro line doubler, mated with my Sony interlaced DVD player. I am considering upgrading to DVD-Audio in the shape of the new Toshiba SD4700. The SD4700, however, has progressive output. I do not know the quality of the internal line doubler of the...

Ken, I have the Philips 60PP9601 HDTV (available at Sears). It is a 60" 4:3 squeeze-select set, and from a side-by-side comparison, it far superior for DVDs to the Sony HS series. However, the Sony HS's fair better for normal TV. Both the Sony and Philips have 16:9 anamorphic modes, which...