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  1. Scott Lawrence

    Help: Time lag before receiver plays Dolby Digital sound from DVD

    Yeah the dual-connection MIGHT be what's throwing the receiver off; it's worth a shot to disconnect the RCA cable and see if that helps. If not, then to isolate the component that's problematic, I'd suggest you take the DVD player over to a buddy's place with a different receiver and see if...
  2. Scott Lawrence

    What Hirez Discs Have You Purchased Recently?

    Foreigner - "4" (DVD-A) Blue Man Group - "Audio" (DVD-A in a DVD case) Aerosmith - "Toys in the Attic" (SACD) Don Henley - "End of the Innocence" (DTS-CD I think they're called) Plus the newly re-release Hell Freezes Over DVD-V that contains DD5.1 in addition to the DTS5.1 and PCM stereo.
  3. Scott Lawrence

    New system feedback anyone?

    Because most Plasma TVs are actually EDTV (enhanced definition TV) and not HDTV. EDTV is higher resolution than standard def TV but not nearly as high as HDTV. I think it's even less than 720p resolutions, IIRC. So you TV may accept a 720p or 1080i input, but then downscales it to it's native...
  4. Scott Lawrence

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  5. Scott Lawrence

    Multi channel??

    Unless you have a pretty high-end DVD player, you will most likely get better results from dvd movies by using the digital connection to let your receiver do the decoding and bass management. You might want to try both to see which you prefer. PS you were close with DAC, it actually stands...
  6. Scott Lawrence

    Question about receiver eq'ing??? 1014

    Well, to be honest, I've never tried it, and my speakers aren't bi-wirable, I'm just going on what I remember reading (out of curiousity) in the manual and from reading in other posts. I'm fairly certain the speakers do the x-over'ing in this type of setup. Why don't you give it a shot and let...
  7. Scott Lawrence

    Have you sign the petition to save SACD?

    I'll sign it momentarily. I'd hate to see high-res multi-channel music die off.
  8. Scott Lawrence

    Let your voice be heard!! TAKE THE DUALDISC SURVEY!

    Hahaha that's hilarious, I did the same thing! I remember seeing the album on Sony's site a while back and getting so excited, and then.... noticing it was only in stereo. Grrrr! So yeah I said I'd purchased it (I haven't, though I have the remastered CD, the original CD, and the old vinyl...
  9. Scott Lawrence

    Question about receiver eq'ing??? 1014

    The Pioneer guy is correct from my understanding. When you're bi-amping, whatever is in the front L/R channels gets duplicated on the surround rear L/R channels. If you have the front channel set to LARGE, then the whole frequency range is sent to both sets of speakers terminals, the main L/R...
  10. Scott Lawrence

    Best Portable Music Device (i-pod, i-river, creative, etc).

    The problem isn't the players, it's the MP3 format. It's a frame based format, with a fixed-size frame (I forget the exact size but I think it's around 1 second?). Let's say you encode a track that 30.5 seconds long, and let's assume the frame size of MP3 format really is 1 second. So, to...
  11. Scott Lawrence

    yamaha c750 vs. neil young dvd-a

    I don't have that disc but you could try putting the player in dvd-v mode for dvd-a's and see if that (at least) plays. I forget the exact setting but it's in the player setup menus.
  12. Scott Lawrence

    why do Dolby Digital sountracks sound so GOOD?

    :b It would appear I was too hasty and read it wrong, you're very right, that's a lower-case b not an upper. Please disregard my previous post. :b
  13. Scott Lawrence

    why do Dolby Digital sountracks sound so GOOD?

    You may want to double-check that. I think you're right on CD as it is 150 kiloBYTES per sec, so 1411 kbits/sec sounds about right. However, I think you have the wrong unit of measurement for DD 5.1. I'm pretty sure it's 448 kiloBYTES/sec not 448 kiloBITS/sec. In fact, question 33 in the...
  14. Scott Lawrence

    What Hirez Discs Have You Purchased Recently?

