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Ajay, Yes the RDC-7 has DPL-2. It was a software only upgrade. Honestly, they aren't doing a bangup job of marketing the product line :frowning:

John: I've only seen the AVM-20, but I can read a manual with the best of them ;) Regards,

Will, I am personally offended by your allegations. Do you have a clue just how expensive it is to run a publication? Our Editor-in-Chief is losing much greater than $10,000 annually on our publication, and without advertising it would be far, far worse. I doubt I'll give JJ a link to this...

John M: Your reaction is "knee jerk" because you immediately said DPL-2 and DTS-ES should be free, without deliving into the details of why there might be a charge for these additions. Regards,

Chip: The Pioneer unit uses the Shark processors from Analog Devices for DPL-2, DD, DTS and THX processing. The Motorolas are used for other DSP work (crossovers and time alignment). Meridian is the only company I'm aware of that writes their own DSP code and is using Motorola DSPs. I'm...

Brent, I will reiterate my request with Integra Research's PR firm at CES in January. Not much point in doing so before then. Regards,

John M: We simply disagree -- I've defended this practice for more manufacturers than Anthem as I see this as a "knee jerk" style reaction. (Paraphrasing your point of view): "They're going to charge for the DPL-2, DTS-ES and DSP swapout? That's stupid, it should be free. In fact, all...

John M: You are comparing a multi-billion dollar corporation (Microsoft) that has several cash cow products, not the least of which is getting paid for any PeeCee sold by the giants of the PeeCee industry. In contrast, SF/Anthem is a small portion of Paradigm, and as such they don't have the...

John M said this:

Darrel, To answer for Brian, we've been trying since the announcement of the Integra Research RDC-7 to get a review sample to no avail. I will discuss this once again as appropriate at CES but at this point, as old as the RDC-7 is (it's 1+ year old) I'm not sure the value of such a review...

Kevin Brown said this:

John, Your POV is in my opinion patently absurd. I see no other way to put this, and apologize for seeming rude. Let's take an example of a lower priced item, like operating systems.... Does Microsoft give you a free upgrade from Windows 95 --> Windows 98 --> Windows 2000 ---> Windows...

John M: I apologize for the slow reply. You're getting a new DSP, and you're getting new algorithms. Should you pay for those? I believe so. Policies for software upgrades only (I consider firmware to be software) are at the discretion of the manufacturer. Onkyo was charging about US$50...

The AVM-20 (like the B&K Reference 30) uses Motorola DSPs for which Motorola supplies the DPL-2 and DTS-ES code. It is not available for the current DSP in this unit, and the DSP will have to be replaced with the latest generation when it becomes available in the near future. The costs to...