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Re: I'm really sick of upgradeitis....... but
#62859 10/01/04 02:51 AM
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Remember that HK has a new line of receivers coming out so the older models are going to start getting cleared out. There are some pretty good sales (30% off or more) happening up here (Canada), although HK prices start pretty high so I'm still on the fence.

You might want to just push for a good price on a 630, be a little patient and you might get it.

JB


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Re: I'm really sick of upgradeitis....... but
#62860 10/01/04 03:07 AM
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Yes it does, and of course you can look at the owners manual on the Yamaha site if you want full details.


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Re: I'm really sick of upgradeitis....... but
#62861 10/08/04 01:05 PM
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"I keep hearing there is a difference in compression (can't remember if DD supposedly has more or less than DTS), but I have no idea what difference in sound that compression difference would make. "

I was told that DD is 12:1 compression, while DTS is only 3:1. I basically amounts to DD using more lossy encoding. Similar to ripping MP3s at different bitrates. The higher the bitreate the better it sounds. The numbers above may not be accurate. It's just what I heard from a buddy of mine.

Pete

Re: I'm really sick of upgradeitis....... but
#62862 10/08/04 03:40 PM
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I dunno, different formats/compression schemes at different bitrates cannot be compared 1:1. Just playing devil's advocate... maybe Dolby has a better, more efficient algorithm!


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Re: I'm really sick of upgradeitis....... but
#62863 10/08/04 05:26 PM
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I was under the impression that DTS, while sounding better to my ears, actually had a lower bitrate.

Bren R.

Re: I'm really sick of upgradeitis....... but
#62864 10/08/04 06:14 PM
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LOL! Well! I'm certainly glad we've got that all figured out!


Jack

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