    Dan, I got it at the Best Buy in Bellingham, WA on my way back to Vancouver from Seattle. I was quite surprised to find it myself. I think they had one more copy after I bought mine.
  15. Scott Lawrence

    What Hirez Discs Have You Purchased Recently?

    Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (SACD 2.0/5.1) The Police - Greatest Hits (DTS-CD 5.1) Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (hybrid SACD 2.0/5.1) I'm now up to 20 high-res discs! Woohoo!
  16. Scott Lawrence

    Pio 1014 - Switch Multi-Ch In from your remote

    Well, sort of. When you turn on multi-channel input mode, the receiver remembers that it's on for the current mode (say, CD). When you switch to another mode (DVD, TV, Tuner, etc), the receiver remebers that the CD input is using the multi-channel in's. So when you switch back to CD mode, you're...
  17. Scott Lawrence

    Pio 1014 - Switch Multi-Ch In from your remote

    Hey folks, One thing that has annoyed me since day one with this receiver is that you have to get your butt off the couch and go to the receiver to toggle on or off the multi-channel input mode (for SACD/DVD-A, for example). This wasn't the end of the world when I still had a single-disc...
  18. Scott Lawrence

    VSX56TXi vs VSX1014TX

    Sorry Dick, but you're wrong, the 1014 IS THX Select certified. Have a look at the product page: 1014 product page from Pioneer's site You'll see very clearly that it's THX Select certified. It's listed in the specs, in the product description, the THX Select logo is on the product page...
  19. Scott Lawrence

    VSX56TXi vs VSX1014TX

    I beg to differ: the 1014 is indeed THX certified. It's THX Select though. Perhaps the 56 is THX ultra?
  20. Scott Lawrence

    Pioneer 1014 Wow

    Jarett, Well, you know, sometimes retailers have these little things called "sales" where they temporarily lower the price of things! ;) Seriously though, 599CDN is still pretty expensive compared to what our American neighbours can buy it for. That said, it has been on sale (boxing day...
  21. Scott Lawrence

    Best budget receiver?

    http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,32171715_32252771_149245049,00.html
  22. Scott Lawrence

    Pioneer 1014 Wow

    Didn't I just say that 2 posts up? LOL... :)
  23. Scott Lawrence

    Kudos to Best Buy Canada

    Yeah BB Canada has a wonderful selection of DVDA/SACD at both the Coquitlam and Langley BC stores. I haven't tried the New Westminster store yet. But definitely the best selection in town, with A&B being second and Futureshop dead last, especially my local FS in Whalley.
  24. Scott Lawrence

    Pioneer 1014 Wow

    The 1014 has an adjustable crossover setting of either 50 or 80 or 100 or 120 or 150 or 200Hz. And no, the bass management is not applied to the mulit-channel in--that's up to whatever source you have pugged into it.
  25. Scott Lawrence

    Joined The Yamaha C-750 Owner's Club

    Hey Steve, Glad to hear you're liking it so far. As am I. Though, I kinda stalled with my evaluation as the week after I bought it I went away to Vegas for a while, and then my TV broke down (they're coming today to fix it) so it's been a bit of a waiting game. But what I've heard so far has...
  26. Scott Lawrence

    Receiver & Speaker settings...HELP!

    Monica, as Charlie says, the MCACC runs at a loud volume, around 75dB. Watching most sources on the 1014 at -30 isn't particularly loud in my 1014-based system either. Most stuff I listen to around the -25 to -20 level, but it really varies from movie to movie and cd to cd. Some things I have to...
  27. Scott Lawrence

    hiding my speaker wires

    Rick, Wow, those are tiny pics! But yeah that appears to be a dramatic improvement. Nice work! :D
  28. Scott Lawrence

    how good is the pioneer VSX-1014 going to be compared to the elite.....

    Yeah that's normal; you should also notice it drop into Stereo if you pause the 5.1 DVD, and quickly switch back to DD/DTS when you un-pause.
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