Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions 2 channel processors vs. HT receivers?

On the other hand, passing it through a tape output would take out the processing part that it would go through on the pre-outs. But it would still be an extra layer of wires (or whatever).

I use the tape outs to pass unprocessed sound to my TV speakers (for casual watching, mind you, not movies)

The true "Direct" mode should bypass all A/D and D/A converters and associated circuits in the receiver, so that it works like a good'n'old pure-analog integrated amp. But many of today's AV receivers don't do that anymore. For example, my Elite 45TX leaves the bass management (done in the digital domain) engaged even in the Direct mode. So, my take is, the availability of the "Direct" mode is often for the marketing purposes only.

Back to BigWill's experience, my first guess would be that the remarkable difference in sound quality was mostly due to difference in room acoustics and speaker placement. Or was it heard under identical conditions with respect to the room and placement?

No scientific listening conditions. The room appeared to be heavily dampened with sound absorbing material and it was smaller than both my family room and the listening room at Tweeter's where I heard the Viennas.

I looked up Parasound gear on the web and found the model # - P3 with an A23 amp. MSRP was $800/900 respectively. Saw the P3 for as low as $600 plus shipping on the web. Their multi channel preamps are definitely out of the question $4000-$6000.

So it sounds like I would need to add some M22s or M80s into my family room in order to have two separate systems. Don't know if the wife will let me get away with that one.

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I looked up Parasound gear on the web and found the model # - P3 with an A23 amp. MSRP was $800/900 respectively. Saw the P3 for as low as $600 plus shipping on the web. Their multi channel preamps are definitely out of the question $4000-$6000.

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Those Parasound Halo amps look astounding. I found some on audiogon for about 10-20% off the retail price and the units were not that old (less than a couple of months). However, they sold rather quickly. Perhaps something to drive a future system with...

There...did it. (pmbuko will understand!) LOL!

I understand only too well.

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There...did it. (pmbuko will understand!) LOL!

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TELL US TELL US!!!! Suspense is evil!!

Hi Sushi
I think the direct mode is best suited for DVD Audio and SACD. There are many 2 channel SACD recordings as well as multichannel offerings.

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Will, "it" is being on top of all 5 boards simultaneously. Craig, Peter, Ken and a few others have achieved this distinction. The prize is a lifetime free subscription to the Axiom Newsletter.

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Ahh, cool enough. Heh - kidding though right? Because the newsletter's free.

I thought the newsletter was free though - hmm; or is there another newsletter besides the email one?

Too much brain activity on a Saturday morning .